This Week's Radio Show - Thor: The Dark World, Geek News, and Much More!

On this week's radio show we review Thor: The Dark World, including how to pronounce the name of Thor's Hammer, Mjolnir.

Thanks to Dave's brother-in-law for speaking Norwegian.

We also continue the discussion from this week's YouTube show about the 4 Marvel Characters that will have shows on Netflix.

Plus we talk about what's going on in geek news!

All this and much more so tune in Geek World this Thursday and Friday at Noon (PST) on Indie 100, with replays throughout the week on The Point. Plus we're on the UK internet station Shellies every Wednesday. And welcome to our new listeners on El Ave Radio.

Don't forget to go to YouTube.com/GeekWorldRadio to see all of the latest videos we've posted and shared, and be sure to SUBSCRIBE!

Man of Steel brings the Superman - Dragon Ball Z Connection Full Circle - Geek World Radio Ep. 37

On this week's episode of Geek World Radio on YouTube we take a look at some of the recent news about Man of Steel and discuss the parts that sound like they were influenced by Dragon Ball Z, an anime that is partly based on the story of Superman.

For more of our videos go to YouTube.com/GeekWorldRadio and be sure to SUBSCRIBE.

This Week's Radio Show: Iron Man: Rise of Technovore and much more!

On this week's radio show we'll review the new Marvel animated feature Iron Man: Rise of Technovore.

Then we'll talk about some of the new TV shows that just premiered, NBC's killer new series Hannibal and the new BBC sci-fi show Orphan Black.

Plus we'll talk about what geeky stuff is going on in the news!

All this and much more so tune in Geek World this Thursday and Friday at Noon (PST) on Indie 100, with replays throughout the week on The Point. Plus we're on the UK internet station Shellies every Wednesday.

Don't forget to go to YouTube.com/GeekWorldRadio to see all of the latest videos we've posted and shared, and be sure to SUBSCRIBE!

This Week's Radio Show

On this week's radio show we'll be talking about the the new movie The Sweeney, based on the 1970s UK TV series!

Plus we talk about what's going on in geek news!

All this and much more so tune in Geek World this Thursday and Friday at Noon (PST) on Indie 100, with replays throughout the week on The Point. Plus we're on the UK internet station Shellies every Wednesday.

Don't forget to go to YouTube.com/GeekWorldRadio to see all of the latest videos we've posted and shared, and be sure to SUBSCRIBE!

Who The F*** Is Star-Lord?

On this week's episode of Geek World Radio on YouTube we tell you all about the character Star-Lord from Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy!



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Trippy Short Film Starring Smug Dolls

Amethyst from Ryan Barri on Vimeo.

A friend of ours spent over a year playing with dolls. At first we thought he had lost it, then he showed us this movie... and we realized we were right, he'd gone nuts... But it's also completely awesome, so we had to share it with you! Now enjoy this completely trippy short film starring a bunch of smug smiling dolls (and see if you can pick out our voices).

This Week's Radio Show!

On this week's episode of Geek World we review the BluRay for Snow White and the Huntsman.

We also take time to review the ultra-geeky card game CPU Wars (the game we focused this week's YouTube episode on).

Plus we take a look at some upcoming TV shows and check out geeky news and talk a little bit about our plans for Comikaze this weekend.

All this and much more on Geek World this Thursday and Friday at Noon (PST) on Indie 100, with replays throughout the week on The Point. Plus we're on the UK internet station Shellies every Wednesday.

Don't forget to go to YouTube.com/GeekWorldRadio to see all of the latest videos we've posted and shared, and be sure to subscribe!

Geek World Radio Ep. 5 - Casting the Metal Gear Solid Movie

With news that things are moving forward on the Metal Gear Solid movie, based on the popular video game franchise, we've come up with some suggestions for who to cast in the major roles like Solid Snake, Revolver Ocelot, Psycho Mantis, Meryl Silverburgh, etc...

Who do you think should be cast?

CLICK HERE to see some posts we've done casting other video games.

Check out all of our videos at YouTube.com/GeekWorldRadio

Geek World Radio Episode 3 - What Makes an 80s & 90s Action Movie

To celebrate The Expendables 2 we discuss 10 of the things that action movies in the 1980s and 1990s included to reach that extra level of extreme awesomeness.

Don't forget to go to YouTube.com/GeekWorldRadio to see all our videos and be sure to subscribe!

