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It's a huge dose of film news this week as iconic characters are cast, Netflix decides to stop chasing Tax Incentives and move all of their productions to Hollywood, while the Oscars keep changing up the rules. ABOUT US bckstry is an organization that provides youth mentorship and job training to aspiring filmmakers while supporting local artists (learn more at www.bckstry.org or checkout our Facebook: www.facebook.com/bckstry/) Our podcast is about films, pop culture, news, reviews and things interesting to creatives. Join us every week as Writer/Director, Ahmed Siddiqui, Producer, Adam Hensgens, and bckstry program mentee and aspiring cinematographer, Kate Rogers, sit down and talk about the things we love: film. Connect with us on: Website: bit.ly/bckstryweb Facebook: bit.ly/bckstryfb Twitter: bit.ly/bckstrytwit Instagram: bit.ly/bckstryinsta Linked In: bit.ly/bckstryLinkedIn Ahmed Siddiqui bit.ly/ahmedweb bit.ly/bckstrytwit bit.ly/bckstryinsta Adam Hensgens 404 Error. Kate Rogers bit.ly/kateinsta

The gang catches somehow stumbled on evacuation procedures when they were in high school and then catch up with some reviews of what they've been watching: Beauty & The Beast, Power Rangers, Iron Fist, Ghost In The Shell & 13 Reasons Why. ABOUT US bckstry is an organization that provides youth mentorship and job training to aspiring filmmakers while supporting local artists (learn more at www.bckstry.org or checkout our Facebook: www.facebook.com/bckstry/) Our podcast is about films, pop culture, news, reviews and things interesting to creatives. Join us every week as Writer/Director, Ahmed Siddiqui, Producer, Adam Hensgens, and bckstry program mentee and aspiring cinematographer, Kate Rogers, sit down and talk about the things we love: film. Connect with us on: Website: bit.ly/bckstryweb Facebook: bit.ly/bckstryfb Twitter: bit.ly/bckstrytwit Instagram: bit.ly/bckstryinsta Linked In: bit.ly/bckstryLinkedIn Ahmed Siddiqui bit.ly/ahmedweb bit.ly/bckstrytwit bit.ly/bckstryinsta Adam Hensgens 404 Error. Kate Rogers bit.ly/kateinsta

IT'S OUR 50TH EPISODE! (WOO!) We did it! Come join us as we discuss the new trailers for Justice League & Spider-Man, then debate the death of the cinema experience with a new $30 new film rental program in the works. ABOUT US bckstry is an organization that provides youth mentorship and job training to aspiring filmmakers while supporting local artists (learn more at www.bckstry.org or checkout our Facebook: www.facebook.com/bckstry/) Our podcast is about films, pop culture, news, reviews and things interesting to creatives. Join us every week as Writer/Director, Ahmed Siddiqui, Producer, Adam Hensgens, and bckstry program mentee and aspiring cinematographer, Kate Rogers, sit down and talk about the things we love: film. Connect with us on: Website: bit.ly/bckstryweb Facebook: bit.ly/bckstryfb Twitter: bit.ly/bckstrytwit Instagram: bit.ly/bckstryinsta Linked In: bit.ly/bckstryLinkedIn Ahmed Siddiqui bit.ly/ahmedweb bit.ly/bckstrytwit bit.ly/bckstryinsta Adam Hensgens 404 Error. Kate Rogers bit.ly/kateinsta

This week the crew tackles Netflix's Iron Fist, then discuss the need of the so-called Matrix Prequel? Sequel? Who knows? And with The Batman getting a page one rewrite, what does that mean for the Caped Crusader? Find out on this week's episode of the bckstry Podcast with Adam, Kate & Ahmed! ABOUT US bckstry is an organization that provides youth mentorship and job training to aspiring filmmakers while supporting local artists (learn more at www.bckstry.org or checkout our Facebook: www.facebook.com/bckstry/) Our podcast is about films, pop culture, news, reviews and things interesting to creatives. Join us every week as Writer/Director, Ahmed Siddiqui, Producer, Adam Hensgens, and bckstry program mentee and aspiring cinematographer, Kate Rogers, sit down and talk about the things we love: film. Connect with us on: Website: bit.ly/bckstryweb Facebook: bit.ly/bckstryfb Twitter: bit.ly/bckstrytwit Instagram: bit.ly/bckstryinsta Linked In: bit.ly/bckstryLinkedIn Ahmed Siddiqui bit.ly/ahmedweb bit.ly/bckstrytwit bit.ly/bckstryinsta Adam Hensgens 404 Error. Kate Rogers bit.ly/kateinsta

