This week, Summer chats with Alejandro Rojas, of Open Minds Radio and the International UFO Congress, about UFOs & extraterrestrials in entertainment, particularly the recent indie feature "Phoenix Forgotten".

Alejandro talks about some of the other investigations and documentaries surrounding the Phoenix Lights event, including more data and more testimonies from eyewitnesses, and how there's still no way to sort facts from misdirections, even after key officials have changed their statements about what they saw and what they told the public at the time.

We also chat about the Mutual UFO Network, the data being collected and shared on a daily basis, and how both believers and skeptics are working together to hopefully someday get to the bottom of what's real, what's speculation, and what are hoaxes.

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This week, director Gabriele Mainetti talks about his indie superhero feature "They Call Me Jeeg". This Italian indie movie has a lot of charm and believable characters, from the reluctant hero to the over-the-top villain, but it's the relationships that pull the viewers into the story.

"They Call Me Jeeg" is available on iTunes on May 2.

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This week director Justin Barber and writer T. S. Nowlin talk about writing, developing and making "Phoenix Forgotten", a found footage feature centering on the Phoenix Lights phenomenon of 1997, from Scott Free Productions & Cinelou Films.

Will their next project focus on Bigfoot, different legendary monsters, or extraterrestrials again? We don't know yet, but you can bet we'll be keeping an eye out for it!

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PHOENIX FORGOTTEN Featurette: http://collider.com/ridley-scott-phoenix-forgotten-video/

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This week, Monte Yazzie, director of the International Horror & Sci-Fi Film Festival, stops by to talk about this year's festival, running April 6-13 alongside the Phoenix Film Festival at the Harkins Scottsdale 101. He mentions some of the features folks should check out if they come by the festival, and the shorts program is always a must-see.

We also talk social commentary in film as a reflection of what's going on in the world when those movies are made, and about our favorite genre movies over the years... it's a movie geek moment, and we savor it.

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This week, director Dagen Merrill talks about his latest project, Syfy Films' ATOMICA,

starring Dominic Monaghan, Sarah Habel and Tom Sizemore.

SYNOPSIS: In the near future, when communications go offline at a remote nuclear power plant isolated in the desert, a young safety inspector, Abby Dixon, is forced to fly out to bring them back online. Once inside the facility, mysterious clues and strange behaviors cause Abby to have doubts about the sanity, and perhaps identities, of the two employees onsite.

ATOMICA, from Syfy Films

IN THEATERS: March 17, 2017

AVAILABLE ON VOD AND DIGITAL HD: March 21, 2017

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This week, Summer chats with playwright Rob Rokicki about the history and evolution of "The Lightning Thief: The Musical", from it's early start as a touring one-act show performing for kids & schools, to the two-act stage production that will be opening on Broadway March 23.

Rob talks about coming up with the changes in music between the versions of the show, and working with Joe Tracz to get the story to feel just right -- as fans of the series, they wanted to do right by both the existing fans of the series and the author, Rick Riordan. From what's been previewed and released so far, it sounds like that mission was accomplished.

Listen to the interview with Joe Tracz for more details about how they brought this beloved story to the stage.

Website: www.lightningthiefmusical.com

Twitter: @LTMusical

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This week, Summer chats with writer/director Stéphanie Joalland and producer Sean McConville about their indie scifi thriller "The Quiet Hour". This film was produced and shot in the UK, and aired on Sky Cinema after a successful run on the film festival circuit.

"The Quiet Hour" is set within the aftermath of an alien invasion, following Sarah (Dakota Blue Richards), a young girl trying to survive with her blind brother Tom (Jack McMuellen) and Jude (Karl Davies), a man who enters their lives in seek of sanctuary.

"The Quiet Hour" is available now in North America on Amazon VOD, and will be available on DVD March 21.

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This week, producer Dave Ogrin drops by to talk about "Wild Women of Planet Wongo", a sci-fi musical extravaganza currently playing at the Parkside Lounge in New York City. The play follows the misadventures of two astronauts who land on a planet of warrior women who've never seen men, and it's also an immersive experience, where the actors are performing around the audience, making it an interactive comedy-musical-dance party.

Upcoming performances are March 3rd & 4th, then again on March 17th & 18th at the Parkside Lounge... check the website planetwongo.com for more details!

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This week, screenwriter and playwright Joe Tracz talks about two big projects in progress: "Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events" for Netflix and "Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief" for Broadway.

Joe's a big YA lit fan, and having "A Series of Unfortunate Events" be a big hit for Netflix (and already given the go-ahead for a Season 2), plus having co-written the stage adaptation of "Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief" which has been performed as a one-act play and is now coming to the stage as a musical production to Broadway feels like a magical start to 2017.

Joe talks about the challenges of adapting such beloved series to new formats, and hopefully in a way that will make fans of both of the original series forget their disappointment with previous adaptations.

Website: www.lightningthiefmusical.com

Twitter: @LTMusical

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This week, actress Amber Midthunder stops by to talk about her role in the newest TV series set in the Marvel Universe, "Legion", airing Wednesdays on FX.

Amber has had roles in "Longmire", "Banshee", and has even co-directed a feature, "#NightsLikeThese", that won awards on the film festival circuit.

"Legion" is her first foray into the superhero genre, and as a fan of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (and mixed martial arts practitioner), playing a deeper hero character with the writing of showrunner Noah Hawley, this role is one she loves and is eager to see where it goes next.

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