Filibuster

Our Edinburgh Film Festival coverage continues as Lee Hutchison sits down with director Toby MacDonald and French actress Pauline Etienne to talk about the wonderfully charming, Old Boys'. Toby Macdonald’s wonderfully-staged debut film is a re-working of Cyrano de Bergerac’s classic story, set against the backdrop of a rough-and-tumble boarding school for boys. Amberson (Alex Lawther) may be awkwa...

Our Edinburgh film festival coverage continues with interviews with the cast and crew of ‘Eaten by Lions’, a wonderful British family comedy that follows Pete and Omar after they lose their beloved Gran and they go in search of Omar's estranged father, confronting him on the day of his daughters engagement party. First up we’ve got actor, Antonio Aakeel who joins us over the phone, then we’ve got...

Our Edinburgh International Film Festival coverage continues with an interview with Spanish writer (The Orphanage & The Impossible) and director, Sergio Sánchez to discuss his directorial debut, The Secret of Marrowbone.  We also have bonus red carpet interviews with actors George MacKay, Mia Goth, Nicola Harrison, producer Belén Atienza and Sergio Sanchez. 'The Secret of Marrowbone' is about a yo...

We’re kickstarting our mammoth Edinburgh Film Festival coverage with an interview with one of the most famous producers in Hollywood, he produced Little Miss Sunshine, Safety Not Guaranteed & Everything Is Illuminated, has been nominated for an Oscar and has directed his second feature, the opening movie to this years festival, Puzzle, Marc Turtletaub. 'Puzzle' follows Agnes (Scotland's Kelly MacD...

Lee Hutchison and Dallas King return to discuss how they spent their week off and play a game of Room 101! Dallas teases his incredible experience attending the Secret Cinema screening of Blade Runner and Lee talks about visiting the Royal Albert Hall to watch Star Trek & Star Trek Beyond with a live orchestra.  Dallas is in the hotseat as he picks a studio trend, marketing choice, plot device, pr...

When TNT picked up Babylon 5 for its fifth and final season, the deal also included four TV movies. This gave show creator J. Michael Straczynski the opportunity to tell B5 stories outside the five-year arc. As a result, each movie produced takes place in a different timeframe from the other, spanning from the desperate days of the Earth-Minbari War to the tenth anniversary of the Interstellar All...

For the 100th Filibuster episode, Lee Hutchison and Dallas King are joined by Shawn Eastridge (Missing Frames) to celebrate the 25th anniversary of 'Jurassic Park'. The trio share their early memories of watching 'Jurassic Park' and how their love has evolved over time. They also discuss what makes the film such a masterpiece including the characters, music, Stan Winston's creations, action sequen...

Lee Hutchison & Dallas King are joined by Shawn Eastridge (Missing Frames) & Darren Moser (Ceti Alpha 3) to discuss the latest Star Wars romp, 'Solo'.  Darren shares his once in a life time experience of being invited to the red carpet premiere of 'Solo' and how he created his L3-37 costume that caught the attention of the cast and Lucasfilm.  Lee, Dallas, Shawn and Darren discuss their opening ni...

Lee Hutchison and Dallas King have gone through the Edinburgh International Film Festival 2018 programme with their highlighters and picked out a selection of movies and events they recommend booking or seeking out when the festival begins on June 20th. You can book tickets or browse the festival programming at  http://edfilmfest.org.uk

Lee Hutchison isn't coming alone, he's joined by Dallas King and Shawn Eastridge (Missing Frames) to discuss Deadpool 2. The Filibuster-Force share their opening night experiences, initial reactions, memorable moments, thoughts on the plot and frustrations with the sequel.  The trio also pick their favourite fourth wall breaking moments in cinema from James Bond to Margot Robbie in a bathtub expla...

When a filmgoer live tweeted Greta Gerwig's alleged reaction to 'I Feel Pretty', it sparked debate about who was in the wrong and how people should behave when watching a movie.  Dallas and Lee discuss their frustrations with the modern cinema experience and how they believe it can improved. They also share their favourite cinema stories and what makes it such a special place for them.  Also, just...

Lee Hutchison and Dallas King are huge fans of Edgar Wright and give themselves the challenge of picking their 5 favourite moments from his catalogue of work. The duo also discuss the appeal of Wright as a creative talent and their opinions on his work from Spaced to Baby Driver.     

