It's episode 108 and we go a little dark and scary with prolific horror/scifi author Jeffrey Thomas. Thomas was a finalist for both the Bram Stoker Award and the John W. Campbell Award. We discuss how he became an author and what draws him to the genres of horror, science fiction, and Lovecraftian fiction. We also talk about the origins of his Punktown setting, the Kickstarter for a Punktown comic book anthology, the Punktown roleplaying game, tips for writing, and much more. GenreTainment is wh...
Oct 26, 2015•51 min
Welcome to another thrilling episode of SFP-NOW. This week we feature an interview with director Madelaine Paxson who made a big impact on the Indie Film circet with her directorial debut 'Blood Punch', which is best described as a brew of horror, science fiction and supernatural elements. The movie involves a love triangle and crystal meth and features some very dark humor and extremely gruesome happenings. During our conversation Madelaine talks about some of her inspirations and touches on ma...
Oct 25, 2015•35 min
This week we feature an exclusive chat with actor Aleks Paunovic who talks with us about his many acting roles in TV series such as IZombie & Continuum. Alecks also chats with us about his new movie 'Numb' in which he both stars in and produces. The film had Aleks and the other actors working in extreme cold conditions, which proved to be a massive challenge to all concerned. Aleks talks about this. His love of Boxing and MMA and much much more. So be sure to tune in. You can find out more a...
Oct 18, 2015•23 min
It's episode 107 and we have two great interviews for you this time. First up, we spoke with two of the stars of SyFy Channel's TV series Haven . Emily Rose (Audrey Parker) and Adam Copeland (Dwight Hendrickson) discuss their experiences acting on this sci-fi series and some favorite moments of the final season. Then we have an interview with Writer/Director Arthur Vincie about his scifi film Found In Time . We learn more about how the film was made and get some great tips for filmmakers. GenreT...
Oct 09, 2015•58 min
This week we are joined by up and coming comics artist Simeon Aston. Simeon talks with us about his comic book series 'Metal Made Flesh', which has been described as Blade Runner meets Game Of Thrones. The artist chat with us about working the comic out with writer Jeremy Biggs and also touches on some of the things and people that have inspired him as an artist. To find out more about 'Metal Made Flesh' head over to: www.metalmadeflesh.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out informati...
Oct 06, 2015•25 min
Welcome to another exciting edition of SFP-NOW. This week we indlulge in some time travel with Andrew Chalmers who has created a fantastic 'Doctor Who' audio series, which is titled 'Doctor Who: Dark Journey.' Andrew talks with us about how he went about creating the series and gets into some serious Doctor Who chat with Ian about the merits of the classic series. You can check this fantastic audio adventure series out right here! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information....
Oct 01, 2015•36 min
For this episode I am joined by comics writer Mark Millar who talks with me about his journey into comics and chats about his newer books as well as some of his older titles. We also chat briefly about the Marvel movies and future movie projects based on his own creations such as Chrononauts, Nemesis and more. You can learn all the latest on Mark Millar's work at: www.millarworld.tv See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information....
Sep 14, 2015•44 min
It's episode 106 and we are chatting with writer Monica Leonelle. She is a successful indie author of fiction and non-fiction. She wrote the excellent book Write Better, Faster and has many new books that just hit Amazon and many more coming out soon. If you are a writer, then you don't want to miss this episode. We discuss Leonelle's unique path to becoming a writer, learn a bunch of tips for writing faster, how to use dictation software, how to use Periscope, talk about her different book seri...
Sep 10, 2015•51 min
In this episode of SFP-NOW I speak with the fantastic Terry Marcel who talks with me about 'Hawk The Slayer' and his hopes for a sequel in the form of 'Hawk The Hunter', which he hopes to spin off into a TV series and Video games. Terry gives a plug for his recent appearance at Fright Fest, but more importantly plugs his Kickstarter Campaign, which has been ongoing for the past week and needs our help and support to raise $500,000 dollars to go towards the films budget. You can learn more about ...
Sep 07, 2015•27 min
For this 105th episode we are chatting with Christopher Kentworthy, the author of the bestselling Master Shots series of books. We'll talk to him about writing and filmmaking, and learn more about his Master Shots books ( Volume 1: 100 Advanced Camera Techniques , Volume 2: Shooting Great Dialogue Scenes , Volume 3: The Director's Vision ) and his newest book Shoot Like Tarantino . We discuss how he first became involved in writing and filmmaking, talk about his fiction writing, discuss what TV ...
