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For episode 234, I'm joined once again by my co-host Myles Hughes, with producer Steve Prusakowski behind the scenes preparing for Emmys and a new season of TV Topics, so look out for that soon. This episode has us catching up on all of your questions from last week, as well as this week, which allows us to get into a number of topics. One of the major ones is the news of a new Oscar category in Best Stunt Design, which comes as this season introduces Best Achievement in Casting. I wrote about these new categories here, but Myles and I get into it as well. We also talk about The Last of Us, as we get set to recap the episodes of the second season starting next week. Plus, I've seen and loved Sinners (my rave review is here), so I'm getting Myles pumped for that one. It's an enjoyable episode, so please do dive right in...As always my friends and faithful listeners/readers, I do hope you all enjoy the latest episode of the Awards Radar Podcast, our 235th one to date (here's to many more). Of course, feel free to revisit the previous installments by clicking the Podcast tab (here) on the top of the page. Plus, listen to us on Apple Podcasts (iTunes), Spotify, and other platforms. More to come each and every single week, so from the bottom of my heart, thank you for listening!

Welcome to the Financial Freedom & Wealth Trailblazers Podcast! In today's episode, we're revealing the smart strategies top executives use to fast-track their careers.Randy Phares is the President and CEO of Dr. Box Consulting, Inc. High-performing managers hire his company to get their dream jobs because they have had enough of being underpaid, overworked, and under-appreciated at work while other areas of their lives suffer. Bottom line: Dr. Box Consulting helps them get their dream job and excel in it so they can enjoy their work and live happy, healthy, fulfilling lives with their loved ones in six months—guaranteed.Randy has been an Executive and has run a successful Executive Recruiter (Headhunter) firm. He has appeared on BBC for improving the entire economy of the Country of Georgia. He led a top-five plant financial turnaround for a multi-national business unit of a Fortune 1000 Corporation on the Forbes Most Admired List. He was awarded the “Best Achievement of Organizational Improvement in Manufacturing Award” by the Global Six-Sigma and Business Improvement Awards. The U.S. and Afghan governments requested his expertise to help launch four different industries in Afghanistan and train their Ministry of Agriculture. He has helped many mid-size corporations save millions of dollars in their supply chains. Additionally, he serves as an Expert Witness, conducting forensic analysis for legal cases.His Fearless Achiever Coaching Programs empower individuals to get the job they want, manage their time effectively, increase productivity, and achieve a fruitful and fulfilling work-life balance.Connect with Randy Here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/randyphares/https://www.randyphares.comGrab the freebie here: https://randyphares.com/email-optin-squeeze-page-page===================================If you enjoyed this episode, remember to hit the like button and subscribe. Then share this episode with your friends.Thanks for watching the Financial Freedom & Wealth Trailblazers Podcast. This podcast is part of the Digital Trailblazer family of podcasts. To learn more about Digital Trailblazer and what we do to help entrepreneurs, go to DigitalTrailblazer.com.Are you a coach, consultant, expert, or online course creator? Then we'd love to invite you to our FREE Facebook Group where you can learn the best strategies to land more high-ticket clients and customers. QUICK LINKS: APPLY TO BE FEATURED: https://app.digitaltrailblazer.com/podcast-guest-applicationDIGITAL TRAILBLAZER: https://digitaltrailblazer.com/

It's the "Boppies": our annual award show of the highlights and lowlights in news, politics, and current events for 2024. In Part One we cover categories such as Most Valuable Player (MVP) on both the Democratic and Republican sides, 'Perp of the Year,' and the most significant news stories of 2024. 00:00 Opening Remarks and Fashion Highlights 03:10 Introducing the Gala and Categories 03:37 Democratic MVP Nominees 08:36 Republican MVP Nominees 13:44 Perp of the Year: Political Scandals 20:32 Best Achievement in Legislation 24:04 News Story of the Year

Joel Harlow is a four-time Oscar nominee for Best Achievement in Make-up and Hairstyling (Star Trek {dir. JJ Abrams}; Star Trek Beyond {dir. Justin Lin); The Lone Ranger; and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever), one-time Oscar winner (Star Trek), five-time Emmy Award nominee for Outstanding Make-up and Outstanding Prosthetic Make-up (The Stand; The Shining; Buffy the Vampire Slayer {S.6}; Carnivále {S.2}; Mad Men {S.1}); two-time Emmy Award winner (The Stand; The Shining), seven-time Hollywood Make-up Artist & Hair Stylist Guild Award nominee and two-time winner for Special Make-up Effects (Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl; Star Trek Beyond), two-time Saturn Award winner for Best Make-up (Star Trek, Black Panther), and two-time Critics' Choice Award nominee for Best Make-up and Hair (Black Mass; Star Trek Beyond). --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/steven-cuoco/support

On this episode, I present Silver Screen Social's 2nd annual panel, THE SOUNDS OF THE 62ND ANNUAL NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL, featuring the following panelists:  Bård Farbu - re-recording mixer and sound designer - No Other Land James Harrison - supervising sound editor and re-recording mixer - Blitz - Oscar nominee for Best Sound (No Time to Die) - BAFTA Award nominee for Best Sound (No Time to Die) - 12x Golden Reel Award nominee - BAFTA Television Craft Award nominee for Best Sound: Fiction (Small Axe) - AMPS Award nominee for Excellence in Sound for a Television Drama (Small Axe) Steve Single - supervising sound editor, dialogue editor and re-recording mixer - BAFTA Award nominee for Best Sound (Tár) - Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Award nominee for Best Sound (Nitram & True History of the Kelly Gang) Daniel Timmons - supervising sound editor and re-recording mixer - Nickel Boys - Emmy Award winner for Outstanding Sound Editing for a Nonfiction or Reality Program (Jim Henson: Idea Man) - 2x Golden Reel Award nominee (Hamilton & What Happened, Miss Simone?)  John Warhurst - Oscar winner for Best Achievement in Sound Editing (Bohemian Rhapsody) - 2x BAFTA Award winner for Best Sound (Bohemian Rhapsody & Les Misérables) - Emmy Award winner for Outstanding Sound Editing for a Nonfiction or Reality Program (Single or Multi-Camera) (Moonage Daydream) - 5x Golden Reel Award winner (Moonage Daydream, Bohemian Rhapsody & Les Misérables) - Cinema Eye Honors Award winner for Outstanding Sound Design (Moonage Daydream) - 2x AMPS Award winner (Bohemian Rhapsody & Moonage Daydream) 

Last March, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the addition of a new Oscar category: Best Achievement in Casting. Allison Estrin, an NYC-based casting director whose credits include “Billions”, “The Other Two”, “Bupkis”, and a slew of movies, joins me today and  graciously answers my questions about the craft. We also talk about the Artios Awards, the honor by which the Casting Society of America has been honoring casting professionals since 1985, and what we might expect for the first slate of Oscar nominations in 2026.

On this episode, I spoke to Oscar and Emmy nominated costume designer Danny Glicker about his work on The Sympathizer.  Glicker is an…  -Oscar nominee for Milk in the Best Achievement in Costume Design category -CDG Award winner for Transamerica in the Excellence in Contemporary Film category and a 2x nominee for Up in the Air and Milk -Primetime Emmy nominee for Angelyne in the Outstanding Period Costumes category

On this episode, I spoke to Oscar and BAFTA-nominated re-recording mixer and supervising sound editor Craig Berkey about his work on Luca Guadagnino's latest film Challengers. The film stars Zendaya, Josh O'Connor and Mike Faist. Berkey's accolades include: Academy Awards: Nominations for Best Achievement in Sound Editing and Best Achievement in Sound Mixing for True Grit Nomination for Best Achievement in Sound Mixing for No Country for Old Men BAFTA Awards: 
Nominations for Best Sound for True Grit and No Country for Old Men

 Cinema Audio Society Awards: 2x Winner Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Motion Pictures for True Grit and No Country for Old Men

 Gold Reel Award (Motion Picture Sound Editors) 16x Nominee and 3x Winner (Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing - Sound Effects, Foley, Dialogue and ADR for Foreign Language Feature Film for Roma, Best Sound Editing - Television Animated Series for Spawn and Best Sound Editing - Television Animated Series - Sound for Spawn)

On this episode, I spoke to costume designer Wendy Chuck about her work on The Holdovers.  Chuck has collaborated with some of the film industry's most celebrated talents including Alexander Payne, Tom McCarthy, Jack Nicholson, George Clooney, Robert Redford, Jane Fonda, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, and Jane Campion. Her alchemy with fabric, texture, pattern, and color have brought life to a diverse range of characters on screen: Nebraska's rustic Midwesterners, Election's conniving high-schooler, Twilight's teenage vampires, Spotlight's journalistic team, and the inhabitants of Downsizing's miniaturized world. In 1994, the Australian Film Institute nominated Chuck for Best Achievement in Costume for the period piece Country Life (1994) starring Greta Sacchi and Sam Neill. Other awards followed including a win from the Costume Designers Guild for About Schmidt (2003), and nominations for The Descendents (2011) and Nebraska (2014). Chuck has enjoyed a long standing working relationship with acclaimed writer/director Alexander Payne and has served as costume designer on all but one of his features. They have collaborated on hits like Sideways (2004) starring Paul Giamatti and Election (1999) starring Reese Witherspoon. She is currently working on Disney's Lilo and Stitch (2024) and her own capsule collection.

In which the Mister and I check out ANATOMY OF A FALL (2023), which is still in theaters, coming soon to streaming and to buy/rent on Prime Video.  From director Justine Triet and a script by Justine Triet and Arthur Harari, the film follows Sandra (Sandra Hüller) who at the start of the film is being interviewed by a student but then has to reschedule because of her husband.  Shortly after, her partially blind son, Daniel (an outstanding performance by young actor, Milo Machado-Graner), comes home and finds his father dead in front of their home.  After an investigation, Sandra soon finds herself facing homicide charges.  From here the film turns into a legal drama as witnesses and experts all weigh in on what happened.  Daniel insists on testifying but finds himself conflicted and confides in the court appointed monitor, Marge, who gives him some good advice.  This is a five time Oscar nominated film for Best Original Screenplay (Justine Triet and Arthur Harari), Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role (Sandra Hüller), Best Director (Justine Triet), Best Achievement in Film Editing (Laurent Sénéchal) and Best Picture of the Year nominee at the upcoming Academy Awards.  This film clocks in at 2 h 31 m and is rated  R.  Please note there are SPOILERS in this review. Opening intro music: GOAT by Wayne Jones, courtesy of YouTube Audio Library  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jokagoge/support

