We’re going “unplugged” for this episode, meaning no intro/outro music and no “witty” banter about movies we’ve seen.  We just jump straight into our interview with Marc Lougee and talk about his latest project, Ray Harryhausen Presents:  The Pit and the Pendulum.  It’s a great listen as we talk about Marc’s career and you may just be suprised to know that some of the cool stuff you remember as a kid was worked on by Marc.  I’ve also included the trailer to Pit and links to his sites.  Enjoy!

The Official Pit and the Pendulum Website

The Official Blog

Also, check out Marc’s interview over at Jonja.net!

 

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After his scene-stealing performance in the first film, it looks like he’s coming back. At least according to Superhero Hype. This news is endorsed by every member of screengeeks.com. We were all a big fan of his performance in the first one and hope to see him get peed on again. Thank you Michael Bay, thank you.  (more…)

There really isn’t any way to set this up.  Wil shows up on the Gorgeous Tine Chicken Machine Show.  Yup, it’s as odd as it sounds, but it’s also freakin’ hilarious!

Sadly, we lost one of the great ones yesterday, a warm, extraordinarily talented and accomplished filmmaker and actor in Sydney Pollack.

Following a solid career as a theater and television actor (including parts on Playhouse 90, Alfred Hitchcock Presents and The Twilight Zone), Pollack became an ambitious film director who was always attentive to his actors and picked projects that were diverse, large scale and layered in their portrayals of human nature. While they had big name actors in the leads, his early films were anything but fluffy star vehicles:  They Shoot Horses Don’t They (starring Jane Fonda), Jeremiah Johnson (starring Robert Redford), The Yakuza (starring Robert Mitchum), Three Days of Condor (starring Redford and Faye Dunaway), Absence of Malice (starring Paul Newman), and The Electric Horseman (starring Redford and Fonda) were all richly acted, socially relevant, mature and smartly directed films. The only blemishes on his early track record were The Way We Were (starring Redford and Barbara Streisand), which many tossed off as fluff, despite being a huge hit and Bobby Deerfield, a race car drama that it’s star, Al Pacino, has said was something of a miscalculation.

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Just to get it out of the way, hate mail can be sent to dave at screengeeks dot com.  We talk about the films following the adventures of Dr. Jones. 

 

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Ok, we talk about all kinds of stuff, but we end up not having an actual topic this week.  We were simply running behind and ended up being late for an interview to be featured in a future episode.  However, if you listen, you’ll find out our new voicemail number and who won 8 1/2!  Show notes will be coming tomorrow.

 

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Dave’s Note:  This was supposed to go up in March, but I slacked and lost track of it.

It’s been exactly one year since the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles made their return to the big screen after a 14-year absence. The question on every Shell Head’s mind: when can we expect the sequel, or, more to the point, are we getting a sequel at all? Following a big weekend opening of $24 million, executive producer Harvey Weinstein famously declared, “Cowabunga dudes! It’s sequel time!” The enthusiasm didn’t last, however, when the movie dropped 62% the following weekend and ended up grossing just $54 million domestically (and a little more than that worldwide).  Considering the film cost $35 million to make, the result was a minor hit and a success as a DVD item, but the push for a sequel has yet to take place. Director Kevin Munroe has moved on and is planning another CGI film, called Gatchaman, and there is no TMNT 2 currently being developed at The Weinstein Company or Warner Brothers.

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From the oft-heard complaints you hear from Trekkies about the fourth, fifth and ninth Star Trek films, you’d think we Spock-eared, Klingon-spouting fanboys (and girls) had no sense of humor. I’m referring to the “too much humor” issue that is both an asset and a burden to the longstanding (and still going) Star Trek film franchise.  Honestly, when you have classically trained actors standing around in heavy make-up, give deadly-serious monologues about what is “logical” and, in order to stage a shaking starship, stumble wildly around the “bridge”, dashes of humor are more than welcome.

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I’ve fallen severely behind in my posting of articles, especially ones that Barry has worked hard on, so today is an article extravaganza!  I’ll also be posting some thoughts on recent news stories as well.

We’ve still got some stuff to put up from Starfest.  I’m transcribing and interview we had with the guys over at Random Creature Face Films and director Richard Taylor.  Today, I’m finally posting a report we got from our good friend Jeff.  Jeff got to sit in on Adam Baldwin’s Q&A, and it’s a fun read.  I can vouch that the guy you see in interviews is the same off camera/mic.  Enjoy!

During Starfest 2008, Adam Baldwin spent an hour talking with his fans and answering questions. I have been to several of these questions and answer times at starfest and for me Adam Baldwin was at the top of list. He was very personal, very honest and his humble demeanor was refreshing. He started out by introducing himself, not that he needed to, but he did not assume everyone should know who he is. He took a couple of minutes giving a brief bio and then started answering questions. He answered questions about Chuck, My Bodyguard,  Independence Day and others, but as you can guess, the most popular questions were about his role as Jayne in Firefly.

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