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  • ANTON YELCHIN (Star Trek, Terminator: Salvation) and CHRISTOPHER MINTZ-PLASSE (Superbad, Kick-Ass) team up for this superbly entertaining remake of 80s vampire flick FRIGHT NIGHT, which boasts loads of humour and edge-of-the-seat moments. Yelchin and Mintz-Plasse play high-school friends who suspect neighbour Colin Farrell of being a vampire. But what do you do when no one believes you? Swot up on the essentials of vampire slaying and call in vampire killer and magician David Tennant! **FRIGHT...

    Anton Yelchin & Christopher Mintz-Plasse – Fright Night

    ANTON YELCHIN (Star Trek, Terminator: Salvation) and CHRISTOPHER MINTZ-PLASSE (Superbad, Kick-Ass) team up for this superbly entertaining remake of 80s vampire flick FRIGHT NIGHT, which boasts loads of humour and edge-of-the-seat moments. Yelchin and Mintz-Plasse play high-school friends who suspect neighbour Colin Farrell of being a vampire. But what do you do when no one believes you? Swot up on the essentials of vampire slaying and call in vampire killer and magician David Tennant! **FRIGHT...

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  • AUDREY TAUTOU stars in BEAUTIFUL LIES, a romantic comedy about a hairdresser who concocts a plan to cheer up her mother after her husband leaves. Here, Tautou chats about  bad haircuts, her accidental career, and side-stepping Hollywood. **BEAUTIFUL LIES opens in UK cinemas on 12 AUGUST MMM: You’ve worked with Pierre Salvadori, the writer-director of Beautiful Lies, previously on the film Priceless. What was it about your experience on that film that made you say...

    Audrey Tautou – Beautiful Lies

    AUDREY TAUTOU stars in BEAUTIFUL LIES, a romantic comedy about a hairdresser who concocts a plan to cheer up her mother after her husband leaves. Here, Tautou chats about  bad haircuts, her accidental career, and side-stepping Hollywood. **BEAUTIFUL LIES opens in UK cinemas on 12 AUGUST MMM: You’ve worked with Pierre Salvadori, the writer-director of Beautiful Lies, previously on the film Priceless. What was it about your experience on that film that made you say...

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  • JASON BATEMAN (The Switch), JASON SUDEIKIS (Hall Pass), and CHARLIE DAY (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia) have teamed up to star in the outrageously funny comedy HORRIBLE BOSSES. Bateman, Sudeikis, and Day play three guys whose bosses – Jennifer Aniston, Kevin Spacey, and Colin Farrell – are making their lives hell-on-earth. But when they meet an ex-con (Jamie Foxx) in a shady bar one night, it seems their problem bosses could soon be a thing...

    Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis, & Charlie Day – Horrible Bosses

    JASON BATEMAN (The Switch), JASON SUDEIKIS (Hall Pass), and CHARLIE DAY (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia) have teamed up to star in the outrageously funny comedy HORRIBLE BOSSES. Bateman, Sudeikis, and Day play three guys whose bosses – Jennifer Aniston, Kevin Spacey, and Colin Farrell – are making their lives hell-on-earth. But when they meet an ex-con (Jamie Foxx) in a shady bar one night, it seems their problem bosses could soon be a thing...

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  • FRANÇOIS OZON (8 Women, Angel) reunites French cinema icons Catherine Deneuve and Gérard Depardieu in his latest film, the 1970s-set comedy, POTICHE. Adapted by Ozon from a play by Pierre Barillet and Jean-Pierre Grédy, the film focuses on trophy wife Suzanne (Deneuve) and her wealthy industrialist husband Robert Pujol (Fabrice Luchini). When the workers at Robert’s umbrella factory go on strike, taking him hostage, Suzanne steps in to smooth things over. But when Robert wants...

    Francois Ozon – Potiche

    FRANÇOIS OZON (8 Women, Angel) reunites French cinema icons Catherine Deneuve and Gérard Depardieu in his latest film, the 1970s-set comedy, POTICHE. Adapted by Ozon from a play by Pierre Barillet and Jean-Pierre Grédy, the film focuses on trophy wife Suzanne (Deneuve) and her wealthy industrialist husband Robert Pujol (Fabrice Luchini). When the workers at Robert’s umbrella factory go on strike, taking him hostage, Suzanne steps in to smooth things over. But when Robert wants...

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  • Director GORE VERBINSKI (Pirates of the Caribbean) talks about his animated feature film RANGO starring Johnny Depp as a chameleon with an identity crisis. Verbinski chats about casting British actor Bill Nighy as an evil rattlesnake and channelling classic westerns. **RANGO is in cinemas from 4 March. MMM: Rango makes a number of references to classic westerns. Does that mean you spent your childhood watching the likes of Ford, Leone, and Peckinpah? Verbinski: Definitely. I...

