In the latest episode, I got to speak to Actor, Bodybuilder, Confidence Coach and all round good guy Choon Tan. Choon has appeared on Ninja Warrior UK, Little Britons and Artemis Fowl to name but 3. As well as his varied career in entertainment, which includes 'nightlife' (listen to learn what that entails), we talked about bullying, overcoming our…

In this week's episode, I got to catch up with one of my oldest actor chums, Sreedevi Mina. Sreedevi is an American actress who worked in London for a brief period and it was here, on London's fringe theatre circuit that we met. As well as theatre, she's worked in mainstream tv such as CW's Walker series. We talk about her career, her travels - tha…

In the latest episode, we return to 'regular' (ish) programming with an interview with British Malaysian actor Patrick Loh. Patrick has worked in film and television for over 4 decades, from Indiana Jones & The Temple of Doom (1984) to The Old Guard (2020) - which is where we met - to the recent Netflix adaptation of The Sandman (2022). Patrick sha…

In my final 'FanCast' episode (originally recorded in 2021), I spoke with old chum Jessica Odell. Jessica is a fan, cosplayer and has also dabbled working in front of as well as behind the camera on shows such as Game of Thrones and the short lived, Superman prequel Syfy series Krypton. We recall how we first met (at the Star Wars Celebration Europ…

Another episode from the FanCast series, originally recorded in 2021, I (Rutvig) catch up with decades old chum Tin Tin Sum - not the Herge character! We chat about all things Star Wars and The Tin Man's fandom. I also divulges some 'behind the scenes secrets' and stories from the The Last Jedi wrap party amongst other things, in what is our longes…

The second episode of the 'Fancast' series sees host Rutvig talking to Star Wars collector and Star Wars 'knowledge bin' Liam Ball, of starwarsplaces.com. Liam shares stories from his fandom, ranging from his amazing collection, and travelling to LA to watch The Phantom Menace in 1999, to his extremely insightful website Star Wars Places which look…

In this, the first of a series of interviews with fan friends of Rutvig's - aptly yet not aptly - titled 'FanCast', host Rutvig speaks with long time friend, collaborator and all round good guy, Rinaldo Somaini from Switzerland. Originally recorded in 2021, Rinaldo talks about his collection, his fandom and some of the many movie themes events he's…

In this first episode of a series that was recorded back in early 2021, Rutvig goes through his best of list from 2020. The episode also features an exclusive interview with a very special guest, so enjoy!By Rutvig Vaid

A Tale of Two Tims! Rutvig's May convention appearances continue, this time in sunny Folkestone for a Star Wars event. Rutvig spoke to fellow Topps artist (and 'booth buddy') Jamie Richards about his recent, exclusive Star Wars Celebration Topps cards, as well as convention scene newcomer, artist Dustine West. Dustine talks candidly about a life ch…

Host Rutvig Vaid recently appeared as a guest artist at a small Transformers Convention called TFUKCon in Birmingham, England and the headline guests were Transformers comics legends Simon Furman (writer) and Andrew Wildman (artist). Rutvig got to speak to them about their work in comics, film and television. Listen as they talk about their varied …

In this week's episode, host Rutvig Vaid has a chat with LA based CFX performer Leilani Shiu. Leilani talks all things Star Wars television, including her work on The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett, and what it's been like working alongside some of the biggest directing talent working in television today. Do consider giving the Facebook and …

In this week's episode, host Rutvig speaks with legendary film sculptor Brian Muir. Brian's work has ranged from Star Wars, to Indiana Jones, to James Bond and then back to Star Wars! They discuss Brian's varied career of 4 decades in the film industry and how he got his start in the business. Do consider giving the Facebook and Instagram pages a f…

In this special episode (originally intended to be an episode of host Rutvig Vaid's upcoming Toy Review Channel My Toy Stuff) Rutvig talks to old convention pal and fellow Star Wars fan Jay Fear. Jay has been splashed across media this past week as he was granted his dying wish of meeting Hollywood A-Lister Ryan Reynolds at the recent Wrexham footb…

The Screening Room is finally back and we kick off this new season with a raw recording of Lucasfilm artist Doug Chiang's Saturday panel from Star Wars Celebration Europe 2023. Chiang is an Academy Award winning artist who has worked extensively in film over the last few decades as a Concept Artist, Head of Design and now VP and Executive Creative …

In this festive edition of The Screening Room, Rutvig talks with singer, songwriter, actor and producer Elroy 'Spoonface' Powell. Elroy talks about his time as the voice behind the dance hit, Barry White cover "You See the Trouble With Me" with group Italian group Black Legend, as well as his acting career with roles in Star Wars The Force Awakens,…

In this week's episode host Rutvig talks to entertainment industry choreographer and movement director Lucy Hind. Lucy has worked on a number of projects across her extensive career including the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Paralympics Games, theatre work from Broadway to the West End, and television projects like CBEEBIES Christmas shows, …