Welcome to Multiverse News, Your source for Information about all your favorite fictional universes. The 2024 Super Bowl was the most-watched program in American television history with 123.4 million viewers. The House of Mouse let loose several bits of exciting news after their quarterly earnings call on February 7. Animation fans were surprised with the release of a teaser trailer for Moana 2, which will be in theaters in November. Bob Iger also announced that Zootopia 2 will release in 2025 and Frozen 3 and Toy Story 5 will drop in 2026. Fans of the recent Percy Jackson and the Olympians series officially received the news that season two has been greenlit. Disney is investing $1.5 billion Epic Games - known best for Fortnite. CEO Bob Iger explained that the goal is to create a gaming universe that features beloved characters from Disney's hottest franchises such as Marvel, Star Wars, Pixar, and more. And last - but never least - it was announced that Taylor Swift's concert film The Eras Tour will stream exclusively on Disney+ beginning March 15.Last week we discussed the seemingly-rushed new Jurassic World movie, which had announced that its director would be David Leitch. But talks between Universal and Leith fell through and the director is no longer attached to the project.  In a surprising move, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences governing board announced a new category that will first be given away in 2026 - Best Achievement in Casting. It's been nearly 25 years since a new category was announced - the last one being Best Animated Feature Film in 2001. A joint statement from the Academy Casting Director Branch governors expressed appreciation for the acknowledgment and recognition for casting directors. Official rules will be announced in April 2025 and films of that year will be the first ones considered for the award.  Paramount released the first trailer for its limited series and Sonic the Hedgehog spin-off, Knuckles, starring Idris Elba in the lead voice acting role. The six episode show will debut on Paramount+ on April 26. This March, Marvel Comics will release a prelude comic for the X-Men ‘97 animated show. The first issue features a wraparound cover by Russell Dauterman. The limited series will be four issues long. Celine Song is reuniting with A24 for her second feature film following her Best Picture directorial debut Past Lives. The new film, titled Materialists, is described as a romantic comedy with Dakota Johnson, Pedro Pascal, and Chris Evans in early talks to star. Sony is shutting down its Funimation app and moving subscribers over to Crunchyroll, but the move does not include their already purchased content. Seven Star Wars comics will feature variant covers featuring some of the women of the galaxy far, far away for Women's History Month in March. HBO is developing an Aegon's Conquest Game of Thrones series, which will serve as a prequel to House of the Dragon. Mattson Tomlin, who wrote parts of Matt Reeves' The Batman and is co-writing the upcoming sequel, will write the series. Michael Chaves, who has directed previous installments in The Conjuring franchise, including 2021's The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It and The Nun II is in negotiations to direct what is being eyed as the fourth and final outing in the franchise currently under the working titled The Conjuring 4. After being saved from a tax break death at Warner Bros., the John Cena and Lana Condor movie, Coyote Vs Acme is officially being shelved forever. Although Warner Brothers did attempt to shop the film to other studios including Netflix, Amazon, and Paramount, their asking price of between $75 and $80 million for the film was too high to attract a buyer. Wicked author Gregory Maguire will release a new prequel titled Elphie: A Wicked Childhood on October 1. Maguire has written eight Oz-inspired books.

On this episode, I spoke to editor Laurent Sénéchal about his work on Anatomy of a Fall.  Sénéchal's accolades for Anatomy of a Fall include:  An Oscar nomination for Best Achievement in Film Editing An ACE Eddie nomination for Best Edited Feature Film - Drama A BAFTA BAFTA Film Award for Best Editing A César Award nomination for Best Editing European Film Award winner for European Editor LAFCA Award winner Best Editing The film was directed by Justine Triet and stars Sandra Hüller.

In which the Mister and Monsters join me in reviewing FROZEN (2013), which you can find for streaming on Disney+.  Written and directed by Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee, and loosely based off Hans Christian Andersen's "The Snow Queen," the film follows sisters, Anna (Kristen Bell) and Elsa (Idina Menzel) who from tragedy grow apart but rediscover the other after their parents deaths and as Elsa is to be crowned the new Queen of Arendelle.  Things go wrong and Elsa flees but not before casting an eternal winter on the land.  Anna, now having a better understanding of her sister, chases after her to let her know that she isn't alone and that together they will fix things.  Will Anna get to Elsa in time and convince her that together they are stronger?  Fantastic voice acting, a remarkable soundtrack, a strong story and stunning visuals make this one of Disney's new classics and rightly so.  This film was a winner for Best Animated Feature Film of the Year and Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song at the 2014 Academy Awards.  The film clocks in at 1 h and 42 m and is rated PG.  Please note there are SPOILERS in this review. This episode is dedicated to Miss Stephanie - happy belated birthday Sister - love you XOXO Opening intro music: GOAT by Wayne Jones, courtesy of YouTube Audio Library --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jokagoge/support

Matt Robison, Alicia Preston, and former U.S. Congressman Paul Hodes celebrate the world's greatest annual end of year awards show - 'The Boppies'! 01:32 Reflections on 2023: Trump's Influence and the Economy 06:22 The Boppies Awards: Democratic MVP Nominees 12:55 The Boppies Awards: Republican MVP Nominees 18:23 Prosecutor of the Year 22:32 Best Achievement in Legislation 26:37 News Story of the Year

John & Drew share all of their favorite Christmas stuff: movies, shows, songs, all of it! What's your favorite Christmas song anyway? Also, the return of the Daddy Awards! We award the Nintendo Dads among a variety of categories including Most Shocking Moment and Best Achievement! Our Substack including links to all our socials and our merch store: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://dadsafterdarkshow.substack.com/⁠ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dads-after-dark/message

Our guest this week was Colin Bressler. Colin is a not only a Cinematographer but also a Writer/Director/Producer/ Director of several psychological horror films. To obtain the Zoom link for upcoming live interviews, you must register at The Filmmaker's Life webpage at https://www.filmmakersuccess.com/The-Filmmakers-Life-Home . Colin received the award for Best Achievement in Cinematography while he attended the School of Visual Arts in New York City. He worked his way up in the industry working as an assistant to many great DPs. Once he stepped into the role of DP he was nominated for the American Society of Cinematography Award for Best New-Comer. He worked on many feature films, TV series for History Channel and Discovery Channel, as well as on web content for big names such as Sports Illustrated, Essence and Time. When he started writing, producing and directing his own projects, he jumped into the world of horror and has 5 features under his belt within another due to be released next year. You can watch Colin's latest film "No Promised Land" on Tubi. To learn more about Joanne Butcher and her company visit https://www.filmmakersuccess.com

Jim Morris is President of Pixar Animation Studios, where he oversees all of the company's productions and operations. Morris began working at Pixar in 2005. Films under his supervision include RATATOUILLE, UP, TOY STORY 3, CARS 2, BRAVE, MONSTERS UNIVERSITY, INSIDE OUT, THE GOOD DINOSAUR, FINDING DORY, CARS 3, COCO and INCREDIBLES 2. As a producer, Morris most recently made the live-action Disney feature JOHN CARTER with director Andrew Stanton. He also produced Pixar's WALL•E, which won the Academy Award® for Best Animated Feature. Morris was also awarded Producer of the Year in Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures from the Producers Guild of America, the AFI Award, the Golden Globe and the Visual Effects Society Best Animated Feature Award for WALL•E. Prior to joining Pixar, Morris held a range of key positions for 17 years in various divisions of Lucasfilm Ltd. He served as President of Lucas Digital Ltd., and managed its three divisions, Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), Skywalker Sound and Lucasfilm Animation. As ILM's General Manager for more than 13 years, he supervised a staff of over 1,400 artists and technicians, and guided the largest visual effects facility in the entertainment industry.   With Morris' oversight, ILM created the groundbreaking and Academy Award®-winning visual effects in JURASSIC PARK, DEATH BECOMES HER, TERMINATOR 2 and FORREST GUMP. Other notable projects completed under his management include MISSION IMPOSSIBLE, TWISTER, SAVING PRIVATE RYAN, STAR WARS: EPISODE I, STAR WARS: EPISODE II, THE PERFECT STORM, PEARL HARBOR, MINORITY REPORT, PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN, MASTER AND COMMANDER, and three films in the HARRY POTTER series. Morris joined ILM in 1987 as a Producer of visual effects for films and commercials. Among Morris' producing credits are James Cameron's THE ABYSS (which earned the Academy Award® for Best Achievement in Visual Effects), and Steven Spielberg's ALWAYS. Before joining ILM, Morris was Executive Producer at Arnold & Associates, where he oversaw the company's three offices and produced commercials for clients such as Atari, Chevron and Mattel. Prior to that, Morris was Executive Producer at One Pass, where he headed the commercial production division. He also served in the production departments at advertising agencies J. Walter Thompson, and Foote, Cone & Belding in San Francisco. Morris worked as a producer and director for PBS, and began his career as a cameraman and editor at NBC. Morris is the recipient of the Producers Guild Digital 50 Award, the Visual Effects Society Board of Directors Award and the Visual Effects Society Founders Award. He has also been named a VES Fellow. Morris served for many years as President of the San Francisco Film Commission, and is Founding Chair of the VES. He is a member of AMPAS, PGA, BAFTA, VES and ASIFA, and currently serves as a member of Motion Picture Academy's Finance Committee. Morris earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Film and a Master of Science degree in Television/Radio from the Newhouse School at Syracuse University. In this Podcast, Allan McKay interviews Pixar's President Jim Morris about his career both at ILM and Pixar; working with legendary Directors such as James Cameron, Steven Spielberg, Andrew Stanton and Robert Zemeckis; behind-the-scenes and Innovations of JURASSIC PARK and FORREST GUMP; the unpredictable magic of live action projects; how limitations inspire VFX inventions; and why “Problems aren't an impediment to the job. Solving problems IS the job.” For more show notes, visit www.allanmckay.com/419.

Dennis Muren is the Senior Visual Effects Supervisor and Creative Director of Industrial Light & Magic. A recipient of nine Oscars for Best Achievement in Visual Effects and a Technical Achievement Academy Award®, Muren is actively involved in the evolution of the company, as well as the design and development of new techniques and equipment. In June 1999, Muren became the first visual effects artist to be honored with a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In February 2007, he was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Visual Effects Society. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/amuse/support

Welcome back listeners! We have made it to episode 200! I could not be more thrilled to be chatting with Steven Morrow. Morrow is a 3x Oscar nominee for Best Achievement in Sound Design (Ford v Ferrari, A Star Is Born, La La Land), a 3x BAFTA nominee for Best Sound (Ford v Ferrari, A Star Is Born, La La Land), a 2x Cinema Audio Society Award winner (Ford v Ferrari, La La Land) and a 2x nominee (A Star is Born, Six Feet Under), and a 3x Association of Motion Picture Sound Feature FIlm Award nominee (Ford v Ferrari, A Star Is Born, La La Land) What's next? The Color Purple, Maestro, and Joker: Folie à Deux.

The intense drama and riveting action in the newest primetime CBS hit series FIRE COUNTRY is accompanied by spectacular firestorms: The work of visual effects leaders CBS VFX which was selected by producers to create the namesake infernos and deliver other critical visual effects for the most watched new network series of the season. Led by VFX Supervisor Colin Strause, whose career includes such big-screen blockbusters as RAMPAGE, SAN ANDREAS and THE AVENGERS, CBS VFX brings together a visual effects crew of more than 100 people to deliver as many as 135 effects shots in every episode of the series from Jerry Bruckheimer Productions and CBS Studios. To make fire into a palpable antagonist in the series and to showcase the many different and terrifying forms that fire can take, the work from CBS VFX incorporates multiple elements, sometimes including actual pyrotechnics that were filmed on set in highly controlled circumstances. Although the series is set in Northern California, it is shot in British Columbia where extremely dry conditions mostly prevent the large-scale use of physical fire. FIRE COUNTRY is the largest in an impressive range of recent projects for CBS VFX, which have also included the acclaimed series ONE PERFECT SHOT for HBO Max and ARRAY Filmworks; and innovative virtual production solution to COVID-relateds challenges for THE DREW BARRYMORE SHOW; and special productions for the 2021 MTV Movie Awards and NCAA Final Four.  CBS VFX has developed groundbreaking technology and created visual effects for multiple series across many networks, including Apple TV's ROAR, THE OFFER for Paramount +, THIS IS US on NBC, Netflix's DEAD TO ME, and BIG SHOT on Disney +. Brothers Colin and Greg Strause have charted a meteoric rise from self-taught artists working on local cable commercials in the suburbs of Chicago, to renowned visual effects gurus. Their careers began on the original run of THE X-FILES television show before working their way onto early CG-driven features, THE NUTTY PROFESSOR, VOLCANO, and the iceberg sequence of James Cameron's TITANIC. Founding their own VFX house, Hydraulx in 2002, the brothers have worked on visionary sequences for over ninety feature films including AVATAR, THE AVENGERS, SKYFALL, 300, CAPTAIN AMERICA, 2012, IRON MAN 2, BATTLE: LOS ANGELES and THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW. Their work on the latter brought Greg a BAFTA for Best Achievement in Special Visual Effects. In this Podcast, Allan McKay interviews the VFX Supervisor, Director and Producer Colin Strause about his start in VFX – from launching his own company Hydraulx to directing feature films – his learning on the job and working on the challenging fire sequences on FIRE COUNTRY on CBS. For more show notes, visit www.allanmckay.com/401.

