Jen Lilley and Dan Jeannotte return to Hallmark Channel with their new film “A Royal Setting”. The two have previously starred in the Hallmark Original Paris, Wine & Romance back in 2019. Media Mikes had a chance to chat with them about their new film and what they have planned next.
Official Premise: Ruby, a world-renowned gemologist, is hired by Prince Luca to restore the crown jewels and design his crown. This challenges tradition and complicates his relationship with his mother, the queen.
Hallmark Stars Janel Parrish & Chris McNally are the stars of the latest film “Two for Tee”. Janel has starred in close to a dozen Hallmark films, “Pretty Little Liars” and “The Masked Singer”. Chris McNally also has starred in many Hallmark films as well as their TV series “When Calls the Heart” as Lucas Bouchard.
Media Mikes had a chance to chat with these stars about the new film and also what else they have coming up.
The film follows Tee, a Chinese American pottery artist who meets new community center handyman Will. As she learns about her family’s traditions through art, can she and Will save the center from closure?
Damian Darlington is the founding member of Brit Floyd, while also providing the guitar and vocals for the band. The Moon, The Wall and Beyond is the name of the band’s 2026 tour.
The Moon, The Wall and Beyond is our latest monumental new production, honoring two of the most legendary albums in rock history — The Dark Side of the Moon and The Wall. This spectacular show recreates the spirit, sound, and scale of Pink Floyd with stunning detail, combining state-of-the-art lighting, lasers, video projections, inflatables, and theatrical staging.
Epic in scope and immersive in experience, The Moon, The Wall and Beyond is our most ambitious production yet — an unforgettable event for devoted fans and a powerful introduction for a new generation. The 2026 world tour will journey across North America and beyond, bringing this extraordinary celebration of Pink Floyd to audiences worldwide.
Damian took out some time to chat with Media Mikes about this year’s tour and also the band’s 2026 lineup.
Oded Fehr is known for his role of Ardeth Bay in “The Mummy” franchise. He has a new creature feature called “Grizzly Night”. The film is a dramatization of the 1967 “Night of the Grizzlies” attacks in Glacier National Park. Media Mikes had a chance to chat about the film with Oded and also get a sneak peak at “The Mummy 4”.
Jaicy Elliot and Rafael de la Fuente are some of the hottest stars at Hallmark and they are celebrating their latest film, “Love on the Amazon”, which premiere 1/17/26 at 8pm EST. The duo took out some time to chat with Media Mikes about the movie and what it was like filming in the real Amazon.
Here is the premise from the film “Claire travels to Brazil and hires Danny, a riverboat captain, to help her deliver an important message for her sister Amelia, a marine biologist studying pink dolphins on the Amazon River.”
Actor Robert Carradine comes from an amazing family of actors. His father, John, was a star during Hollywood’s Golden Age, appearing in such films as The Grapes of Wrath, The Ten Commandments and Around the World in 80 Days. He also appeared in several westerns alongside John Wayne: Stagecoach, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance and what would be Wayne’s last film, The Shootist. His brother, David, is probably best remembered for his starring role in the television series “Kung Fu,” while another brother, Keith, won on Oscar for Best Original Song for his song “I’m Easy” from the film Nashville and went on to star on Broadway in “The Will Rogers Follies.”
Mr. Carradine earned praise for his powerful portrayal of doomed soldier Bill Munson in the Oscar winning film Coming Home. He is probably best known for his role as Lewis Skolnick in the 1984 comedy Revenge of the Nerds and it’s sequels, as well as Sam McGuire, the father of the title character on the television series “Lizzy McGuire.”
His other films include Mean Streets, Joyride, The Big Red One, The Long Riders, and Django Unchained. He also hosts his own Podcast, called “Party Nerds Popcast.”
On Friday, October 24th, Mr. Carradine will be appearing in Omaha, Nebraska at the Omaha Community Playhouse for a special screening of his first feature film, The Cowboys. He kindly took some time out this week to talk to MediaMikes about his career.
With Jon Voight in “Coming Home”
Mike Smith: Acting certainly runs in your family. Did your father encourage you and your brothers to pursue the craft?
Robert Carradine: Not directly. I do remember that he did say if we had an interest in pursuing acting that we needed to get a literary education.