Last weekend brought the sad news of the passing of a Star Wars legend: Dave Prowse. The British actor and weightlifting champion portrayed numerous characters during the 60s and 70s, but is perhaps best known for playing the iconic villain Darth Vader, as well as the children's safety advocate The Green Cross Code Man. In this episode, Rutvig reme…

John Higgins is a British comics artist renowned for his work on 2000AD, Watchmen and Batman: The Killing Joke. Rutvig discusses with Higgins his incredible decades long career in comics. Whilst this interview was originally recorded mid 2018, it leads us into Rutvig's new From Page to Screen series, where he will examine books and their film count…

This week, Rutvig chats with Hollywood stuntman, actor and magician Matthew Stirling. Matthew has worked on some of the biggest films to date, including the more recent Disney Star Wars films, and has also appeared on Britain's Got Talent. Listen to Matt talk about his incredibly varied work in the industry. You can view Matt's filmography here: ht…

In this impromptu episode, Rutvig reacts (sort of) to the recent Kanye West appearance on Joe Rogan's podcast, and West's comments about Star Wars and the Hero's Journey. Amongst the various ramblings, Rutvig recounts some early fancy dress costumes, as well as reciting passages from Joseph Campbell's book The Hero with a Thousand Faces (with littl…

In this week's episode, Rutvig talks to long time theatre buddy and actor, Charan Singh. The two discuss how they first met in London (at Rutvig's first ever audition no less), their starts on stage and later, with Charan (now a resident of Singapore) speaking specifically about his evolution from stage to screen actor, to his directorial debut and…

In our Halloween Special, host Rutvig Vaid talks to actress Patricia Tallman. With an incredible filmography under her belt both as man actress and stunt performer, Tallman is perhaps known to most fans for her work on the 90s Star Trek series' and films, and Babylon 5, as well as playing the updated version of Barbara in the 1990 Night of the Livi…

The Screening Room returns next week with a host of new guests including Patricia Tallman, Charan Singh and Matthew Stirling to name but 3. And Rutvig will also be recording some special episodes titled From Page to Screen, starting with the Batman graphic novel, The Killing Joke where he will look at the source material and go through it in real t…

In this week's episode, Rutvig chats to old college chum and film and TV graphic designer, Jenn Moye. Jenn talks about her career and how she evolved from her fine arts background, to working on some of the largest franchises in the world as a graphic designer. Some of her credits include The Walking Dead and the MCU films Spider-Man: Homecoming, A…

Host Rutvig Vaid chats with British Actor Richard Cunningham, who talks about his start in acting (you may be surprised where Richard first starting performing) and overcoming his fears performing, through to his education at LAMDA, the beginnings of his professional career in Theatre, TV and film and of course, no conversation with Richard would b…

In this weeks episode Rutvig Vaid is joined by filmmaker and returning guest, Sam Jeffries. The pair deliver a comedy I mean, commentary track for the erm, critically acclaimed, underrated classic, Robocop 2! They chat all things Robocop (and how good the *original is), Sam's love of Uwe Boll, and the colour of Robocop's helmet amongst other things…

In this week's episode, host Rutvig Vaid is joined by illustrator, cartoonist and all round artist, Nicholas Diak AKA Lumberjack Nick. Nick is best known for his Star Wars illustrations - which can be found across his many online platforms - but is also the person responsible for The Screening Room illustrations. We talk about his career, his past …

In this week's episode, Rutvig talks to actor and super tall person (7'1"!) Ross Sambridge. Ross performed as one of the Snoke body doubles from the film Star Wars: The Last Jedi, as well as playing a Wookiee slave in the spin off film, Solo: A Star Wars Story. The original interview was conducted in November 2018, so the discussion doesn't touch o…

This week's episode sees host Rutvig Vaid talking with artist Joe Corroney, who's widely know for his work on the Star Wars license, as well as Star Trek and Doctor Who among others. They discuss Corroney's career, his work with Lucasfilm and and on the Star Wars franchise, as well as some chat about the DCEU and the supposed JJ Abrams cut of The R…

In this long time coming episode, host Rutvig introduces a series of interviews recorded (by Rutvig and Patrick O' Leary) back in 2017 at London Super Comic Con with comics artists and writers. They speak to comics creators Guillermo Ortego, returning guest (even though technically, this was his first time on The Screening Room) James Lundy, and vi…

In this week's episode, Rutvig catches up with actor Keith De'Winter. They reminisce about the Star Wars Episode 8 The Last Jedi (aka Space Bear) wrap party as well as talk about Keith's varied acting career, where Keith recalls landing the job on The Force Awakens and his first day going in for fittings.…

In this special episode, host Rutvig vaid pays tribute to the late actor Irrfan Khan. He talks about Khan's work in The Darjeeling Limited, The Amazing Spider-Man, Jurassic World and The Life of Pi. The quotes in this episode are referenced from Facebook, Twitter and this Guardian article: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/apr/29/bollywood-star…

Welcome to Star Wars Topps Artists Episode 2: Revenge of the Fifth! Or is it Sixth? I don't know, you decide. In this second episode celebrating 'Star Wars Day', host Rutvig Vaid talks to more fellow Topps sketchcard artists Barry 'Baz' Renshaw and Matthew Stewart about their education, art careers and their love of Star Wars.…

