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• Episode # 160 Wonderful Who !

  In Uncategorized / By Mason J / 13 April 2013 / 0 comments

  In the studio Mr Splendidness John Richards joined Sonja and Dr Emma to talk about other Dr’s we love…or not?…Dr Who !

  Yes, fun, friskiness and fashion talk as we went through some of them, bent time a little you could say as we took a look at Dr # 5 and Dr # 8, with interviews from Peter Davison and Paul Mc Gann of Who fame!

  We also had a special companion talk to us: Tegan Jovanka AKA Aussie goddess: Janet Fielding, and she had it all, 80′s style !

  and if you LOVED and still LOVE The Never Ending Story well tune to this cos we had a chat with Atreyu/Noah Hathaway too !

  And Bailey arrived again with an Exorcism or 2 ! And that was for the A-Z of Horror installment, this time on her recommendation of what is the BEST Exorcism movie in Horror genre to watch and learn from….what is it?..well listen to this podcast to find out !

  What & Who in this special episode to continue the 50th celebrations of Dr ?

  and a very big THANKS goes to Scott Liston of First Contact Conventions for his support in making this happen!

  LINKS:

  http://www.firstcontactconventions.com.au/

  http://www.splendidchaps.com/category/liveshows/

  http://www.supanova.com.au/

  Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 47:14 — 43.2MB)

   

• Episode # 159 Sex Fi & Squeam !

  In TV & Film / By Mason J / 13 April 2013 / 0 comments

  In The World of Sex in Sci-fi and Squeam…..we discover Japanese Popular Culture and it’s Manga, Hentai and more with
  Mark McLelland from the University of Wollongong, we have President of The Australian Sex Party : Fiona Patten chatting in the studio about Censorship and what Aussie customs are up to in Oz…..

  Mitch is Back !

  and we had interviews with Andy Mackenzie from Sushi Girl soon to be released in Oz, he will be at this years Supanova at Melbourne 12-14 April and Gold Coast 19-21 April,

  and finally our buddies Patrick Yacco and Jono Jarrett from Geeks Out !! talk a bit dirty with Sonja and Dean Arcuri from Guy Fi Podcast , and also updates about Sigourney Weaver for their upcoming art auction fundraiser: Dream Weaver !

  it’s a little saucy…..just a little….orgasmic fun !

  http://www.supanova.com.au/guest/andy-mackenzie/

  http://www.sexparty.org.au/

  http://geeksout.org/

  http://www.uow.edu.au/arts/ssmac/staff/UOW018742.html

  http://guyfi.com.au/

  Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 47:19 — 43.3MB)

   

• Episode # 158 The Girls Gotta Have It : The Princess Myth !

  In TV & Film / By Mason J / 13 April 2013 / 0 comments

  The Girls Gotta Have It..What?? We go and Rescue the Maiden who becomes a Lady, who is destined to be a Princess to rule through the Ages over Girls minds Hearts and imaginations ….from Disney Princesses to Princess Peach, TO Games of Thrones female royal spouses and captives in the castle of the successful HBO show !
  So to help us we have in the studio Jessamy Gleeson from Swinburne University in Melbourne and Kirsty Sculler from TV show for game geeks: New Game Plus !
  Awesome Women and experts and we discover many interesting things….on the Archetypes, Tropes and more…of what makes a Princess.

  Plus we have Geoff Wallis from Cinema Fiasco ! He chats to us about all those cringe worthy cult horror movies that will be playing @Cinema Nova on Fridays from the 29th of March, Screen Scream Goddess Janet Leigh will be on the screen !

  http://www.cinemanova.com.au/catalogue/cinema-fiasco/

  http://cinemafiasco.com/

  http://newgameplus.tv/

  http://entertainment.time.com/2009/12/09/top-10-disney-controversies/slide/the-problem-with-princesses/

  Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 50:08 — 45.9MB)

   

• Episode 157 # Villians In Genre

  In TV & Film / By Mason J / 13 April 2013 / 1 comment

  With in studio guests of Dr. Emma Beddows, Scarlette Baccini, Jason Franks. They join Sonja and explore villians, Supernova, anti hero concept and more.

  Plus new segment A to Z of Sci Fi with Dr. Emma.

