We really don’t talk too much about short films on this site, but we’re always down for publicizing our friends.  It helps that this trailer simply looks AWESOME.  Steadfast is a short film written and directed by Nate Schneider.  Nate has been on the show a couple of times and is just an all around good guy.  I can’t wait to see this thing in its entirety.  Check it out!

Steadfast Trailer from Justin Lewis on Vimeo.

I knew that when it was confirmed that William Katt was coming to StarFest in Denver, Steve and Kathe Walker were off to a good start.  What I couldn’t expect, however, was just how many awesome people would be lined up with more still to come!  I’ll post these in order that they’ve been announced.  If you’re a geek ANYWHERE near Denver, CO, you’re crazy not to come to StarFest and join in the fun.

Robert Picardo has established himself firmly in the Star Trek universe with his portrayal of the holographic Doctor in Star Trek:  Voyager.  In fact, Mr. Picardo was easily the highlight of that show for me.  For us movie geeks, though, you’ll know Robert Picardo as a mainstay of Joe Dante’s films, appearing in The Howling, Explorers, Innerspace, Amazon Women on the Moon, The ‘Burbs, and my personal favorite as Forster in Gremlins 2:  The New Batch.  Mr. Picardo will be at StarFest for all three days.

Ethan Philips is most likely known by those attending StarFest as Neelix in Star Trek Voyager, but he is a GREAT example of actors who have an extremely varied and versatile filmography.  If you’re a child of the 80’s, you know you’ve seen him on Benson.  You’ll also recognize him from his appearances in films like Glory, The Man Without A Face, Wagons East, and Bad Santa.  He’s currently working with HorrorFest guest Ford Austin on the film Dahmer vs. Gacy.  Mr. Phillips will be appearing at StarFest for all three days.

Brent Spiner is obviously known to everyone for his role as Commander Data in Star Trek:  The Next Generation.  Did you know, though, that he also appeared in Tales From the Darkside, Night Court and Sledge Hammer! in the 1980’s?  Mr. Spiner always adds a lot of fun to the movies he appears in.  My favorite appearance of Mr. Spiner outside of TNG may very well be when he played Dr. Brackish Okun in Independance Day.  Mr. Spiner is currently appearing in a production of Man of La Mancha in Los Angeles and has also release an album of musical radio drama called Dreamland with Mark Hamill and Maude Maggart.  Mr. Spiner will be appearing at StarFest on Saturady, April 18th.

Katee Sackhoff went into Battlestar Galactica in a pretty tough position.  As if changing the gender of Starbuck wasn’t enough, it’s very easily argued that the change in tone from the original series to the new series changed the character of Starbuck more than any other character in the show.  Fan backlash began before a frame had been filmed.  If Ms. Sackhoff was phased in the slightest, she’s never shown it.  She has confidently taken the reimagining of Starbuck and made it hers.  She has taken what was really nothing more than a playboy and created one of the most compelling characters in science fiction today.  Ms. Sackhoff will be appearing at StarFest on Saturday, April 18th.

We had a great time at StarFest last year, but this year is shaping up to be even better and more fun!  We’re also working on planning a bit of a get together while in Denver for fans of our show, Geek Radio Daily and The Jesus Geeks as all three shows will have representatives at StarFest this year.  While we will make every attempt to talk to as many guests as possible, there is no guarantee that we will be able to talk everyone.  Some guests’ schedules will just simply be too busy.  We’re also looking forward to seeing who comes out for HorrorFest and we’ll be posting some video of the fun as well.

Every once in awhile, one of is honored to be asked onto another podcast as a guest.  Tonight, Dave is excited to be joining Andrew and the rest of the crew over at gmanreviews for their weekly podcast.  You can listen in live at their Ustream.tv page and we’ll post the link when the show goes live for download.

Listen live starting at 8pm EST!

Well, it’s getting to be that time of year again.  I know not a lot of our listeners/readers will be going to StarFest in Denver, but we’re getting excited for the fun to come.  I still have one interview from last year that I’ve been trying to get finished since April, and that’s with the good gentlemen from Random Creatureface Films, but that will hopefully be up this week (along with a DVD review).

Anyway, the first confirmed guest has been announced for this year’s StarFest, and it will make any geek in their 30’s VERY happy and bouncy.  William Katt has most recently been seen in an episode of this season’s Heroes, and he’s known by horror fans for his work in House or Carrie.  The role that most people know him for, though, is as English teacher Ralph Hinkley in The Greatest American Hero.  If you’re a child of the 80’s, you really owe it to yourself to look at his filmography and see everything he’s been in.  Chances are that you’ll probably even remember the episodes Mr. Katt appeared in.  This is one of the great things about the 70’s/80’s.  If there was an actor/actress you loved, chances are they would appear in a bunch of shows.  Mr. Katt just happens to be good in everything he shows up in.

As with last year, just because a guest is confirmed doesn’t mean that we’ll have a chance to sit down with them, but we’ll make every effort to talk to Mr. Katt if his schedule allows.

Photo by pinguino k.

Following a rowdy, randy party, Lloyd Kaufman and his Troma Studio team came to the Esquire Theater in Denver, to promote the TromaDance film festival, take questions and screen their studio-defining classic, The Toxic Avenger.

For the uninitiated, a little bit of back story: Troma is the oldest independent film studio in America (celebrating “35-years of Reel independence”) and specializes in sensational, campy, sex and gore-drenched movies that were big in the VHS and drive-in era of the 80’s and are still popular guilty pleasures today. In addition to the four films about Toxie, “The First Superhero from New Jersey”, Troma has also released the colorfully titled Surf Nazis Must Die!, Class of Nuke ‘Em High, Rabid Grannies, Redneck Zombies, Tromeo and Juliet and the critically acclaimed Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead. They’ve also distributed Cannibal: The Musical from Trey Parker and Matt Stone of South Park fame, and the stylish, scary Def By Temptation, which got great reviews and is the film Wes Craven’s Vampire in Brooklyn tried to be.

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It’s nice that we’re finally getting some fun sci-fi these days.  Even better, one of the better shows is the Sci-Fi channel’s Sanctuary.  Jonja.net’s Timelord had a chance to talk with Robin Dunne about the success of the show and how the show is made.  Check it out!  Thanks to Scorpiuscat for letting us know about this fun interview!

All of us at ScreenGeeks.com remind our American readers/listeners that voting is possibly the most sacred right you have and you need to take advantage of it today.  Whether you’re afraid that McCain will send us into WWIII or Obama will tax us into oblivion, you don’t get to complain if you don’t vote.  Simply put, if you won’t listen to us, listen to Terry Tate:

Those of you who want to see if Josh’s anabashed adoration of Midnight Meat Train can find out for yourself for free!  Vic Holtreman over at ScreenRant just posted that FEARnet is letting you watch the film for free.  For more details, hit the original Screenrant.com aritlce.

I don’t know how I missed this when it went online a couple weeks ago, but Quick Stop Entertainment’s Chris Stipp has posted his interview with Chuck’s Zachary Levi and Joshua Gomez at Comic Con has gone live and is a blast to watch.  Part 3 of the interview has a random interruption that’s just kinda surreal to watch.  Make sure you check it out!

On Monday night, Dave Chen and Adam Quigley had Josh on the latest episode of the /Filmcast After Dark, which just posted today.  Oh, and Josh doesn’t sound NEARLY as out of it as he said he was.  Our thanks go out to the /Filmcast guys for letting one of us sully their show.