SNIKT! SNKIT! After 17 years, Hugh Jackman hangs up the iconic Wolverine claws and we're there to review the journey that began in 2000. The group sits down and talks about everything they loved, hated and cried over. ABOUT US bckstry is an organization that provides youth mentorship and job training to aspiring filmmakers while supporting local artists (learn more at www.bckstry.org or checkout our Facebook: www.facebook.com/bckstry/) Our podcast is about films, pop culture, news, reviews and things interesting to creatives. Join us every week as Writer/Director, Ahmed Siddiqui, Producer, Adam Hensgens, and bckstry program mentee and aspiring cinematographer, Kate Rogers, sit down and talk about the things we love: film. Connect with us on: Website: bit.ly/bckstryweb Facebook: bit.ly/bckstryfb Twitter: bit.ly/bckstrytwit Instagram: bit.ly/bckstryinsta Linked In: bit.ly/bckstryLinkedIn Ahmed Siddiqui bit.ly/ahmedweb bit.ly/bckstrytwit bit.ly/bckstryinsta Adam Hensgens 404 Error. Kate Rogers bit.ly/kateinsta

With Kate out this week, Adam and Ahmed play catch up. They discuss THAT amazing moment at the Oscars while talk about games they've been playing and review GET OUT by Director Jordan Peele. ABOUT US bckstry is an organization that provides youth mentorship and job training to aspiring filmmakers while supporting local artists (learn more at www.bckstry.org or checkout our Facebook: www.facebook.com/bckstry/) Our podcast is about films, pop culture, news, reviews and things interesting to creatives. Join us every week as Writer/Director, Ahmed Siddiqui, Producer, Adam Hensgens, and bckstry program mentee and aspiring cinematographer, Kate Rogers, sit down and talk about the things we love: film. Connect with us on: Website: bit.ly/bckstryweb Facebook: bit.ly/bckstryfb Twitter: bit.ly/bckstrytwit Instagram: bit.ly/bckstryinsta Linked In: bit.ly/bckstryLinkedIn Ahmed Siddiqui bit.ly/ahmedweb bit.ly/bckstrytwit bit.ly/bckstryinsta Adam Hensgens 404 Error. Kate Rogers bit.ly/kateinsta

There's a Lion King remake in the works? Kate's Generation battles Adam and Ahmed's Generation over the Lion King remake, then we discuss this week's film news, and wrap it up with our 2017 Oscar Predictions. Let's the rumble begin! ps. Be sure to follow us on Twitter this Sunday as we LIVE TWEET the Oscars and out Oscar Pool results! ABOUT US bckstry is an organization that provides youth mentorship and job training to aspiring filmmakers while supporting local artists (learn more at www.bckstry.org or checkout our Facebook: www.facebook.com/bckstry/) Our podcast is about films, pop culture, news, reviews and things interesting to creatives. Join us every week as Writer/Director, Ahmed Siddiqui, Producer, Adam Hensgens, and bckstry program mentee and aspiring cinematographer, Kate Rogers, sit down and talk about the things we love: film. Connect with us on: Website: bit.ly/bckstryweb Facebook: bit.ly/bckstryfb Twitter: bit.ly/bckstrytwit Instagram: bit.ly/bckstryinsta Linked In: bit.ly/bckstryLinkedIn Ahmed Siddiqui bit.ly/ahmedweb bit.ly/bckstrytwit bit.ly/bckstryinsta Adam Hensgens 404 Error. Kate Rogers bit.ly/kateinsta

Adam hobbled back to us this week with a broken bone. As we play catch up, we discuss the big rumor of Ben Affleck quitting as The Batman and briefly review John Wick: Chapter 2. ABOUT US bckstry is an organization that provides youth mentorship and job training to aspiring filmmakers while supporting local artists (learn more at www.bckstry.org or checkout our Facebook: www.facebook.com/bckstry/) Our podcast is about films, pop culture, news, reviews and things interesting to creatives. Join us every week as Writer/Director, Ahmed Siddiqui, Producer, Adam Hensgens, and bckstry program mentee and aspiring cinematographer, Kate Rogers, sit down and talk about the things we love: film. Connect with us on: Website: bit.ly/bckstryweb Facebook: bit.ly/bckstryfb Twitter: bit.ly/bckstrytwit Instagram: bit.ly/bckstryinsta Linked In: bit.ly/bckstryLinkedIn Ahmed Siddiqui bit.ly/ahmedweb bit.ly/bckstrytwit bit.ly/bckstryinsta Adam Hensgens 404 Error. Kate Rogers bit.ly/kateinsta