  And also featuring interviews with Patricia Quinn also known as Magenta from Rocky Horror Picture Show and Lee Galea local filmmaker/writer/director of a film called ‘Monster Pies’ which is out through the Melbourne Queer Film Festival.

  www.scarlettebaccini.com
  www.jasonfranks.com
  www.imdb.com/title/tt2379082/
  http://www.facebook.com/pages/Monster-Pies/114168288593911

  Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 45:49 — 42.0MB)

   

• Episode # 156: Boot OUT the Reboot !?

  In TV & Film / By Mason J / 13 April 2013 / 0 comments

  We explore the rocky and sometimes muddy road to Remakes and Reboots..prequels and sequels…what is this all about, do we seem to be seeing more…and MORE of these in our cinemas??

  In the studio for a chat is Tara Judah from Triple R’s Plato’s Cave and The Astor Theatre and the New Game Plus crew ( well 2 of them !! ) Kirsty Sculler and Jason O’Callaghan from the Video Games ( plus! ) Channel 31 TV show!
  Talking Reboots in Video Games and in Movies too…

  Plus..Plus..Plus..we have a review chat with Tara and Sonja on ‘Oz The Great and Powerful’ directed by remake fanatic: Sam Raimi ! hmmmm Feminism takes a back seat in this Prequel to the 1939 Wizard of Oz movie….

  Enjoy this Rehash Prequel Remake Original !

  http://www.facebook.com/NewGamePlusTV?ref=ts&fref=ts

  http://newgameplus.tv/about/

  http://www.astortheatre.net.au/s18str284_2013-03-14T06_39_57-07_00

  http://www.rrr.org.au/whats-going-on/news/enter-plato-s-cave/

  http://joy.org.au/scifiandsqueam/

  http://www.facebook.com/scifiandsqueam

  Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 42:52 — 39.3MB)

   

• Episode # 155 And so March crept up on us….

  In TV & Film / By JOY 94.9 / 7 March 2013 / 0 comments

  In the studio we have a couple of guests including Thomas Elliot director of upcoming sci-fi thriller film : ‘Occupied’ . Thomas chatted with us about the journey of working on this film project and his influences in Genre. Soooo what’s all about…listen up and find out!

  As well we had an interview with Briony Kidd one of the organisers for Stranger With My Face Horror Film Festival on this weekend in Tasmania!
  A Long Weekend approaches and this is like no other Horror festival ever held in Australia, support Women film makers and creatives in the ‘Horror’ Genre !

  We had the Sci-fi and Squeamish news return with Dr Emma ! well, what is in the News this week? Tune your ears to find out!

  and we asked guest Bailey what her favourite ‘C’ for ‘Children in Horror’ is in the A-Z’s in Horror films !
  what is it? Listen in all will be revealed !

  finally a review on a little gem of a film from Ol’Blighty: ‘The Night The Lights Went Out ‘..a good reason why Children and ‘Ghosts’ don’t mix!!

  http://www.pozible.com/project/11884

  http://strangerwithmyface.com/

  http://strangerwithmyface.com/2013program/

  http://www.upcominghorrormovies.com/movie/when-lights-went-out

  http://www.anchorbayentertainment.com/Entertainment.aspx

  http://www.facebook.com/scifiandsqueam

  http://joy.org.au/

  Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 9:03:01 — 39.3MB)

   

• Damn that Tarantino !

  In TV & Film / By JOY 94.9 / 3 March 2013 / 0 comments

  The LONG PLAY Special Podcast Quentin Tarantino theme is FINALLY here !

  In the studio we have Tara Judah from Plato’s Cave cinema review podcast at Triple R and The Astor Theatre in Melbourne, and Dr Emma Beddows Trans-Media expert and Sonja dig deep and delve into the cinematic nerd world of Tarantino….from his Roots including his passion for Blaxploitation and Sexploitation films to his outward fetish of feet (and espesh ladies legs ! )…his eye on politics, Political movements, Fashion , music, Feminism, Violence, Racism, Pam Grier and more…including love of the Bling !

  Listen in to this very long love affair with the very coolest of living iconic film directors: Tarantino!

