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In the film, '7 Guardians of the Tomb,' an innocent discovery of a mummified Emperor from 200 BC China unearths a 2000-year-old nightmare. The film stars Kelsey Grammar (Fraiser), Li Bingbing (Transformers), and Kellan Lutz (Twilight).

In this interview, director Kimble Rendall talks about how he started as an apprentice and musician in Australia and made his way from music videos to commercials to film. He also describes how one song can change a movie, the ins and outs of the global marketplace, and how he created a punk rock version of “Itsy Bitsy Spider” for the movie.

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The documentary ’Survivor’s Guide To Prison’ features two former California inmates (Bruce Lisker and Reggie Cole) who were accused of crimes they didn't commit.

Audiences get a harrowing look at how barbaric the US justice system works - today you're more likely to go to prison in the United States than anywhere else in the world. The film ultimately asks how we can survive the prison model at all, and looks at better solutions for conflict resolution, harm reduction, crime and more.

In this interview, filmmaker Matthew Cooke discusses the difference between artists and entertainers, how he collaborated with artists like Danny Trejo, RZA, Ice T, and Susan Sarandon, and the importance of compassion for our whole human family.

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In The Cured, “A disease that turns people into zombies has been cured. The once-infected zombies are discriminated against by society and their own families, which causes social issues to arise. This leads to militant government interference.”

In this interview, writer-director David Freyne talks about his childhood influences, the real-life headlines that shaped this film, how to make the jump from shorts to full feature, and the importance of always focusing on the character.

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In the Nicolas Cage-driven film, ‘Looking Glass,’ a couple buys a desert motel where they find very strange and mysterious events take place. Leading up to this film, director Tim Hunter has worked on dozens of TV shows like ‘Hannibal,’ Mad Men,’ ‘Twin Peaks,’ & ‘Breaking Bad.’

In this interview, he talks about how directing television is great training for making independent films, career longevity in Hollywood, why noir films should have an “unexpected complexity,” and non-cinematic influences in filmmaking.

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In the new film, ‘Midnighters,’ Lindsey and Jeff Pittman are driving home from a New Year’s party when they accidentally cover up a terrible crime that entangles them in a Hitchcockian web of deceit.

In this interview, writer-director brothers Julius Ramsay and Alston Ramsay discuss their storyboarding process, loopholes for an Indie thriller, what it was like to be a professional speechwriter, and the director talks about his work on ‘The Walking Dead,’ ‘Outcast,’ and ‘Battlestar Galactica.’

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In ‘Holy Air,’ When Adam hears that his wife Lamia is pregnant and his father falls very ill, he evaluates his life and realizes that he has not achieved much. Despite all his failed business ideas, he makes one last attempt to try to make it big.

In this interview, producer Ilan Moscovitch and writer-director-actor Shady Srour talk about inspiration for this personal story, influences as a creator, how this story changed from a documentary to a fictional story, the importance of career and family support, and why young filmmakers should be “stubborn as a stone” when it comes to their work.

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Whitney Cummings is a comedian, actor, writer, and producer. In her directorial debut, Whitney partnered with Neal Brennan (Chappelle’s Show) to adapt a nonfiction neurology book called ‘The Female Brain’ into a comedy.

Along with Whitney, the film also stars Sofia Vergara, Toby Kebbell, James Marsden, Cecily Strong, Will Sasso, Deon Cole, and Blake Griffin.

In this interview, the writer-director talks about her personal traps of motivation, the importance of brain rest, why she likes having other comedians on set, hacking your body to improve stress, and how she balances the many pieces of her profession.

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In ‘Entanglement,’ Thomas Middleditch’s character Ben Layton survives a failed suicide and then accidentally falls in love with a girl who was very nearly, almost his sister.

In this interview, director Jason James talks about his love for projects that are beautiful and weird, tonally different and all-together great.

James also discusses what he looks for in an audition, why he chose to have a real psychiatrist diagnose his protagonist, his love for the movie 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off' and an unusual secret for beating a creative block.

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Holly Sorensen got her start writing for magazines after a series of odd jobs. At Premiere, she rose to Senior Editor and got what she described as a “graduate course in Hollywood.”

She’s best known for her work on teen dramas like ‘Make It Or Break It’ and ‘Recovery Road,’ but she’s recently signed on to be the showrunner for YouTube Red’s first drama, ‘Step Up: High Water,’ loosely based off the ‘Step Up’ dance franchise that began with Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan Tatum.

In this interview, Sorensen describes her advice from William Goldman (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid), the truth about the infamous Hunter S. Thompson letter, and how to write inspirational work for young adults.

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Alfred Gough and Miles Millar have been bringing martial arts into the American mainstream for nearly twenty years. Their ongoing list of screenplays include 'Lethal Weapon 4,' 'Shanghai Noon,' 'Spider-Man 2,' 'I Am Number 4,' 'Smallville,' and now, 'Into the Badlands.'

Starring Daniel Wu as Sunny, AMC’s 'Into the Badlands' is the first American martial arts television series. The story follows a warrior who searches for enlightenment in a colorful yet dystopian future, where the sword is king and feudal barons rule the land.

We spoke with Alfred Gough and Miles Millar about keeping the martial arts authentic, why a fight scene is like jazz, news of a third 'Shanghai Noon' film, and writing for Jackie Chan.

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