Author: Will Harris

Few film critics have dared test the fortitude of the shaky limb where one must sit to proclaim director Paul W.S. Anderson to be a true auteur, but his filmography is full of productions that hold a special place in the hearts of sci-fi fans. Okay, so perhaps they’re often the less discerning sci-fi fans, but “Event Horizon” has a fairly rabid cult following, “Resident Evil” was successful enough to warrant two sequels, and no less an authority than James Cameron declared Anderson’s “AVP: Alien vs. Predator” to be his third favorite among the “Alien” films. At the very least,…

Given how long they’ve been performing, it sometimes feels as though the Smothers Brothers have always been around, but they actually ended up taking an unexpected (and undesired) break in 1969 when their CBS variety show, “The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour,” caused so much controversy that the brothers were unceremoniously fired by the network. Not cancelled. FIRED. After many years of waiting, the show is finally making its DVD debut courtesy of the fine folks at Time-Life, and in typical Smothers Brothers style, they’re being slightly controversial by releasing the third season first. Bullz-Eye had the opportunity to speak with…

Once, he was Carlton Banks, the man who brought Tom Jones’ “It’s Not Unusual” to an entirely new demographic. Now, he’s the host of the latest Game Show Network hit, “Catch 21.” Bullz-Eye had the opportunity to chat with Alfonso Ribeiro about his days on “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” and “Silver Spoons,” his transition from in front of the camera as an actor to behind the camera as a director, and why the inaccuracy of IMDB and Wikipedia really gets his hackles up. Bullz-Eye: Hey, Alfonso, it’s good to talk to you. I was sorry that you were at…

After surviving the it-seemed-like-a-good-idea-at-the-time series that was ABC’s “Big Shots,” we would’ve forgiven Michael Vartan if he was currently camping outside J.J. Abrams’ door, clutching a pitch for “Alias: The Next Generation,” but we’re even happier to announce that he’s still out there, fighting the good fight as a film actor. As of this writing, he’s only a few weeks away from shooting a comedy with David Cross (“Demoted”), but Bullz-Eye had a chance to speak with Vartan about a film of his which recently – and, it must be said, unjustly – went straight to video: “Rogue,” an Australian-set…

Although he’d been acting in film and on television since the early 1960s, it wasn’t until 1972 that “Kung Fu” made David Carradine into a full-fledged star. Since then, Carradine’s career has, like most actors, done the ol’ ebb-and-flow routine, but after years of solid acting performances (including several re-visitations of his most famous character, Kwai Chang Caine), he received a major boost in street cred in 2003 when he starred as Bill in Quentin Tarantino’s epic “Kill Bill” films. Currently, Carradine is appearing in the new Spike TV miniseries, “Kung Fu Killer,” where he’s re-teamed with one of his…

He’s made a living in recent years as one of those definitively “gruff but loveable” actors, but while Philip Baker Hall’s role as the library cop on “Seinfeld” may still be considered his career touchstone for a lot of folks in the mainstream, he’s been a film staple since the 1980s, appearing in teen classics (“Say Anything,” “Three O’clock High,” “How I Got Into College”), action flicks (“The Rock,” “Air Force One,” “Enemy of the State”), and the majority of Paul Thomas Anderson’s oeuvre. Currently, Hall is promoting the DVD release of a small, underrated film called “Duck,” where he…

In recent years, TBS has gradually become recognized as a place to go to catch new, first-run sitcoms, and one of the best of their current bunch is “My Boys.” Bullz-Eye had a chance to speak with Jamie Kaler, who plays the Matthew McConaughey-imitating Mike Callahan about his role on this show, as well as his work on “Robot Chicken” and his memorable one-off gig on “That ‘70s Show.” Jamie Kaler: Hey, Will. Bullz-Eye: Hey, Jamie. How’s it going? JK: Good, man. BE: Well, I’m a big fan of the show… JK: Oh, that’s awesome! BE: …although I’ve got to…

As of this writing, Elisabeth Moss is being hotly tipped as an Emmy Award nominee for her work as Peggy Olson on AMC’s “Mad Men,” and we wouldn’t begin to bet against her. She did some phenomenal work over the course of the first season’s 13 episodes, and we have every reason to believe the trend will continue in Season Two, which premiered on July 27. We had an opportunity to speak with Moss in conjunction with the DVD release of “Mad Men: Season 1,” and we quizzed her about her role on the show, what we can expect from…

It’s hard to imagine that, once upon a time, people were skeptical that Mike Nelson could fill the shoes that Joel Hodgson left behind when he departed “Mystery Science Theater 3000” and left the Satellite of Love short one human. Truth be told, probably more people know Nelson than Hodgson; his was the face of “MST3K” during the last portion of its run on Comedy Central, as well as its entire stint on the Sci-Fi Network. Since the series left the air in 1999, Nelson has kept busy predominantly as an author, having written “Mike Nelson’s Movie Megacheese,” “Mike Nelson’s…

First things first: yes, Chris Lemmon is the son of the late Jack Lemmon. But it’s highly possible that you know Chris’ work as an actor as well, given his stints on “Knots Landing,” “Thunder in Paradise” and the early Fox sitcom, “Duet.” In recent years, however, Chris has stepped back from the Hollywood lifestyle in favor of playing the role of family man, but when his father passed away, Chris found himself putting pen to paper and composing what would become “A Twist of Lemmon: A Tribute to My Father.” Bullz-Eye was fortunate enough to speak with Chris upon…