Media Revue Pod

This is part 2 of my chat with Visual Effects Supervisor and founder of Leonid Studios, Ari Levinson, about visual effects and much more on the Lord of the Rings movie Trilogy. Enjoy!   Connect with Ari: leonidstudios.com   Connect with Media Revue Pod: FB and X @MediaRevuePod, Instagram @Richardst30, email MediaRevuePod@gmail.com

It is an understatement to say that the Lord of the Rings movie trilogy has very impressive Visual Effects. It really changed the way some in the industry make movies. From using forced perspective, miniatures, scaled composites, background replacements, performance capture, and crowd-generating software, this trilogy was able to exploit every trick in the book. In this episode, I chat with Visual...

Back in 1989, The Little Mermaid dazzled its audiences with a colorful, joyful, adventurous, and musical world both above and under the sea and it reinvigorated Disney Animation's brand. In this "live-action" remake, Disney attempts to recapture that magic and rekindle it within a new generation of spectators. Did they succeed? Why is Flounder a flounder? Why can't we see Ursula? What is the meani...

JC and I discuss James Gunn's final Guardians movie and what lies in the future for the MCU.   Connect with JC on Twitter @jerryjcChang and IG @baribigbird06.   Connect with us on FB and Twitter @MediaRevuePod #MediaRevuePod, IG @richardst30 Email: mediarevuepod@gmail.com   Time Stamps: 00:06:56 - Spoilers for Guardians Vol 3

Check out a segment of our show that didn't make it into the podcast, where Prof. Matt Nyquist and I briefly discuss La Brega podcast.   You can find La Brega podcast anywhere you listen to podcasts.    Connect with Matt on MatthewNyquist.com, Twitter and Instagram @BreakManX, WIFIfilmfestival.com   Connect with us on FB and Twitter @MediaRevuePod #MediaRevuePod, IG @richardst30 Email: mediarevuep...

One of the most beloved video game mascots has been given a second chance at the box office and Professor Matthew Nyquist joins me for this pixel-filled episode where we chat about the new Illumination Animation/Universal movie The Super Mario Bros. Movie. Plus: the infamous Super Mario Bros. (1993), The Legend of Zelda, the Sonic movies, and The Last of Us on HBO.   Connect with Matt on MatthewNy...

The beginning of the MCU's Phase 5 is here with Quantumania. Here to help me sort out all of my feelings is JC Chang, as we discuss Marvel's latest to date.    Connect with JC on Twitter @jerryjcChang and IG @baribigbird06.   Connect with us on FB and Twitter @MediaRevuePod #MediaRevuePod, IG @richardst30 Email: mediarevuepod@gmail.com   Time Stamps:   00:06:29 - Quantumania 00:16:49 - Spoilers

Editor/writer/director RJ Daniel Hanna chats with me about his career in filmmaking and how a small editing job led to his current feature "Hard Miles". We also discuss how Uzo Aduba gave it all in his feature film "Miss Virginia" and how he and Mathew Modine were able to craft a seemingly daunting sequence into a more manageable, and eventually more true-to-life scene than what they expected in "...

JC and I talk Wakanda Forever... Plus a little bit on Andor and She-Hulk.  Enjoy!   Time Stamps:  Andor - 00:01:57 She-Hulk - 00:07:40 Wakanda Forever (No Spoilers) - 00:29:10 Wakanda Forever (Spoilers) - 00:36:24

Puerto Rican Visual Artist, Mara Torres, has a book coming out on the 20th of September, 2022, marking Hurricane María's catastrophic landfall on the island of Puerto Rico 5 years ago. She was gracious enough to come on the podcast to discuss her formative years and what led to the making of her book, 209.  Follow Mara: marastudiogallery.com, Instagram @Mara_Studio_Gallery, FB @marastudiogallery P...

Two Tolkien fans geek out on the new Amazon Prime TV show, The Rings of Power.  We also discuss the IFFLA, the movie RRR and the Disney+ show Ms. Marvel.    Connect with Dr. Mehta on Twitter @Mehta_critic and Instagram @Mehtacritic. Find the Lord of the Rings section of his digital book, Flows of Reading: Engaging with Texts, here: https://www.oercommons.org/courses/flows-of-reading-engaging-with-...

Stuntman, actor, and podcaster, Alfonso "Fonso" Rodríguez, joins the Media Revue Pod to chat about the new action comedy Bullet Train. We also talk a bit about Nope, The Gray Man, Better Call Saul, and Prey.   Connect with Fonso: Que Fonk'in Show Podcast - https://www.youtube.com/c/QueFonkinShow/featured, IG @its_fonso & @QueFonkinShow   Connect with us on FB and Twitter @MediaRevuePod #MediaRevue...

