GeekScholars Movie News
Summary: Your weekly dose of film headlines, previews and review...all in glorious podcast form!
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Well, it's October, and so in this slightly expanded GeekScholars Movie News podcast, the crew looks at the upcoming month's highlights by telling you which movies they are most (and least) excited for, as well as their predictions on how each film will score on the Rotten Tomatoes freshness scale! Before that, however, this week's show begins with a bunch of interesting news to discuss, including a potential Fargo television show, Tom Hardy in a biopic about George Mallory attempting to climb Mount Everest, Gina Carano starring in an all-females Expendables-type movie, updates on Spy Hunter, The Mummy reboot, and Dawn of the Planet Apes, and finally the crew's thoughts on Seth MacFarlane being named the host of the 85th Annual Academy Awards. The show then concludes with GeekScholars Fox, Jill, and Chris offering their analyses and grades on their F- to A+ scale for Looper, the highly anticipated time-travel action movie starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Bruce Willis.
Welcome fans to this week's episode of the GeekScholars Movie News podcast! The show kicks off with a trio of headlines including news about a new Looney Tunes movie, a director taking on the Baywatch adaptation, plus the possibility that has LEGO inadvertently spoiled a second villain's appearance in next the Superman movie, Man of Steel. After that, the GeekScholars debut a brand new segment called 'Where Are They Now?', where each host does a little research to find out what some once-stars are up to these days, having made the move from spotlight to obscurity. This week the GeekScholars hunted down Pearl Harbor's Josh Hartnett, Clueless' Alicia Silverstone, and The Wonder Years' Fred Savage. From there, the GeekScholars analyze and grade the trailers for the Jackie Robinson biopic, 42, starring Harrison Ford as Brooklyn Dodgers' owner, Branch Rickey, as well as Promised Land, a nearly-ripped-from-the-headlines tale about the boom of natural gas excavation and its potential effect on a small farming town, starring Matt Damon. GeekScholar Fox then closes out the episode with his review and grade for the comic-book adaptation of Dredd 3D.
What an outstanding episode of the GeekScholars Movie News podcast this week, as Tom Chick, from Tom vs. Bruce, and the Quarter to Three film podcast, joins the crew as a special guest host! The week, the GeekScholars tackle a whole bunch of news, including James Gunn being named the director of Guardians of the Galaxy, a potential actor to play Dr. Strange, and sequel news surrounding the next Bourne movie, a potential Ted follow-up, and even some tidbits about Transformers 4. You'll even hear what everyone had to say about the newly revealed (or exposed) RoboCop armor. The GeekScholars then move onto their Preview Review for the week, with a bunch of different opinions and insights into the trailer for Steven Spielberg's wildly anticipated presidential biopic, Lincoln. After that, Tom and Fox debate the merits of Residential Evil: Retribution, with two very different takes on the fifth entry into the zombie video game franchise.
This episode of the GeekScholars Movie News podcast, quite simply, is especially awesome. To start, the GeekScholars discuss, and speculate about, the headlines for the week which include the news that Al Pacino will play famed Penn State football coach Joe Paterno in a biopic, Daniel Craig's future with the James Bond franchise, Star Trek 2's newly revealed title, thoughts on the announced Safe House prequel/ sequel, and the addition of Jim Carrey to Kick-Ass 2. And while all of that sparked some really interesting (and very geeky) conversation, what you absolutely do not want to miss are the crew's picks for recasting Raiders of the Lost Ask, in their latest installment of the GeekScholars Casting Competition, back by popular demand. From there, the GeekScholars get into their Preview Reviews for the week, taking a look at the trailer for the holiday family comedy Parental Guidance, starring Billy Crystal and Bette Midler, as well as the first preview for the action-fantasy flick, Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters, starring Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton. The GeekScholars then wrap up the episode by looking at the weekend box-office to see what's coming out in both wide and limited release.
