{"id":32802,"date":"2025-12-20T06:22:33","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T11:22:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=32802"},"modified":"2025-12-20T12:09:45","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T17:09:45","slug":"the-family-mcmullen-exclusive-interview-with-actress-halston-sage-actor-pico-alaxander","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=32802","title":{"rendered":"The Family McMullen : Exclusive Interview with Actress Halston Sage &#038; Actor Pico Alexander"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@cinemadailyus\"><strong>Check out more of Our YouTube Channel\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Nobuhiro Hosoki<\/strong> grew up watching American films since he was a kid; he decided to go to the United States thanks to seeing the artistry of Stanley Kubrick&#8217;s &#8220;A Clockwork Orange.\u201d After graduating from film school, he worked as an assistant director on\u00a0<a class=\"google-anno\" href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/author\/nobuhosokigmail-com\/#\" data-google-vignette=\"false\" data-google-interstitial=\"false\">\u00a0<span class=\"google-anno-t\">TV<\/span><\/a>\u00a0Tokyo\u2019s program called &#8220;Morning Satellite&#8221; at the New York branch office but he didn\u2019t give up on his interest in cinema. He became a film reporter for via Yahoo Japan News. In that role, he writes news articles, picks out headliners for Yahoo News, as well as interviewing Hollywood film directors, actors, and producers working in the domestic circuit in the USA. He also does production interviews for Japanese distributors of American films and for in-theater on-sale programs. He is now the editor-in-chief of Cinemadailyus.com while continuing his work for Japan.<\/p>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1774669342741533\" data-ad-slot=\"1211148813\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32803\" src=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/The-Family-Mcmullen-poster.png\" alt=\"The Family McMullen \" width=\"978\" height=\"1254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/The-Family-Mcmullen-poster.png 978w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/The-Family-Mcmullen-poster-234x300.png 234w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/The-Family-Mcmullen-poster-799x1024.png 799w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/The-Family-Mcmullen-poster-768x985.png 768w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/The-Family-Mcmullen-poster-696x892.png 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 978px) 100vw, 978px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Family McMullen<\/strong> : 30 years after Edward Burns&#8217; &#8220;The Brothers McMullen&#8221; wowed critics and audiences &#8212; winning the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival &#8212; with its exploration of the lives and struggles of three Irish American brothers from Long Island, New York, the family returns in the long-awaited follow-up THE FAMILY MCMULLEN. The new film tracks the romantic entanglements of a now 50-something Barry McMullen (Burns) and his 20-something kids, as well as his brother Patrick (Michael McGlone) and widowed sister-in-law Molly (Connie Britton), each facing unexpected romantic hurdles of their own.<\/p>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1774669342741533\" data-ad-slot=\"1211148813\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<p><strong>Director<\/strong> : Edward Burns<\/p>\n<p><strong>Producer<\/strong> : Aaron Lubin, Ellen H. 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