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Chante Adams on starring in Denzel Washington’s latest film A Journal for Jordan & Working with Michael B. Jordan

A Journal for Jordan

Denzel Washington only steps behind the camera for projects he has a passion for and his latest as director, A Journal For Jordan is just that. Starring Michael B. Jordan and Chanté Adams, Washinton shows once again his prowess behind the camera.Based on the true story of First Sergeant Charles Monroe King (Jordan), a soldier deployed to Iraq who...

Reggie Yates, Jordan Peters, Elliot Edusah & Reda Elazouar on the feel-good comedy Pirates

Pirates Reggie Yates

Reggie Yates is well known for his hard-hitting documentaries but this week we get to see a whole new wholesome and fun-loving side in his new feature film Pirates.Written and directed by Yates, PIRATES stars relative newcomers Elliot Edusah (1917, Small Axe), Jordan Peters (Blue Story, Gangs of London) and Reda Elazouar (Outside the Wire) in the leading roles...

Interview: Cassius Corrigan on making psychologocial drama ‘HURACÁN’

Cassius Corrigan Huracan

Who thought mental illness and MMA would gel so perfectly together in a movie? Well, writer/director/producer and leading man of the psychological drama 'HURACÁN' Cassius Corrigan certainly knew it would.We had the absolute pleasure of sitting down with Cassius to talk about making the film, why shedding a light on mental illness and multiply personality disorder was important and...

Exclusive: Director Kasi Lemmons talks making ‘Harriet’ and working with Cynthia Erivo

Considering Harriet Tubman was one of the most prominent and courageous women in the fight against slavery, her story has never made it to the big screen... until now. Kasi Lemmons finally brings her story to light aided by Cynthia Erivo as Tubman in a poignant and revealing story which is just as important now as it was back...

Alexandra Shipp ‘Storm’ on X-Men: Dark Phoenix and wanting to team up with Halle Berry

To celebrate the release of the next instalment of the X-Men franchise, X-Men: Dark Phoenix on Wednesday the 5th of June, we spoke to Alexandra Shipp on what the film holds in store.Set in 1992, nearly ten years after ‘Apocalypse’ as the X-Men have become national heroes. Charles Xavier (James McAvoy) starts sending his X-Men on increasingly dangerous missions...

Vanessa Hudgens on Second Act and working with Jennifer Lopez

Jennifer Lopez is back on the big screen strutting her stuff in 'Second Act'. A movie which is a part comedy and features women and age empowerment giving the genre a modern-day injection of life.Directed by 50 First Dates, The Longest Yard helmer Peter Segal and includes a cast of includes of Leah Remini (The King of Queens), Vanessa Hudgens (High School Musical) with Treat Williams...

Yann Demange talks the real life story behind White Boy Rick

Yann Demange, the man at the helm of Matthew McConaughey's latest, 'White Boy Rick' hit the ground running back in 2014 with the gritty gut puncher '71. Classed as a talent to watch, his name was strongly linked as a favourite to take over the reins on Bond 25 before Cary Fukunaga took the spot from Danny Boyle. Related: White Boy...

Kristen Bell talks on Teen Titans GO! To The Movies

With Teen Titans GO! to the Movies now available for home entertainment viewing, we spent some time with Kristen Bell - who voices Jade - to talk about being a part of one of the funniest films of the year.The film finds our egocentric, wildly satirical Super Heroes in their first feature film extravaganza—a fresh, gleefully clever, kid-appropriately crass...

The Intent 2: The Come Up – Femi Oyeniran and Nicky Slimting Walker on the prequel and filming in Jamaica

The Intent created a buzz when it was released in 2016. Femi Oyeniran and Nicky Slimting Walker took the crime-ridden streets of London and made it speak to an audience that are rarely represented in film. Now the guys are back with prequel with a few familiar faces and some new ones too.With the first-ever collaboration with a record company, Island Records,...

Lenny Abrahamson talks The Little Stranger and working with Domhnall Gleeson

It's been three years since Lenny Abrahamson's Room landed with brute force, now the exceptionally brilliant filmmaker is back with The Little Stranger. The follow-up to 2015's Room is yet another adaptation from a novel but this gothic nuanced spine-tingler couldn't be any more different.The film is a darkly mysterious drama adapted for the big screen by BAFTA nominee...

