Happy Birthday: Mike Newell

Mike Newell Born: March 28, 1942 in St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England, UK [on making the fourth Harry Potter movie] “I was very anxious to break the franchise out of this goody-two-shoes feel. It’s my view that children are violent, dirty, corrupt anarchists. Just adults-in-waiting basically.” I don’t like the term chick flick. I think it… Continue reading Happy Birthday: Mike Newell

Happy Birthday: Richard Kelly

Richard Kelly Born: March 28, 1975 in Newport News, Virginia, USA “I was literally losing five pounds per week on the set of Donnie Darko (2001). I was turning into this walking skeleton. I was sort of becoming “Donnie Darko”! I started channeling Donnie and Jake [Gyllenhaal], playing Donnie, started channeling me. So it was… Continue reading Happy Birthday: Richard Kelly