Today's episode is a bit of a detour from the normal back and forth you're used to on the show. Today, BB-N8 is interviewing Brandon Proctor. You may not recognize Brandon's name, but you certainly will recognize his work. Brandon is best known for his amazing sound editing on films like Creed, Thor: Love and Thunder, A Quiet Place, and of course, Black Panther - for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Achievement in Sound Mixing. If you're a regular listener of the show, you know that Nate's dream is to follow in the footsteps of men and women like Brandon. They spoke a few weeks ago about Brandon's success and more.

Timing can be everything. As all good filmmakers know well, a film can be made in the edit. In this podcast, award-winning editor Cara Holmes spoke with Academy Award-nominated Editor Joi McMillon about her career to date and the craft of the edit and featured a surprise drop-in guest in the form of Barry Jenkins, Moonlight Director. Joi McMillon Joi McMillon is an award-winning editor best known for her work on Barry Jenkins' critically acclaimed film Moonlight, the Best Picture winner at the 89th Academy Awards. McMillon's work on the feature solidified her place in history as the first black female nominated for an Academy Award for Best Achievement in Film Editing. McMillon led the editorial department on The Underground Railroad, Jenkins' limited series adaptation of Colson Whitehead's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel for Amazon Studios. Cara Holmes Cara Holmes is a film editor and director with over 10 years experience. Cara has completed feature and short documentaries on a wide range of subjects, from the surreal world of self-experimentation to the impassioned snapshot of the daily lives of Gazans. Cara's editing credits include feature documentaries Father of the Cyborgs and Lost in France. Visit her IMDB page here. This was one in a series of online Crew Talks, supported by Screen Skills Ireland. https://wft.ie/

Rick Joaquim SASC is a DP based in London working in Narrative, Commercials and Music Videos. His work has been included in the ARRI Camera Showreel 2019, as Official Selection for Sundance Film Festival 2021 and Cannes Film Festival 2022 and and most recently he won "Best Achievement in Cinematography in a Documentary " at the South African Film & Television Awards 2022 (SAFTA's). We discuss Rick's early career in South Africa and his decision to move to London. We go into agents, pre production workflow, the interview process, lenses, filtration, and much more! Here's links to some of the things we cover in the podcast: Bassam Tariq Podcast https://open.spotify.com/episode/1Kbn3Ars7i1xktzGHN45Fy?si=bGDRjHPtRIWwsulN6i7hkw&nd=1 “Little Big Mouth” Feature https://vimeo.com/638559098 “Can They See Us” Feature https://vimeo.com/760436522 Bronze Glimmerglass https://vimeo.com/162425508 Tommi's recent job with Lomo Roundfronts https://thomasterminet.com/portfolio/textile-exchange-materials-matter Landscapers https://britishcinematographer.co.uk/erik-wilson-bsc-landscapers/ Jess Hall ASC http://www.jesshalldop.com Scriptation https://scriptation.com --- Follow Cinematographers On The Loose on Instagram and Facebook: https://www.instagram.com/cinematographersontheloose https://www.facebook.com/pg/Cinematographers-On-The-Loose-104520677909322/

Today on Art of the Cut, Oscar-winning editor Tom Cross, ACE on editing Damien Chazelle's "Babylon." I've been honored to have Tom on Art of the Cut five times before. Previously, we spoke about Joy, Hostiles, La La Land, First Man, and No Time to Die. Tom was nominated for a BAFTA, and ACE Eddie and WON the Oscar for Best Achievement in Film Editing for Whiplash. He was nominated for an ACE Eddie for Joy. He was nominated for a BAFTA and an Oscar and WON an ACE Eddie for La La Land. He was nominated for a BAFTA and an ACE Eddie for First Man. And he was nominated for an ACE Eddie and WON a BAFTA for No Time to Die.

The rest of us were only too happy to derail Dan's well-thought out hitchhiker themed week in order to produce a hastily assembled and confused tribute of sorts to the death of Queen Elizabeth II, starting with a discussion of the Top 5 Queens. BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (2018) is a biopic of Freddie Mercury (Rami Malek), charting his journey from talented and ambitious baggage handler Farrokh Bulsara in the 1970's to frontman of arena rock band Queen, culminating in a recreation of their triumphant and iconic 1985 Live Aid performance.  Paced like a Wikipedia plot summary this movie's biggest crime is its inauthenticity: both its factual inaccuracy but more importantly it never feels very real and consequently I never felt I knew Freddie Mercury better after having watched it. Malek's excessive performance is so distracting I couldn't work out if he was doing a caricature or simply trying to keep his prosthetic teeth in, and a broad and formulaic story never seems to have anything interesting at all to say about race, LGBTQ+ lifestyles or the experience of having HIV in the 1980's during the height of the AIDS crisis , territory covered much better by PRIDE or the British mini-series IT'S A SIN. It's impossible not to mention an excruciating cameo from Mike Myers as a fictional embodiment of Queen's critics, an EMI executive of limited artistic vision who thinks the track from which the movie bears its name is too long, composed of nonsensical words and that teenagers will never bang their heads to in a car. Get it? Because that is the exact thing WAYNE'S WORLD did! If the best part for you was the recreation of the Live Aid performance where you can enjoy Malek pretending to be Freddie and lip syncing in front of the kind of weird CGI crowd you'd usually find in a video game just watch the f*cking original concert. It's not really a surprise this one is such a mess. Sasha Baron Cohen was attached to the project for a long time but dropped out, objecting to what he saw as the sanitisation of Freddie's story by the producers, in particular I suspect Brian May and Roger Taylor who are portrayed as the most responsible members of the group and consequently are boring nonentities. Director Brian Singer was fired part way into filming which might have been because he rarely showed up to set leaving cinematographer Newton Thomas Sigel in charge much of the time, or may have had something to do with the tsunami of sexual misconduct allegations which were heading his way, and the last third of filming and all the post production were completed by Dexter Fletcher (ROCKETMAN). In the interests of balance I should probably say that not all of the Bad Dads felt the same way - in fact angrily so in some cases - and that the movie won several Oscars, Malek's performance in particular drawing praise, while a win for Best Achievement in Film Editing completely redefines the meaning of the words "Best", "Achievement" and "Editing". I can honestly say I've never seen a microphone get an origin story before, so there is that. KING ROLLO is another David McKee creation, the man-child sovereign of an unspecified kingdom who is enraged when his resident Magician reads his comic first and then ignores his dinner guest Queen Gwen before they are all deposed in a violent, bloodthirsty revolution.We love to hear from our listeners! By which I mean we tolerate it. Try us on twitter @dads_film, on Facebook Bad Dads Film Review or on our website baddadsfilm.com. Until next time, we remain... Bad Dads 

Sunday, April 10th, Canadian actors, producers, directors, and writers in TV & Film as well as Broadcasters were nominated and awarded for their outstanding work at The Canadian Screen Actors Awards - Canada's equivalent to The Oscars and The Emmys. Hosted by actor Simu Liu (Shang-Chi in the 2021 Marvel Cinematic Universe film Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings), the event aired virtually on CBC. Janette's TV & Podcast were among Canada's top accredited media in the virtual red carpet press room, interviewing the big winners for the first time. In this initial episode in our special CSA series, Janette speaks with actor, Liam Diaz, who plays “Bing” in the movie, Scarborough, Best Picture winner. Diaz won Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role – an incredible accomplishment considering this was his first-ever acting job. Scarborough is an amazing movie with a powerful message that explores the struggles, endurance, and resilience of this culturally diverse Toronto community through the lives of three kids growing up within a system that has set them up for failure. Filmed on location in the Kingston-Galloway/West Hill neighbourhood, Scarborough takes place over the course of a school year. Producer/Writing team, Shaskha Nakhai & Rich Willaimson, winners of Best Achievement in Direction, were also on-hand to discuss what motivated them to make this film. Support us on Patreon www.patreon.com/janettestv Looking for more ways to support Janette's TV? Buy our merchandise here! www.janetteburke.com/merch Protect your Privacy with Express VPN. Find out how you can get 3 months free by clicking the link below. www.expressvpn.com/ Janette's TV & Podcast Channels www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDHHvKvXq7o Link to Website www.janetteburke.com Janette's 1:1 On Camera Mentoring www.janetteburke.com/janette-s-1-1-media-mentoring

Matt and Marisa continue their discussions of this year's nominees with two more technical categories: Visual Effect and Sound. In the episode, they talk about the mind-melting sound in Dune, complain about having to endure Free Guy and are finally forced to talk about Spider-man: No Way Home.

Matt and Marisa continue their category breakdowns with two categories that the Oscars only half care about airing live: Costume Design and Makeup and Hairstyling. In the episode, they try to figure out how to understand Cyrano, Matt compares Cruella to Drag Race and they both find an excuse to profess their love for Malignant.

In part one from our extra-long Livestream, the guess talk about the Netflix Film "The Power of the Dog, which is nominated for 12 Academy Awards (Including Best Motion Picture of the Year, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role: Kodi Smit-McPhee, Best Achievement in Directing: Jane Campion, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role: Jesse Plemons, Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role: Benedict Cumberbatch, Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role: Kirsten Dunst) Tune in to hear the guys talk about who they think should walk away with an award. Plus: Mini-Reviews of The Green Knight, The Bodyguard and Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard Check out all the shows on the Rum Runnas Podcast Network here: https://rumrunnaspodcastnetwork.com/directory Watch us live on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/youhavetowatchthispod Make sure to Follow us on Instagram Like Us on Facebook  Email us at youhavetowatchthispodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Mark B Perry Interview   Mark B Perry is the writer and producer of the new Dark Shadows Reincarnation series currently in preproduction.   Mark B. Perry grew up in the suburbs of Atlanta, Georgia, where his childhood love of Carl Reiner's The Dick Van Dyke Show inspired him to pursue a writing career-after all, doing what Rob, Buddy, and Sally did all day sure looked like a great way to make a living. Because the University of Georgia lacked a prestigious film school at the time, Mark cobbled his own degree together from film and TV classes in the Henry W. Grady School of Journalism, supplemented by studies in play-writing, acting, directing, and cinema in the theater department. Before graduating with a bachelor's in broadcast journalism, Mark won the Claude P. Callison Award (or "Claudie" as it was known back in the day) for excellence in filmmaking by a student. After a brief sojourn writing and producing industrials for the local newspapers and a variety of companies including Southern Bell, General Motors, and Oral-B, Mark moved to Los Angeles in 1986 where he worked as an office temp by day while churning out sample feature screenplays and television scripts by night. Two years later, a chance viewing of a new series called The Wonder Years changed his trajectory forever. Mark's spec script for that top-ten show led to a freelance episode and a staff writer gig where the highlight of his first day in the room was the announcement that his spec script, "Summer Song," was to be purchased and produced as the premiere of the 1989-90 season. After racking up eighteen writing credits on The Wonder Years, a Humanitas nomination for his Thanksgiving episode, "The Ties That Bind," and his first producer title, Mark went on to write, produce, and sometimes serve as show-runner on such diverse series as Northern Exposure, Picket Fences, Moon Over Miami, Law & Order (which still sometimes gets him excused from jury duty), Party of Five, Push (to this day a sensitive subject), Time of Your Life, Pasadena, First Years, That Was Then, One Tree Hill, Windfall, and What About Brian. After helping to successfully launch the second season of ABC's Brothers & Sisters in 2007, Mark was a co-executive producer on CBS's Ghost Whisperer, then an executive producer on the first two (and arguably best) seasons of ABC's Revenge, followed by a stint as executive producer on NBC's Heartbeat. In 2018-19, Mark wrote the first season finale of Netflix's Dolly Parton's Heartstrings, "Two Doors Down," an LGBTQ-themed episode starring Academy Award-winners Melissa Leo and Ray McKinnon and directed by Wendy Stanzler. As a writer-producer on the first season on David E. Kelley's Picket Fences, Mark shared an Emmy Award for Outstanding Dramatic Series. For his "Falsies" episode of Party of Five, Mark was nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award for Best Achievement in Dramatic Writing. And for his writing and producing services on that same series, Mark shared a Golden Globe Award for Best Drama.   Opening Credits – Dark Shadows Theme – by Robert Cobert   Music Cues by Robert Cobert from Dark Shadows Catalogue   Closing Credits – Sorry For Writing All the Songs About You – by Clara Mae.  Taken from the EP Sorry For Writing All The Songs About You.  Copyright 2018 Big Beat Records   All Rights Reserved.   All Songs Available on Amazon