Sep 02, 2015•1 hr 1 min
In this latest episode of SFP-NOW Patrick Hayes joins me for some 'Star Wars' chat and we feature a brand new interview with music composer and orchestrator Penka Kouneva. Kouneva has done music for many film and video game projects, which range from 'Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time' to ' Elysium' and 'Enders Game'. During our chat Penka talks about her new concept CD 'The Woman Astronaut' and educate me about the relationship between an orchestrator and a composer and what the two jobs enta...
Aug 27, 2015•1 hr
For this 104th episode we are chatting with game, animation and comic book writer Christy Marx. Christy was one of our first guests on the show back when we started GenreTainment and we are thrilled to have her back. She has written for classic animation series like GI Joe , Spider-Man and the His Amazing Friends & Jem and the Holograms , also written for comic books like Birds of Prey & Amethyst: Sword Of Sorcery , and has written for a number of video games and TV shows. She is also th...
Aug 26, 2015•34 min
For this 103rd episode we are chatting with Writer/ Director Daryn Murphy, creator of the time travel series Time Keeper , and actor Matt Lunsford who stars as Mitch Manners on Time Keeper . We learn more about this fun time travel web series, the Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign for season 3, and get tips about crowdfunding & acting. Oh, and we also learn about Daryn's sercret first film, if Matt is really British and what makes a good time traveling pet. GenreTainment is where we talk about...
Aug 13, 2015•1 hr 1 min
It's part 2 of our special at Gen Con, the longest running gaming convention in the world. Even though its focus is on gaming, there is much more than just that. We start off the interviews with many authors & illustrators in Authors Alley and wrap up the interviews at Gen Con Film Festival with the producers of the fantasy film The Rangers: A Shadow Rising. Please enjoy part 2 and see the links below related to the interviews from this episode. Be sure to check out part 1 with more Authors ...
Aug 10, 2015•1 hr 15 min
For this 101st episode of GenreTainment we have a number of interviews from Gen Con, the longest running gaming convention in the world. Even though its focus is on gaming, there is much more than just that. We start off the interviews with the Gen Con Film Festival and then interview many authors & illustrators in Authors Alley. We got so many interviews that we had to make this a two-parter. Please enjoy part 1 and see the links below related to the interviews from this episode. Be sure to...
Aug 07, 2015•57 min
Welcome to our special belated Comic Con edition of SFP-NOW in which I chat with scifipulse.net comics reviewer Patrick Hayes about his recent Comic Con experiences and we even manage to discuss some of the panels and exciting announcements that were made. In the second part of this show we feature an Exclusive interview with actress Julie Ann Emery, who has recently enjoyed a pretty meaty role in the 'Breaking Bad' spin-off 'Better Call Saul'. Julie talks about her various roles in science fict...
Jul 27, 2015•1 hr
It is time for our 100th episode!!! It's a special episode as a few of our past guests return for this episode. One of which is our very first guest ever, Emmy winning writer Victor Miller, who is probably best known for writing Friday the 13th . We are also joined by filmmaker and International Academy of Web Television (IAWTV) chairman Jeff Burns. You might remember him from our recent game show episode or the earlier episode where we interviewed him and the cast of Super Knocked Up . And to r...
Jul 22, 2015•1 hr 3 min
For this 99th episode of GenreTainment we are chatting with filmmaker and conlang professional Britton Watkins. Britton tells us how he became involved with conlang (which stands for constructed languages) which lead him to learning fictional alien languages like Na'vi, Vulcan, Klingon, and creating his own languages for his science fiction film Senn . He also tells us how those skills landed him a job on Star Trek Into Darkness and we learn about his upcoming feature documentary on conlang, cal...
Jul 09, 2015•1 hr 18 min
In this episode we feature a tribute of sorts to the late Christopher Lee and an interview with Tim Jones, who released all his music from the television series Chuck earlier in the year. Raissa and Ian kick things off in this episode as they take a fond look back at the films of Christopher Lee and talk about them. The second half of the episode features Ian's recent interview with Tim Jones, who is best known to genre fans for the fantastic music that he churned out on a weekly basis for the f...
Jul 03, 2015•1 hr 5 min
For this 98th episode we are chatting with editor/publisher/literary agent/writer Shawn Coyne. Shawn tells us about his career in publishing and talks in-depth about his new information packed non-fiction book "The Story Grid: What Good Editors Know." The book explains a method that Shawn has used for over 300 books in his career. So get ready to learn all about genre and how to write & edit your own story. GenreTainment is where we talk about what is happening in the world of film, TV and w...