MS: Your father was such a great speaker. A true orator. Such an amazing gravitas. Was that acting or did he always speak like that?
RC: That’s how he spoke all the time. He took a great deal of pride in his diction and his vocabulary. He did have gravitas when he spoke.
MS: The first film I saw you in was Joyride, which starred a second generation of Hollywood talent (NOTE: besides Mr. Carradine, the film starred Desi Arnaz, Jr, Melanie Griffith (daughter of Tippi Hedren) and Anne Lockhart (daughter of June Lockhart). Was the casting intentional?
RC: That was totally planned. They wanted that so they could use it in their advertising.
MS: You’re appearing this week in Omaha for a special screening of The Cowboys. Any good John Wayne stories?
As Slim Honeycutt in “The Cowboys”
RC: The one story that gets people is when I was on location. It was about the fourth day of a ten week shoot. I’m seventeen-years old and we’re shooting a scene where each one of the cowboys has to ride a bucking bronco. After the fourth kid tries, A. Martinez, the actor that played Cimaron, rides into the ring, jumps on the bucking horse, rides all the rough off of her and makes her back up. He basically breaks the horse. He rides the horse up to the fence where we’re all sitting, hands the reigns to the next kid and says, “here boy…maybe you can ride her now.” The kid jumps off the fence to fight Cimaron, and I jump off the fence to protect the kid, because he’s a little kid. John Wayne breaks it up and he pulls me away from the fight. He says, “you. Get back on that fence where you belong.” He’s then supposed to curse Cimaron. But before he can say his line, I say, “excuse me, Mr. Wayne. I don’t think you should tell me to get back on the fence where I belong. I think you should just tell me to get back on the fence. Because I’m the head kid.”
That did not go over well!
MS: Wayne and your dad both starred in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. Did he know who you were?
RC: Oh yeah. He definitely knew the name.
MS: You later went on to star in “The Cowboys” television series and, later, “Lizzy McGuire.” Do you enjoy doing television?
RC: I love doing it. The thing that’s great about television is that you tend to not get behind. Things run on time. When you get a call sheet with the day’s work on it you can pretty much count on the fact that you’re going to get to everything. There’s a certain comfort in knowing that the work’s going to get done.
With brothers Keith and David in “The Long Riders”
MS: Here’s a Long Riders question that I asked James Keach. What was it like working with your brothers? And were you competitive with the other groups of brothers? (NOTE: Walter Hill’s 1980 Western The Long Riders co-starred Mr. Carradine and his brothers, David and Keith, as well as Stacy and James Keach, Dennis and Randy Quaid and Christopher and Nicholas Guest)
RC: There was a joking competitiveness. One of the things that became quite competitive was seeing who could get out in front of the hotel first in the morning when we had to get picked up. It got to the point where people began showing up fifteen-minutes early. (laughs)
As Lewis Skolnick in “Reenge of the Nerds”
MS: Time for the obligatory Revenge of the Nerds question. Did you have a sense while filming that the film would have the success that it did?
RC: No. But I do remember that we had an incredible time making the film. It was a lot of fun. And I think that the camera records how you actually feel and, the fact that we were on fire, for lack of a better phrase, the camera recorded that. That was one of the things that made that film work on a massive level.
MS: You’ve worked with some amazing filmmakers, among them Hal Ashby, Martin Scorsese and Quentin Tarantino. You’ve also directed for television. Any thoughts of tackling a feature film from behind the camera?
RC: I have two feature films currently on the back burner at the moment because, as I’m sure you can imagine, it’s terribly difficult to raise the funds to make a feature film. But we have people that do that who are currently working on raising funds and we’ll see if that comes to fruition.
MS: You’ve sung in a few films. Any thoughts of taking a shot at musical theatre like Keith did?
RC: It’s funny you should ask. I had the opportunity to do some musical theater where I would have had to dance. I would have had to sing. I’m not really a singer, and there was a lot of dialogue. I took a long look at it. Initially I said “yes” but as I started to get into it I realized I was in over my head, so I had to back out.
MS: What do you have coming up?
RC: I just finished a movie in Canada called Sorority Shark Attack. And that title tells you everything you need to know!
