Director of photography Checco Varese's most ambitious work yet can be seen in the gripping new limited series, Dopesick . The series is set to premiere Oct. 13 on Hulu. The eight, eye-opening episodes of the highly-anticipated show center around the opioid epidemic that is ravaging America and the corrupt Big Pharma, which created it. From the perspective of a distressed Virginia mining community to the hallways of the DEA, this true story is inspired by the New York Times bestselling book by B...
Oct 10, 2021•1 hr
In director Karen Cinorre’s bold new action fantasy film MAYDAY, Ana (Grace Van Patten) finds herself transported to a dreamlike and dangerous coastline. Once there, she joins a female army engaged in a never-ending war where the women lure men to their deaths with radio signals, like 20th century sirens. Though Ana finds strength in this exhilarating world, she comes to realize she is not the killer they want her to be. Also starring Mia Goth, Havana Rose Liu, Soko, Théodore Pellerin and Juliet...
Oct 08, 2021•1 hr 13 min
Originally intended for Gene Autry, Under Western Stars was the first starring role for Roy Rogers The newly remastered Under Western Stars will premiere at the Lone Pine Film Festival on Saturday, October 9, 2021, at 2:30 pm PST. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion moderated by Verdugo Post Producer, Steve Latshaw, and will feature Roger’s daughter Cheryl Rogers-Barnett along with film notable restoration and preservation experts. The panel will provide a real behind the curtai...
Oct 07, 2021•44 min
Daniels Farrands returns to discuss his latest project ALIEEN WUORNOS: AMERICAN BOOGEYWOMAN Companion piece and ‘Monster' Prequel, AILEEN WUORNOS: AMERICAN BOOGEYWOMAN focuses on serial killer Aileen Wuornos stars Peyton List in the title role (Cobra Kai, Tobin Bell ("Jigsaw" from the Saw Franchise), Lydia Hearst (The Haunting Of Sharon Tate), Nick Vallelonga (Green Book), Swen Temmel (In Time, Backtrace), Meadow Williams (Boss Level. Den Of Thieves), and Andrew Biernat (Shadow's Edge) In additi...
Oct 06, 2021•40 min
Today I had the chance to speak with James Cullen Bressack about his latest film SURVIVE THE GAME. Bruce Willis (Pulp Fiction) and Chad Michael Murray (“Riverdale”) star in this explosive crime-thriller. When cop David (Willis) is injured in a drug bust gone wrong, his partner, Cal, pursues the two criminals who shot him to a remote farm owned by troubled vet Eric (Murray). As Cal and Eric plot their defense, more of the gang arrives — along with a wounded David — and, outnumbered, the three her...
Oct 06, 2021•21 min
Today I'm joined by writer/director Ryan Kruger to discuss his Shudder exclusive film FRIED BARRY In FRIED BARRY, Barry is a drug-addled degenerate who, after yet another bender, gets abducted by aliens. Barry takes a backseat as his alien visitor assumes control of his body and takes it for a joyride through Cape Town. What follows is an onslaught of drugs, sex and violence as Barry’s alien tourist enters the weird and wonderful world of humankind. FRIED BARRY is available On DVD, Blu-Ray and O...
Oct 04, 2021•25 min
Ambar (Cristina Rodlo) is embarking on her American Dream after years spent dutifully tending to her terminally ill mother in Mexico. She arrives in Cleveland illegally, with very little money and unsuitable clothing for what’s expected to be the coldest winter on record. After finding cash-in-hand work at a local garment factory, she rents the cheapest room available from Red (Marc Menchaca) in a near derelict boarding house. Kept awake by the other tenants’ sobbing, disturbing nightmares and s...
Sep 30, 2021•43 min
WITCH HUNT is directed and written by Elle Callahan ( HEAD COUNT ), the film stars Gideon Adlon ( THE CRAFT: LEGACY, BLOCKERS ), Abigail Cowen ("Fate: The Winx Saga," "Chilling Adventures of Sabrina"), Christian Camargo (THE HURT LOCKER) , and Elizabeth Mitchell ("Lost," "The Expanse"). SYNOPSIS: In a modern America where magic is real and witches are persecuted by US authorities, teenager Claire and her family are part of an intricate network that helps these women escape across the border to s...
Sep 27, 2021•21 min
Today I'm joined by Justin Lee the writer and director behind the new film APACHE JUNCTION APACHE JUNCTION is written and directed by Justin Lee (Badland, Swell, Big Legend) and stars Country music superstar Trace Adkins (Moms’ Night Out, The Lincoln Lawyer), Stuart Townsend (“Salem,” “Betrayal,” Queen of the Damned), Scout Taylor-Compton (Halloween I & II, The Runaways), Ed Morrone (Final Kill), Victoria Pratt (“Heartland”), and Thomas Jane (“The Expanse,” Deep Blue Sea, Boogie Nights). Sab...
