William Katt has been busy! Not only has he had his brief stint on Heroes, he has been busy producing comic books, including one that continues the adventures of The Greatest American Hero!
(Edited by Steve Crump)
William Katt has been busy! Not only has he had his brief stint on Heroes, he has been busy producing comic books, including one that continues the adventures of The Greatest American Hero!
(Edited by Steve Crump)
Ethan Phillips and Robert Picardo spent seven years together wandering the Delta quadrant on Star Trek: Voyager. Phillips played the constantly cheerful cook and self described “Morale Officer” Neelix while Picardo played his near freudian opposite, the nameless and often humorless holographic Doctor. But the set of Voyager wasn’t the first meeting for this unlikely pair; careers intertwined long before that.
Jonja.net had the pleasure to sit down with both of them at Starfest 2009 and we learned all about their cris-crossed auditions, who was really to blame for the most out-takes during filming, and more about fellow actor Tim Russ than anyone would want to know!
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Katee Sackhoff almost didn’t make it to Starfest this year. After having been bumped from her flight Friday night from sunny Los Angeles, she arrived in Denver to a winter wonderland with more than a foot of snow on the ground. But the Oregon native took it all in stride.
Katee, until recently, portrayed the character of Kara Thrace, the re-imagined Starbuck, in Ron Moore’s update of the TV series Battlestar Galactica. The re-envisioning of the character generated quite a bit of controversy both in the media and amongst the fans — something Ms. Sackhoff didn’t shy from.
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11 Minutes Ago is an independent endeavor with a very interesting slant. This feature length movie was shot in ONE day in ONE apartment in 11 REAL TIME increments!
From the website 11minutesagothemovie.com
His search for why he continues to return, despite personal hardships, becomes obvious when one of the lovely bridesmaids says “yes” to a question that he must have asked previously in the evening. This sends him bouncing around for 11-minute segments throughout the course of the two-hour reception. He is determined to find the question to which he already has the answer.
Underneath the main plot brews the exploration of the thematic premise that an individual’s relationship to time dramatically influences all aspects of life. Stories of the ensemble cast of wedding guests become clear in the jumbled non-linear timeline of the time-tumbler.
I loved this film! After seeing it I had to talk to some of the people behind it and learn more about how something like this can be pulled off. Bob Gebert, wrote, directed and appears in the film along side the producer and star Christina Mauro. Both were kind enough to talk to me about this incredible movie.
Neil deGrasse Tyson is a professional astronomer and director of the Hayden Planetarium in New York City. He is a former chairman of The Planetary Society and has served on the President’s “Moon, Mars and Beyond” commission, where he helped guide NASA’s space exploration policy.
Earlier this decade, Tyson inadvertently set off a firestorm of debate when he brought the public’s attention to an ongoing reevaluation of the icy outer solar system. He ended up being known in the media as “The Man Who Demoted Pluto”. Of course, things aren’t exactly that simple and Dr. Tyson has written a book, The Pluto Files, about his experiences with the icy dwarf planet.
In the first part of our interview with Dr. Tyson, he talks about how he got tied up in this controversy, speculates on future space exploration, and makes a startling prediction about discoveries he thinks might be just around the corner.
Here in part 2 of our interview we get a little more in depth about the controversy over Pluto and it’s eventual demotion.
[Interviews edited by Steve Crump]
To round out our Turkey-day collection of bad movie riff’rs, we bring you Mary Jo Pehl!
Mary Jo wrote for Mystery Science Theater 3000 for most of it’s 10 year run and appeared numerous times in one role or another. She was most often as heard rather than seen as the all knowing “Magic Voice”, but took the lead as prime torturer, Mrs. Pearl Forrester, in final years of MST3k.
She can now be heard and seen, at least her silhouette anyway, on Cinematic Titanic.
[Interview edited by Steve Crump]
During the 10 year run of Mystery Science Theater 3000, Kevin worked behind the scenes and in front of the camera to provide the yucks, the guffaws, and snide remarks of one of our favorite ‘bots, Tom Servo.
We talk about his introduction to MST3k, the humble beginnings of the show, and his thoughts on movies today.
If you want to really get inside Kevin’s head about movies today as well as the films of yesterday, check out his book A Year at the Movies: One Man’s Filmgoing Odyssey. You’ll laugh! You’ll cry! You’ll want to see a movie!
[Interview edited by Steve Crump]
Co-star of the hit Sci-fi channel’s Sanctuary Robin Dunne, who plays Dr. Will Zimmerman, was kind enough to give us some of his time.
We talk of uniqueness of Sanctuary as a series and as a production. We also talk about the fun of an actor having to use his imagination with the green screen (which is about 70% of the show!) and how it compares with the skills and imagination of the effects crew.
[Interview edited by Steve Crump]
Bousman stepped onto the horror landscape in a big way with his premier film Saw II, which he wrote and directed. It opened # 1 at the box office. His next two films, Saw III and Saw IV followed and they BOTH opened at #1 as well.
Darren Lynn Bousman intends for his newest movie to be a wake up call to the movie industry and the viewing public!
Repo:The Genetic Opera
I was lucky enough to have a little chat with Mr. Bousman about this “futuristic Gothic rock opera”.
[Interview edited by Steve Crump]
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OK we heard from RiffTrax, now come to the other side and listen to a great conversation with TV’s Frank, Frank Conniff of Cinematic Titanic!
Writer and performer on Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Sabrina, The Teenage Witch. We called Frank up and ended up having a long chat about his favorite bad movie, his career on MST3k and the new Cinematic Titanic.
[Interview edited by Steve Crump]