Reality Check: Comics vs. film
This year’s cinematic interest in comic book adaptations shows no sign of slowing down with adaptations of Scott Pilgrim vs. the world and Tamara Drewe hitting screens over the next few weeks. To coincide with this, we have the next in our series of podcasts recorded in front of a live [...]
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Reality Check: Comics vs. film
August 21st, 2010 · No Comments
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Reality Check: David Hewlett from Cube to Splice
July 31st, 2010 · No Comments
Reality Check: David Hewlett from Cube to Splice
Partially broadcast 23/07/10 as part of an episode of I’m ready for my close-up on Resonance 104.4 FM
Alex Fitch talks to actor David Hewlett about the four films he’s made with director Vincenzo Natali – Cypher, Nothing, the cult classic Cube and their new film Splice, which is [...]
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Reality Check: Whedonesque
July 9th, 2010 · No Comments
Reality Check: Whedonesque
Alex Fitch talks to a couple of actors who initially found fame working in TV productions created by Joss Whedon – Morena Baccarin, in an extract from a Q and A recorded at the Apple store in London to celebrate the arrival of the first season of the remake of V becoming available [...]
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Reality Check: Being Doctor Who
July 4th, 2010 · No Comments
Reality Check: Being Doctor Who
With another season of the show currently over, Alex Fitch looks at the enduring legacy of Doctor Who in a trio of interviews originating at a ‘Who’ convention in the Home Counties. Alex talks to former Doctor Sylvester McCoy, former Time Lord nemesis (and honorary Doctor) Michael Jayston, and also to [...]
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Reality Check: The Arthur C. Clarke Awards 2010
May 26th, 2010 · No Comments
Reality Check: The Arthur C. Clarke Awards 2010
In the first of this year’s podcasts recorded at the most recent Sci-Fi London Festival, Graham Sleight and Alex Fitch talk to nominees for this year’s Arthur C. Clarke awards for SF literature and Graham also discusses this year’s short list with critic Niall Harrison. Authors discussing their [...]
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Reality Check: Cynical love songs and Tiny Daleks
April 24th, 2010 · No Comments
Reality Check: Cynical love songs and Tiny Daleks
Alex Fitch discusses the cruelty of Daleks, short stories in the style of Roald Dahl and the disappearance of Luxembourg with Doctor Who writer and World Fantasy Award winner Rob Shearman! Alex and Rob talk about his various scripts such as Jubilee which was adapted for TV as [...]
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Reality Check: The City of Lost Children
April 5th, 2010 · No Comments
Reality Check: The City of Lost Children
In the last of our podcasts recorded at last year’s Sci-Fi London: a Q and A recorded before and an interview recorded after a screening of The City of Lost Children . Alex Fitch talks to Marc Caro about co-directing the film with Jean-Pierre Jeunet , the art of [...]
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Reality Check: The Problem of SF film making part two
March 28th, 2010 · No Comments
Reality Check: The Problem of SF film making part two
In the second half of a panel discussion recorded live at last year’s London Science-Fiction and Fantastic Film Festival, Alex Fitch discusses the challenges of creating engaging and convincing SF scenarios on film with a quintet of eminent low budget film directors – Marc Caro (Delicatessen, [...]
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Reality Check: The Problem of SF film making part one
March 28th, 2010 · No Comments
Reality Check: The Problem of SF film making part one
In a panel discussion recorded live at last year’s London Science-Fiction and Fantastic Film Festival, Alex Fitch discusses the many aspects of creating engaging and convincing SF scenarios on film with a quintet of eminent low budget film directors – Marc Caro (Delicatessen, The City of [...]
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Reality Check: Fall Out – The Prisoner in other media
January 28th, 2010 · No Comments
Reality Check: Fall Out – The Prisoner in other media
Celebrating 42 years of the cult TV show The Prisoner – Alex Fitch talks to a couple of writers who have continued the adventures of Patrick McGoohan’s iconic character No.6 in other media. 1980s Doctor Who script editor Andrew Cartmel has written a new Prisoner novel [...]
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