To this day, 3x Oscar nominated production designer Arthur Max continues to transport us to his beautifully constructed worlds. In 2021, he took us to the castles of medieval France with The Last Duel and to the bustling streets of Italy in House of Gucci. Through tireless research and close collaboration, Max has been frequent go-to of Ridley Scott for over two decades.  His three Oscars were for Best Achievement in Production Design (The Martian), Best Achievement in Art Direction (American Gangster) and Best Art Direction-Set Decoration (Gladiator). The accolades don't stop there. He is also a 2x BAFTA nominee (1x winner for Gladiator), 7x ADG nominee (2x winner for The Martian and Gladiator), NBR Award winner for Gladiator, and many more.  Their collaboration continues with Kitbag, starring Jodie Comer and Joaquin Phoenix as Joséphine Bonaparte and Napoleon Bonaparte.  House of Gucci is out in theaters today and stars Lady Gaga, Adam Driver, Jared Leto, and Al Pacino. The Last Duel is on VOD today and stars Matt Damon, Adam Driver, Jodie Comer and Ben Affleck. This audio interview runs 59m 27s.

Today we're speaking with Tom Cross, ACE and Elliot Graham, ACE about the latest James Bond film—the final film of the Daniel Craig era—No Time to Die. Elliot was nominated for an ACE Eddie for Molly's Game. He was also nominated for an Oscar and an ACE Eddie for his editing on Milk. In addition to those films, he cut Captain Marvel, Steve Jobs, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Superman Returns, and X2: X-Men United. He also cut the pilot for the TV Series House. We've previously spoken with Tom about Joy, Hostiles, La La Land and First Man. Tom was, of course, nominated for a BAFTA and ACE Eddie and won the Oscar for Best Achievement in Film Editing for Whiplash. Was nominated for an ACE Eddie for Joy. And was nominated for a BAFTA and an Oscar and won an ACE Eddie for La La Land. He was also nominated for a BAFTA and an ACE Eddie for First Man. Later in the piece, we'll also be talking with Elise Anderson and Martin Corbett, who were the assistant editors for Elliot and Tom. Thanks to Frame.io for their support of Art of the Cut and their pledge to keep this content coming your way. Read this interview and many others at blog.frame.io, where you'll also find expert guides, tutorials, and insights from veteran filmmakers across the film and TV industry.

In this episode, we finally get into the movie and talk about minutes 1 and 2 of Toy Story! We discuss Toy Story's box office and awards, the various iterations of the Walt Disney Pictures logo, and explain the history behind a few of Andy's toys. Plus, is the Robot character an early version of WALL-E? Why does Andy put a choking hazard in Molly's crib? And why the heck didn't Tom Hanks win the Annie Award for Best Achievement in Voice Acting for this movie?Links:Toy Story Minute: http://www.duelinggenre.com/category/podcasts/toy-story-minute/Movin' Right Along: https://toughpigs.com/tag/movin-right-along/Opening to the Toy Story 1996 VHS: https://youtu.be/NwbIL9tPMSYAlternate Opening: Buzz Show: https://youtu.be/mrGlNelDoYoAlternate Opening: Shootout: https://youtu.be/7pW0TTp-5lY

Sean and Vito talk vaccine shots and the movie "Nomadland", winner of 3 Academy Award Winner for Best Picture, Best Actress in a Leading Role, Frances McDormand, and Best Achievement in Directing. Then they review the following trailers, rating them according to the CSC Rating Scale.

Matt and Marisa wrap up the technical categories with the nominees for Best Achievement in Production Best Achievement in Cinematography.

Hal Hickel | Visual Effects Animatorhttps://www.imdb.com/name/nm0382579/Hal Hickel joined Industrial Light & Magic in 1996 as an animator for The Lost World: Jurassic Park. On his next production, he was promoted to lead animator and given responsibility for the animation of several characters in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace. In 2000, Hickel was moved up to animation supervisor, teaming up with multi-Academy Award winning visual effects supervisor Dennis Muren on Steven Spielberg’s A.I. Artificial Intelligence.His special interest in animation lies in the challenge of integrating fantastic characters and creatures into live-action films. Hickel has since supervised the animation work on Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones, Iron Man and the first three films in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise.In 2007, his work on Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest was recognized with both an Academy Award ® for Outstanding Achievement in Visual Effects and the BAFTA for Best Achievement in Visual Effects.Hickel was the Animation Supervisor on Guillermo del Toro’s sci-fi epic, Pacific Rim for which he received his fifth BAFTA nomination and a Visual Effects Society Nomination for Outstanding Visual Effects. Prior to that, he was the Animation Director on ILM’s first  feature, Rango which received the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. In 2016, Hickel took on the task of animating the epic battle between orcs &humans in Warcraft. He served as Animation Supervisor in a galaxy far, far away for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, which earned him, Oscar, BAFTA and VES award nominations for visual effects. More recently he supervised animation in the train heist sequence in Solo: A Star Wars Story, and is now Animation Supervisor on Lucasfilm’s first live action Star Wars TV show, The Mandalorian.Originally from Portland, Oregon, Hickel studied Film Graphics at California Institute of the Arts before being hired by Will Vinton Studios as a clay animator and motion control operator for commercials and television specials featuring the California Raisins, amongst other characters. Hickel left Vinton in 1994 to join Pixar as an animator on their first  animated feature, Toy Story. Upon completing Toy Story, Hickel was hired at ILM.

Matt and Marisa return for a supersized episode covering three whole technical categories: Best Achievement in Editing, Visual Effects and Best Sound.

Matt and Marisa continue their category breakdowns with more technical categories. This time, it's Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling and Costuming.

The genre of war films has been explored regularly throughout the years. These movies come in many different packages. There are standard installments where the message behind the film is the chaos of war and the lack of meaning behind the conflicts. Many of the Hollywood films over the years incorporate these messages in different stories from different wars. They are important messages, and there is a reason the genre is still explored today, but what doesn’t always get highlighted is the perspective of the other side. The movie ‘Valkyrie’ comes to mind when thinking about an American production told from the point of view of Germans. While the film can be considered well-done, with a solid leading performance from Tom Cruise, eyebrows were raised at this American telling of a German tale. This isn’t the only time a famous American movie decided to tell a foreign story. Another example is ‘Letters from Iwo Jima.’ Again, this can be considered a well-done film. It won an Oscar for Sound Editing and was nominated for Best Motion Picture of the Year, Best Achievement in Directing, and Best Writing - Original Screenplay. Crucially, for this story, Iris Yamashita was involved in the writing. For the written version of this article, click here: https://www.hollywoodinsider.com/war-movies-not-from-usa/ For the video version of this article, click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DE-ATUN0u4k Hosted by Eileen Shortall and written by Drew Alexander Ross Hollywood Insider is a trusted media network, across multiple channels, covering the business, substance and meaningful side of global entertainment/culture and its major players. We strive to present in-depth coverage of the factors affecting and of interest to readers and viewers around the World. By being focused on factual and reliable coverage, rather than rumor, gossip and sensationalism, we are able to present information ignored elsewhere. As such, it continues to be a network for the concerns/observations about cultural, psychological, political, environmental, ecological, social and philanthropic matters from the thousands of personalities who relish the opportunity. In their normal world, except for a privileged few, interviews and profiles are constrained by ‘showbusiness’ only agendas. We will continue to be the network that shows that they have the same serious concerns, interests and views as many of their constituencies. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Hal Hickel is the Oscar winning Animation Supervisor at Industrial Light and Magic who, among many other things, has been leading #VFX work on #BabyYoda in #TheMandalorian. In this second part of a two part conversation we talk about bringing #Grogu to life, #JonFavreau's vision of the Child, The Volume impact on VFX and #RogueOne 0:00 - Intro 3:00 Being asked to join the Mandalorian 6:15 - Response as a fan 11:25 - Did you think Grogu would be this big? 14:00 - Favreau’s vision for Grogu 17:15 - Mandalorian Season 2 Approach 22:30 - The Volume and it's impact on animation 29:00 - What makes Star Wars Star Wars? 34:00 - Star Wars entry points 40:30 - 10 Questions 51:00 - Rogue one talk Around the Galaxy, the Star Wars Fan Talkshow drops new episodes every Tuesday with authors, personalities and super fans. Follow us on Twitter @ATGcast From the ILM website: Hal Hickel joined Industrial Light & Magic in 1996 as an animator for The Lost World: Jurassic Park. His special interest in animation lies in the challenge of integrating fantastic characters and creatures into live-action films. He was promoted to Lead Animator on his second film and was responsible for animating several characters in Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace. In 2000, Hickel moved up to Animation Supervisor, teaming up with multi-Academy Award®-winning visual effects supervisor Dennis Muren on Steven Spielberg’s A.I. Artificial Intelligence. In 2007, his work on Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest was recognized with both an Academy Award® for Outstanding Achievement in Visual Effects and the BAFTA for Best Achievement in Visual Effects. Hickel was the Animation Supervisor on Guillermo del Toro’s sci-fi epic, Pacific Rim, for which he received his fifth BAFTA nomination and a Visual Effects Society Nomination for Outstanding Visual Effects. Prior to that, he was the Animation Director on ILM’s first animated feature, Rango, which received the Academy Award® for Best Animated Feature. Originally from Portland, Oregon, Hickel studied Film Graphics at the California Institute of the Art before being hired by Will Vinton Studios as a clay animator and motion-control operator for commercials and television specials featuring the California Raisins, amongst other characters. As a trusted source for Star Wars reporting, opinion, and conversation, you can find your new episodes with ease on www.BeyondTheBlastDoors.com Keep up with all the latest Star Wars news, reviews, and the Beyond the Blast Doors shows at www.BeyondTheBlastDoors.com Follow us on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/BeyondTheBlastdoors Follow us on Twitter - https://twitter.com/BTBD_PodcastFollow us on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/beyondtheblastdoors Do you like #BeyondTheBlastDoors and want more? Consider supporting the BTBD guys on Patreon! You can help guide how they create more content, and have it tailored to what you like. Check it out! #Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/BeyondTheBlastDoors --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/atgcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/atgcast/support

