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Tag: Movies

PantsWorthy: TIFF 2019

Posted on September 6, 2019March 21, 2024 By Sammy Younan
PantsWorthy: TIFF 2019

Sammy Younan

Girth Radio Presents…

One of the more puzzling aspects of a film festival—most film festivals—is that the present project is what gets celebrated. The present is the focus. Kevin Smith got Clerks into Sundance which is a great accomplishment. However the present only creates potential. It is the follow up…that matters: the relationship with the festival and now the relationship with the audience grows out of that potential. In music one hit wonders are fine and fun they do not in any way shape or form suggest a career or a body of work.

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113 | Alexandre O. Philippe (Memory – The Origins of Alien)

Posted on April 23, 2019March 21, 2024 By Sammy Younan 2 Comments on 113 | Alexandre O. Philippe (Memory – The Origins of Alien)
113 | Alexandre O. Philippe (Memory – The Origins of Alien)

My Summer Lair Host Sammy Younan talks with director Alexandre Philippe about his documentary Memory: The Origins of Alien based on the 79 movie.

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109 | Iris Kim & Tiana Chin (The Night The Kids Found Out)

Posted on March 26, 2019March 6, 2023 By Sammy Younan No Comments on 109 | Iris Kim & Tiana Chin (The Night The Kids Found Out)
109 | Iris Kim & Tiana Chin (The Night The Kids Found Out)

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan interviews Iris Kim the director & lead editor Tiana Chin from The Night the Kids Found Out.

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105 | Katie Douglas (Level 16)

Posted on February 26, 2019March 6, 2023 By Sammy Younan No Comments on 105 | Katie Douglas (Level 16)
105 | Katie Douglas (Level 16)

My Summer Lair Host Sammy Younan interviews Katie Douglas one of the actors in Level 16 a dystopian thriller film now streaming on Showtime.

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My Pal Sammy Episode 5: Community

Posted on January 6, 2019February 20, 2023 By Sammy Younan

The final My Pal Sammy Episode documenting my 2018 Christmas Break!

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My Pal Sammy Episode 3: Thanos Was Right…Right?

Posted on December 26, 2018February 20, 2023 By Sammy Younan

Oh Snap…what if Thanos was right?!

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096 | Cameron Maitland (Hollywood Suite)

Posted on December 4, 2018March 6, 2023 By Sammy Younan No Comments on 096 | Cameron Maitland (Hollywood Suite)
096 | Cameron Maitland (Hollywood Suite)

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan interviews Cameron Maitland from Hollywood Suite to talk about the 40th anniversary of Superman.

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095 | Adnan Ahmed (Altered Skin)

Posted on November 20, 2018March 6, 2023 By Sammy Younan No Comments on 095 | Adnan Ahmed (Altered Skin)
095 | Adnan Ahmed (Altered Skin)

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan interviews director Adnan Ahmed whose feature Altered Skin will have its World Premiere at Blood In The Snow Canadian Film Festival.

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084 | Geoff Redknap (The Unseen)

Posted on June 26, 2018March 6, 2023 By Sammy Younan No Comments on 084 | Geoff Redknap (The Unseen)
084 | Geoff Redknap (The Unseen)

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan interviews special makeup effects artist Geoff Redknap director of The Unseen.

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077 | Emily Oberman (Pentagram & DC Entertainment)

Posted on April 10, 2018March 5, 2023 By Sammy Younan No Comments on 077 | Emily Oberman (Pentagram & DC Entertainment)
077 | Emily Oberman (Pentagram & DC Entertainment)

Sammy Younan welcomes Emily Oberman a multidisciplinary designer from Pentagram whose work includes the DC Comics Logo & the identity for Ready Player One.

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    by Sammy Younan
    If you are a Nocturne type who likes to Rise and Fall with TV Recommendations, keep your Funny Money. #SetTheVCR, unlike Bot Love...is free.
  • #SetTheVCR: October 26 – November 01, 2026
    by Sammy Younan
    There's a always a Price to pay when you bring TV Recommendations back to life. But that's #SetTheVCR Your dark guide through the scary streaming era.
  • #SetTheVCR: October 19-25, 2026
    by Sammy Younan
    From me to You: Nobody Wants This is a constant TV Recommendations refrain. Well, Yaga came to the right place: #SetTheVCR is all about Just One More Before I Die...
  • #SetTheVCR: October 12-18, 2026
    by Sammy Younan
    Have I got the Lowdown on TV Recommendations like a VisionQuest at Crystal Lake. this #SetTheVCR is a Treasure Island of TV goodness.
  • #SetTheVCR: October 05-11, 2026
    by Sammy Younan
    Wanna Take Of Yourself with TV Recommendations that don't make you Look Back in Anger? Don't look Below, rather check out #SetTheVCR and get Carrie...d away.
  • #SetTheVCR: September 28 – October 04, 2026
    by Sammy Younan
    Have I got Furious TV Recommendations for you! You'll wanna Tuner into this week's #SetTheVCR as kick off Halloween with Silver Screamers.
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    by Sammy Younan
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    by Sammy Younan
    You can review TV Recommendations until you're Blue In The Face. #SetTheVCR may be written by a Slow Horse but it's just as wild as The Stern Show.
  • #SetTheVCR: September 07-13, 2026
    by Sammy Younan
    Do bland TV Recommendations make you say Dang! Well, I Pity The Fool that doesn't read #SetTheVCR.
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    by Sammy Younan
    In the hunt for an American Classic some TV Recommendations will suggest a Scary Movie. Which is just #SetTheVCR fun. Welcome to a place where you'll never say Mayday.
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    High resources demand high talent. Why (nepo baby) Sunny Sandler falls short of the Universal Gold Standard.
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    Nimrods is a fun road trip movie & so here is my Nimrods review as a Green Day word search.
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    by Sammy Younan
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    by Sammy Younan
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