On this fast, but full, episode of the GeekScholars Movie News podcast, the crew begins by discussing the news that Beverly Hills Cop, and a spin off from The Avengers, focusing on S.H.I.E.L.D., are making their way to the small screen. The GeekScholars then muse over the possibility that the Wachowskis might end up directing Justice League, Michael Douglas' ability to play Ronald Reagan in Reykjavik, and whether or not casting Michael Keaton as the villain can save the Robocop reboot from all the negative attention it's been receiving. GeekScholars Movie News headlines conclude this week with the rumors that Sony may be planning a movie based upon the video game console wars (but which ones?), and Jon Turteltaub's possible feature film, Beached, about a boy raised by whales who becomes an Olympic swimmer. You read that right. From there, the GeekScholars get into their Preview Reviews for the week, taking a look at the trailers for two documentaries, Head Games, which deals with the latest information regarding sports concussions, and How to Make Money Selling Drugs, which deals with...well, exactly what the title says. GeekScholar Chris wraps up the show with a mini-review of the independent comedy, Sleepwalk with Me, which he had a chance to check out last week.
Man, oh man, we have got a whole bunch of fun for you on this week's show! On this episode of the GeekScholars Movie News podcast, the crew weigh in on a few headlines making the rounds, including new casting for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, a potential remake of The Rocketeer, and the latest news on bringing Uncharted: Drake's Fortune to the big screen. After that, the GeekScholars look ahead to the month of September, and share their thoughts on how hyped they are for the big releases, as well their predictions on how positively those films will fare among critics. From there, the GeekScholars Movie News podcast unveils a brand new segment called "A+ Movies", where each member of the crew shares a mini-review of an older movie they felt was deserving of the highest grade they could bestow upon it, and why (some really interesting picks for these!). Finally, all four GeekScholars got out to the theater this weekend to see Premium Rush, so listen in to hear what they thought of the bike-action movie.
Welcome to the ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY of the GeekScholars Movie News Podcast!!!! This week's episodes' headlines include some new tidbits about The Hangover Part 3, The Wolverine, The Expendables 3, a Daredevil reboot and more! From there, we take a look at the first trailers for Seven Psychopaths, Schwarzenegger's The Last Stand, and Stallone's Bullet to the Head. And that's all perfect, because we round out the show hearing from GeekScholars Fox and Jill with their thoughts on the 80's throwback action film The Expendables 2. As always, we close out the show looking ahead to next weekend's box office. Enjoy! We would love to hear from you, so please submit comments or questions to us by writing to: mail@geekscholars.com. Mail is awesome!
Sorry for the slight delay this week, but we're going to try to make it up to our listeners with this nugget of geeky goodness: we're hosting another contest! To celebrate the one year anniversary of GeekScholars Movie News, we're asking listeners for feedback on the show. Good, bad, sarcastic, undying love, we want to hear it all (especially that last one). The winner gets to pick out ANY geek t-shirt of their choosing that they can find on the interwebs, and we'll send it to you with shipping including! We figure if you're gonna win a shirt, it should be one you're super-crazy-jazzed to wear proudly! To enter, literally just find some way to give us some feedback! You could write us an email (mail@geekscholars.com), comment on our Facebook page, or just leave us a note in the comments field below. Super easy, right? So, enter already! But, on to the show! This week on GeekScholars Movie News, the crew takes a look at the trailers for Zero Dark Thirty, Red Dawn and Trouble with the Curve during our Preview Section. From there, GeekScholars Fox and Jill talk about how positively surprised they were by The Campaign. To close out the episode, we've got some Quickies, covering news on Avengers 2, Justice League, Jack Ryan, Bill and Ted 3, and some interesting information regarding the Vince Vaughn/ Owen Wilson comedy The Internship.