Hal Hickel is the Oscar winning Animation Supervisor at Industrial Light and Magic who, among many other things, has been leading #VFX work on #BabyYoda in #TheMandalorian. In this first part of a two part conversation we talk about a letter he wrote as a child to #Lucasfilm that drove him to achieve his dream of working at #ILM. We talk about his work on #ToyStory, his development of #BossNass and the climactic battle in #AttackOfTheClones. Around the Galaxy, the Star Wars Fan Talkshow drops new episodes every Tuesday with authors, personalities and super fans. Follow us on Twitter @ATGcast From the ILM website: Hal Hickel joined Industrial Light & Magic in 1996 as an animator for The Lost World: Jurassic Park. His special interest in animation lies in the challenge of integrating fantastic characters and creatures into live-action films. He was promoted to Lead Animator on his second film and was responsible for animating several characters in Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace. In 2000, Hickel moved up to Animation Supervisor, teaming up with multi-Academy Award®-winning visual effects supervisor Dennis Muren on Steven Spielberg’s A.I. Artificial Intelligence. In 2007, his work on Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest was recognized with both an Academy Award® for Outstanding Achievement in Visual Effects and the BAFTA for Best Achievement in Visual Effects. Hickel was the Animation Supervisor on Guillermo del Toro’s sci-fi epic, Pacific Rim, for which he received his fifth BAFTA nomination and a Visual Effects Society Nomination for Outstanding Visual Effects. Prior to that, he was the Animation Director on ILM’s first animated feature, Rango, which received the Academy Award® for Best Animated Feature. Originally from Portland, Oregon, Hickel studied Film Graphics at the California Institute of the Art before being hired by Will Vinton Studios as a clay animator and motion-control operator for commercials and television specials featuring the California Raisins, amongst other characters. Keep up with all the latest Star Wars news, reviews, and the Beyond the Blast Doors shows at www.BeyondTheBlastDoors.com Follow us on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/BeyondTheBlastdoors Follow us on Twitter - https://twitter.com/BTBD_Podcast Follow us on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/beyondtheblastdoors Do you like #BeyondTheBlastDoors and want more? Consider supporting the BTBD guys on Patreon! You can help guide how they create more content, and have it tailored to what you like. Check it out! #Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/BeyondTheBlastDoors --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/atgcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/atgcast/support

Could chat with this man forever with having over 800 feature film & television credits to his name (with his company) that include Kill Bill 1 & 2, The Green Mile. In 2006 he won the Academy Award for Best Make-up for “The Chronicles of Narinia: The Lion, The Which and The Wardrobe, as well as winning a British Academy Award for Best Achievement in Make-up for the film. Also with his team at KNB Fx has won an Emmy Award for Best Prosthetic Makeup for the AMC hit television series “The Walking Dead” and was Emmy nominated for his work on the Bryan Cranston’s prosthetic age makeup for the final season of “Breaking Bad” Founder of KNB EFX Group: Howard Berger! To Follow Crazy Train Radio Facebook: www.facebook.com/realctradio Twitter: @realctradio Instagram: @crazytrainradio YouTube: www.youtube.com/crazytrainradio

Chris Varney is the founder and CEO of the first-of-its-kind I CAN Network. Chris has a mind-blowing CV, including graduating law, being recognised as the Australian Youth Representative to the UN, the World Vision Australia's Manager of Youth in 2009, and the recipient of the 2017 Supreme Court of Victoria's Best Achievement in Human Rights Award. Chris also serves as National Patron of the Australian Association for Special Education and is on the Advisory Board of Learning Creates Australia.

If you give me just 2 seconds I'm going to blow your mind.  Love and Monsters is going to be your favorite movie of 2020. There I said it.  Admittedly, it's not mine. But it will be yours.  That's because it's TIED for my favorite movie of the year with Spontaneous. Which, I realize it cheating, but there are no rules around here. First a bit about Michael Matthews… I have no idea how old Michael Matthews is, but what I'm coming to find is that by the time you're making great movies in Hollywood, you're more than likely just-about my age.  I pressure test this by dropping breadcrumbs for them to disclose their favorite movies.  If they say something like, The Machinist, I'm thinking "hmmm good taste, but favorite?"... if they something like (500 Days of Summer), again I'm thinking "Cute, but you're wrong" and if they say Inception, I just assume they're 15 years old and know nothing of cinema and I hang up on them. Or they're Rob. But let me tell you what happened, I dropped my breadcrumb.  Matthews throws out Jurassic Park and Indiana Jones and that's when I knew.  We were going to be best friends forever (don't tell him, he doesn't know yet) and that he's probably 37-ish. Michael Matthews is a South African director whose feature Five Fingers for Marseilles, won the award for best film at the Africa Movie Academy Awards. His film also received 10 nominations, including awards for best film, best first feature film by a director and best cinematography. The film was also nominated for Best Achievement in Directing - Feature Film at 2017 South African Film and Television Awards.  For his role in the production of Apocalypse Now Now, a short film based on the book of same name, Matthews won best short film at the 12th South African Film and Television Awards. We'll get into the movie in a sec, but Love and Monsters is a massively well-crafted movie.  However, to hear Matthews talk about the movie, it would seem that it's something we could all do.  Just a few drawings here and a few ideas there and POOF... you've got yourself a blockbuster. I of course know this to not be true, as it takes me 45 minutes to put together a 30 second video for social media. Matthew really was a treat to talk to so we hope you enjoy hearing about the making of Love and Monsters as much as we did! Now Love and Monsters I've already told you that it's going to be your favorite movie of this year, so that's probably a bit of a spoiler.  And don't go being one of those contrarian people (like me) who says they don't love it just because I told you, you would. Seven years after the Monsterpocalypse, Joel Dawson (Dylan O’Brien), along with the rest of humanity, has been living underground ever since giant creatures took control of the land. After reconnecting over radio with his high school girlfriend Aimee (Jessica Henwick), who is now 80 miles away at a coastal colony, Joel begins to fall for her again. As Joel realizes that there’s nothing left for him underground, he decides against all logic to venture out to Aimee, despite the dangerous monsters that stand in his way. Now onto the monsters. A movie can be made or broken on the quality of its monsters.  Matthew says they're not meant to be fantastical. But sorry, they're fantastical.  They're glowing and beautiful and edgy and scary.  To hear Matthew talk about how the conceptualized these beasts is something you can really feel in the film. The other real highlight is the casting of Dylan O'Brien, as somebody you probably know from his tough-as-nails character in Maze Runner, seeing him as this tender, insecure guy who is trying to find himself is a mental shift. Paired with the hilarious script and O'Brien's comedic timing, we were laughing the whole way through. Supported by, Ariana Greenblatt, Michael Rooker and Jessica Henwick, the cast felt entirely complete. Let this trailer wash over your face... https://youtu.be/-19tBHrZwOM Love and Monsters is available on streaming October 16th and we can't recommend seeing it enough!

NTARE GUMA MBAHO MWINE starred as Ronnie in three seasons of the hit Showtime series The Chi.  He plays the lead role in the film Farewell Amor, for which he won the Best Actor award at the Durban International Film Festival. The award-winning film (in competition at the Sundance Film Festival 2020) will be released by IFC Films in December.  He will next star in the independent feature Tazmanian Devil, directed by Solomon Onita, Jr..  Mwine is currently set to write, direct and produce a feature-length documentary about Ugandan studio photographer Kibaate Aloysius Ssalongo.  He appeared in Mira Nair's Queen of Katwe, opposite Lupita Nyong'o; Boost; Blood Diamond, opposite Leonardo DiCaprio; and starred in the indie feature 40.  He's had recurring roles in several TV series, including David Simon's Treme, Bosch and Heroes.  Mwine directed Kuhani, which won the Main Prize for Best Achievement in Directing at the International Kurzfilmtage Winterthur and was nominated for the 2014 Grand Jury Prize for Best Short Film at the Slamdance Film Festival.  His documentary Beware of Time, won Best Film at the Berlin Black International Cinema Festival.  Biro, a multi-media solo performance piece, was Mwine's first effort as a playwright.  After premiering at Uganda's National Theatre, it opened in London and then at New York's Public Theater where it made The New York Times Critics' Pick list.  His second multi-media solo piece, A Missionary Position, premiered in Los Angeles.  Mwine's stage credits include leading roles at the Steppenwolf Theatre, The Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, ACT, the Long Wharf Theatre and the national tour of Six Degrees of Separation, for which he received an NAACP Image Award nomination for Best Actor.

This week, host Gray Jones interviews Elaine Loh, TV writer on the new "Gossip Girl" and "Dynasty," and also award-winning film writer/director and actor. Elaine Loh Biography Elaine recently wrote on the new "Gossip Girl" reboot for HBO Max and is now writing on "Dynasty" for The CW. She is humbled to be a fellow in the HBO Writers Program, as well as to have been named on the coveted Young & Hungry List and as one of the Top 25 Screenwriters to Watch by the International Screenwriters Association. She has had scripts place in the world-renowned PAGE Awards (Silver Prize), Austin Film Festival (3 times), Final Draft Big Break (Top Ten), Tracking Board Launch Pad (Top 50), the ISA (Grand Prize), and the second round of the Sundance Episodic Lab (twice). Elaine is also a director and her short form series "DOXXED" won Best Short Comedy at Catalyst (formerly itvfest), Best Achievement at Raindance, and a Telly Award (find out more at www.doxxed-series.com). She won the Grand Prize and Audience Vote at the NewFilmmakers LA On Location Project ($60k in cash and prizes) and scored an honorable mention in the Justin Lin/NBCUniversal Interpretations short film contest. She has also directed two short films that screened at Academy-qualifying festivals. On a personal note, Elaine was born in Singapore, grew up in Hong Kong and Taiwan, and then moved to Massachusetts. She studied Psychology and Math at Brown University, does not speak any Chinese, loves Wendy's junior bacon cheeseburgers, and can solve a Rubik's cube in less than two minutes. INDEX TO THE EPISODE: 1:03 - Interview start; her background, studying psychology and math at Brown, and how she pivoted into acting. 3:30 - When she started writing, and why. 4:04 - Her filmmaking and writing before TV, including placing and being recognized in many competitions. Why she considers competitions so important. 7:39 - How she developed as a writer, going a less traditional route into the industry. 12:45 - Compares Gossip Girl and Dynasty, how they helped prepare her to write a script. 14:14 - Sponsor break - visit drivingfootage.com for 4K 9-angle driving plates for TV & film, and podcast viewers get 10% off photo/video scanning and importing at avgearguy.com.  15:21 - Getting into and going through the HBO writing fellowship. 18:45 - Getting staffed on Gossip Girl. 20:07 - Being in the writers room for the first time. 22:59 - The pandemic hit, but she was able to land a job on Dynasty. How that show has been different. 25:00 - How her acting experience, and writing directing films has helped her as a TV writer. 27:48 - On developing for TV. 31:45 - Her volunteer work, and what it means to her.  32:21 - Advice to greener writers, especially when asking someone to read your script. 44:05 - Not giving up. 47:30 - On her award winning web series (www.doxxed-series.com), and how it was great training in telling episodic stories, and in the future, how to run a show. Elaine runs a political advocacy group that encourages greater civic engagement and raises money for charities. Check it out at www.operationchecksandbalances.org. Visit Elaine's website at www.ElaineLoh.com and follow her on Twitter: @ThatElaineLoh. You can help with the ongoing costs of bringing these weekly podcasts to you by becoming a patron of the podcast – for as little as 25¢ per episode! There are many reward levels. CLICK HERE to find out more. Buy Gray's book for only $4.99! Look for it on Amazon – How To Break In To TV Writing: Insider Interviews. Didn't get your questions asked? Make sure you follow Gray on Twitter (@GrayJones) so you can get the scoop on who is being interviewed and how to get your questions in. Also check out our TV Writer Twitter Database to find Twitter addresses for over 1,200 TV writers. Find previous episodes and other resources at www.tvwriterpodcast.com.

