iTalk movies is a long-form interview series featuring leading members of the film community. In this episode, host Kylie Hodges interviews AD Freese, Andrew Perez, Dillon Porter, and Eric Johnson in studio on the Popcorn Talk Network. Bastards y Diablos is a feature film shot entirely on location all across Colombia. It is director A.D. Freese’s first narrative feature and will premiere June 14th in the Los Angeles Film Festival as part of the US Fiction Competition. Penned by screenwriter Andrew Perez and based loosely on real circumstances & events from his life, Bastards y Diablos takes the audience on a spontaneous, passionate adventure through Colombia… LOGLINE: Two estranged brothers adventure through Colombia to fulfill their dead father’s will and connect with their family, their father’s homeland, and – ultimately – each other. The Bastards y Diablos team is a small collection of dedicated artists who have worked together countless times and decided to that this movie needed to be made, even without outside investors. When Producer Dillon Porter sprung for the tickets to Colombia – and made some courageous financial risks to rally the troops – our crew of six took a leap of faith and spent 35 days working tirelessly to realize this story. Bastards y Diablos is unique in it’s unbridled passion, in it’s creative storytelling, in it’s ensemble mix of trained and untrained actors, in it’s realistic and sometimes documentary-like feel, and in it’s revelation of Colombia in ways never before seen in an American movie – as captured exquisitely by Director of Photography Peter Grigsby. We’re excited to share this journey with our audience – the making of Bastards was a life-changing experience for all involved and we believe that the energy and exuberance of our voyage will find its way into the hearts of our audience. @ThePopcornTalk

iTalk movies is a long-form interview series featuring leading members of the film community. In this episode, host Marielou Mandl & Pegah Rad interview Shelley Regner in studio on the Popcorn Talk Network. Shelley Anne Regner (born December 21, 1989) is an American actress and singer known for her role as Ashley in the musical films Pitch Perfect (2012) and its sequel Pitch Perfect 2 (2015). Regner was born and raised in the Baton Rouge area, the daughter of Jan and Donald Regner, a businessman. She has a sister, Lauren Regner, that is also a performer. She is a graduate of Parkview Baptist High School, and the Louisiana State University with a degree in theatre. In college she was a member of a sorority. In Baton Rouge she has performed at the Theatre Baton Rouge in productions of Rent as Maureen and The Producers. While a student as LSU she performed in the musical Spring Awakening. In 2010 she played the role of Crystal in Little Shop of Horrors at the Ascension Community Theatre. She performed in the musical Spank, a spoof of Fifty Shades of Grey, in 2014. Regner also performed in Bronies: The Musical, a show about My Little Pony. Regner played the role of Nadia in the pop-opera Bare in Los Angeles and she played the role of Cecile Caldwell in a musical version of Cruel Intentions. She recently played the role of Amy in Company at the Cabrillo Music Theater. Regner performed in the show American Idiot in Los Angeles in 2015. Regner and Pitch Perfect co-star Kelley Jakle performed in a special concert titled Total Vocal at Carnegie Hall in March 2015. @ThePopcornTalk

iTalk movies is a long-form interview series featuring leading members of the film community. In this episode, host Phil Svitek & Roxy Striar interview Jerry Ferrara in studio on the Popcorn Talk Network. Born in Brooklyn, New York, Ferrara is of Italian descent. Jerry Ferrara began studying theater in college, where he was inspired by a teacher to pursue a career in acting. An agent he met at a talent showcase encouraged him to move to Los Angeles, where he quickly landed his first role on The King Of Queens. Other television parts soon followed. Jerry was then cast in the independent feature Cross Bronx, which premiered at the 2004 Tribeca Film Festival. In an interview about his breakout role on Entourage, Ferrara revealed that when he told his friends he had landed a major part in a television pilot, they asked, “What’s a pilot?”[4] Kevin Connolly has said of his Entourage co-star that “Jerry’s very domesticated. He’s probably the most different from his character. He’s like 180 degrees in the opposite direction.”[5] Ferrara once made an appearance in character as Turtle for a DirecTV commercial. His dialogue was mixed with a clip from an Entourage episode for humorous effect. Ferrara is also co-founder of Fat Sal’s deli in Westwood, Los Angeles. In 2010 Ferrara dropped weight and lost 60 pounds with a new outlook on health and fitness. @ThePopcornTalk

iTalk movies is a long-form interview series featuring leading members of the film community. In this episode, host DJ Jesse Janedy interviews Todd Williams in studio on the Popcorn Talk Network. Todd Williams III (born September 11, 1977 Queens, New York) is an American actor best known for his role as Officer Isaac Joiner on the crime drama television series The Chicago Code. After booking several national commercial and voice-over spots, he made his film debut opposite Kerry Washington in the critically acclaimed feature Lift. Several television appearances followed on shows such as Law & Order: SVU and The Twilight Zone. In 2004, while recurring on Third Watch, Williams booked a role alongside Michael Madsen in the ESPN original series Tilt. Once he moved to Los Angeles in 2005, he secured numerous guest leads on shows such as CSI, CSI: Miami, and the CW’s The Game. In addition, he landed another lead role with Anthony Anderson in the indie film, The Last Stand. In 2010, after spending two seasons on the USA Network series In Plain Sight, he landed a series regular role on the Fox series The Chicago Code which premiered on February 7, 2011. @ThePopcornTalk