Sep 24, 2021•28 min
Today I'm joined by Peter Collins Campbell to discuss his film DIMLAND. In an attempt to shake off her melancholy, a young woman escapes the city to her family's country cottage only to rediscover an old friend and a world she'd long forgotten. DIMLAND will be available on VOD 9/28. You can pre-order it on iTunes today!
Sep 24, 2021•33 min
Today I chat with director/writer Corinna Faith about her latest film THE POWER London, 1974. In THE POWER, as Britain prepares for electrical blackouts to sweep across the country, trainee nurse Val arrives for her first day at the crumbling East London Royal Infirmary. With most of the patients and staff evacuated to another hospital, Val must work the night shift in the empty building. Within these walls lies a deadly secret, forcing Val to face her own traumatic past in order to confront the...
Sep 21, 2021•16 min
Today I'm joined by Rachel Boynton to discuss the Peacock original documentary CIVIL WAR (OR, WHO DO WE THINK WE ARE). CIVIL WAR (OR, WHO DO WE THINK WE ARE) , a timely and probing look at how Americans tell the story of their Civil War and its legacy of slavery and racism, will open in select theaters nationwide (including the IFC Center in NYC and Laemmle Santa Monica in LA) on Friday, September 17. Directed by three-time Emmy nominee Rachel Boynton ( Big Men, Our Brand is Crisis ), the film i...
Sep 14, 2021•40 min
Today I chat with Nicholas Grabowsky about the novelization of Halloween 4 and his treatment for Shocker 2. After working as an extra in Hollywood for such films as Masters of the Universe and Night of the Creeps, and pursuing a modelling career, Grabowsky became the acting coach to Walter Koenig, who introduced Nicholas to a New York publisher of mass market paperback novels. His first novel, Pray Serpent's Prey, a Christian allegory of vampires invading a small Montana town which Grabowsky beg...
Sep 10, 2021•32 min
Today I had the chance to speak with Nick Fituri Scown about his documentary film Too Soon: Comedy After 9/11. The film airs Wednesday, September 8 at 9:00 pm ET/PT on VICE TV. Film features interviews David Cross, Janeane Garofalo, Marc Maron, Matthew Broderick, Aasif Mandvi, Rob Riggle, Nathan Lane, Gilbert Gottfried, Cedric the Entertainer, Chris Kattan, Lewis Black, Doug Stanhope, Jimmy Carr, Russell Peters and many more.
Sep 02, 2021•48 min
Today I'm joined by Daniel Farrands to discuss his latest film Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman. The was released in theaters on 8.16 and will be available on VOD 9.3 Daniel is a producer, director, and writer, known for The Amityville Murders , The Haunting of Sharon Tate , and Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers . He has also directed the definitive Elm Street and Friday the 13th documentaries Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy and Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the...
Aug 28, 2021•21 min
Jakob's Wife Review w/ Melissa of The Good Evening, Kiddies! Podcast Jakob's Wife is a 2021 American horror-thriller film directed and produced by Travis Stevens from a screenplay by Stevens, Kathy Charles, and Mark Steensland. The film stars Barbara Crampton, Larry Fessenden, and Bonnie Aarons. Jakob's Wife is currently streaming on Shudder
Aug 27, 2021•58 min
Today I'm joined by Skyler Lawson to discuss his film WHELM. Set during the Great Depression, two Midwest brothers get tangled in a rivalry between a legendary bank robber and an eccentric young criminal. WHELM is currently available on all VOD platforms.
Aug 25, 2021•43 min
Today I'm joined by Jake Scott to discuss his latest film KIPCHOGE: THE LAST MILESTONE. We also discuss his woefully underrated film PLUNKETT AND MACLEANE and what to do if you bump into Tony Alva surfing. Kipchoge has dominated the running world for over 18 years and in an October 12, 2019 event in Vienna, the Kenyan marathoner became the first person in history to run 26.2 miles in under two hours, finishing at 1 hour, 59 minutes and 40 seconds with a sub-4 min, 34 second-per-mile pace. With u...
Aug 24, 2021•22 min
Today I'm joined by Maximiliano Contenti to discuss his neo-giallo slasher film THE LAST MATINEE. A crazed killer begins to pick off audience members attending the last showing of a horror film in a small downtown cinema. Meanwhile, the only person to notice that something strange is going on is the projectionist's daughter. Dark Star Pictures and Bloody Disgusting will release the Uruguay-Argentinian horror film THE LAST MATINEE on VOD, Digital and DVD on August 24th. This episode is sponsored ...