If you’re interested in attending the screening of The Cowboys, you can order tickets by calling (402) 350-8000.
You can listen to the Party Nerd Popcast HERE.
Renny Harlin is the director of classic films like “Die Hard 2”, “Cliffhanger”, “Nightmare on Elm Street 4” and “Deep Blue Sea”. He recently took on the task of rebooting “The Strangers” franchise into three chapters. Renny spoke with Media Mikes about the “The Strangers: Chapter 2” and what we can expect for “Chapter 3”
Neil Marshall is the director behind films like “The Descent”, “Dog Soldiers” and “Hellboy” (2019). Media Mikes had a chance to chat with Neil about his movie “Duchess”, check it out!
The film stars Charlotte Kirk and follows a tough, working-class, petty criminal who morphs into an anti-heroine to be reckoned with in a murky underworld, in the treacherous world of diamond smuggling.
Q: It’s been nearly 25 years since “You Have The Right To Remain Silent”, which was previously the only album released from X-Cops; what makes the original Bad Boys of Law Enforcement return to the spotlight?
I’ll ask the questions around here! Oh, wait… you’re asking the questions. Ok. Yeah, so when we formed XCOPS and released YHTRTR it was a different climate. Hard Rock had been replaced by Heavy Metal, which was replaced by Glam Metal, which was replaced by Grunge, which was replaced by Nu Metal. But through it all there was one common denominator: kids on drugs with lots of money… and, of course, drugs. We finally had enough of just sitting back and doing nothing while this great nation fell prey to the temptations of Satan. We wanted our cut. So we started a band, put out a record, toured the world, and made millions of thousands of hundreds of dollars. The IRS got wind of this and defunded the shit out of us! After that there were a series “unfortunate instances” with a couple of the boys and we sort of went our separate ways for a bit. Laying low, so to speak.
So why have we returned after all this time? Why now, you ask? Because this country is falling apart! We’re witnessing the fall of Democracy and the rise of a totalitarian fascist state. The people are about to install the worst possible piece of shit this country has ever seen, as it’s first King, and that means more power for the police and military. And that means full immunity and military grade toys for us! But mostly it’s because the kids are still on drugs with lots of money… and, of course, drugs.
Q: How has the X-Cops today changed since 1995?
Spiritually and philosophically speaking, I’d say not much. We’re still out here fighting the good fight. Well, it’s pretty good for us anyway. We have had a few personnel changes, though. Our former bass player, Cobb Knobbler, was killed while working a “private contracting job” somewhere in the Middle East. Details are sketchy, and there are conflicting reports on the hows and whys. I’ve heard everything from “friendly fire” to something about being beheaded for giving head, or while giving head, I don’t know. He was a complicated man. Our new bass player is working out great! His name is Ed Banger, we met him at a Halloween party. I think he said he used to work the strip club beat or some shit.
Our original drummer, Billy Club, stopped taking steroids and joined a cult. I heard he has 18 kids and owns an appliance store now. We’ve had a hard time keeping a drummer lately, we’ve had to resort to forcing inmates to play drums for us with a gun to their head for inspiration. Unfortunately they seem to all have short lifespans. Very susceptible to “lead poisoning”, if ya catch my drift.
Q: “You Have The Right To Remain Silent” is such an amazing album, I have been spinning it for 25 years straight now – “Cavity Search” has always been my favorite! – why do you think the album still stands the test of time today with fans?
You know, once every decade or so, a record comes out that simply touches the soul of the entire world, taking on a life of its own, propelling it up the charts and into the hallowed halls of rock and roll history, and the very pinnacle of this business we call “show”. But for the rest of us it’s completely up to the fans, who, whether by force or voluntarily, still keep coming to the shows and buy the records and merch. It doesn’t hurt that the songs on that album come from a place of raw, naked realism. A mugshot in time. A real slice of American fucking pie! Plus that shit rocks, right?
Q: Out of the five new songs on the new EP, which is your favorite? and why?
I’m gonna have to say “Light ‘Em Up” because I sing it and it’s a really funny story! Like I always say – Texas throws the best BBQs!
Q: Your songs are loaded with satire and are flat out hilariously offensive tracks; are you afraid of going too far in today’s “cancel” world?