iTalk movies is a long-form interview series featuring leading members of the film community. In this episode, host Lee Epstein interviews David Dastmalchian in studio on the Popcorn Talk Network. Dastmalchian’s feature film debut was as the Joker’s deranged henchman, Thomas Schiff, in Christopher Nolan‘s movie The Dark Knight. His turn as Bob Taylor in Denis Villeneuve’s Prisoners^[2] received strong reviews. Richard Corliss of Time called Dastmalchian’s performance “excellent – chatty, modest with some subtle telltale psychopathy” and The Guardian‘s Paul MacInnes likened his introduction as a new suspect to Kevin Spacey’s entrance in Seven.^[3] In March 2014, Dastmalchian was awarded the Special Jury Prize for Courage in Storytelling at the South by Southwest Film Festival. He wrote and starred in the feature film Animals, directed by Collin Schiffli. Ashley Moreno of The Austin Chronicle credits Dastmalchian’s screenplay with “present[ing] an authenticity often lacking in films about drug abuse.”^[4] Film Threat‘s Brian Tallerico similarly sings the praises of Dastmalchian’s breakout performance, noting his ability to “capture that sense of self-loathing that comes through in the body language of an addict without overselling it.” ^[5] Other feature film appearances include starring roles in the psychological thriller The Employer,^[6] the indie grindhouse hit Sushi Girl, the Detroit-based drama Cass (winner, San Diego Black Film Festival), Girls Will Be Girls 2012 (sequel to the cult hit, Girls Will Be Girls), Saving Lincoln and Virgin Alexander. It was announced on July 1, 2014 that Dastmalchian will be appearing in the Peyton Reed-helmed Marvel Studios film, Ant Man, as well as Michel Franco’s Chronic alongside Tim Roth. He has most recently been seen on television as Simon on the Fox sci-fi series Almost Human episode “Simon Says”, as a chess expert and murder suspect on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and as Oz Turner on the new BBC series Intruders. Other television appearances include the FX comedy The League, the new Showtime series Ray Donovan, and NBC‘s long-standing medical drama ER.   @ThePopcornTalk

iTalk movies is a long-form interview series featuring leading members of the film community. In this episode, host Megan Salinas interviews the director of The Road Within, Gren Wells in studio on the Popcorn Talk Network. The Road Within: A young man with Tourette’s Syndrome embarks on a road trip with his recently-deceased mother’s ashes. Gren Wells was born in Louisville, Kentucky, and raised in Greenwich, Connecticut. After attending Manhattanville College in Purchase, New York, Wells moved to New York City, where she starred in six indie films over a two-year span, one of which, Man About Town, won Best Short Film at the 1997 Sundance Film Festival. After moving to Los Angeles, Wells became a stand-up comic and wrote her first feature script, A Little Bit of Heaven. Her first script, A Little Bit of Heaven, was sold to 20th Century Fox. This script later found a home at The Film Department and starred Kate Hudson, Gael Garcia Bernal, Kathy Bates, Whoopi Goldberg, Rosemarie DeWitt, Lucy Punch, Romany Malco, and Peter Dinklage. Her second film, The Road Within, is Wells’ directorial debut. After premiering at the Los Angeles Film Festival it was acquired by Well Go USA. It stars Zoe Kravitz, Dev Patel, Robert Sheehan, Robert Patrick and Kyra Sedgwick and is scheduled for theatrical release on April 17, 2015.   @ThePopcornTalk @TheMenguin @Grendola

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iTalk movies is a long-form interview series featuring leading members of the film community. In this episode, host Megan Salinas interviews Wrecking Crew Director and Creator Denny Tedesco in studio on the Popcorn Talk Network. What is the Wrecking Crew? The Wrecking Crew were a group of Studio Musicians in Los Angeles in the 60s who played on hits for the “Beach Boys, Frank Sinatra, Nancy Sinatra, Sonny and Cher, Jan & Dean, The Monkees, Gary Lewis and the Playboys, Mamas and Papas, Tijuana Brass, Ricky Nelson, Johnny Rivers and were Phil Spector’s Wall of Sound. The amount of work that they were involved in was tremendous. They were also involved in groups that I like to call, The Milli Vanilli’s of the day. A producer would get the guys in and lay down some instrumental tracks. If it became a hit, they would record an album and put a group together to go on the road. This happened many times with groups like the Marketts, Routers, and T-Bones. The next day they would do the same thing and call it another name. Same musicians, but different group Name. At the time the record industry was primarily in New York, London and Detroit in the late 50’s and early 60s. Then there was a surge towards the mid-60s that pushed the recording to the west Coast. So these musicians were recording around the clock for a good 8 years. It’s hey day for this group was in 1967 when the charts turned to the west. @ThePopcornTalk @TheMenguin @WreckCrewFilm