interviews

Television and film adaptations of popular book series don't just give the works they're based on a new life. They also offer those working on it a chance to build on the characters and themes within, ideally for the...

With director Simon McQuoid’s Mortal Kombat arriving in theaters and streaming on HBO Max this weekend, I recently spoke with Ludi Lin (Liu Kang) and Max Huang (Kung Lao) about making the R-rated video game...

Did Bigfoot murder three men at a Northern California pot farm in the early ’90s? That may sound like a joke, but it’s the question that kicks off Sasquatch, Hulu’s new three-episode true crime series about...

Tweet Adveritisng trends and investments in adtech took a shift during the pandemic as more and more marketers saw the need to change the outlets they used to reach customers in 2020. How will adtech and marketing...

Fiona Mozley’s sophomore novel Hot Stew focuses on the unlikely intersection of a whole cast of diverse characters whose lives constitute the hustle and bustle and grit of contemporary Soho in London. There are...

Sniper Ghost Warrior games have been delivering the satisfying loop of identifying targets and then quietly taking them out from massive distances for some time now. A couple of years ago, the series refocused itself...

In this post we continue our interview series with Steve Fenton, Head of Marketing of OnApp.  OnApp recently released Cloud.net, an exciting new cloud platform – read on for more details!  You also might enjoy...

Ever since Fantasian was revealed for Apple Arcade, it had my interest piqued. Hironobu Sakaguchi and Mistwalker have had quite the journey across Xbox and Nintendo consoles before going all in with mobile. Fantasian...

Mortal Kombat is the long-awaited live-action adaptation of the massively beloved video game, finally out on April 16. Director Simon McQuoid has already been getting rave reviews for his grounded depiction of the lore...

When director Simon McQuoid and his team began pre-production on Mortal Kombat, there were three things that he knew he would have to pay close attention to: the fights, the fatalities, and the fans. It took more than a...

Director Craig Zobel has made a career out of unpredictable choices, with movies and television projects ranging from Z for Zachariah to The Hunt and the provocative Paramount Plus original series, One Dollar, to say...

On this special Year in Review episode of ID Talk we welcome Tomas Antolik, Business Development Manager of Innovatrics, to the podcast. In this interview with FindBiometrics and Mobile ID World founder Peter...

From creator Brad Ingelsby and director Craig Zobel, the seven-episode HBO limited series Mare of Easttown follows small-town Pennsylvania detective Mare Sheehan (Kate Winslet, who’s also an executive producer on the...

Sean Muller, CEO at iSpot, a Unified Cross-Platform Ad Measurement Tool shares thoughts on why TV ad buys aren’t limited to a linear-only or streaming-only approach anymore, and both brands and networks need unified,...

Ninjas and cyberpunk settings have often mixed to great effect in video games, and the upcoming action platformer Ninja Issen is hoping to replicate that success. With the promise of intense, high-octane action in a...

In our next installment of Interview with a Journal, we catch up with the staff of the Kenyon Review. The Ohio-based journal, originally founded in 1939, was first helmed by poet and critic John Crowe Ransom. During...

As a longtime fan of Bob Odenkirk, I’m happy to report his new action movie, Nobody, kicks all kinds of ass. Unlike some movies where clever editing is often used to hide the fact that the main actor had to sit...

With director Brad Furman’s City of Lies now playing in select theaters and available on Digital and On Demand, I recently spoke with Shamier Anderson about playing corrupt LAPD officer David "D. Mack"...