The Movie Café - 29/07/2010

Pasquale Iannone with the unmissable weekly film programme. Pasquale celebrates a raft of new action movie releases - talking to SMOKIN ACES director Joe Carnahan, who's breathed new life into 80s favourite THE A TEAM; reviewing Will Smith's son Jaden's performance as the new KARATE KID; and speaking to DOLPH LUNDGREN about THE EXPENDABLES, Sylvester Stallone's action bonanza which stars a whole host of inter-generational action heroes - including Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis, Jet Li, and Jason Statham. We look ahead to two productions in Edinburgh this August in which live action is fused with impressive film projections - Chile's TEATRO CINEMA, whose shows SIN SANGRE and THE MAN WHO FED BUTTERFLIES almost create a brand new art form, so closely is the live action and film fused together; and REEL TO REAL: THE MOVIE MUSICAL, an extravagant musical which celebrates the Chinese love of Warner and MGM musicals. Plus Julie Dawn Cole, who played Veruca Salt in the 1971 film WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY, talks about playing one of the brattiest characters in cinema, and about dealing with an obsessive fan.