This week, host Gray Jones interviews Elaine Loh, TV writer on the new "Gossip Girl" and "Dynasty," and also award-winning film writer/director and actor.Elaine Loh BiographyElaine recently wrote on the new "Gossip Girl" reboot for HBO Max and is now writing on "Dynasty" for The CW. She is humbled to be a fellow in the HBO Writers Program, as well as to have been named on the coveted Young & Hungry List and as one of the Top 25 Screenwriters to Watch by the International Screenwriters Association. She has had scripts place in the world-renowned PAGE Awards (Silver Prize), Austin Film Festival (3 times), Final Draft Big Break (Top Ten), Tracking Board Launch Pad (Top 50), the ISA (Grand Prize), and the second round of the Sundance Episodic Lab (twice).Elaine is also a director and her short form series "DOXXED" won Best Short Comedy at Catalyst (formerly itvfest), Best Achievement at Raindance, and a Telly Award (find out more at www.doxxed-series.com). She won the Grand Prize and Audience Vote at the NewFilmmakers LA On Location Project ($60k in cash and prizes) and scored an honorable mention in the Justin Lin/NBCUniversal Interpretations short film contest. She has also directed two short films that screened at Academy-qualifying festivals.On a personal note, Elaine was born in Singapore, grew up in Hong Kong and Taiwan, and then moved to Massachusetts. She studied Psychology and Math at Brown University, does not speak any Chinese, loves Wendy's junior bacon cheeseburgers, and can solve a Rubik's cube in less than two minutes.INDEX TO THE EPISODE:1:03 - Interview start; her background, studying psychology and math at Brown, and how she pivoted into acting.3:30 - When she started writing, and why.4:04 - Her filmmaking and writing before TV, including placing and being recognized in many competitions. Why she considers competitions so important.7:39 - How she developed as a writer, going a less traditional route into the industry.12:45 - Compares Gossip Girl and Dynasty, how they helped prepare her to write a script.14:14 - Sponsor break - visit drivingfootage.com for 4K 9-angle driving plates for TV & film, and podcast viewers get 10% off photo/video scanning and importing at avgearguy.com. 15:21 - Getting into and going through the HBO writing fellowship.18:45 - Getting staffed on Gossip Girl.20:07 - Being in the writers room for the first time.22:59 - The pandemic hit, but she was able to land a job on Dynasty. How that show has been different.25:00 - How her acting experience, and writing directing films has helped her as a TV writer.27:48 - On developing for TV.31:45 - Her volunteer work, and what it means to her. 32:21 - Advice to greener writers, especially when asking someone to read your script.44:05 - Not giving up.47:30 - On her award winning web series (www.doxxed-series.com), and how it was great training in telling episodic stories, and in the future, how to run a show.Elaine runs a political advocacy group that encourages greater civic engagement and raises money for charities. Check it out at www.operationchecksandbalances.org.Visit Elaine's website at www.ElaineLoh.com and follow her on Twitter: @ThatElaineLoh.You can help with the ongoing costs of bringing these weekly podcasts to you by becoming a patron of the podcast – for as little as 25¢ per episode! There are many reward levels. CLICK HERE to find out more.Buy Gray’s book for only $4.99! Look for it on Amazon – How To Break In To TV Writing: Insider Interviews.Didn’t get your questions asked? Make sure you follow Gray on Twitter (@GrayJones) so you can get the scoop on who is being interviewed and how to get your questions in. Also check out our TV Writer Twitter Database to find Twitter addresses for over 1,200 TV writers. Find previous episodes and other resources at www.tvwriterpodcast.com.

Marie Clements and Mozhdah Jamalzadah and Face2Face host David Peck talk about their new film Red Snow, ways of seeing, things we have in common, 10,000 words for snow and how racism happens everywhere.Trailer hereMore about the film here.And watch the film on Google Play, Youtube or iTunes.Synopsis:Dylan, a Gwich'in soldier from the Canadian Arctic, is caught in an ambush in Kandahar, Afghanistan. His capture and interrogation by a Taliban Commander releases a cache of memories connected to the love and death of his Inuit cousin, Asana, and binds him closer to a Pashtun family as they escape across treacherous landscapes and through a blizzard that becomes their key to survival.The Far North meets the Middle East in a journey of loss and rebirth that lays bare the land, blood ties, and two ancient cultures that collide to re-imagine a future born of 10,000 words for snow.About Mozhdah and Marie:Marie Clements has ignited her brand of artistry within a variety of mediums including film, TV, radio, and live performance. Her latest project, the feature drama Red Snow has won Most Popular Canadian Feature Film at the Vancouver International Film Festival, Best Canadian Feature Film at the Edmonton International Film Festival; earned nominations for Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Film, and won the Best Director of a Feature at the 2019 American Indian Film Festival (AIFF) in San Francisco and Best Achievement in Film from the L.A. Skins Festival in Los Angeles.Red Snow has recently been nominated for 10 Leo Awards and her feature music documentary, The Road Forward, produced by the NFB premiered at Hot Docs, opened the 2017 DOXA Documentary Film Festival, closed the 2018 ImagineNATIVE Film Festival, receiving five Leo Awards including Best Production, Best Director, and Best Screenwriter. The Road Forward has screened at over 300 venues in North America also receiving a Best Director Award at the AIFF, as well as, a Writer’s Guild Nomination for Best Documentary Screenplay in 2018,. A 2019 Telefilm Canada Birks Diamond Tribute to Women In Film recipient, Marie was also nominated for a DGC Best Director Award for her work on Red Snow. She received the WFF Women on Top Award and WIFTTV Spotlight Impact Award 2018.Her documentary Looking at Edward Curtis premiered at DOXA and The Yorkton Film Festival with four nominations for Best Documentary and premiered on Knowledge Network last summer 2018. Her multi-award-winning films have screened at Cannes, TIFF, MOMA, VIFF, Whistler Film Festival, American Indian Film Festival and ImagineNATIVE Film Festival.Her play The Unnatural and Accidental Women opened the first national Indigenous theatre at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa this fall, and her opera Missing toured nationally both to critical acclaim. Marie’s fifteen plays have been presented on some of the most prestigious stages for Canadian and international work garnering numerous awards and publications including the 2004 Canada- Japan Literary Award, and two prestigious Governor General’s Literary Award nominations.MCM is an independent media production company owned and operated by Clements specializing in the development, creation and production of innovative works of media that explore an Indigenous and intercultural reality.Mozhdah Jamazadah is the first Afghan woman to brave death threats in order to host her own talk show and cover sensitive subjects impacting Afghan women and children.She plays Khartira the educated daughter of Dylan’s Afghan translator Aman. Mozhdah never calls herself the Oprah of Afghanistan. That’s just the name her adoring fans—which includes individuals like Barack and Michelle Obama as well as Ms. Winfrey herself—have given her. That’s because, like Oprah, this Kabul-born, Vancouver-based icon has sparked conversations and inspired women all over the world as a bold, big-hearted example of female leadership.Through her internationally renowned music career and ground-breaking television show The Mozhdah Show, Mozhdah has inspired profound respect and serious controversy in equal measure. She’s the first Afghan artist to produce hit records in English, capturing a global audience and performing on international stages. She’s the first Afghan woman to brave death threats in order to host her own talk show and cover sensitive subjects impacting Afghan women and children.She’s also the first Afghan to perform in the White House, to appear on The Oprah Winfrey Show, or to express her mission of empowerment on CNN, Time, and other major news outlets. Mozhdah appeared on ET Canada as a guest co-host and was a panelist on CBC’s Canada Reads 2018 with Jeanne Becker and other prominent Canadian celebrities. Having just recently stepped into the acting industry, she has already booked a number of TV shows and commercials. In this her first leading role in a feature film, Mozhdah plays Khatira the spirited daughter of translator Aman.Image Copyright and Credit: Marie Clements and Principia Productions.F2F Music and Image Copyright: David Peck and Face2Face. Used with permission.For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here.With thanks to Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

No Country for Old Men. Fargo. The Big Lebowski. Raising Arizona. Barton Fink. Miller's Crossing. Blood Simple. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs. Over the past 36 years, Joel and Ethan Coen have reliably been among the most recognizable voices in moviemaking. This hour: a Noseish look at the work of the Coen brothers. GUESTS: Tom Breen - Film critic and the host of WNHH radio's Deep Focus Skip Lievsay - Sound editor, mixer, and designer for film and television; he won the Academy Award for Best Achievement in Sound Mixing for Gravity, and he's done the sound on every Coen brothers picture Adam Nayman - The author of The Coen Brothers: This Book Really Ties the Films Together Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter. Colin McEnroe, Eugene Amatruda, and Betsy Kaplan contributed to this show, which originally aired November 21, 2018.Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nicole has picked 2014's Ex Machina for this week's Movie Chat. You can stream this movie for FREE using your MCPL library card from either Hoopla Digital or Kanopy. See the links below for more information. SPOILERS AHEAD! Ex Machina stars Domhnall Gleeson, Alicia Vikander, Oscar Isaac, and Sonoya Mizuno. It is written and directed by Alex Garland. It is rated R for language, violence, and graphic nudity. It was the Oscar winner for Best Achievement in Visual Effects and nominated for Best Screenplay. View the IMDb listing here. Watch for free with your MCPL library card on Hoopla Digital here or Kanopy here.

How accurate was the Academy Award winning film '1917'? Leading historian Alan Wakefield works as the Museum Curator for the Imperial War Museum. The film, 1917, directed by Sam Mendes has won three Academy Awards for the Best Achievement in Cinematography, Best Achievement in Visual Effects and Best Achievement in Sound Mixing. But how accurate is the story that it tells? Throughout the cinematic experience the film follows two soldiers who are trying desperately to deliver a message that will stop 1,600 men walking to their death in a trap laid by the enemy. Critics of the film were quick to point out the appearance of black and Indian soldiers on the frontline, however, historical evidence shows that this would have been true. How did we get here? Explaining the news is a podcast from 5 News. Join Andy Bell as he explains the world's biggest news stories through interviews with politicians, experts and analysts.

Today on The Neil Haley Network's Thinking Through The Trees Show, The Total Tutor Neil Haley and Michael Chappie will interview Celebrity Armen Garo. We will discuss his career and The Sopranos 20th Anniversary Live.  In 2006 Garo was cast in Showtimes's Peabody Award winning original drama series “Brotherhood” as the Police Lieutenant. This was the first time he worked with creator/writer Blake Masters, Executive Producer Henry Bromell, and director Edward Bianchi. He was brought back in the second season as Det. Lt. Gillardino working with Anabeth Gish, Jason Isaacs, Billy Smith, and Brian Scannell. That same year he had the good fortune of being cast as one of the two Providence Gangsters in Warner Brothers' “The Departed” directed by Martin Scorsese. The picture won 4 out of the 5 nominations for an Academy Award (Best Motion Picture of the Year, Best Achievement in Directing, Best Achievement in Editing, and Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay). He worked with, Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon and fellow Providence Gangster John Cenatiempo. After being seen in “The Departed” Mr. Garo was invited to read for the role of Salvatore “Coco” Cogliano for what was to be the Final Season of the Emmy Awarding winning “The Sopranos”. He was hired as the menacing “Coco”, whose actions with Meadow Soprano (Jamie-Lynn Sigler) earned him a non-consensual dental appointment at no charge with her father, Tony (James Gandolfini). Later that year he appeared as one of two police officers on a stake-out trying to catch the cat burglar in Walt Disney's “Underdog” only to have his doughnut taken and coffee spilled.  He also made a brief appearance in “The Game Plan” as a Cabbie with Madison Bettis and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.    

Jake Zim is a leader in developing innovation-based solutions and businesses in the ent industry. As SVP Virtual Reality at Sony Pictures, Jake Zim oversees global VR production and strategy for the motion picture group. He's led the dvlpmt of VR experiences incl Spider-Man: Homecoming, Can You Walk The Walk, and Groundhog Day: Like Father Like Son. The LA Times calls Zim "the first VR czar at a major studio." Jake's team is a 3x winner of the Lumiere award for Best Achievement in VR, Film and Television.

