They Came, They Saw, They Conquered

Bigscreen gets trapped with the makers of Saw, James Wan and Leigh Whannell. The horror high kings discuss Jaws, primal fears, clowns, budget film-making, box office receipts, musical comedies, Saw 8 and their new movie, Insidious.

Words: Mark Linehan

I couldn't breathe. Both my arms were tied to what appeared to be an old electric chair. A mask of spikes surrounded my face. The more I fought, the more the straps that bound my arms tightened. A robotic voice played as a screen flickered in front of me. A male appeared on the screen. I had less than two minutes to escape. The mask tightened as the voice warned that I must watch the end of this weather report by Alan Hughes or have my face torn off. Through the sweat I screamed, "Give me the mask, I can't take this any more!"

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Bigscreen.ie meets Richard Ayoade

Words: Mark Linehan

Upon entering a plush room in the Merrion Hotel, I register a double take. Sitting in front of me is probably one of the most instantly recognisable comic creations of the past ten years. He is minus the dead mouse brown tie, the pens and the short-sleeved shirt, but it's him alright. As the socially awkward Moss in The IT Crowd, his character has great difficulty in communicating, but now he seems to be engrossed in a conversation about specific sandwich fillings and a previously attended "very posh" buffet. The conversation is broken by myself when I congratulate him on the movie, asking him how he feels about fathering his film-child and letting it run free into the wild. "Do you set your children out into the wild? Set ants into the wild, not children, please," he feigns a mock...

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Forget the Oscars...The Razzies 2011

Words: Mark 'Lenny' Linehan

AIR kisses abound as the world's greatest luvvies from London to Los Angeles celebrate being nominated for the greatest prize in Hollywood.

But, I'm not talking about the little golden statuette that every March confounds and excites in equal measures. We all know The King's Speech has received the most nominations in twelve (better not mention the Nazi sympathising of it's main protagonist King George VI then), but Colin Firth is the favourite to win for his Prince Charles meets Elmer Fudd portrayal of the reluctant Monarch. However, Christopher Nolan got 'Scorseseed' with the astonishing failure to be nominated for the perplexing yet brillianly executed Inception. Natalie Portman is a plimsoll-in to win Best Actress and...

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