Nah, we may be XCOPS, but once a cop, always a cop! Cops get away with anything they want and everyone knows it. Ain’t nothing new. Besides, this is about to become a police state and you’ll never be able to cancel “law enforcement” ever again!
Q: You are touring with GWAR all Summer long; what has been the highlight so far? Any crazy road stories from this run?
Man, those cats are weird. It’s nothing but sex, drugs, and Buck Owens in their dressing room. It’s exactly the same in our dressing room, but smaller. They’re obsessed with Dolphin Rape Caves. I had to Google it. Sick shit. The bass player is cool as shit, though!
Q: I know that XCAB is being released on Vinyl format; what can we do to get “You Have The Right To Remain Silent” released on vinyl as well?
It was re reissued on vinyl through Brutal Planet Records last year and there are plans for GWAR’s label, Pit Records to re issue it real soon.
Q: Is this the beginning of more to come for the X-Cops? What else can we expect?
I’d like to think this is the beginning of the middle of a 4 part trilogy. If you’re lucky, Trump won’t win in November and XCOPS will just keep on rocking. Do some touring, make some records, ya know? If he is elected, however, we’ll most likely be pressed back into service to beat down protesters and journalists and free thinkers.
Old-school American horror is back as Adam Green’s iconic Hatchet series returns in a blood-soaked, fully Unrated collection, uniting all four films for the first time. Unleashed at a time when the fun of 80s slashers had all but disappeared from the cinematic landscape, Hatchet ushered in a new era of terror with its unapologetic brutality and introduction of Victor Crowley, the modern bogeyman, who ruthlessly hunts those who dare tread into his swamp. With each installment, the stakes escalate, delivering bigger, bloodier scares and a relentless barrage of inventive kills. So gather all your pieces, because it’s time to return to his swamp and learn once and for all that some legends truly never die.
Media Mikes had a chance to chat with Adam about Hatchet, it’s past and future. Check it out and purchase the set here: https://selects.darkskyfilms.com/products/hatchet-complete-collection
Chuck Russell is the director of such classic films like “A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors”, “The Blob” remake and “The Mask”. His latest film is a remake/reimagining of the 1986 film “Witchboard”. Media Mikes had a chance to chat with Chuck about this new film and what drew him back to the horror genre.
World-Renowned artist/tattooer Paul Booth has been announced as the Tattoo Headliner for the 2025 Inkcarceration Festival which is scheduled for July 18-20th at the Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield, OH. Media Mikes Presents had the chance to speak with Paul recently about the upcoming appearance, his 30 plus years of tattooing and his newly released signature coffee blend “Devil’s Pact”.
Sam J. Jones is known best for his role in the 1980 action hero film FLASH GORDON. The film has been inspiring fans for 45 years. He also has over 75 films and numerous television shows to his credit. Other than FLASH GORDON, Sam has THE SPIRIT, THE HIGHWAYMAN, SG-1’s The Bounty Hunter and his memorable comedic performances in TED and TED 2. As an Actor-Producer for 47 years and a Marine for 53 years (once a Marine always a Marine), Sam brings a rare and unique quality to the film industry, as well as to the public speaking circuit, or as Sam would say “To the human condition circuit”.
Media Mikes had a chance to chat with Sam J. Jones about his upcoming appearance at the Tampa Bay Comic Convention, which happens on August 1-3, 2025 in Tampa Bay, FL and also 45th anniversary of the film and the 90th anniversary of the character Flash Gordon.
Here is our first interview with Sam dating back to August 2013!!!
Brandon Roberts is the composer for Star Wars: Andor Season 2 as well as the recently released Clown in a Cornfield! Media Mikes had a chance to chat with Brandon and talked about how it was scoring the season and the new horror flick!
In a pre-concert interview ahead of Brit Floyd’s performance at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania, on May 9, 2025, bassist and lead vocalist Ian Cattell shared insights into the band’s “Wish You Were Here 50th Anniversary World Tour.” Cattell, a founding member of Brit Floyd and a Syracuse native, discussed the tour’s significance in celebrating Pink Floyd’s iconic 1975 album. He emphasized the band’s commitment to delivering an authentic and immersive experience, complete with elaborate visuals, including a stunning laser and light show, iconic circular screen, inflatables, and theatrics.