No Country for Old Men. Fargo. The Big Lebowski. Raising Arizona. O Brother, Where Art Thou? Miller's Crossing. Over the past 35 years, Joel and Ethan Coen have reliably been among the most recognizable voices in moviemaking. Their latest, the anthology western The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, hit Netflix last fall. This hour: a Noseish look at the work of the Coen brothers. GUESTS: Tom Breen - Film critic and the host of WNHH radio's Deep Focus Skip Lievsay - Sound editor, mixer, and designer for film and television; he won the Academy Award for Best Achievement in Sound Mixing for Gravity, and he's done the sound on every Coen brothers picture Adam Nayman - The author of The Coen Brothers: This Book Really Ties the Films Together Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter. Colin McEnroe, Eugene Amatruda, and Betsy Kaplan contributed to this show, which originally aired November 21, 2018.Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our Score - 7.92 (B+)          Rotten Tomatoes - 95%          IMDB - 8.2 Academy Awards Month has been slightly extended, which is a good thing because it means you get to hear this great review of Pan's Labyrinth (2006). Nominated for a total of six Academy Awards, this Guillermo del Toro film won three; Best Achievement for cinematography, art direction, and makeup. Listen in to hear our thoughts!

Should there be an Academy Award for Best Achievement in Podcasting? We think so! In this Oscar-laden episode, we stir up our usual formula to take a crack at six of the Best Picture nominees. A few talking points: the great Bohemian war, cosmic chicken nuggets, and Tyler Perry’s nostrils.

Pete has a preposterous New Year's Resolution that he will most definitely not accomplish. DJ has a take on New Year's Eve and the phrase "amateur hour." We hand out some prestigious awards to close out 2018...including Bootleg Actor of the Year, Most Handsome Man of the Year, Best Performance by a Mamma Mia Actor in a Non-Mamma Mia Role, Best Achievement in Crying, and more. Plus, a Patreon-only review of Netflix's 'Bird Box.' -- Support the show on Patreon: www.patreon.com/listentobrunch  

Best Popular Film's Death. ***OSCARS BREAKING NEWS!!! And yes, we’re SPOILER FREE*** Burt Reynolds RIP: Our favorites, his most popular films - :49 The Best Popular Film Category has been Postponed. Mike 1 reads the BREAKING NEWS + How We Got Here - 2:28 Gut Reactions + How this affects Black Panther - 5:22 Where the Academy Could Go From Here - 12:15 What happens to Black Panther now? - 17:07 Would they bring Best Popular Film back next year? - 18:20 Social Media - 21:44 First and foremost, RIP, Burt Reynolds. He’s acted in so many great films. We’ve loved his movies from The Longest Yard to his Oscar nomination in Boogie Nights, from his arrow shooting outdoorsman in Deliverance to his fast driving turn in the super popular films of the Smokey and the Bandit franchise. It’s a sad day, and we offer our condolences to his family at the top of the show. Last month, the Academy instituted three changes to the Oscars. The 2020 awards would be pushed up from late February to very early in the month, all future broadcasts would be capped at a maximum of 3 hours, pushing many of the technical and short film awards into commercial breaks and a summary montage later in the night, and of course, the academy would add a category for Best Achievement in a Popular Film. The Academy kept the first two changes, but they postponed the Best Popular Film addition. So we had a lot to break down here in a short amount of time. As we did in the previous Breaking News halfisode, we try to hit all the angles, but we’re mostly concerned with our initial gut reactions and hot takes to this madness. Go back to Halfisode 16 and episode 92 to catch up on this story and hear our elaborate, yet perfect fix for the Oscars. Now we have some more time to bend the Academy to our will. What do you think about the Academy’s decision to delay the addition of Best Popular Film? Was it a good decision? Did they forever doom or forever shelve the possibility of the category? Will Black Panther or other “popular films” get nominated this year? Will they have a chance to win? And what would happen if Black Panther won the award? Would the Academy be turned upside down? Chat with us on social media. We’re Mike, Mike, and Oscar on Reddit, Gmail, Instagram, and Facebook. We are @MMandOscar on Twitter, where we’re our most active. You can also comment / like / share / review us on iTunes, Soundcloud, Stitcher, Google Play, or just about wherever you listen to your podcasts. Please click those 5 stars & leave us a positive review if you’ve been enjoying our show. If you’re new to MMO, then do go back and listen to our massive back catalog of episodes. There’s something for all tastes. We cover the hell out of the Oscars, but also dive into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Mission Impossible franchise, and even the horror genre with our recent re-watch of the Conjuring / Warren films. When reality sucks, you’ve been watching movies with us. This, our slogan has certainly emphasized our love of escapism during these troubled times. But it’s also been fascinating to watch how our conversations have delved into contemporary issues THROUGH the lens of our favorite films. So we thank you once again for making August our strongest month to date. Do keep listening.

Pat Stango, Clayton Gumbert, Gregg Zehentner and TBD herself Erin Rose Chan discuss the recently announced changes to the Oscars telecast. Best Achievement in Popular film! Awards being shunted off-air! Are these necessary changes that will allow the Oscars to survive, or is this the death knell for Hollywood's biggest night? We have the definitive answer, as always. howtowatchmoviespodcast@gmail.com

We're not Asian, or rich but we may be crazy, which is why we can't wait to talk about "Crazy Rich Asians." It's the first movie with an all-Asian cast since "The Joy Luck Club" came out in 1993 - before most of its audience was even born. It's also the first rom-com to come out in a very long while. Is it the old formula with a new twist? We also talk about "The Meg." That's the giant shark movie which stars Jason Statham? Is it the next "Jaws" or a fish out of water? Bill McCuddy talks about "The Wife" which has Oscar buzz for Glenn Close, and Neil talks about the new season of "Ozark." We also discuss the new Oscar category for "Best Achievement in Popular Film." Does it make the Oscars more relevant or does it cheapen the Academy Awards. It sparks some heated discussion so listen in! 

This week special makeup effects legend, Howard Berger joins me on the show. In the episode (Part One), Howard discusses how he got his start in the industry at an incredibly young age, and how his parents helped and encouraged him along the way. Howard shares with the listeners how his company KNB EFX Group came about and tells a variety of incredibly entertaining film stories involving him and other group members of KNB EFX. Lastly, we discuss his Academy Award for Best Achievement in Makeup, and how it may or may not have changed his career. Please check out this episode as Howard is by far one of the best storytellers I know, and is sure to entertain you this week with his two-part series on the Film Revered Podcast.

TODAY: Matthew "Matt" Chessé (born October 27, 1965), American film editor, producer, and director who is mainly associated with Independent films. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Film Editing for Finding Neverland (2004). Chessé has edited most of the films directed by Marc Forster. Chessé has been elected to membership in the American Cinema Editors. He has been nominated, for an Oscar in 2005: Best Achievement in Editing for Finding Neverland (2004), an Eddie in 2005: Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic for Finding Neverland (2004), and a Satellite Award in 2008: Best Film Editing for Quantum of Solace (2008) which he shared with: Richard Pearson. Popcorn Talk Network, the online broadcast network that features movie discussion, news, interviews and commentary proudly presents “The Film Scene w/ Illeana Douglas”, a weekly, freewheeling discussion show where industry veteran Illeana Douglas interviews Hollywood's most important voices in TV and Film, discussing some of Cinema's most important films, scenes, and shots. Produced by Ryan Nilsen and co-hosted by Jeff Graham, this show is essential listening for serious and casual fans of film! Stay Up To Date: http://illeanaspodcast.com/illeana-douglas-episodes/ Listen on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/i-blame-dennis-hopper-starring-illeana-douglas/id1169112310?mt=2 Visit our website: https://popcorntalknetwork.com Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/thepopcorntalk Love TV? Check out http://site.afterbuzztv.com Love Books? Check out http://bookcircleonline.com Support our friends at http://blackhollywoodlive.com Shopping on Amazon? Click through our Amazon affiliate program at http://www.amazon.com//ref=as_sl_pd_t...

After a long night of drinking games, we present the most hung-over episode of Beyond The Box Set to date, our annual post-Oscars reaction podcast! Did the right films win? Could anything top the Moonlight/La La Land Best Picture fiasco from last year's show? Will Harry get to the end of this podcast without passing out in a pool of his own vomit? The answer to all these questions and more can be found in this, the final part of our 2018 Academy Awards bonus trilogy!  ----- Beyond The Box Set is a top ten TV and Movie podcast officially rated 'Binge Worthy' by Apple Podcasts. Each week, we take a classic standalone movie and compete to pitch the most ridiculous sequel, prequel and spin-off ideas to bring them back to the big screen. Sometimes we also go off format - mostly to waffle about the Oscars.  If you enjoy the show please subscribe on your chosen podcatcher and consider leaving us a review - it really helps us to grow our audience. You can also become a VIP supporter for as little as $2 per month on Patreon to gain access to a wide variety of exclusive bonus content, including our mini review show and the opportunity to choose the subject of a future episode! beyondtheboxset.com patreon.com/beyondtheboxset twitter.com/beyondtheboxset facebook.com/beyondtheboxset instagram.com/beyondtheboxset 00.00: The struggle is real for Harry 1.15: General thoughts - Politics, Redemption arcs and Helen Mirren on a Jet Ski 7.06: The music - Gael García Bernal shouldn't sing in public  9.30: The awards - Best Achievement in Jowls and why we want to see more Sam Rockwell movies 25.00: Final Thoughts & Episode 55 Preview 

Edgar Wright's Baby Driver kept us on the edge of our seats with its tale of a high stakes getaway driver named Baby (Ansel Elgort), and his struggle to get out of the business he's been locked into. The story may have gotten our heart pumping, but the added element of sound that courses throughout the film is what truly makes the Academy Award nominated film so spectacular. In this special episode of Hype Podcast, our co-host Pamela Gocobachi sits down with 2018 Oscar nominee Julian Slater ahead of Sunday night's awards to discuss how he went about creating the journey of sound that's featured in Edgar Wright's unique film.  Julian Slater, who served as the film's sound designer/supervising sound editor/re-recording mixer, scooped up two of Baby Driver's three nominations this year, including a solo nod for Best Achievement in Sound Editing, and one for Best Achievement in Sound Mixing alongside Tim Cavagin and Mary H. Ellis.