    Gore Verbinski – Rango

    Director GORE VERBINSKI (Pirates of the Caribbean) talks about his animated feature film RANGO starring Johnny Depp as a chameleon with an identity crisis. Verbinski chats about casting British actor Bill Nighy as an evil rattlesnake and channelling classic westerns. **RANGO is in cinemas from 4 March. MMM: Rango makes a number of references to classic westerns. Does that mean you spent your childhood watching the likes of Ford, Leone, and Peckinpah? Verbinski: Definitely. I...

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  • ABIGAIL BRESLIN chats about voicing animated characters and having to chipmunk-ify her voice in the new animated movie RANGO. **RANGO is in cinemas from 4 March. MMM: It seems incredible that just 5 years ago you were getting ready for Oscar night for your performance in Little Miss Sunshine. You’re now in this A-list movie, so is this all down to the amazing success of that film? Breslin: Of course, I definitely think I was...

    Abigail Breslin – Rango

    ABIGAIL BRESLIN chats about voicing animated characters and having to chipmunk-ify her voice in the new animated movie RANGO. **RANGO is in cinemas from 4 March. MMM: It seems incredible that just 5 years ago you were getting ready for Oscar night for your performance in Little Miss Sunshine. You’re now in this A-list movie, so is this all down to the amazing success of that film? Breslin: Of course, I definitely think I was...

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  • ISLA FISHER chats about the surreal experience of playing a lizard in the animated feature film, RANGO. Find out who Fisher based the voice of her animated character on and why she’s a comedy actress through and through. **RANGO is in cinemas from 4 March. MMM: Where did you look to get the voice for this? Fisher: Actually, Gore had already had the idea of the voice when I joined. He wanted her to sound...

    Isla Fisher – Rango

    ISLA FISHER chats about the surreal experience of playing a lizard in the animated feature film, RANGO. Find out who Fisher based the voice of her animated character on and why she’s a comedy actress through and through. **RANGO is in cinemas from 4 March. MMM: Where did you look to get the voice for this? Fisher: Actually, Gore had already had the idea of the voice when I joined. He wanted her to sound...

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  • ASHTON KUTCHER stars in the riotously funny romantic comedy NO STRINGS ATTACHED with Natalie Portman. Kutcher chats about his screen dad, Kevin Kline; creating on-screen chemistry with Natalie Portman; and romance in the age of the internet. **NO STRINGS ATTACHED is in cinemas from 25 February. Natalie Portman & Ashton Kutcher get up close and personal in NO STRINGS ATTACHED MMM: This is probably your most revealing role. Did you head off to the gym...

    Ashton Kutcher – No Strings Attached

    ASHTON KUTCHER stars in the riotously funny romantic comedy NO STRINGS ATTACHED with Natalie Portman. Kutcher chats about his screen dad, Kevin Kline; creating on-screen chemistry with Natalie Portman; and romance in the age of the internet. **NO STRINGS ATTACHED is in cinemas from 25 February. Natalie Portman & Ashton Kutcher get up close and personal in NO STRINGS ATTACHED MMM: This is probably your most revealing role. Did you head off to the gym...

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  • IVAN REITMAN (Ghostbusters) directs the riotously funny romantic comedy NO STRINGS ATTACHED, starring Ashton Kutcher and Natalie Portman. Reitman reveals how he persuaded Kevin Kline to play Kutcher’s screen dad, and talks about the importance of chemistry in rom-coms. **NO STRINGS ATTACHED is in cinemas from 25 February. MMM: Your trademark of science fiction is missing from No Strings Attached. Instead, you delve into the world of relationships. What made you decide to tackle a...

    Ivan Reitman – No Strings Attached

    IVAN REITMAN (Ghostbusters) directs the riotously funny romantic comedy NO STRINGS ATTACHED, starring Ashton Kutcher and Natalie Portman. Reitman reveals how he persuaded Kevin Kline to play Kutcher’s screen dad, and talks about the importance of chemistry in rom-coms. **NO STRINGS ATTACHED is in cinemas from 25 February. MMM: Your trademark of science fiction is missing from No Strings Attached. Instead, you delve into the world of relationships. What made you decide to tackle a...

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  • After the enormous success of Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz, best mates SIMON PEGG and NICK FROST are back with a new movie: an alien road-trip adventure called PAUL. Pegg and Frost chat about sci-fi cinema magic, life on other planets, and working with Sigourney Weaver. **PAUL is in cinemas from 14 February. What’s your favourite movie alien? Pegg: I think In Starship Troopers, in the scene where they’re attacking the base, about...

    Simon Pegg & Nick Frost – Paul

    After the enormous success of Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz, best mates SIMON PEGG and NICK FROST are back with a new movie: an alien road-trip adventure called PAUL. Pegg and Frost chat about sci-fi cinema magic, life on other planets, and working with Sigourney Weaver. **PAUL is in cinemas from 14 February. What’s your favourite movie alien? Pegg: I think In Starship Troopers, in the scene where they’re attacking the base, about...

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