Lee Hutchison is joined this week by one of the finest writers in genre television, Robert Hewitt Wolfe!  In this episode... Robert shares with Lee what inspired him to become a writer and how he got his start in the industry. Pitching ideas for Star Trek: The Next Generation and becoming involved on Star Trek: Deep Space under the guidance of Michael Piller and Ira Steven Behr.  How Ira Steven Be...

Shawn Eastridge (Missing Frames), Daniel Proulx (Ceti Alpha 3) and Matt Hansen assemble to review Avengers: Infinity War.  With a record breaking opening weekend, the movie has resonated with audiances and comic books on a global level, with our trio of Marvel fans diving into why this movie has become such a success story.       

Lee Hutchison and Dallas King came together to record their thoughts on Avengers: Infinity War as they overlooked Cockburn Street, one of the locations used during the Edinburgh based scenes.  Coming off the high of a repeat viewing, Lee and Dallas have a spoiler filled ramble as they talk about the characters, plots, twists, score, where next for the series, the use of Edinburgh in the film and w...

Lee Hutchison is joined this week by award winning Scottish writer, Helen McClory (@HelenMcClory), as we look at her work to date, Flesh of the Peach, The Goldblum Variations, On The Edges of Vision and her latest collection, Mayhem and Death.  Helen shares the early inspirations and experiences that started her on a path to becoming a published author. Helen explains her unique creative process f...

There was an idea, called the 'Prelude to Infinity War'. The idea was to bring together a group of Nerd Party podcasters, see if they could become something more. See if they could work together when we needed them to revist and review the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe before 'Avengers: Infinity War' arrives on April 27th. In our ninth issue, Filibuster regulars Lee Hutchison and Dallas King br...

There was an idea, called the 'Prelude to Infinity War'. The idea was to bring together a group of Nerd Party podcasters, see if they could become something more. See if they could work together when we needed them to revist and review the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe before 'Avengers: Infinity War' arrives on April 27th. In our eighth issue, Matt Rushing (Aggressive Negotiations & Owl Post),...

There was an idea, called the 'Prelude to Infinity War'. The idea was to bring together a group of Nerd Party podcasters, see if they could become something more. See if they could work together when we needed them to revist and review the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe before 'Avengers: Infinity War' arrives on April 27th. In our seventh issue, Lee Hutchison (Filibuster), Daniel Proulx (Ceti Al...

"I promise i'm not trying to police anyone else's life choices, but seriously, all you guys who are rewatching the entire MCU: you know that there's like, all these other movies right." A revent viral tweet inspires Dallas and Lee's chat this week as they talk about how they can actually blend watching original cinema with a Marvel Cinematic Universe rewatch.  They look at 'Ghost Stories' with Dal...

Lee, Dallas and Jo were lucky enough to attend the Avengers: Infinity War fan event in Edinburgh and share their reactions to the twentry five minutes of screened footage, what surprised them, meeting Joe Russo and how it's effected their anticipation for opening night. Lee and Dallas also go through a list of Avengers actors and share their favourite non-Marvel movie that they've starred in. The...

Actor Dominic Keating chats with Lee Hutchison about his role as security officer, Malcolm Reed on Star Trek: Enterprise, the ideas he pitched to Rick Berman and Brannon Braga, how the relationship between himself Connor Trinneer (Trip) translated to screen and some forthcoming acting and voice work projects. 

Lee Hutchison is joined by Tom Pringle, better known to generations of children as Doctor Bunhead! Tom talks about another successful year performing at the Edinburgh Science Festival and why the festival is the envy of the world. Tom shares his creative process for developing and then performing a Doctor Bunhead science show for the festival. Tom explains the origin of the Doctor Bunhead characte...

There was an idea, called the 'Prelude to Infinity War'. The idea was to bring together a group of Nerd Party podcasters, see if they could become something more. See if they could work together when we needed them to revist and review the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe before 'Avengers: Infinity War' arrives on April 27th.   In our sixth issue, Mike Schindler (Great Shot, Kid), Darren Moser (Ce...

Lee Hutchison is joined by artlist J.J. Lendl who talks with us about his creative process to designing art prints and posters for The X-Files and Star Trek: Discovery. J.J. Lendl caught the internet and Fox Studios attention when he started an X-Files poster project for over 200 episodes. J.J. shares how he went from fan to working alongside Fox to create incredible and unique X-Files designs.  L...