Ian Caddell

The Vow's Channing Tatum revisits his own colourful past

By Ian Caddell | February 9, 2012

Move over, Michael Fassbender and Jessica Chastain. Your unofficial shared title as 2011’s busiest people in showbiz appears already to have been assigned to an unlikely star, former stripper Channing Tatum.

Rachel McAdams recalls amnesia in The Vow

By Ian Caddell | February 2, 2012

The Canadian actor plays a woman who can't remember her husband or their relationship after a car accident in this movie, which is actually based on a true story.

Young Adult's Charlize Theron brings the mean girl back to town

By Ian Caddell | December 15, 2011

Charlize Theron would probably not be the first person to come to mind if one was thinking of casting an all-American girl who never grew up and returned to the place of her greatest success.

Hilary Swank drops the New Yearâ��s Eve ball

Hilary Swank drops the New Year’s Eve ball

By Ian Caddell | December 15, 2011

Hilary Swank and Robert De Niro are members of a small club: actors who have won two Academy Awards.

Sherlock Holmes' Jared Harris isn't an elementary foe

By Ian Caddell | December 15, 2011

There is a thin line that the actors in the film Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows have to walk in order to make the movie work.

Diablo Cody taps into a teen dream in Young Adult

By Ian Caddell | December 8, 2011

The Juno writer drew from her own obsession with YA novels for her second movie with director Jason Reitman.

Noomi Rapace homes in on Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

By Ian Caddell | December 8, 2011

The Swedish actor who previously played the lead in the first movie adaptation of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo was a tad worried about her English.

New Yearâ��s Eve's Zac Efron and Michelle Pfeiffer meet cute

New Year’s Eve's Zac Efron and Michelle Pfeiffer meet cute

By Ian Caddell | December 8, 2011

Zac Efron decided to sign up for a film called New Year’s Eve when he heard who he would be working with.

Sacha Baron Cohen goes wild with Martin Scorsese in Hugo

By Ian Caddell | December 1, 2011

When the Borat star first met the acclaimed director, he came up with the idea of bathing with a dog, and Scorsese was totally into it.

Ben Kingsley finds magic in Hugo

By Ian Caddell | November 24, 2011

Sir Ben Kingsley would probably frighten children on a movie set most days.

Jason Segel plays a Muppet master

By Ian Caddell | November 24, 2011

Five years after lifelong fan Jason Segel decided that the Muppets should make a comeback, Miss Piggy, Kermit, and friends are singing and dancing across North American movie screens.

George Miller's Happy Feet Two keeps walking

By Ian Caddell | November 17, 2011

George Miller had become famous as the man behind three Mad Max films when he started to mix up the messages.

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The Muppets' Miss Piggy is improving with age

By Ian Caddell | November 17, 2011

The Muppets know how to entertain. Even something as mundane as a news conference can become an extraordinary event in the hands of Miss Piggy and Kermit.

John Cho sees sweetness in the pervy A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas

By Ian Caddell | November 10, 2011

John Cho says that the latest film in his Harold & Kumar series is a “sweet” Christmas film.

Robin Williams feels penguin fever in Happy Feet Two

By Ian Caddell | November 10, 2011

The 60-year-old actor reprises his dual roles as Lovelace and Ramon in the sequel to the ever-popular Happy Feet.

Kal Penn keeps Kumar relevant in A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas

By Ian Caddell | November 3, 2011

It’s been seven years since Penn and John Cho’s title characters went to White Castle and three since they escaped from Guantanamo Bay.

Machine Gun Preacher's Michelle Monaghan stays true to the story's roots

By Ian Caddell | October 13, 2011

Michelle Monaghan, who plays one half of a real-life couple in Machine Gun Preacher, really got to know her character.

Machine Gun Preacher's Michael Shannon embraces odd characters

By Ian Caddell | October 6, 2011

Does Michael Shannon feel that he has become stereotyped by Hollywood?

Drive's Bryan Cranston loves to keep himself busy

By Ian Caddell | September 22, 2011

As Bryan Cranston sits in a room at a Hogtown hotel and starts listing his films that are in various stages of production, it becomes clear that he may be the busiest man in show business.

Drive director Nicolas Winding Refn is the ultimate outsider

By Ian Caddell | September 15, 2011

Director Nicolas Winding Refn barely knows Los Angeles and has no interest in cars, but that didn’t stop him from making Drive.

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Tom Hardy gets fighting fit for Warrior

By Ian Caddell | September 8, 2011

When the British actor read the script for Warrior, he was confident he could get the job.

Warrior's Nick Nolte fought demons of his own

By Ian Caddell | September 1, 2011

Warrior director Gavin O'Connor didn't have to go looking for someone to play a recovering alcoholic who is the father of two mixed-martial-arts fighters.

British flick Attack the Block pits hoods against aliens

By Ian Caddell | September 1, 2011

In the first minutes of the movie Attack the Block, a gang wearing masks mugs a woman on her way home from work.