A brief discussion with JC Chang about Marvel Studio's 29th outing, Thor: Love and Thunder. We also chat a bit about the Disney+ series Obi-Wan Kenobi.   Connect with JC on Twitter @jerryjcChang and IG @baribigbird06.   Connect with us on FB and Twitter @MediaRevuePod #MediaRevuePod, IG @richardst30 Email: mediarevuepod@gmail.com Voicemail: (407) 603-5847   You can buy my book El Niño y su Mago on...

Aquí estamos, por alguna razón, de regreso a Tatooine. Carlos me acompaña, como siempre, para discutir los primeros tres episodios de este desastre... digo, de esta "joya". También mencionamos la película Top Gun: Maverick.  Contáctanos:  Twitter y FB: @mediarevuepod #mediarevuepod Instagram: @richardst30 email: mediarevuepod@gmail.com Voice Mail: (407) 603-5847

JC and I discuss Marvel Studios' latest film, Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, and inevitably talk about the other multiverse movie out there, Everything Everywhere All at Once.    Connect with JC on Twitter @jerryjcChang and IG @baribigbird06.   Connect with us on FB and Twitter @MediaRevuePod #MediaRevuePod, IG @richardst30 Email: mediarevuepod@gmail.com Voicemail: (407) 603-5847   You...

In this epic episode, Giovanosky from Chitchando and Omar Montelara from The Movie Guy Podcast join in on the conversation where we talk about Warner Bros.'s latest DC movie, The Batman. We also chime in on The Book of Boba Fett and the Obi-Wan Kenobi TV shows, among other things.      Connect with Chitchando on FB, Instagram, and YouTube @Chitchando.     Connect with The Movie Guy on FB, Instagra...

Jerry and I discuss the fantastic movie Everything Everywhere All at Once. We also talk about Pickleball, the amazing AppleTV+ show Severance, LOST, the Vidlings and Tapeheads Film Festival, and, of course, The Matrix. I hope you enjoy this movie as much as we enjoyed talking about it.    Find Jerry here: jerrywhitejr.com Find his film festival here: vidlingsandtapeheads.com Submit to the festival...

Carlos y yo nos sentamos para hablar, como siempre, sobre Star Wars y lo que ocurrió en la nueva serie The Book of Boba Fett. También hablamos sobre Pickleball, La divina gula, Succession, Cobra Kai, Lost, In and of Itself y Station Eleven.    Contáctanos: FB/Twitter: @mediarevuepod, IG: @richardst30 Email: mediarevuepod@gmail.com Voicemail: (407)603-5847   Time Stamps:   00:04:55- Pickleball 00:0...

Down, down we go into the rabbit hole of the METAverse as we swallow the red pill (for the last time?) and go DEEP beyond the world of speculation and into the construct of the Matrix once more. Jerry White joins us in the podcast booth to discuss the Resurrection of the Matrix after 22 years.    Find Jerry: www.jerrywhitejr.com   Find us on FB and Twitter @MediaRevuePod, Insta @richardst30 www.ri...

Here in Part 2 of my discussion with Dr. Ritesh Mehta, we start talking about some differences between the novel and the movies. We move on to our 3 best and worst changes from book to film, continue on by discussing our admiration for the geography and lore of Middle-earth, and end with speculation on the new Amazon Prime series The Rings of Power (FYI, when we recorded this, the title of the ser...

This is the second episode of The Lord of the Rings 20th Anniversary Retrospective. In this first part of my conversation with Dr. Ritesh Mehta, we talk about how we first got the Tolkien bug, "SmeaGollum" as a creature for empathy, the attention to Middle-earth history details from book to screen, Christopher Tolkien's thoughts on the movies, and how Frodo and Sam's relationship translates to the...

We recorded this a while ago but all the Holiday shenanigans got in the way of me putting it out into the ether until now. However, it was great to have JC back again to discuss more Marvel stuff with us. Now, please enjoy as we discuss one of the most entertaining movies of 2021.    Find JC on Twitter @jerryjcChang and IG @baribigbird06.   Connect with us on FB and Twitter @MediaRevuePod #MediaRe...

Come and join us as we travel back to Middle-earth in this series of episodes discussing and celebrating the cinematic achievement that is The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy 20 years later.  In this intro episode, I explain what the series is and what to expect in the coming weeks.  

Richard brings in Giovanosky (from the podcast Chitchando) as a co-host to help him wade through the blood-filled genre of Horror. They have a lively chat with writer/producer/director Marty Go about her career and her new Blumhouse/Amazon film, Black as Night.  Connect with Marty Go on IG: @Martygo Connect with Giovanosky on FB, IG and YouTube: @Chitchando Connect with us: IG @richardst30 Faceboo...

The Matrix Resurrections teaser trailer is here and Jerry White, Jr. joins the podcast again to talk about it and its implications within the entire Matrix lore.  We also took this opportunity to catch up on what we've been doing since our last conversation.  If you'd like to go back and listen to us commemorate The Matrix's 20th-anniversary while also talk about the other entries, including The A...