Exclusive Yardie Interviews: Aml Ameen and Shantol Jackson on working on Idris Elba’s Directorial Debut

Let's forget about the talk surrounding Idris Elba possibly taking over as James Bond for a minute and concentrate on the big man's directorial debut, Yardie. With it's banging soundtrack and nostalgic throwback to Jamaica in the 70's and London during the 80's, Idris takes us on a volatile trip of Family Feuds.Adapted from Victor Headley’s cult novel of the...

Exclusive: Benicio Del Toro on returning as Alejandro in Sicario 2: Soldado

In 2015, Denis Villeneuve brought to life Taylor Sheridan's Sicario with critical acclaim. The slow-paced but tension-filled crime thriller followed a principled FBI agent played by Emily Blunt who is enlisted by a government task force to bring down the leader of a powerful and brutal Mexican drug cartel.Starring Blunt, Benicio Del Toro and Josh Brolin, the film was nominated for numerous Oscars...

Exclusive: Angourie Rice Interview on her New Film, Everyday

Angourie Rice Everyday

Since bursting onto the big screen as Ryan Gosling's daughter in The Nice Guys, rising star, Angourie Rice hasn’t been short of a few roles. The young actress has shown immense potential starring opposite so fairly big names in the form of Nicole Kidman and Colin Farrell in The Beguiled as well as starring as Betty in last year’s Spider-Man:...

Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson talks Den of Thieves

On Friday the 2nd of February, Gerard Butler and a whole host of muscle, including Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, will be appearing in cinemas across the country in heist thriller, Den of Thieves. To celebrate the release Curtis Jackson sat down to talk about the film.Den of Thieves is a gritty Los Angeles crime saga which follows the intersecting...

Adeel Akhtar talks Victoria and Abdul and Diversity in Film and TV

Last year’s return to the role of Queen Victoria for Dame Judi Dench, came with humour and heart in a story based on when Ol’ Vicky struck up the most unlikely of friendships with her India servant. To mark the home entertainment release of Victoria and Abdul, on the 22nd of January we sat down to speak to Adeel Akhtar — who plays Mohammed, Abdul’s long-suffering colleague...

Exclusive: Paddington 2 Interviews – Hugh Bonneville, Paul King and more

The cutest marmalade sandwich loving bear is back on November 10 in the follow up to his 2014 outing in Paddington 2.Writer/Director Paul King has done it yet again by making this delightful "kids" movie not only just for the ankle biters but adults will love it too. Audiences are transported to an amazingly nostalgic world of the classic pop...

Exclusive Interview: Jim Sturgess on Geostorm

In this week’s release of Geostorm, Brothers Jake (Gerald Butler) and Max (Jim Sturgess) have to put aside their differences in order to save the world from the very satellite Jake built to help control the world’s weather before it wipes out thousands of people.We were lucky enough to get some time with one half of the planet-saving duo,...

Exclusive: Banter filled interview with Double Date’s Danny Morgan and Michael Socha

After taking this year’s Horror Channel Frightfest by storm, Danny Morgan’s hilarious horror/comedy Double Date, finally hit the cinemas on Friday the 13th of October. The film, which is a very modern bromance involving tackling the perils of dating when the Unbearably self-assured, and irritatingly cocksure, Alex (Michael Socha) in his loyalty to his dearest friend, Jim (Danny Morgan),...

Exclusive: Idris Elba talks The Mountain Between Us, following his co-star on Snapchat and filming intimate scenes with Kate Winslet

Friday the 6th of October see's the release of the romantic survival film, The Mountain Between Us starring Idris Elba and Kate Winslet.With that in mind, we sat down with Mr. Elba to chat all things about the film. Idris isn't known for his romantic roles, so we wanted to know how he approached his intimate scenes with Kate...

Girls Trip – Jada Pinkett Smith Interview

To celebrate the release of the R-rated Girls Trip – which is out in cinemas now – We had the honour of speaking to one of the films four outrageous leading ladies, Jada Pinkett-Smith.  Film Journalist, Zehra Phelan, sat down with Jada to discuss some of the shocking highlights from the film that includes the use of Grapefruits as a...

