Today I had the pleasure of sitting down with Curtis Clow, Curtis is an American Indie Comic book Author/writer/co-creator best known for his books THE WILD COSMOS, BEASTLANDS, SLIGHTLY EXAGGERATED, and MAJESTIC which he self-published through his own imprint TO INFINITY STUDIOS using crowdfunding. Thanks to an ever-increasing fanbase, he has had 13 fully funded KICKSTARTER campaigns. His work on BEASTLANDS caught the attention of distributor Dark Horse comics and they are releasing a Trade Pape...
Jun 13, 2022•22 min•Season 3Ep. 6
Today I had the pleasure to sit down with Game developer David Szymanski, you may know him from such hit games as DUSK, IRON LUNG, and the upcoming stealth horror FPS Gloomwood. In this sprawling conversation, David and I discuss many things, such as what horror films still scare him, his love of classical music, and what it takes to be an indie game developer. I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did, so sit back relax and enjoy this conversation with David Szymanski.
Jun 01, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Season 3Ep. 5
In this episode, Byron Lafayette discusses the claims over COVID by such as John Campea and Nerd-O-Rama's Mo'Kelly that theaters were dead and gone. Are theaters back for good? Byron looks at box office numbers and various films such as Top Gun"Maverick, Doctor Strange: In The Multiverse of Madness, and Downton Abbey: A New Era while giving his opinion on this topic.
Jun 01, 2022•15 min•Season 3Ep. 4
In 2016, Dr. Maha Hosain Aziz, an NYU professor, World Economic Forum risk expert, and author in global politics drew the crowdfunded political comic book, The Global Kid , which stars the superhero character of 14-year-old Sami. Sami lived in different countries with his family (much like Dr. Aziz did – 7 countries by age 14) and observed political problems (much like Dr. Aziz does in her day job), The Global Kid in 2021 won its seventh education award and was a Top 16 Amazon bestseller. Now, T...
Feb 12, 2022•28 min•Season 3Ep. 4
I had the great pleasure of speaking with legendary artist and writer Rob Liefeld, his work has spanned decades and such iconic characters like Deadpool and Cable among others! In this sprawling interview, we chat about Rob’s series “G.I Joe Snake Eyes: Deadgame” The fifth issue finale of G.I Joe Snake Eyes: Deadgame features an All-Star list of comic book legends providing inks and finishes to Rob’s penciled art. Not satisfied with just putting together an All-Star team, Rob decided to round ou...
Feb 04, 2022•21 min•Season 3Ep. 3
In today's episode, I am joined by Feelin Films' own Caless Davis, who comes on the show to discuss The Matrix Revolutions, the much-maligned conclusion to the Matrix Trilogy. Is the film as bad as people say? Or is it misunderstood? It's a conversation not to be missed as we discuss this much talked about film and discover there may be more to it than meets the eye! Summery In a dystopia overrun by robots, Neo (Keanu Reeves), mankind's greatest hope, is trapped in a limbo world. Meanwhile, the ...
Jan 27, 2022•1 hr•Season 3Ep. 2
In today's episode, we are discussing the controversial sequel to the iconic film The Matrix! The Matrix Reloaded is loaded (Pun intended) with theological and philosophical ideas concerning love, action, free will, and what it means to be human. It's a wild and exciting conversation that will see us chatting about everything from the Architect, Neo, Smith and Trinity to the Merovingian and his spurned lover Persephone. Did you decide to listen to this podcast episode or was it already decided f...
Jan 21, 2022•1 hr 56 min•Season 3Ep. 1
I was thrilled to have as my guest today Emmanuel Noisette; he is a film critic and creator of E-Man's Movie Reviews, and is also a member of the Critics Choice Association. He is also the founder and creator of the #RecastTChalla movement that has been featured on all the major news channels and has been exploding into the public zeitgeist. Emmanuel Noisette makes a case that by not recasting, it could stifle the opportunity for one of the most popular, leading Black superheroes to add on to th...
Dec 16, 2021•36 min•Season 2Ep. 13
I recently had the pleasure of speaking with the authors of UNIKORN, a recently released graphic novel that is soon to be a major motion picture. Don Handfield is the co-creator of History Channel's drama series Knightfall and produced The Founder, starring Michael Keaton, and Kill The Messenger, starring two-time Academy-Award nominated actor Jeremy Renner. Don also wrote and directed the Saturn Award-winning film Touchback starring Kurt Russell and Christine Lahti. His first comic series The R...
Dec 13, 2021•27 min•Season 2Ep. 12
It was my pleasure to sit down with stage and film actor Yurel Echezarreta. Yurel is a Broadway veteran having spent 12 years in NYC making his Broadway debut when he was cast in the 2008 revival of WEST SIDE STORY as Tio and went on to appear in, La Cage Aux Folles, Matilda!, Disney's Aladdin, Head Over Heels, and most recently Tony-Winning Moulin Rouge!. Yurel and I spoke about his experience working with legendary director Steven Speilberg, what made him want to become an actor, and his work ...
Dec 11, 2021•20 min•Season 2Ep. 11
I sit down with author Daryn Kirscht to talk about his latest book "The Snyderverse Saga: The Culture-Shattering Phenomena Behind Zack Snyder's DC Film Universe" where he details the entire history of the so-called "Snyderverse" that is the DC films that Zack Snyder directed or was influential in helping craft. In this sprawling interview, we discuss Zack Snyder's Justice League, Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice, and the incredible fan campaign that brought the Snydercut to life; we even manag...
Nov 19, 2021•42 min•Season 2Ep. 10
SLOW CITY BLUES is an ongoing series following Detective John Loris, who gets trapped inside his imagination after a horrible accident causes him to try and take his own life. John instead ends up in Slow City, a construct of his mind’s eye, a place where anything is possible – except a way out. There, he must battle his deeply-rooted inner demons and examine who he truly was before entering this purgatory. I had the privilege to sit down with Samuel Haine And John Livesay to talk about this new...