Winners PMI Award Winners discuss projects and their philosophies vis-à-vis Project Management. Learn about how these outstanding PMs went about laying out their vision, handling the stakeholders, addressing the risks, and successfully completing some challenging projects. This inspiring episode offers great ideas and food for thought for PMs at all levels. Listen, learn, and get a free PDU! PM Point of View® (PM-POV) is a podcast series produced by Final Milestone Productions and PMIWDC. PM-POV allows our membership and the public at large to listen to brief and informative conversations with beltway area practioners and executives as they discuss various perspectives on project management -- its uses, its shortcomings, its changes, and its future. Listeners can send comments and suggestions for topics and guests to pm-pov@pmiwdc.org. PM Point of View® is a registered trademark of M Powered Strategies, Inc. PDUs Awarded:    1 PDU Information Earn education PDUs in the PMI Talent Triangle for each podcast you listen to — over 11.75 PDUs by listening to the entire series! Use the following information in PMI's CCRS system to register the PDUs for this podcast: PDU Category: Online or Digital Media Provider Number: C046 Activity Number: PMPOV0043 PDUs for this episode: 1 » More PM-POV Episodes   About the Speakers Connie Plowman, PMP Connie is all about leadership -- as an education leader, corporate leader, and volunteer leader. As an education leader, Connie is a part-time instructor at several education institutions – teaching project management classes at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. She served as the Interim Executive Director for the CLIMB Center for Advancement at Portland Community College. CLIMB stands for Continuous Learning for Individuals, Management, and Business. This Dean-level position reported directly to the President of the Extended Learning Campus (ELC). She was a member of the ELC Leadership Team supporting the College’s mission, vision and core values. As a corporate leader, Connie worked for Cadence Management Corporation, an international project management training and consulting company. After 22 years with the firm, Connie retired in December 2010 as their Chief Operating Officer (COO). For 12 years, she worked in employee, customer and executive education for IBM Corporation. As a volunteer leader, Connie is an active member of the Project Management Institute (PMI) serving on numerous Boards and global committees. She is a frequent speaker at Job Seekers groups helping and mentoring professionals in career transition and provides support to our future leaders studying project management. In 2016, Connie received the PMI Eric Jenett Project Management Award of Excellence by PMI. Named after one of the founders of PMI, this award honors “individuals who have made an outstanding contribution(s) to the project management profession or its practice through leadership, technical project management, and strategic and business management acumen.” Since the beginning of this award in 1998, it has been given only 17 times – worldwide. Connie is a graduate from Portland State University with a degree in Business Administration. In 2002, she became a certified Project Management Professional (PMP®). When she passed the PMP exam, Barry Manilow was on the radio singing “It’s a Miracle!” Connie lives outside Portland, Oregon, USA - in the wine country! Joanne Hohenadel University Health Network (UHN) Digital Senior Project Manager Since 2001, Joanne Hohenadel has been leading health informatics projects for UHN, McMaster University’s Health Information Research Unit and Center for Health Economics Policy Analysis. She has lead major projects related to health application integration; hospital finance; development of a clinical anesthesia information system, point of care clinical documentation and electronic medication ordering and administration. She is currently a Senior Project Manager for University Health Network (UHN) Digital. In addition to her Honours Bachelors of Applies Science degree, she holds her LEAN Green Belt, PMP, PROSCI Change Management and ITIL certifications. Andre D’Penha University Health Network Quality Improvement Plan – Discharge Summary Program Manager Andre D’Penha is a project management professional with over thirteen years of experience in the Canadian healthcare, retail, and automotive industries. Over the last ten years, he has successfully implemented medium to large-scale, complex clinical projects and quality improvement initiatives at the University Health Network (UHN), Canada’s premier academic medical centre, consisting of Toronto General and Toronto Western Hospitals, the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, and the Michener Institute for Education at UHN. He has won numerous awards for his project management achievements, including the 2015 PMI Award for Project Excellence – North America, the 2017 Business Transformation & Operational Excellence Award for Best Achievement of Operational Excellence in Healthcare, and the 2017 3M Health Care Quality Team Award. He is currently UHN’s Quality Improvement Plan – Discharge Summary Program Manager, within UHN Digital’s Technology & Innovation Portfolio.   Greg Roos Process Safety Audits & Assessments Complex Process Facilities Manager Greg received a BE degree in Chemical Engineering from Cooper Union College in 1979. Greg had 30+ years of experience in 3 Chevron refineries and 2 Chevron/Phillips petrochemical /polymer plants prior to his current role. His initial background was in refinery engineering, followed by management roles in engineering, maintenance, operations and projects among those facilities. Current job responsibilities are across Manufacturing, Upstream Complex Process Facilities, Chemicals, Terminals, Lubricants and Non-Operated Joint Ventures. Greg is a licensed Professional Engineer (PE) in Mississippi and California. Greg is certified as a Process Safety Auditor (CPSA) and Project Management Professional (PMP). Greg was the engineering manager on the Project Management Institute 2015 Project of the Year Award Winner, Coke Drum Replacement Project at El Segundo Refinery. Greg is currently serving as chair of API Process Safety Site Assessment Program industry sub-committee. Greg and his wife Marty live California with 2 adult children and 2 grandchildren.

Scott Stokdyk is an Academy Award winning Visual Effects Supervisor. During his two decades of experience in visual effects, he has worked for big studios like Digital Domain and Sony Pictures ImageWorks. Some of the groundbreaking films on his resume are: Titanic, Contact, Starship Troopers, Hollow Man, Fifth Element and three of the Spider-Man movies. Scott's work on Spider-Man 2 won him and his team an Academy Award for Best Achievement in Visual Effects. Most recently, Scott worked as a Visual Effect Supervisor on Luc Besson's Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets. In this Episode, Allan interviews Scott about his experience working for big studios, on blockbuster films; what makes a successful artist or a dynamic VFX Supervisor -- and other lessons he's learned along the way! For more show notes, visit www.allanmckay.com/89/. 

Academy Award Winning Production Designers David Wasco and Sandy Reynolds-Wasco have colloborated with some of the most talented filmmakers today, most recently, Damien Chazelle on La La Land. The film received the Academy Award for Best Achievement in Production Design, the Art Directors Guild Award for Excellence in Production Design and a BAFTA nomination for Best Production Design. Series: "Carsey-Wolf Center" [Humanities] [Show ID: 32535]

Academy Award Winning Production Designers David Wasco and Sandy Reynolds-Wasco have colloborated with some of the most talented filmmakers today, most recently, Damien Chazelle on La La Land. The film received the Academy Award for Best Achievement in Production Design, the Art Directors Guild Award for Excellence in Production Design and a BAFTA nomination for Best Production Design. Series: "Carsey-Wolf Center" [Humanities] [Show ID: 32535]

Here at Beyond The Box Set, we love the Oscars! So much so, that we’re going totally off-brand with a bonus episode in which we rank all nine of the 2017 Academy Award nominees for Best Picture from worst to best. Which Best Picture nominee do we really wish had been directed by Steven Spielberg? Which film definitely should have been nominated for Best Achievement in Wigs? And why was one nominee almost ruined by our decision to watch it in a Dutch cinema? Find out in this very special feature-length episode… beyondtheboxset.com twitter.com/beyondtheboxset facebook.com/beyondtheboxset 00:00 Intro – Going off-brand 00:40 #9: The worst Best Picture Nominee of 2017 05:00 #8: Pacing issues and questionable wig-work 09:10 #7 Acting versus *ACTING!* 14:00 #6 Impenetrable accent work and Best Supporting Extra 18:35 #5 Mahershala Ali is having a very good year 23:50 #4 Hyperbole: The Movie 30:40 #3 The most delightful nominee of the year 35:50 #2 #DryFaceCry 41:00 #1 Never watch a sci-fi movie in a Dutch cinema 47:10 Best Director – John can’t pronounce French 47:45 Best Actor – Look, we’re just calling him Ryan Reynolds now OK? 50:35 Best Actress – Florence Foster Jenkins is hard to say 54:20 Best Supporting Actor – The fraud category 56:15 Best Supporting Actress – Wigs vs SnotCry 58:35 The Jimmy Kimmel Problem

When Bruce Lee spoke about the Art of Dying, he did not mean dying in the literal sense, but as a metaphor for letting go of the past and things that limit you, so you can be a fluid human in the present moment. “Like everyone else, you want to learn the way to win, but never to learn the way to lose. To accept defeat, to learn to die, is to be liberated from it. Once you accept this you are free to flow and to harmonize. Fluidity is the way to an empty mind. You must free your ambitious mind and learn the art of dying.” Bruce was constantly practicing this idea of dying because to him it meant returning to beginners mind and neutrality. He even had an art piece tombstone created which stated, “In memory of a once fluid man crammed and distorted by the classical mess.” This was a physical reminder to let go of anything that keeps you rigid or limits growth. “To understand and live now, there must be a dying to everything of yesterday, die continually to every newly gained experience be in a state in choiceless awareness of what is.” Dying in this instance is more about living in the moment, and being able to continue to be the student and learn. “Drop and dissolve inner blockage, a conditioned mind is never a free mind. Wipe away and dissolve all its experience and be born afresh.” “We live in clichés in patterned behavior, we play the same role over and over again. To raise our potential is to live and review every second refreshed.” “People try to hold on to sameness, this holding on prevents growth.” “To desire is an attachment. to desire not to desire is also an attachment. To be unattached then means to be free at once from both statements. In other words it is to be simultaneously both yes and no, which is intellectually absurd.” “If when you’re being knocked down, you can stop and say ‘Why am I being knocked down?’ then if you can examine that in that way then there’s hope for your growth.” Take Action: Practice being in the present moment and letting go. Where are you being rigid in your life? Where can you bend more? Where do you have a firm attachment to an idea or position? If you can identify the attachment and create a little bit of space between you and the attachment then you are on your way to freeing yourself from that attachment. If you’d like to share how you’re doing with this action item you can email us at hello@brucelee.com or on social @BruceLee #BruceLeePodcast. #AAHA (Awesome Asians and Hapas) This week our #AAHA is Ang Lee, Tawainese born director, screenwriter, and producer, known for many iconic films like Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Life of Pi, Hulk, and Brokeback Mountain. Ang brings both East and West to his films, exploring the fantastic and the dramatic. He has two Oscars, both for Best Achievement in Directing, a testament to his incredible storytelling and cinematic talent. He’s always pushing the boundaries of film technology—but only in service to the story and emotional experience of the film. Ang Lee completely devotes himself to his work and only works on one project at a time. He’s also a longtime Bruce Lee fan. Thank you Ang for your incredible artistry, we think you’re awesome! #BruceLeeMoment This week’s #BruceLeeMoment is from Daniel from Australia, below is an excerpt, read the full moment in our show notes on our website: “I remembered the ‘Don’t think, Feel’ statement again, but it was not ironically until I heard about the Bruce Lee podcast. I was concentrating on listening to the intro to the podcast when I realised I had applied this philosophy unknowingly for the longest time and had actually became ‘water’ myself, adapting it to mean that even though your hurt with a loss, to stop and think about the life you had together and remember the love that came from that is what's important!” Share your #AAHA and #BruceLeeMoment recommendations with us via social media @BruceLee or email us at hello@brucelee.com

After Larry saw Mad Max: Fury Road, it occurred to him that there isn't an Oscar for stunts. Well, there should be, and Larry being Larry, he did an awful lot of research (including determining which crew members were eligible) to compile a list of movies that would have won an Oscar for Best Achievement in Stunts throughout history. Honorable mentions are also, um, mentioned. 

  A full cast dramatization of Sweeney Todd and the String of Pearls written, produced, and directed by Yuri Rasovsky. Winner of three Audie Awards in 2008: Best Audio Drama, Best Original Work, Best Achievement in Production.

  A full cast dramatization of Sweeney Todd and the String of Pearls written, produced, and directed by Yuri Rasovsky. Winner of three Audie Awards in 2008: Best Audio Drama, Best Original Work, Best Achievement in Production.  

  A full cast dramatization of Sweeney Todd and the String of Pearls written, produced, and directed by Yuri Rasovsky. Winner of three Audie Awards in 2008: Best Audio Drama, Best Original Work, Best Achievement in Production..  

Patrice has won three awards for his work on C.R.A.Z.Y., including the Genie Award for Best Achievement in Art Direction/Production Design and a Jutra Award for Best Art Direction.  Patrice's other work includes: 1981, City of Shadows, La Banda Picasso, Café de Flore, and The Young Victoria.  Patrice was nominated for an Oscar in the category Best Art Direction for his work in the film The Young Victoria. Patrice's more recent projects include the feature films: 1987 and Denis Villeneuve’s films Prisoners and Enemy.

Patrice has won three awards for his work on C.R.A.Z.Y., including the Genie Award for Best Achievement in Art Direction/Production Design and a Jutra Award for Best Art Direction.  Patrice's other work includes: 1981, City of Shadows, La Banda Picasso, Café de Flore, and The Young Victoria.  Patrice was nominated for an Oscar in the category Best Art Direction for his work in the film The Young Victoria. Patrice's recent projects include: Denis Villeneuve’s film Prisoners and the upcoming features Enemy and 1987.

With painted-on Tuxedos and a foolish bet about who can accurately predict more Oscar winners, we set out to discuss the Academy Awards with the lucky benefit of hindsight. We'll be borrowing expertise from Guy Lodge of HitFix's In Contention blog for a look into how this year shapes up (and what the future may bring). Plus, one of us is going to be drunkenly reciting the opening monologue from Patton next week. It all comes down to who wins for Best Achievement in Costume Design.