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“Cleaner” Director Martin Campbell on filming action Feb 22, 2025

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Director Martin Campbell talks about the appeal of having a "Die Hard"-style film featuring a woman, with the challenges of filming on the outside of a building for much of the story.

Film Masters founder Phil Hopkins on Restoring Cult Classics Feb 15, 2025

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Film Masters' newest remaster release is Roger Corman's MONSTER FROM THE OCEAN FLOOR (1954), and founder Phil Hopkins talks about how he went from film history into producing film restorations for physical media releases.

“Renner”: Actor Frankie Muniz & Director Robert Rippberger on AI helpers Feb 08, 2025

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Director Robert Rippberger and actor Frankie Muniz talk quickly about Renner, a story about a genius who's created Salenus, an AI life coach, but he realizes too late that her personality and intentions closely mirror those of his manipulative and abusive (and deceased) mother.

“Eternal You”: Exploring digital methods of living forever Jan 25, 2025

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Directors Hans Block and Moritz Riesewieck talk about their documentary ETERNAL YOU, which looks at the growing landscape of AI startups that use AI to "recreate" a deceased loved one.

“Iyanu”: An animated African superhero fantasy for all ages Jan 11, 2025

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The creative team from the new animated fantasy series IYANU stops by to talk about this highly anticipated series ahead of its debut on Cartoon Network and Max.

Movies, TV, Comics: Favorites of 2024 Jan 04, 2025

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Summer, Noah and Louis list their favorite media releases from 2024, and hope for more and better from 2025!

“Bleeding”: Director Andrew Bell’s take on vampires and addiction Dec 28, 2024

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Filmmaker Andrew Bell stops by to talk about Bleeding, a story about dealing with addictions, grief, despair, and vampires at the center of it all, but not in the way you'd imagine.

“Utopia”: Director James Bamford on pulling all the best elements together Dec 07, 2024

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Director James Bamford talks about his indie scifi action-thriller Utopia, where a former special ops soldier has to infiltrate a high tech human trafficking organization in search of his missing wife.

“Street Trash”: Director Ryan Kruger on practical filmmaking Nov 23, 2024

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Director Ryan Kruger stops by to talk about his reimagined edition of the cult horror favorite Street Trash. Ryan also sees this movie as more of a sequel to the original rather than a typical remake.

“Keeping 007 Alive”: Bond Beyond the Movies Nov 16, 2024

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Pop Culture Detective and Author Mark Edlitz returns to discuss more James Bond lore, with his newest book Keeping 007 Alive, which is a follow up to last year's James Bond After Fleming to explore the Bond stories in print.

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