With Adam gone, Ahmed and Kate talk about convoluted comics and discuss the bombshell trailers that dropped during the Super Bowl: Guardians of The Galaxy Vol. 2 & Stranger Things S2 ABOUT US bckstry is an organization that provides youth mentorship and job training to aspiring filmmakers while supporting local artists (learn more at www.bckstry.org or checkout our Facebook: www.facebook.com/bckstry/) Our podcast is about films, pop culture, news, reviews and things interesting to creatives. Join us every week as Writer/Director, Ahmed Siddiqui, Producer, Adam Hensgens, and bckstry program mentee and aspiring cinematographer, Kate Rogers, sit down and talk about the things we love: film. Connect with us on: Website: bit.ly/bckstryweb Facebook: bit.ly/bckstryfb Twitter: bit.ly/bckstrytwit Instagram: bit.ly/bckstryinsta Linked In: bit.ly/bckstryLinkedIn Ahmed Siddiqui bit.ly/ahmedweb bit.ly/bckstrytwit bit.ly/bckstryinsta Adam Hensgens 404 Error. Kate Rogers bit.ly/kateinsta

Batman, Flash, and Rick & Morty meet their arch-enemy, the Production Killer, as Ben Affleck drops out of directing The Batman, The Flash gets a page one rewrite and the writers/creators of Rick and Morty are at fisticuffs. Come get your weekly news from the bckstry squad! ABOUT US bckstry is an organization that provides youth mentorship and job training to aspiring filmmakers while supporting local artists (learn more at www.bckstry.org or checkout our Facebook: www.facebook.com/bckstry/) Our podcast is about films, pop culture, news, reviews and things interesting to creatives. Join us every week as Writer/Director, Ahmed Siddiqui, Producer, Adam Hensgens, and bckstry program mentee and aspiring cinematographer, Kate Rogers, sit down and talk about the things we love: film. Connect with us on: Website: bit.ly/bckstryweb Facebook: bit.ly/bckstryfb Twitter: bit.ly/bckstrytwit Instagram: bit.ly/bckstryinsta Linked In: bit.ly/bckstryLinkedIn Ahmed Siddiqui bit.ly/ahmedweb bit.ly/bckstrytwit bit.ly/bckstryinsta Adam Hensgens 404 Error. Kate Rogers bit.ly/kateinsta

The gang is back, rubbing sleep out of their eyes to discuss how they deal with gross diseases like strep and the flu, then we dive into Star Wars Episode 8 title reveal, Logan & Power Rangers trailers, and discuss the 2017 Oscar Nominations! ABOUT US bckstry is an organization that provides youth mentorship and job training to aspiring filmmakers while supporting local artists (learn more at www.bckstry.org or checkout our Facebook: www.facebook.com/bckstry/) Our podcast is about films, pop culture, news, reviews and things interesting to creatives. Join us every week as Writer/Director, Ahmed Siddiqui, Producer, Adam Hensgens, and bckstry program mentee and aspiring cinematographer, Kate Rogers, sit down and talk about the things we love: film. Connect with us on: Website: bit.ly/bckstryweb Facebook: bit.ly/bckstryfb Twitter: bit.ly/bckstrytwit Instagram: bit.ly/bckstryinsta Linked In: bit.ly/bckstryLinkedIn Ahmed Siddiqui bit.ly/ahmedweb bit.ly/bckstrytwit bit.ly/bckstryinsta Adam Hensgens 404 Error. Kate Rogers bit.ly/kateinsta

Do The Right Thing, Malcolm X, Jungle Fever, Clockers. You know you've seen something special when you see a Spike Lee film, but what about the man who helps create the vision come to life? Monty Ross has been the Producer on all of them. We talked to Monty at Southern Screen Film Festival about how he got into the industry and what it takes to be an excellent Producer. Huge thank you to the team and sponsors at Southern Screen, the premiere film festival of Lafayette, LA. Find out more: www.facebook.com/SouthernScreen/ ABOUT US bckstry is an organization that provides youth mentorship and job training to aspiring filmmakers while supporting local artists (learn more at www.bckstry.org or checkout our Facebook: www.facebook.com/bckstry/) Our podcast is about films, pop culture, news, reviews and things interesting to creatives. Join us every week as Writer/Director, Ahmed Siddiqui, Producer, Adam Hensgens, and bckstry program mentee and aspiring cinematographer, Kate Rogers, sit down and talk about the things we love: film. Connect with us on: Website: bit.ly/bckstryweb Facebook: bit.ly/bckstryfb Twitter: bit.ly/bckstrytwit Instagram: bit.ly/bckstryinsta Linked In: bit.ly/bckstryLinkedIn Ahmed Siddiqui bit.ly/ahmedweb bit.ly/bckstrytwit bit.ly/bckstryinsta Adam Hensgens 404 Error. Kate Rogers bit.ly/kateinsta

