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Curtis Armstrong is one of the seminal actors of the eighties. He not only appeared in
Risky Business and Better Off Dead but left his mark in history as
The Revenge of the Nerds' Booger. Chris Neumer spoke to Armstrong about the preparation necessary for a role, by stand-ups make bad actors and what it's like to (literally) play God.
Dolph Lundgren is one of the true action heroes of the late 80s and early 90s. He made a triumphant return to the big screen in
The Expendables. Lundgren sits down with Chris Neumer to discuss why there aren't any new action stars, why
Taken is a near perfect action flick and what stunts you have to cut out from your life as you age.
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.
Actor Lou Diamond Phillips got his big break in 1988 in the Richie Valens biopic,
La Bamba. Since then, Phillips has been involved in projects of every type, good and bad, big and small, as a star and in cameos. Chris Neumer went to lunch with Phillips to get the full story on his career.
Writer/director Richard Kelly tapped into the zeitgeist of American culture in his debut project
Donnie Darko. Critically acclaimed and almost universally loved, Kelly talks to Chris Neumer about the stresses of being an extremely young director, why Drew Barrymore is a life-saver and the challenges of marketing one of the most unusual films in recent memory.