  LINKS:

  http://unchainedmovie.com/

  http://www.astortheatre.net.au/

  http://rrrfm.libsyn.com/category/Plato’s%20Cave

  http://www.emmabeddows.com/

  http://www.facebook.com/scifiandsqueam

  http://joy.org.au/

  Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 9:17:49 — 113.5MB)

   

• The Zombies of Our Lives !

  In TV & Film / By JOY 94.9 / 2 March 2013 / 0 comments

  Our Zombie LONG PLAY Podcast ! it is special..indeed and yes, it IS long…

  In the studio we start with Sci-fi & Squeam’s: Sonja and Dr Emma with guest expert: Jake Corcoran and part of an interview with Glen Mazzara ‘showrunner’ of The Walking Dead…we go on to talk to Richard Sowada the official Head of Film programs at ACMI as he chats about ’101 Zombie Kills’ from the White Night night held recently in Melbourne, he speaks about his fave Zombie classic movie: Night of the Living Dead and Italian Horror movies…plus more..and finally we get in the studio with Angela Ndalianis from Melbourne University a massive The Walking Dead expert …..
  and so it goes, we talk toxic kitty litter , parasites, viruses, death and decay, Zombie origins, Zombie tropes and traditions from ‘shufflers’ to ‘runners’ to Walkers from The Walking Dead.. and some of our Top Zombie films of all time!!

  LINKS:

  http://www.culture-communication.unimelb.edu.au/about/people/academic/angela-ndalianis

  http://www.upstart.net.au/2013/02/25/stars-align-for-a-perfect-attack-of-the-zombies/

  http://www.acmi.net.au/

  http://au.artshub.com/au/news-article/profiles/film-tv-radio/richard-sowada-193846

  http://www.emmabeddows.com/new-podcast-y-a-yay-or-nay/

  http://www.facebook.com/scifiandsqueam

  Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 12:05 — 117.2MB)

   

• Red Dwarf Special Long Play

  In TV & Film / By JOY 94.9 / 1 March 2013 / 0 comments

  Here is the definitive special FULL interviews of the Red Dwarf from a special mini-con that was held in Melbourne recently through First Contact Conventions!

  Hear 2 of the iconic stars chat with Mitch ( mainly, cos he knows heaps more ! ) and Sonja ( not so much as she knows not much ! ) Robert Llewellyn (Kryten), and Craig Charles (Lister) talk about what it’s like being a Sci-fi TV icon and electric cars( and car pooling) and other good Smeggin fun!

  Enjoy!!

  http://www.firstcontactconventions.com.au/

  http://www.reddwarf.co.uk/home/index.cfm

  http://www.facebook.com/scifiandsqueam

  Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 16:34:43 — 26.4MB)

   

• Episode # 154 Y.A Yay OR Nay ? Young Adult Fiction

  In TV & Film / By JOY 94.9 / 28 February 2013 / 0 comments

  Women In Horror Recognition Month Special

  In the studio Sonja and Dr Emma talk about Young Adult fiction with Jordie Kerr freelance writer and expert on the genre.
  We discovered it has ‘mash-ups’ and genre mixing, it has great appeal, elemental, some Horror and plenty of adolescent angst and romance ! But mostly we discovered our own Guilty Pleasures in the style of writing…and it’s not all just about “sparkly vampires”, it’s often about feeling belonging, connection, and learning to feel ok !

  Jordie gave us a heads up on LGBTIQ content in Y.A, and what is available.

  We also had Dr Emma interview Young Adult author Karen Healey in NZ about her new young adult sci-fi book: ‘When We Wake’
  “Accessible, thoughtful and compelling — science fiction done right.” – Kirkus Reviews

  And Sonja spoke to Angela NDalianas about Zombies and The Walking Dead @Acmi Thursday the 28th Feb in Melbourne.

  Finally we chatted about the movie Beautiful Creatures: Yay OR Nay? Listen to this podcast to find out !!

  http://www.karenhealey.com/

  http://www.jordikerr.com/

  http://www.womeninhorrormonth.com/

  http://www.insideadog.com.au/

  http://www.leewind.org/

  http://www.facebook.com/scifiandsqueam

  http://joy.org.au/

  Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 18:43:09 — 39.4MB)