Colin Farrell gives Fright Night bite

By Ian Caddell | August 18, 2011

Colin Farrell has come to the junket for his latest film, Fright Night, dressed for all eras.

For The Help's Viola Davis, acting is a craft

By Ian Caddell | August 11, 2011

Although Viola Davis believes that 45-year-old African American actors are probably just lucky to be working, she is looking at a route that has been successful for Caucasian actors of a certain age.

Anton Yelchin freaks out for Fright Night

By Ian Caddell | August 11, 2011

What do Michael Biehn, Walter Koenig, and William Ragsdale have in common?

The Helpâ��s Bryce Dallas Howard taps into her mean teen self

The Help’s Bryce Dallas Howard taps into her mean teen self

By Ian Caddell | August 4, 2011

The first time the media met Bryce Dallas Howard, she was 18 and sitting in the corner of an interview room.

The Help's Emma Stone channels her inner thespian

By Ian Caddell | July 28, 2011

Emma Stone is playing with the big boys.

Way past Doogie, Neil Patrick Harris bonds with Smurfs

By Ian Caddell | July 28, 2011

If you remember Neil Patrick Harris as “the kid from Doogie Howser, M.D.,” you probably still think of George Clooney as an E/R doctor.

The Smurfs take Manhattan

By Ian Caddell | July 21, 2011

Nearly 30 years after The Smurfs appeared on TV, a movie version takes the tiny, blue creatures to New York City.

Justin Timberlake gets his sexy on in Friends With Benefits

By Ian Caddell | July 21, 2011

If Justin Timberlake is correct, his generation finally has a comedy of its own. Timberlake is slightly biased, because he is in that comedy, Friends With Benefits.

Mila Kunis finds funny in Friends With Benefits

By Ian Caddell | July 14, 2011

Mila Kunis went into the romantic comedy Forgetting Sarah Marshall as “Jackie in That ’70s Show” and “Meg in Family Guy” and came out with the kind of buzz that leads to starring roles.

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Director Susanne Bier goes big with In a Better World

By Ian Caddell | April 14, 2011

Susanne Bier is glad to hear the praise about her newest film—but doesn’t take it too seriously.

Another Yearâ��s Mike Leigh stays fiercely indie

Another Year’s Mike Leigh stays fiercely indie

By Ian Caddell | January 20, 2011

Mike Leigh’s movies have won many nominations and awards for their actors. So why aren’t A-listers lining up to appear in his films?

With Blue Valentine, Ryan Gosling sticks to his strengths

By Ian Caddell | January 13, 2011

Mickey Mouse no longer, Ryan Gosling is poised to be the first Canadian performer to win two Oscar nominations since CBC began showing the Academy Awards in 1953.

Derek Cianfrance takes unorthodox route to Blue Valentine's portrait of marriage

By Ian Caddell | January 6, 2011

Derek Cianfrance likes to keep it real. How far will he go?

The Fighter's Christian Bale doesn't pull his punches

By Ian Caddell | December 16, 2010

You can’t stereotype Christian Bale. He has too many moves.

Humour is at the core for Made in Dagenham director Nigel Cole

By Ian Caddell | December 16, 2010

Nigel Cole’s résumé looks different from those of most male directors.

Colin Firth is a king waiting in the wings in The King's Speech

By Ian Caddell | December 9, 2010

Former B.C. resident Colin Firth is now an A-list star and may be an Oscar contender for his role in The King’s Speech.

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Natalie Portman lived dancerâ��s life for Black Swan

Natalie Portman lived dancer’s life for Black Swan

By Ian Caddell | December 9, 2010

It was the life Natalie Portman led prior to her acting career that influenced her decision to take on what has probably been her toughest role.

For Mark Wahlberg, The Fighter hits home

By Ian Caddell | December 9, 2010

Mark Wahlberg couldn’t quit on The Fighter.

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Black Swan director Darren Aronofsky sees madness in method

By Ian Caddell | December 2, 2010

How many directors will admit they aren’t interested in working with actors who are practitioners of an approach that has been popular in the U.S. for almost 70 years?

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Tom Hooper's The Kingâ��s Speech tells stuttering monarchâ��s tale

Tom Hooper's The King’s Speech tells stuttering monarch’s tale

By Ian Caddell | December 2, 2010

Tom Hooper has solid credentials as a director of period pieces.

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Christina Aguilera camps up Burlesque

By Ian Caddell | November 25, 2010

It took Christina Aguilera longer than one would have expected to get to the movies.

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Burlesque's Cher finds fun in grind

By Ian Caddell | November 18, 2010

The elephant in the hotel room during an interview with Cher is a Los Angeles Times article that says things weren’t particularly cozy before or during the making of her new film, Burlesque.

Rachel McAdams walks the TV talk in Morning Glory

By Ian Caddell | November 18, 2010

To play Morning Glory’s chat-show employee, Rachel McAdams went to the pros.

Harrison Ford anchors comic Morning Glory

By Ian Caddell | November 10, 2010

Harrison Ford is saying nice things about the media. This is odd, because Ford is usually considered to be a bit of a grump when it comes to interviews.