This Week's Radio Show: The Expendables 2, Lawless, & More

On this week's radio show we take on The Expendables 2, the action extravaganza that makes us feel like kids again! We'll give our review, and we'll take time to talk about our favorite movies from the film's stars.

We'll also discuss Lawless (in theaters Aug. 29), the new film, based on a true story of bootlegging brothers, starring Tom Hardy, Shia LaBeouf, Guy Pearce, Jessica Chastain and a ton of other big names.

Plus we give our thoughts on the new TV shows Oh Sit (CW) and Collection Intervention (SyFy).

All this and much more on Geek World this Thursday and Friday at Noon (PST) on Indie 100, with replays throughout the week on The Point. Plus we're on the UK internet station Shellies every Wednesday.

Don't forget to go to YouTube.com/GeekWorldRadio to see all of the latest videos we've posted and shared, and be sure to subscribe!

This Week's Show - San Diego Comic-Con 2012 and The Dark Knight Rises

This year's Comic-Con was so busy that we couldn't fit all of our interviews into just one show so this week we're continuing our coverage of SDCC with some more great interviews plus we'll review The Dark Knight Rises!


We'll play our interview with Makoto Kamiya, the director of the CGI animated feature Resident Evil: Damnation


And we'll be playing clips from our interviews with some of the cast of NBC's hit show Grimm (David Giuntoli, Bitsie Tulloch, Russell Hornsby, Sasha Roiz, Bree Turner, and show creators David Greenwalt and Jim Kouf).


Plus we have some bites from our interviews with some of the cast and creators of the Disney XD series Tron: Uprising including Tricia Helfer and Bruce Boxleitner.


And if all that wasn't enough you'll get to hear about 2 upcoming TV series, Arrow and Beauty and the Beast with interview clips from the SDCC press roundtables!


All this and much more on Geek World this Thursday and Friday at Noon (PST) on Indie 100, with replays throughout the week on The Point.

CLICK HERE to see all of the latest videos we've posted and shared including episodes of your YouTube show!

This Week's Show!

On this week's show we'll web swing around the city as we review The Amazing Spider-Man. We'll go to space prison with our review of the Lockout DVD. Plus we'll cause trouble with our DVD review of The Three Stooges.

We'll also take a look at some of the exciting panels that are going on at this year's San Diego Comic-Con. We'll be covering it again this year so make sure to check back for photos!

All this and more on Geek World this Thursday and Friday at Noon (PST) on Indie 100, with replays throughout the week on The Point.

This Week's Show!

On this week's show we'll tell you all about our adventure at the 2012 Anime Expo and we'll give you our take on some of the new animes we checked out from the awesome magic wars of Fate/Zero to the school-girls-with-guns-who-are-guns-themselves absurdity of Upotte!! Also, be sure to check out all the Anime Expo 2012 photos we've posted on the blog so far.

We'll review Seth McFarlane's raunchy stuffed animal comedy, Ted (you may even hear, for the very first time ever, us expressing our appreciation for Mark Wahlberg). Plus we'll be discussing the soon to be released DVD for the American Pie sequel American Reunion.

All this and more on Geek World this Thursday and Friday at Noon (PST) on Indie 100, with replays throughout the week on The Point.

And in case you haven't seen it yet, check out the promo for our upcoming YouTube show and be sure to click the subscribe button at the end:

This Week's Show

On this week's show we're joined by Darkubus Rybar to talk about Ridley Scott's new alien sci-fi movie Prometheus. We'll also discuss the DVD for the found footage party movie Project X and we'll take some time to talk about the Season 2 premiere of Falling Skies. All this and we'll take some time to talk about our time at the anime convention AM2.

CLICK HERE to check out some of the photos and video from AM2 we have up on the blog so far.

All this and more on Geek World this Thursday and Friday at Noon (PST) on Indie 100, with replays throughout the week on The Point.

This Week's Show - Phoenix Comicon

On this week's show we're braving the Arizona heat to cover the 2012 Phoenix Comicon! We'll talk about the cosplay, the zombie walk, and we'll be playing some hilarious clips from the Star Trek: The Next Generation 25th Anniversary Panel.

We'll also be reviewing the new time-travel-alien-comedy Men in Black 3. Plus we'll talk about the Midwest prelim round of American Ninja Warrior and the premiere of season 2 of Hollywood Treasure.

All this and more on Geek World this Thursday and Friday at Noon (PST) on Indie 100, with replays throughout the week on The Point.

This Week's Show!