Jul 01, 2015•52 min
In this one off special epiosde Britain Valenti, the writer/producer behind the web series 'Interrogation' joins Ian Cullen to talk about the brilliant new Netflix series 'Sense8', which is a show that has set tongues wagging for a number of reasons. Over the course of an hour we take a look at some of the characters on the show and discuss how cleverly they are all interconnected to each other and we also touch on other past television shows that may or may not have somehow paved the way for a ...
Jun 25, 2015•59 min
We are back with a special game show edition for our 97th episode! We have the hosts of Super Geeked Up joining us for this quiz filled episode of GenreTainment. Jeff Burns, Tonya Dodds, and Nicole Wright tell us what lead them to hosting their web series show where they talk geeky news, interview guests from the web series world, and play geeky games. We learn more about them, then play the GenreTainment game show which leads to many laughs and perhaps a few tears. GenreTainment is where we tal...
Jun 18, 2015•1 hr 3 min
Welcome to another edutainment filled episode of GenreTainment! On this 96th episode we are speaking with writer Dean Wesley Smith. He is a USA Today bestselling author with over 100 novels and hundreds of short stories published. He shares with us how he started his now over 40 year career, and gives some excellent writing tips from his experience and from his non-fiction book Writing Into The Dark . Smith tells us what it is like writing media tie-in books for movie & TV show settings like...
Jun 13, 2015•1 hr 4 min
For this special episode of SFP-NOW we have two interviews. The first is with Michael Schilling, who is one of the main PR people behind one of America's oldest fan Run Science Fiction conventions, which is held annually in Baltimore, Maryland. Michael gives us a brief history of the convention. Shares some fun stories from his past conventions, which include a rather poigniant moment from last years event where Leonard Nimoy made a surprise skype appearance in what was likely his last daliance ...
Jun 07, 2015•1 hr 14 min
Welcome to another roaring episode of SFP-NOW here on scifipulseradio. Joining us for this episode are Raissa and Craig who talk with me about the various season finales of all our favorite comic book related series. Our guest this week is producer and director Ari Novak, who takes time out of his busy schedule to talk about his new movie 'Cowboys Vs Dinosaurs', which features several of my favorite things. A ridiculous story, MPG's, Cowboys and Dinosaurs. And the movie even has its fair share o...
May 29, 2015•1 hr 14 min
Welcome to another fun filled episode of SFP-NOW. Joining me as always to discuss the weeks television is Raissa. In this episode we discuss recent events in 'Arrow', 'The Flash' and 'Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.' Our special guest this week is comics writer and artist Brett Uren who chats with me about his new Kickstarter Campaign for the second volume of Torsobear stories, featuring the incredibly brave Ruxby Bear and his friends in 'Torsobear: All Stitched Up'. Brett shared news with me about some ...
May 15, 2015•1 hr 16 min
Welcome to another exciting episode of SFP-NOW. Are first episode in weeks. This week I am joined by Craig and Raissa to discuss some television shows and we give our first impressions on the new series 'Thunderbirds Are Go. My guest this week is Andrew Farago, who not only has a super cool job working in a museum, which is totally devoted to comics, but has also written some pretty damn cool refference books, which focus on pop cultural characters. Andrew chats with me about his new book "Teena...
Apr 17, 2015•1 hr 2 min
In this episode Raissa, Craig and Ian sing their priases for Arrow, The Flash and give an almighty whoop of approval to 'Agent Carter.' Ian and Craig also have a good old moan about E4 deciding to not show new episodes of 'Big Bang' theory until they have finished showing 'Two Broke Girls'. And we also have a moan at British TV in general in terms of how poorly they schedule stuff. The interview this week is with the fantastic Ari Stidham who is best known for his role of maths genius Sylvester ...
Feb 27, 2015•1 hr 10 min
Welcome to another exciting edition of the SFP-NOW Podcast. In this extra long episode Raissa and Ian discuss some of the television of the past weeks and are joined by webseries producer Britain Valenti, who pops in to discuss the new 'Agent Carter' series, which stars Haley Atwell as the intrepid Agent Carter. Our interview this week is with the fantastic Lisa Bowerman who talks with me about her work for Big Finish Audio adventures as well as her role in various television incarnations of Doc...
Feb 14, 2015•1 hr 31 min
Welcome to the first SFP-NOW of 2015. Raissa and Craig return in this episode to discuss various television shows that we have been watching, which includes the 'Doctor Who' Christmas episode, The Librarians and the new Marvel series 'Agent Carter'. Our special guest this week is Playboy model Victoria Morissa who talks with us about her new comic book 'Vixon Vampire Hunter' which is available via Red Skye Comics. Victoria chats about how she came to hear of Red Skye and also chats a little abou...
Jan 23, 2015•56 min