In this special episode, host Rutvig Vaid talks with fellow Star Wars Topps Sketchcard Artists Kevin B. Cleveland, Jamie Richards and Danny M. Kidwell. They chat all things art, Star Wars and sketchcards. May the Fourth Be With You.By Rutvig Vaid

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In this belated Top 5 of 2019 episode, host Rutvig Vaid waxes lyrical about his fave films of last year, as well as introducing a couple more lists including his 'Don't Care List'! Listen as he moans about stuff, gushes about stuff and generally warbles on as per usual. Films talked about include Terminator: Dark Fate, Star Wars Episode IX: The Ris…

After another long hiatus, Rutvig is back with another episode of The Screening Room. In this episode, Rutvig talks about the Mike Edmonds (Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi, Time Bandits) biopic, Under the Radar: The Mike Edmonds Story and shares a recording of the Q&A session that followed the films' premier at Raindance Film Festival last …

In this week's episode of The Screening Room, Rutvig Vaid talks to James Burns of JediNewsUK about last April's convention, Star Wars Celebration Chicago. They discuss the teaser for Star Wars Episode 9: The Rise of Skywalker and James talks about the new Disney Land attraction Galaxy's Edge, as well as the panels for Episode 1: The Phantom Menace,…

After a longer than scheduled break, Rutvig Vaid returns to The Screening Room with British Asian Stand-up comic, actor and impressionist Anil Desai.By Rutvig Vaid

In the second of this 2 part tribute to artist and filmmaker Elliott Ashton, I talk to Catherine Taylor about her experience working alongside Elliott on Attack of the Aliens, and their friendship in general. Farewell Elliott. I'm grateful for knowing you.By Rutvig Vaid

In this weeks episode, I attempt to pay tribute to a friend, Elliott Ashton, who sadly passed away in September of 2018. Elliott was a multi talented creative. A visual artist, VFX artist, writer, director and producer. I chat with actor and friend of Elliotts, Ben Macleod. Ben talks of his time working on Elliotts wonderful animated short film, At…

To kick off our second series, I took my brother, Chirag Vaid to a special screening of The Room at the Prince Charles Cinema in London's Leicester Square. In this special Valentines episode, we recorded live at the event (so please excuse the noise), sharing our expectations before hand, and our thoughts after the screening. Did we think The Room …

In this, the Season Finale of The Screening Room, host Rutvig Vaid goes through his top 5 films of 2018, based on his extremely limited viewing experience this year. The Screening Room will return in February of 2019 with Season 2, which will include interviews with British comics writer and artist, John Higgins (The Killing Joke, Watchmen, 2000AD)…

In this bonus, Christmas special episode, Rutvig Vaid talks to actress Arti Shah (Star Wars, Attack the Block, Harry Potter, Fantastic Beasts, Guardians of the Galaxy) about some of her fave Christmas films. And about time too, given that they are married! So, you'd better not shout, you'd better not cry, you'd better not pout I'm telling ya why...…

Norton James joins us in The Screening Room this week as we watch Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 1. Norton was the body double for Chris Pratt / Star Lord. Listen as Norton talks us through the film, providing behind the scenes info on how they shot this incredible entry to the MCU. So get ready to hit 3, 2, 1 oh wait. I forgot to count you in on thi…

In this weeks episode, Rutvig Vaid and guest co-host Patrick O’ Leary watch 4 randomly picked shorts on Vimeo with guest indie filmmaker Sam Jeffreys. Originally recorded in late 2017, join us as we watch and discuss the films, as well as hit on topics that are now, quite frankly, old hat (but, unfortunately, always relevant)! Log on to vimeo.com a…

Mumbai based actress, writer, director extraordinaire Tahira Nath joins Rutvig in The Screening Room this week to watch and talk about her latest (co) writing project, Zoom Studios' brand new Indian sitcom, Imperfect. The pair provide a commentary track on the 22 minute (primarily English) pilot episode, whilst catching up AND reading some comments…

In this special episode of The Screening Room, Rutvig Vaid is joined by James Lundy (Edinburgh ComicCon, Hero Talk Rebirth Podcast, Wired) and Costas Karaiskos (AthensCon) as they remember the late, great, Stan Lee.By Rutvig Vaid

This week, we hear from numerous guests that attended MCM ComicCon at the London Excel Centre on 26th October. Ziki Nelson and his colleague Hamed talk about their indie comic, Kugali Anthology while host Rutvig Vaid notes Ziki's striking resemblance to Donald Glover. This is followed by a conversation about Star Wars with Bostonian, Frank D. Rich …

Turner Classic Movies Programmer, Hemrani Vyas joins Rutvig Vaid in our special Halloween edition of The Screening Room, in which they provide a commentary track for Wes Craven's 1996 slasher classic, Scream. Listen as they cringe, yelp, giggle, jump, cringe some more, ooh and aah their way through the film. So line up your copy and hit (3, 2, 1) P…