Film Interviews

Actors Babou Ceesay (Free Fire, Rogue One) and Samuel Blenkin (Mickey 17, Atlanta) chat about their roles on 'Alien: Earth' as part of a virtual roundtable. The series premieres August 13 with the first two episodes available to stream on Disney+ for UK audiences. SYNOPSIS: When a mysterious space vessel crash-lands on Earth, a young woman and a ragtag group of tactical soldiers make a fateful discovery that puts them face-to-face with the planet’s greatest threat in the sci-fi horror series “Alien: Earth.” As members of the crash recovery crew search for survivors among the wreckage, they encounter mysterious predatory life forms more terrifying than they could have ever imagined. With this new threat unlocked, the search crew must fight for survival and what they choose to do with this discovery could change planet Earth as they know it.

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Director James Griffiths, along with Writers and Stars Tom Basden and Tim Key of The Ballad of Wallis Island, sat down with FILMHOUNDS to discuss their charming, earnest, and quintessentially British film. Synopsis: Old tensions resurface when former bandmates who were former lovers reunite for a private show at the island home of an eccentric millionaire. The Ballad of Wallis Island is in cinemas on 30th May. #TheBalladofWallisIsland #TimKey #TomBasden #JamesGriffiths #careymulligan #FILMHOUNDS #UniversalPictures #FocusFeatures

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Director Dean Fleischer Camp (Marcel the Shell with Shoes on) & producer Jonathan Eirich (Aladdin) sit down with Filmhounds to discuss remaking 'Lilo & Stitch', the film's cultural significance, and adapting future Disney projects. SYNOPSIS: A live-action reimagining of Disney’s 2002 animated classic, “Lilo & Stitch” is the wildly funny and touching story of a lonely Hawaiian girl and the fugitive alien who helps to mend her broken family. Directed by Dean Fleischer Camp, the Oscar®-nominated filmmaker behind the animated feature film “Marcel the Shell with Shoes On,” the film stars Maia Kealoha, Sydney Elizebeth Agudong, Billy Magnussen, Tia Carrere, Hannah Waddingham, Chris Sanders, with Courtney B. Vance, and Zach Galifianakis. “Lilo & Stitch” is produced by Jonathan Eirich and Dan Lin, with Tom Peitzman and Ryan Halprin serving as executive producers. "Lilo & Stitch” will open in UK cinemas 21st May 2025

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FILMHOUNDS attended the 2025 BAFTA Television Awards Winner's Conference where we heard from the big winners of the night. Featuring highlights of questions posed by us and other journalists, you can hear from winners such as Shogun, Mr Bates vs The Post Office, Marisa Abela and Jessica Gunning.

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Director and writer Nadia Conners chats with FILMHOUNDS about her new star-studded feature, 'The Uninvited', which releases in UK cinemas on May 9. SYNOPSIS: The Uninvited is a story about the passing of time, love, regret and aging. This comedic drama centers on Rose, a former actress now living as a stay-at-home mom, who faces a night of chaos when an elderly woman named Helen arrives at her home, claiming it as her own. This unexpected encounter, along with the presence of other complicated characters from her past and present, forces Rose to confront her insecurities and reflect on her journey as a woman. The film humorously critiques Hollywood's beauty standards while celebrating the complexities of womanhood and explores the themes of motherhood, and self-discovery in Los Angeles.

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With the film now available on digital platforms, FILMHOUNDS spoke with Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy costume designer Molly Emma Rowe. SYNOPSIS: Two-time Academy Award winner Renee Zellweger returns to the role that established a romantic-comedy heroine for the ages, a woman whose inimitable approach to life and love redefined an entire film genre.

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Director and Producer David F. Sandberg chats with FILMHOUNDS about his adaptation of hit horror game 'Until Dawn' — which releases in cinemas on April 25. SYNOPSIS: One year after her sister Melanie mysteriously disappeared, Clover and her friends head into the remote valley where she vanished in search of answers. Exploring an abandoned visitor center, they find themselves stalked by a masked killer and horrifically murdered one by one…only to wake up and find themselves back at the beginning of the same evening. Trapped in the valley, they’re forced to relive the night again and again - only each time the killer threat is different, each more terrifying than the last. Hope dwindling, the group soon realizes they have a limited number of deaths left, and the only way to escape is to survive until dawn.

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Before launching on 10 April, FILMHOUNDS sat down with G20 director Patricia Riggen to talk about the new action film starring Viola Davis. SYNOPSIS: When the G20 Summit comes under siege, U.S. President Danielle Sutton (Academy Award winner Viola Davis) becomes the number one target. After evading capture by the attackers, she must outsmart the enemy to protect her family, defend her country and safeguard world leaders in this action-packed thrill ride.

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Before their BFI Flare premiere, FILMHOUNDS sat down with directors Neil Ely and Lloyd Eyre-Morgan to talk about their debut feature 'Departures'. SYNOPSIS: Benji meets Jake at an airport check-out gate and is immediately intrigued. Jake is fit, elusive, dominant and, as Benji happily suspects, ‘a bit gay’. Cue monthly getaways to Amsterdam, a lot of sex and the creeping emergence of a doomed power dynamic. This Manchester-made feature was self-funded by a collective of working-class LGBT+ filmmakers, who have successfully created a funny, raw and empathetic cinematic experience for all.

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Writer Rebecca Lenkiewicz chats with FILMHOUNDS on the BFI Flare red carpet about her directorial debut 'Hot Milk'. The film releases in UK ciemas on July 4. SYNOPSIS: Rose and her daughter Sofia journey to a Spanish seaside town to meet an enigmatic healer. As Sofia embraces an affair with an alluring stranger, tensions with her overbearing mother threaten their fragile bond.

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