Filibuster

2017 was an exciting year filled with a wide range of diverse movies, both small and large. Now Lee Hutchison and Matt Hansen have come together to share their Top 10 movies of the year. With only one movie making both their lists, there's plenty of diversity between the two as they countdown to number 1. 

Lee and Matt also look ahead to 2018 and what movies have them most excited! 

This week, Matt Hansen returns from his law school-imposed exile to join Lee Hutchison to review the DC equivalent to Marvel's Avengers (or is it?): Justice League. 

Matt and Lee have notoriously not been fans of some of the former DCEU outings, but how does their big team-up film measure up with them? Tune in to find out if Lee and Matt were All In, or whether they Were Better Saving the World Alone.

Lee Hutchison is joined by John Tenuto to review and reflect on the first half of Star Trek: Discovery's first season. John is a Star Trek historian and Sociology Professor and who studies Star Trek fans and its cultural effects. He and his wife, fellow sociology professor Maria Jose, have written for Star Trek: The Official Magazine, StarTrek.com and they have contributed to the recent Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Expanded Soundtrack. 

John and Lee talk about their expectations going into Discovery. 

John's experiences of working with Star Trek legend, Nick Meyer and their thoughts on his involvement in Discovery and a possible Khan spin-off series.

Looking back at the first nine episodes from 'The Vulcan Hello' to the mid-season finale, 'Into The Forrest I Go' 

Discussing the new cast and characters and our favourite moments so far. 

The cast and crews use of social media and ideas for CBS All Action going forward.

Debating where the second half of the season will go. 

The connections with the wider Star Trek universe and use of some iconic The Original Series characters. 

Follow John Tenuto on Twitter - @TenutoFamilyand read his work on StarTrek.com

"So, what was it like on the set of Star Wars: The Force Awakens?"

Lee Hutchison is joined by Slovenian actor, presenter and model, Andrei Lenart who shares amazing stories from the sets of some of the biggest movies of the past few years. 

Andrei discusses what it was like to go from doing security on the set of Thor: The Dark World to trying on Thor's costume and becoming a stand in for Chris Hemsworth in Avengers: Age of Ultron and The Huntsman.

Being cast in Kingsman: The Secret Service and working on the iconic Pinewood set with Matthew Vaughn. 

Taking part in the auditions at Wembley Stadium as Lucasfilm looked to cast Rey and Finn for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. 

The experience of being an extra in the scene when Han Solo and Chewbacca are reunited with General Leia, C-3PO as a Resistance Soldier.

What Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher and JJ Abrams were like with the cast during scenes at the Resistance Base and seeing the Millenium Falcon on set.

The experience of watching Star Wars: The Force Awakens on opening night and the emotions of being involved in this project brought up.

What it's like doing voice work for the incredibly popular Assassin's Creed video game.

Andrei also updates us the state of Slovenian cinema and upcoming projects to keep an eye on!

Follow Andrei on Instagram @TheLenart and on www.andreilenart.com

The Shining (1980) a Halloween Retrospective

The Shining is 37 years old and is an absolute classic. But it wasn't always regarded as such. When it was released in 1980 it was met with mixed reviews and was not a financial success in the least. However, Father Time has been good to this Stanley Kubrick film. It's on many "best horror" lists including that of AFI's. 

John Mills, Shawn Eastridge, and Tristan Riddell meet up on this Filibuster to discuss this movie right in time for Halloween. Shawn and Tristan regard it as the masterpiece many believe it to be but John definitely has a differing opinion. 

What do you guys think of The Shining?

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Lee Hutchison is joined by author and script writer, Will Stape. Will is an Emmy Award nominated screenwriter, book author and content producer. He's written for magazines, the web and for several highly respected TV shows, most notably for the Star Trek franchise.Will has helped write two episodes of Star Trek, 'Homeward' in the Emmy nominated 7th season of The Next Generation and 'Prophet Motive' for Deep Space Nine's 3rd season. 

Will shares with Lee how Larry Nemecek's Star Trek: The Next Generation companion helped him write for the show, the process of writing and pitching for Star Trek to Jeri Taylor, the ideas and pitches for Deep Space Nine and Voyager that made the cutting room floor and getting to pitch to Michael Piller on The Dead Zone. 

Will also wrote the highly rated book, Star Trek Sex: Analyzing the Most Sexually Charged Episodes of the Original Series. Lee and Will discuss the inspiration behind the book and what Will learned about why Star Trek and sex went hand in hand during The Original Series. 

Will and Lee reflect on the first 4 episodes of Star Trek: Discovery and what Will thinks as a fan and writer of the show so far. 

Follow Will on Twitter - @WillStape & read his Star Trek articles on www.treknews.net/author/will-stape/ & find his books on Amazon by following this link www.amazon.com/Will-Stape/e/B00IFUWJXS

Lee Hutchison is joined by actress Emily Beecham (Coen Brother's Hail Caser! and AMC's Into The Badlands) and director Peter Mackie Burns to discuss 'Daphne' which finally lands in UK cinemas on September 29th. 

Emily Beecham plays Daphne a 31 year old Londoner. Busy days, hectic nights, friends, people, lovers, are all welcome distractions from the constant and creeping feeling that her life is somehow stuck. Too young too settle quietly, too old to keep on messing about without aim. One night, an unexpected event slowly but steadily forces her to confront this existential limbo head on, and start looking very closely at the person she has become.

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Lee Hutchison is joined by another special guest, Madeleine Woolner. Madeleine Woolner is an American actress and shares with Lee her stories about putting on Shakespeare plays in New Orleans, being cast in 'The Neon Demon' and what advice Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive, Pusher) would give to her and Elle Fanning on a very unique set, starring alongside Bryan Cranston and Nicole Kidman in a Paul Fieg movie and getting to improvise scenes with comedy legend Will Arnett. 

Madeleine has also recently finished a crowd funding appeal to help her produce, star and adapt, Big Sur. The film centers around a bus trip home for the holidays that is abruptly hijacked mid-journey. A student is singled out and rather than coming together as a community, the passengers on the bus become isolated in self preservation, allowing unthinkable brutalities to happen to the young girl.

Follow Big Sur's production and updates on https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1240437368/big-sur

You can reach out to Madeleine on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/madeleine.woolner and Instagram https://www.instagram.com/madeleinewoolner

Babylon 5 -  Season Four Overview

Charlynn Schmiedt (Punch It) and Phillip Gilfus (Ceti Alpha 3) celebrate V-S (Victory Over the Shadows) and V-E (Victory Over Earth) Day as the major conflicts of our favorite 23rd Century  space station series end. In this fourth installment of their six-part series, Charlynn and Phillip focus on the major happenings -- many which occurred because showrunner J. Michael Straczynski thought this season might be the last in his planned five-year series.

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On todays show, Richard Oliver and Sci-Fi legends, Robert Picardo and Slyvester McCoy join Lee Hutchison to discuss their highly rated Edinburgh fringe play, A Joke.  

The play revolves around a Scotsman (Stargate & Star Trek: Voyager's Robert Picardo), an Englishman (Richard Oliver) and an Irishman (The Hobbit Trilogy & Doctor Who’s Sylvester McCoy) who are led into a void and don’t get what the punchline of their own joke is meant to be.

If you visit danfreeman.co.uk they are auctioning off props and signed programmes to fund putting on this fantastic show. 

You can follow A Joke on Twitter - @AJokePlay