If a movie currently has a release date in October, then a brand new trailer came out for it this past week! As such, GeekScholars Movie News has a whole bunch of Preview Reviews for you this episode including new looks at: Cloud Atlas, Killing Them Softly, Taken 2, and Skyfall. After that, GeekScholar Fox gives us his thoughts on the remake of Total Recall, while GeekScholars Chris and Lauren checked out the fantastic independent film, Beasts of the Southern Wild. The GeekScholars crew then wraps things up with a few quickies, including some news on The Hobbit, Thor: The Dark World, X-Men: Days of Future Past, and the sequel to Prometheus.
As the 2012 London Olympic Summer Games gets underway, GeekScholars Movie News celebrates by holding a special edition of their Casting Challenge segment, where the crew pitches their ideas for a Olympics-themed movie. From there, the GeekScholars take a look ahead at all the major releases coming out in August 2012, and are ready to tell you which ones they are most excited about, and which ones they still may need a bit of convincing on. Then, listen to the team's thoughts on the trailers for Life of Pi and The Oranges, during this week's Preview Reviews. Finally, the GeekScholars deliver some updates on the Disney/ Pixar/ Jon Favreau project, Magic Kingdom, and A Good Day to Die Hard.
The GeekScholars have reunited! After an amazing time covering the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con, the crew is back, ready to report on a whole host of awesome film news, and strap in because this week's show is pretty epic. On this episode of GeekScholars Movie News, honorary GeekScholar, and comic book expert, Nelson, makes a return appearance to the show, as the gang dives into a whole bunch of information regarding the upcoming entries into the Marvel Cinematic Universe including: Thor: The Dark World, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Ant Man, and Guardians of the Galaxy. From there, listen to what the GeekScholars thought of the new previews they reviewed this week for Oz: The Great and Powerful, The Master, and the return of Superman in Man of Steel. Last but not least, the crew reviews one of the most highly anticipated movies of 2012, The Dark Knight Rises. For those of you who have not yet seen it, fear not, the in-episode review is completely spoiler-free. However, if you have seen the last Batman movie from Christopher Nolan, and want to hear the GeekScholars' unedited thoughts about it (which include MAJOR spoilers, like the entire ending), stay tuned after the credits for a special post-show discussion.
Well, there's no question we went out with a bang! On our third day at the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con, the GeekScholars got to see footage from a TON of awesome films, including Django Unchained, Pacific Rim, Godzilla, Man of Steel, The Hobbit, and Iron Man 3. We also even got to sit down with the cast of Iron Man 3, plus we have a whole bunch of news to report on the future of the Marvel Universe (sequels to Thor, Captain America, and the status of Ant Man)! You really don't want to miss this episode, as it was an INCREDIBLE day.
On our second day at the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con, the GeekScholars were able to get a some new information regarding a possible sequel to Serenity, and we screened exclusive footage from Resident Evil: Retribution, Looper, and Elysium, the latest from writer/ director Neill Blomkamp, the genius behind District 9. Listen in to hear our thoughts on everything saw, and tell us what you think!
The GeekScholars have arrived in San Diego and we have had an amazing first 1.5 days. We have for you our first podcast where we talk about our interviews with the teams of Frankenweenie, Oz: The Great and Powerful, and Wreck-It Ralph. Also, honorary GeekScholar Nate hit up the panel The Expendables 2, and gives listeners the inside scoop on all the footage he saw. Listen in to our quick recap of Day 1, check out our pictures thus far from the Con, and stay tuned for even more awesome coverage!
Tomorrow (Wednesday, July 11th) GeekScholars Chris and Fox leave for the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con International! As such, we have a super short episode this week where give you a preview review of the upcoming Tom Cruise action movie, Jack Reacher, and a review of the Amazing Spider-Man. Starting on Thursday morning, GeekScholars Chris and Fox will be bringing our listeners the most up-to-date information straight from Comic-Con so check back daily to hear their coverage of all the latest movie news! As an added bonus, starting on Wednesday night, they'll be posting pictures of the best costumes and cosplayers from the Con, so come by give those a look as well! We would love to hear from you, so please submit comments or questions to us by writing to: mail@geekscholars.com. Mail is awesome!
