Mickey Reece’s Alien Roundtable Interview – It’s All History

Original post can be found at The Cinematropolis.com Jacob Snovel Alien Star – Elvis Presley Mickey Reece – Alien Writer / Director / Producer Cate Jones Alien Star – Priscilla Presley           DOWNLOAD INTERVIEW HERE The Cinematropolis Radio continues our special deadCenter 2017 interview series with a roundtable talk featuring writer/director…

Talking Gremlin with Ryan Bellgardt – deadCenter 2017

Original interview can be found at The Cinematropolis.com Guest Ryan Bellgardt Writer / Director / Producer of Gremlin     DOWNLOAD INTERVIEW HERE Writer/director/producer Ryan Bellgardt joins Cinematropolis Radio to talk about his experiences creating marketable indie films before blowing the lid off the making of his deadCenter 2017 film, Gremlin. Gremlin: “Two years after the murder of…

HR Break Room #13 – A New Leaf in Drug Screening Policies: Time for a Change?

Original HR Break Room episode can be found on Paycom’s Resources page DOWNLOAD PODCAST HERE Guest Host: Jim Reidy, Attorney at Sheehan Phinney In the November 2016 election, eight of the nine states with marijuana-related decisions on the ballot voted to legalize the drug for medical and/or recreational purposes. And now that marijuana is legal…

HR Break Room #12 – What HR Can Learn from the United PR Disaster

Original HR Break Room episode can be found on Paycom’s Resources page DOWNLOAD PODCAST HERE Guest Hosts: Brent Gooden, Founder and CEO, Gooden Group Chad Raymond, Vice President of HR, Paycom Matthew Paque, Director of Legal and Compliance, Paycom On April 9, a United Airlines passenger was removed from Flight 3411 by airport security when…

Bound – The Beginning of the Wachowskis’ 20 Year War on Oppression

Original post can be found on The Cinematropolis Welcome to the first edition of one of our Cinematropolis essay columns, Underexposed, where we look at the buried, under-appreciated or forgotten screen gems from outstanding filmmakers. Each edition of Underexposed will explore a different film under that respective month’s theme and will highlight its significance to remind…

Announcing The Cinematropolis

I’m proud to announce that I beginning a new venture with Jacob and Zachary Burns from Planet Thunder Productions named The Cinematropolis, a website dedicated to exploring the depths of independent cinema with written and video essays, artist interviews and sneak peeks at upcoming independent films. After years of working in film, Planet Thunder Productions has decided to…

Back to the Movies #64 – Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

Original post can be found at GoodTrash Media DOWNLOAD EPISODE HERE Back to the Movies returns to kick off the summer blockbuster season with a review of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2!  Starlord, Gamora, Rocket and the rest of the gang are all back to deliver the sequel we never dreamed we’d see before the…

Fast and Furious: 15 Things Newcomers Need to Know

The full post can be read at Screen Rant We’re less than a week away from the new Fast and Furious movie and it’s hard to believe the franchise is stronger than ever as it heads into its eighth entry. You read that right. The Fast and the Furious movies have reached their eighth entry…

Introducing Paycom’s HR Break Room Podcast

Over the last several months I’ve been working on a project I’ve kept pretty quiet about online as it does not relate to my typical brand of pop culture content. Starting in September of 2016, I started working for the HR Tech company, Paycom, as a Podcast and Webinar Producer. After months of planning and…

Back to the Movies #63 – Logan

Original post can be found at GoodTrash Media DOWNLOAD EPISODE HERE In our final episode of Back to the Movies before the impending hiatus, your hosts Caleb and Alex are rejoined by Dalton Stuart to visit the mutant future of 2029 in our review of Logan. After today’s talk, Back to the Movies will be…