We welcome actor, writer, director, musician, and clown Guilford Adams to the show to talk about how he got started as an actor and clown, his time working as an assistant to Ronald McDonald, and his new documentary film, American Clown!
American Clown is a feature-length documentary exploring the plight of clowns in a country that looks on them with a grow ... Show More
Jun 16
Canned Air #548 The Comic Shop REVIEW with Writer & Director Jonathan Bowen
Writer and director Jonathan Bowen returns this week to talk about the release of his new film 'The Comic Shop’, as well as hear our review! The Comic Shop follows Mike (Jesse Metcalfe, Desperate Housewives and John Tucker Must Die), a comic shop owner at a strip mall in North La ... Show More
1h 31m
May 26
Canned Air #547 Midnight with Writer & Illustrator Bryan Erdy
We welcome back Emmy Award winning cartoonist, editor, film critic, artist, author and illustrator Bryan Erdy this week to first talk about some of our favorite dream sequences in film and television. We look at examples like The Wizard Of Oz, Wayne’s World, A Nightmare On Elm St ... Show More
1h 3m
May 20
Canned Air #546 A Conversation with Dina Spybey-Waters (Freaky Friday, Mean Girls, The Haunted Mansion 2003)
Our guest this week is an actor who you’ve seen in movies like Just Like Heaven, The Haunted Mansion 2003, Mean Girls, and Freaky Friday. You’ve also seen her in shows like Greg The Bunny, Men Behaving Badly, Frasier, Six Feet Under, Modern Family, just to name a few. Jeramy welc ... Show More
59m 37s
Oct 2024
In conversation with Chris Sanders | The Wild Robot, Lilo & Stitch, Gene Kelly and more
In a special episode of the Film Stories podcast, Simon is joined by Oscar-nominee Chris Sanders, for a conversation and his latest film and career.
The latest film? The Wild Robot, a box office smash and a break in style for DreamWorks Animation. It's now in UK cinemas and we go ... Show More
37m 49s
May 2
Welcome to Hollywoodland: John Waters: Subversion, Shock, and the Ultimate Outsider
If you’ve finished all episodes of The Old Man is Still Alive, I’ve got another treat for you from Jake Brennan at Hollywoodland. Have a listen to this episode of Hollywoodland about John Waters, from his beginnings in X-rated art films to cult classics like Hairspray and Crybaby ... Show More
41m 10s
Feb 2021
The Great Mouse Detective with Fran Hoepfner
All new, all fun! Blank Check launches a brand new mini series on the animated films of John Musker and Ron Clements. Writer and Ratigan stan, Fran Hoepfner (Bright Wall/Dark Room), joins to discuss the duo’s first project together as co-directors of The Great Mouse Detective. To ... Show More
2h 17m
May 28
‘Lilo & Stitch,’ ‘Friendship,’ and the Top Five Movie Friends
Sean and Amanda start the show with a quick recap of all the awards handed out at the Cannes Film Festival and wonder what this year's ‘Anora’ could be (1:13). Then, they react to the biggest Memorial Day weekend box office in history and consider what it means for the industry g ... Show More
1h 29m