Nov 15, 2021•41 min•Season 2Ep. 9
Thanks for joining us today I had the pleasure of sitting down with film star Tyrese Gibson. Tyrese is best known for his work in the Fast and Furious and Transformers franchise, as well as films like Flight of the Phoenix, Death Race, and my personal favorite of his Four Brothers. If you have not seen that one, check it out! In my conversation today, we chatted about his new picture, 'Dangerous' what people like to see in movie villains and how the pandemic affected making the film. So sit back...
Nov 06, 2021•12 min•Season 2Ep. 8
I had the pleasure recently of speaking with the wonderful David Hackl, film director of such pictures as, Saw V, Daughter of the Wolf, Life on the Line , and the upcoming action thriller Dangerous . David Hackl is an industry veteran with over 30 years of experience in filmmaking. I was very happy to sit down with him and talk about his newest project Dangerous , which stars Scott Eastwood, Famke Janssen, Kevin Durand, Mel Gibson, and Tyrese Gibson. The story follows a reformed sociopath (Scott...
Nov 04, 2021•18 min•Season 2Ep. 7
I was very privileged to sit down with celebrated author and writer Mark Seal, to chat about his latest book Leave The Gun, Take The Cannoli , which is all about the incredible story behind the making of the picture, The Godfather. Featuring in-depth interviews with the director, producer, cast, and crew, Leave The Gun, Take The Cannoli offers some truly unbelievably true stories into how the film was made. Including how author Mario Puzo got into a public brawl with a Frank Sinatra, and how pro...
Oct 31, 2021•23 min•Season 2Ep. 6
I had the privilege of speaking to author and paranormal researcher Jason Offutt. Jason is the author of Chasing American Monsters, a book that details over 250 Creatures, Cryptids & Hairy Beasts. Among them The Black Dog of Hanging Hills, the Tommyknockers of Pennsylvania, the Banshee of the Badlands, and hundreds of others. Jason Offutt is also the author of What Lurks Beyond: The Paranormal in Your Backyard , which talks about his researching experiences in his own backyard, and Darkness ...
Oct 25, 2021•26 min•Season 2Ep. 5
Awesome powers? Adventures all over the world?! Andy Xenon was the boy hero every kid wished they could be! But then he turned 18 and those powers suddenly vanished. No more adventures. What happened? This is the premise behind writer Tom Pinchuk’s exciting new one-shot comic Remember Andy Xenon , releasing on the new publishing platform ZOOP! Tom has written about the adventures of world-famous kid heroes like Cartoon Network’s Ben 10 and Mattel’s Max Steel while also crafting mature audience c...
Oct 11, 2021•27 min•Season 2Ep. 4
In this episode Byron Lafayette and RAW Quiz Show host Ryan Wall discuss the recently released "Justice League Trilogy" set and whether it really functions as a Justice League story. As well as looking ahead to what Zack Snyder had planned for his upcoming Justice League films and what those may look like in the future. It's a not-to-be-missed discussion!
Oct 04, 2021•1 hr 16 min•Season 2Ep. 3
I am joined in this episode by writer Jonathan Rosaler as we discuss the future of WB's DCEU. The DC Extended Universe has been anything but stable, with the critical backlash to 2016's Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and Suicide Squad and 2017's Justice League being an absolute disaster which left the future of the fledgling cinematic universe uncertain. Since then, Aquaman, Shazam, and Zack Snyders Justice League have done much to repair the franchise and universe, however, things are not a...
Sep 27, 2021•25 min•Season 2Ep. 2
In Under the Lens maiden episode Byron Lafayette and his guest J.B Huffman discuss 2009's "The International" and if it qualifies as a "Bond Film" or not. They discus its themes, characters, action set pieces and ever a bit of economic politics. Please subscribe for more film and pop-culture discusses here on Under The Lens!
Sep 20, 2021•56 min•Season 2Ep. 1
On Oct. 7, 1949, an actress-model-dancer named Jean Elizabeth Spangler disappeared, and after almost 70 years, what happened to her is still unknown....On this episode of The Hollywood Files, we take a look at this case and just what may have happened to this rising star
Jan 16, 2020•58 min•Season 1Ep. 4
In this episode, Byron goes over a few popular urban myths surrounding film and tackles the the topic of Hollywood and Hitler! Follow The Hollywood Files on social media! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheHollywoodFilesPodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Hollywood_Files ► Music Credit: OurMusicBox (Jay Man) Track Name: "Detective" Music By: Jay Man @ https://ourmusicbox.com/ Official "OurMusicBox" YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/c/ourmusicbox License for commercial use: Creative Co...
Aug 18, 2019•31 min•Season 1Ep. 3
In episode 2 Chris and Byron discuss the easter eggs left by famed director Stanley Kubrick in the horror movie The Shining that suggest he had something to do with the famous 1968 moon landing. Did we really land on the moon? Was Kubrick expressing secrets in The Shining? Or is all of this just one big hoax? Take a listen and decide for yourself! Follow The Hollywood Files on social media! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheHollywoodFilesPodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Hollywood_Files ...
Jun 02, 2019•46 min•Season 1Ep. 2
In the first episode of The Hollywood Files Chris and Byron discuss the cold case that is the murder of William Desmond Taylor. There's a lot of players with plenty of motives. So in this real life game of Clue, who could have done it? Follow The Hollywood Files on social media! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheHollywoodFilesPodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/DigiHeartsMedia ► Music Credit: OurMusicBox (Jay Man) Track Name: "Detective" Music By: Jay Man @ https://ourmusicbox.com/ Officia...
May 05, 2019•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 1
