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Episode 789: In The Seats With...Nick Taylor and 'Rubberhead: The Life & Monsters of Steve Johnson' at Fantasia
In the 80's and 90's in the movie business it wasn't music or people that made the world go around, it was rubber....In advance of the film's world premiere at the Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal we got the opportunity to dive into the life and times of the masters of the practical VFX game. It's time for 'Rubberhead: The Life & Monsters of Steve Johnson'.Steve Johnson was a child of the movies whose journey led to creature shop of Rick Baker all the way to big budget classics like 'Ghostbusters' and the indie gore darlings like "Night of the Demons'. As the 90's came around he built his own groundbreaking FX studio that would work with the likes of Steven Spielberg and Guillermo del Toro.However when the studios started to favour digital effects over practical ones, his success started to wain which led to being a man out of time, as divorce and the non-stop party like it's the 1980's started to see an actual end..While 'Rubberhead' doesn't skimp on the fan service which is well deserved and plentiful it's also a really interesting story of a mad creative genius being undone by his demons like many before him have gone through. That being said, with Johnson serving as narrator he gives this time period the unabashed rock star treatment that it so richly deserved. He created on a level like no other, and played in is excesses without regret. Iconic geniuses never seem to fit anywhere, and that's exactly what Steve Johnson.A film seven years in the making, we had the pleasure of sitting down with director Nick Taylor about following this immensely interesting life, paying homage to the time period and acknowledging unhinged brilliance when it stares us in the face.
7 Jul 2026
Episode 788: In The Seats With...Gail Maurice and 'Blood Lines'
Even when they are doing us wrong, we always have an unexpected pull towards family....On this very special episode we dive head first into some high quality Can-Con that has finally hit theatres for the masses to see after a successful festival run that kicked off last TIFF. It's time for 'Blood Lines'.'Blood Lines' is the story of an estranged Metis mother who are struggling to overcome years of differences and neglect only to have their worlds come crashing down when an alluring woman enters their lives.Ultimately this was a very well told love story that was still very genuine to the indigenous community as it put the characters first more then anything. This is thanks to the masterful writing and directing from filmmaker Gail Maurice.We talked about the origins of the story, casting an indigenous with some excellent leads and making sure this story lead with a very humanistic tone more then anything.'Blood Lines' is in theatres now.
23 Jun 2026
Episode 787: In The Seats With...Tom Howe and 'Shrinking'
It's nice that we have nice things....We're still deep in the throws of Emmy consideration season and on this episode we get to go behind the scenes on one of the best TV shows out there on Apple+. It's time to talk 'Shrinking'.From creator Bill Lawrence; 'Shrinking' is the story of grieving therapist starts to tell his clients exactly what he thinks. Ignoring his training and ethics, he finds himself making huge changes to people's lives - including his own.Filled with fun, charm, heart and ethos it makes perfect sense that this show was born from some of the same team that gave us 'Ted Lasso' and there's a lot of cross over there.We had the pleasure of sitting down with composer Tom Howe to talk about his work on the show, getting to have a bulit in second hand relationship with show runner Bill Lawrence and so very much more.'Shrinking' is on Apple+ now.
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