Get Out Interview – Producer Jason Blum talks Jordan Peele, M Knight Shyamalan’s Glass & making an edgy comedy.

To celebrate the release of the runaway socially conscious thriller/horror Get Out we got the chance to have a chat with the pioneering production company who was behind the film, Blumhouse Productions very own Academy Award nominated and two-time Emmy winning producer Jason Blum.Jason Blum was recently named to the TIME 100 list of the most influential people of...

Fox host an exclusive War for the Planet of the Apes Q&A panel event

war for the planet of the apes

Ahead of the release of the hotly anticipated War for the Planet of the Apes, Twentieth Century Fox hosted an exclusive footage screening of the movie, showcasing the first hour of the film, followed by a one-off Q&A panel event. The panel saw star Andy Serkis (who plays the central ape character Caesar in the trilogy of films), director Matt...

Watch: Sophie Simnett, Joshua Sinclair-Evans & Luke Newton – The Lodge Season 2 Exclusive interview

With the return of Disney Channel’s #1 musical show, The Lodge Season 2, we sat down with Sophie Simnett, Joshua Sinclair-Evans and Luke Newton for this exclusive interview by Flavourmag. The cast revealed some of the new characters in season 2 such as Mia Jenkins (Alex) and Dove Cameron (Jess) who plays the dual lead role in Disney Channels 'Liv and Maddie'...

Exclusive Kicks Interview: Christopher Jordan Wallace and Director Justin Tipping

kicks interview

Monday the 22nd of May sees the release of Kicks, an inner-city coming-of-age drama about codes of friendship, masculinity and the fetishization of sneaker culture on digital download. The directorial debut of Justin Tipping (who earned a number of Awards for his short film Nani), the film has already won praise at the Sundance Film Festival this year and at Tribeca...

Exclusive Interview: James Cosmo chats The Pyramid Texts, his career and The Big Brother experience.

It has to be said, James Cosmo as been one of the few actors whose face has graced the big and small screens of some the most epic and culturally defining shows and films throughout the whole of a career which spans a staggering 50 plus years, the man who is known for his hulking frame, has finally laid...

Exclusive Interview: Director Pete Travis on City Of Tiny Lights

London takes on the shades of noir this Friday with the arrival in cinemas of thriller City Of Tiny Lights. Based on the best-seller of the same name, City Of Tiny Lights sees down at heel private detective Tommy Akhtar (Riz Ahmed) drawn into the seedy world of crime and corruption when a high-class prostitute disappears.  It’s a journey that...

Guerrilla Premiere Red Carpet Interviews including Idris Elba

Last night Flavourmag attended the premiere of the new Sky Atlantic series, Guerrilla, which see's all episodes available from 13 April exclusively on Sky Atlantic and NOW TV, we caught up with a few of the stars of the show on the red carpet. Guerrilla follows politically active lovers Jas (Freida Pinto) and Marcus (Babou Ceesay) and their friends as political...

Exclusive: The Boss Baby Interview with director Tom McGrath

With The Boss Baby hitting nationwide cinemas on April the 7th, Flavourmag's Film and TV Editor, Zehra Phelan sat down with The Boss Baby and Madagascar director Tom McGrath for a chat about the film.Tom, who looked the very image of an older boss baby and who has a wealth of animation experience, co-directing all of the Madagascar franchise...

Hailee Steinfeld talks The Edge of Seventeen

At the age of 13, Hailee Steinfeld burst onto the scene in the Coen Brothers' True Grit, earning the young actress an Oscar nomination for her efforts. Considered by many as her finest performance to date – that's a statement now in question, following her remarkable turn in Kelly Fremon Craig's The Edge of Seventeen. Produced by James L. Brooks...

Dan Fogler talks Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

American actor, Dan Fogler likes to juggle, well in respect in his career that is. Not only is he recently known for his stint as No-Maj, Jacob Kowalski in J.K. Rowlings wizarding world of Fantastic Beast and Where to Find Them alongside Eddie Redmayne - which has a home entertainment release of the 27th of March - but he is...