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The only thing worse than a formulaic action movie is a non-formulaic action movie. Chris Neumer delves into the short lived period in Hollywood history where Whoopi Goldberg, Action Hero was a thing. And while this period didn't go much beyond 1987, it was as beautiful a train wreck as one will ever see.
Being an actress is a most unusual job. Chris Neumer speaks to up-and-coming actress Haylie Duff to get the full story on creating her own unique brand. Together, the two touch on the pain of (audition) rejection, why casting directors can't see passed your last role and how to cry on command.
The most entertaining Hollywood scandals are the ones that don't take. Columbia Pictures found this out the hard way last week when a poster for its upcoming The Smurfs movie got leaked... and no one cared. Chris Neumer investigates and learns that this is only one of many reasons that The Smurfs is going to be a horrible movie.
Mark Bowden is one of the foremost journalists in the United States today. Having written the stories behind
Money for Nothing,
Killing Pablo and
Black Hawk Down, Bowden sat down with Chris Neumer to talk about the truth, creating narratives where there aren't any and how money plays a part in writing.
Chris Neumer sat down to watch director Steven Spielberg's iconic film,
Raiders of the Lost Ark and took notes. Get inside what made Marion Ravenswood drinking contest win so damn impressive, why the film doesn't have a bad guy, one of the best stunts of all time and just how strange of a dude Rene Belloq is in this running commentary.
Shia LaBeouf is Hollywood's fastest rising male star. His films
Transformers and
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen have been some of the biggest hits of the last decade. We talk to him about life in the fast lane, why he feels that Michelle Trachtenberg is the female Garry Shandling and which leading actor is nicknamed "Glass Dick".
It takes a lot more than one might imagine to secure locations and shoot in New York City. Veteran location manager John Fedynich (Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2) takes Chris Neumer on his own location scouting expedition and together the two find the perfect Manhattan alley, stumble into some intriguing neighborhoods and deal with unexpected problems. After this article, you'll never look at that Fifth Avenue setting in the same way again.
Chris Neumer takes movie watching to another level... that of 35,000 feet. Nothing could have prepared him for the experience of watching
Snakes on a Plane on a plane.