Mark Horowitz is a film distribution consultant and marketing guru when it comes to international sales. We talked about his 30 years in the industry, involving some very notable distribution deals for legendary films. Mark is also an accomplished novelist, with his first book, THE DREAM RULE now available on Amazon here: http://a.co/1R7jsQM And he is available for consultation as well: mark@pagetoscreen.com Huge thank you to the team and sponsors at Southern Screen, the premiere film festival of Lafayette, LA. Find out more: www.facebook.com/SouthernScreen/ ABOUT US bckstry is an organization that provides youth mentorship and job training to aspiring filmmakers while supporting local artists (learn more at www.bckstry.org or checkout our Facebook: www.facebook.com/bckstry/) Our podcast is about films, pop culture, news, reviews and things interesting to creatives. Join us every week as Writer/Director, Ahmed Siddiqui, Producer, Adam Hensgens, and bckstry program mentee and aspiring cinematographer, Kate Rogers, sit down and talk about the things we love: film. Connect with us on: Website: bit.ly/bckstryweb Facebook: bit.ly/bckstryfb Twitter: bit.ly/bckstrytwit Instagram: bit.ly/bckstryinsta Linked In: bit.ly/bckstryLinkedIn Ahmed Siddiqui bit.ly/ahmedweb bit.ly/bckstrytwit bit.ly/bckstryinsta Adam Hensgens 404 Error. Kate Rogers bit.ly/kateinsta

This week we're joined by a very special guest, NICK LABORDE of Raconteur Games. A bckstry member who is launching his newest video game EVANGELINE next week on JANUARY 19th. This FREE to play game is a first person experience that will make you connect with someone you love. Learn more at www.EvangelineGame.com Follow Nicholas Laborde: https://twitter.com/ChiefRaconteur Follow Raconteur Games: https://twitter.com/raconteurdev ABOUT US bckstry is an organization that provides youth mentorship and job training to aspiring filmmakers while supporting local artists (learn more at www.bckstry.org or check out our Facebook: www.facebook.com/bckstry/) Our podcast is about films, pop culture, news, reviews and things interesting to creatives. Join us every week as Writer/Director, Ahmed Siddiqui, Producer, Adam Hensgens, and bckstry program mentee and aspiring cinematographer, Kate Rogers, sit down and talk about the things we love: film. Connect with us on: Website: bit.ly/bckstryweb Facebook: bit.ly/bckstryfb Twitter: bit.ly/bckstrytwit Instagram: bit.ly/bckstryinsta Linked In: bit.ly/bckstryLinkedIn Ahmed Siddiqui bit.ly/ahmedweb bit.ly/bckstrytwit bit.ly/bckstryinsta Adam Hensgens 404 Error. Kate Rogers bit.ly/kateinsta

It's 2017 and we're getting it started off right with a bottle episode! Adam and Ahmed play catch up from the holidays while our compadre, and third host, is unavailable as she is dungeon master-ing for a D&D game! Come listen to us talk about what films we're looking forward to in 2017! ABOUT US bckstry is an organization that provides youth mentorship and job training to aspiring filmmakers while supporting local artists (learn more at www.bckstry.org or check out our Facebook: www.facebook.com/bckstry/) Our podcast is about films, pop culture, news, reviews and things interesting to creatives. Join us every week as Writer/Director, Ahmed Siddiqui, Producer, Adam Hensgens, and bckstry program mentee and aspiring cinematographer, Kate Rogers, sit down and talk about the things we love: film. Connect with us on: Website: bit.ly/bckstryweb Facebook: bit.ly/bckstryfb Twitter: bit.ly/bckstrytwit Instagram: bit.ly/bckstryinsta Linked In: bit.ly/bckstryLinkedIn Ahmed Siddiqui bit.ly/ahmedweb bit.ly/bckstrytwit bit.ly/bckstryinsta Adam Hensgens 404 Error. Kate Rogers bit.ly/kateinsta