Aug 23, 2021•28 min
Today I'm joined by Tara Violet Niami. Tara has directed and shot short films Mirrors and Ghosts, The Sin, Liquid Damage, Impaired, and The Center Cannot Hold, Trapped, and Destroy My Beautiful Wickedness. Most recently she was the cinematographer of EYE WITHOUT A FACE and the production still photographer on the Focus Features film MUSTANG and Amir Naderi's film MAGIC LANTERN. EYE WITHOUT A FACE is available on VOD and DVD
Aug 13, 2021•49 min
Russell (AJ Bowen - You're Next, The Signal ) is a driver in Los Angeles who’s reeling from a series of bad decisions. While his life seems to be caught in a downward spiral, a business proposition from an alluring but enigmatic passenger named Charlotte (Sophie Dalah - Unbroken, Dead Night ) proves too good to turn down. A simple ride turns deadly, catapulting Russell into an even darker place, but Charlotte may be the key to a second chance he thought he’d never have… if he can make it through...
Aug 05, 2021•49 min
In the 1970s, five men struggling with being gay in their Evangelical church started a Bible study to help each other leave the "homosexual lifestyle." They quickly received over 25,000 letters from people asking for help and formalized as Exodus International, the largest and most controversial conversion therapy organization in the world. But leaders struggled with a secret: their own “same-sex attractions” never went away. After years as Christian superstars in the religious right, many of th...
Jul 30, 2021•30 min
Retire the term "Lynchian" from our film thesaurus
Jul 29, 2021•3 min
Today my guest is Harry Greenberger, the director and writer behind HERE AFTER. The film is a dark fantasy-comedy about searching for love in the afterlife and acts as something of a rorschach test. Depending on how you feel about love, death, and existential dread will greatly impact how you react to this film. It would be easy to see the film as a simple rom-com but I genuinely feel that film has far more on its mind. I highly recommend you check it out this Friday 7/23 when it will be availab...
Jul 22, 2021•42 min
The legal concept of conservatorship is admittedly not something that often comes across anyone’s social media screens. That all changed last week when Britney Spears, once arguably the most famous celebrity in the world, spoke out in court about what she characterized as a profoundly toxic conservatorship. In a new article published exclusively for Today's Esquire, legal analyst Aron Solomon takes an in-depth look at conservatorships, and the legal rights (or lack thereof) associated with them....
Jul 16, 2021•18 min
Today my guest is Sasha Collington the director and writer of LOVE TYPE D. How can someone love you yesterday and not today? Shortly after her boyfriend sends his 12-year-old brother to break the news that she’s dumped, Frankie Browne discovers that she has a loser in love gene. Every man she goes out with will inevitably break up with her. Facing a lifetime of romantic failure, Frankie turns to the only genetics expert she knows: her former nemesis, Wilbur, a schoolboy science prodigy. Wilbur d...
Jul 09, 2021•28 min
Today's guest is none other than Danny Trejo. I had Danny on the show today to talk about GRAND-DADDY DAY CARE but we also talk tacos, classic cars, and how he made a screening of George Clooney's UP IN THE AIR an uncomfortable experience for anyone within earshot. GRAND-DADDY DAY CARE will be available to rent or own on DVD and Digital on Tuesday, February 5th. The film stars Danny Trejo, Reno Wilson, Roxana Ortega, Garrett Morris, Margaret Avery, and George Wendt. The film is a hysterical foll...
Jul 06, 2021•27 min•Ep. 89
Courtney Gains is an actor best known for his work in films such as Children of the Corn (1984), Back to the Future (1985), Can't Buy Me Love (1987), Colors (1988), The 'Burbs (1989) and Memphis Belle (1990). Some of his recent credits include Sweet Home Alabama (2002), Benny Bliss and the Disciples of Greatness (2009). In addition to his film work, Gains has guest-starred on several notable television shows including Seinfeld (1989) Tales from the Crypt (1989), ER (1994), JAG (1995) Charmed (19...
Jul 05, 2021•1 hr
Today I’m joined by legendary character actor Kevin Corrigan to discuss his latest film SCENES FROM AN EMPTY CHURCH. You might know Kevin from his work in GOODFELLAS, TRUE ROMANCE, THE DEPARTED, PINEAPPLE EXPRESS, and the woefully underrated RESULTS. SCENES FROM AN EMPTY CHURCH takes place in NYC at the height of the pandemic and focuses on two priests who open their church doors to those seeking salvation during the most isolating of times. From the commonplace to the truly metaphysical, their ...
Jul 01, 2021•39 min
SLEEPWALKER is the latest film from director Elliott Lester. Troubled by bouts of sleepwalking and disturbing nightmares, graduate student Sarah Foster goes to her university's sleep research center for help. When she wakes up after her first night of being monitored, the world she lives in seems to have changed in subtle, Twilight-Zone-esque ways. In fact, every time she goes to sleep now, she wakes up in a slightly different version of her world. With the help of sleep researcher Dr. Scott Whi...
Jun 29, 2021•41 min