On this week's show we're digging up a psycho-delic review for Tim Burton's sorta adaptation of the 60's cult TV show Dark Shadows. We'll review the DVDs for the Giant-Wolves-Cower-at-the-Awesomeness-of-Liam-Neeson movie The Grey, and the bizarre romantic-comedy-action laboratory mistake known as This Means War (May 22).

We'll travel to Brazil via bullet time to review Rockstar Games new badass shooter Max Payne 3 and also take a look at all of the TV shows cancelled and renewed this year. Also we'll do a preview of all the upcoming new TV shows the will premiere this fall, and discuss the season finale of The Vampire Diaries and the latest episode of Sherlock.

All this and much more on this week's episode of Geek World, this Thursday and Friday at Noon (PST) on Indie 100, with replays throughout the week on The Point.

This Week's Show: Awesome Assemble

On this week's show we're talking about Marvel's record breaking (Hulk) smash The Avengers! We'll also be checking out the upcoming DVD for the telekinesis-found-footage masterpiece Chronicle (May 15).

Plus we're solving crimes with the new season of Steven Moffat's modern day Sherlock, and we have an early review of the new Chloe Grace Moretz indie film, Hick (May 11, Theatrical and Ultra VOD).

All this and much more on this week's episode of Geek World, this Thursday and Friday at Noon (PST) on Indie 100, with replays throughout the week on The Point.

Early Review: AREA 407

The found footage genre has taken hold of our culture over the last few years. Thanks to a bunch of ill-fated college kids looking for a witch in the woods over a decade ago, the shaky cam revolution has become a $tandard, like it or not.

Even in the last few months we've seen a slew of profitable found footage movies, from the literal block-busting of Project X, to the high flying superhero smash Chronicle, these movies will continue their onslaught for years to come. AREA 407 (out today on VOD and in select theaters) lands in the more standard mystery/horror genre than some of the new crop, taking cues from the, ahem... "classics" of the genre, Cloverfield and The Blair Witch Project. Which of course, puts it in good company.

AREA 407 starts off with our protagonist, plucky 13-year-old Trish, and her older sister Jessie as they board a plane on New Years Eve to make the trek home to LA. Rarely do you get to see found footage movies from the point of view of a tiny slightly annoying tween (as opposed to bratty hipsters from movies like Cloverfield or Troll Hunter), but the kid-sister commentary and the often out of focus moments shooting down the aisles of the plane felt nicely realistic, something this genre typically lacks. Quickly we meet a band of interesting characters you actually hope won't die in some bizzarly mysterious way, like a photojournalist who just got back from Afghanistan (irony!), or a fat grumpy guy who just needs a drink. After the plane takes off and everybody celebrates the new year, all hell breaks lose. Planes are scary enough in real life, but watching a plane crash via a camera held by a 13 year old girl as her older sister is screaming "I love you, I'm sorry" right next to her is freakier than every Paranormal Activity movie combined.

After the crash the movie turns into an interesting amalgam of Cloverfield/Lost (Cloverlost? Lost Field?), or Blair Witch/Pitch Black (Witch Pitch? Black Witch? is that racist?). The survivors end up in a desolate area in the black of night with no bars on their cellphones and no help in sight, they can't even find the complementary peanut mix! (SPOILER ALERT- They find the peanuts - END SPOILER ALERT). To make matters worse they are being hunted by mysterious creatures with scary roars dropping bodies Night of The Lepus style (though sadly not as cute).

AREA 407 Trailer


What I liked most about this movie, and something that sets it apart in this genre, is that many of the scenes are done in extremely long takes. This seems like something that would be obvious to the found footage genre, until you watch a movie like AREA 407 and realize most shaky cam movies have a ton of cuts, or at least whip pan cuts. I ended up marveling at one of the scenes that seemed to go on for about 5 minutes without a cut, not only because the actors were challenged to act in a way that is more akin to a play than a movie (all of the dialogue was ad-libbed by the actors), but also because it's more believable that you would't be constantly turning the camera on and off in this situation.

Overall I enjoyed AREA 407, there were some great surprise moments, some solid acting and a few touches that made it feel more realistic than a lot of films of this genre. I feel like its biggest problem is an issue that is symptomatic to all found footage movies: it sags a little in the middle. However, in my opinion Chronicle is the only film like this that didn't have that problem, and that broke most of the edicts of the genre anyway. Come to think of it though, if I could give one note to the filmmakers, it would have been to give little Trish telekinesis, that would have really helped deal with those pesky monsters.


AREA 407 is now available nationwide on IFC Midnight Cable VOD and Digital Outlets (SundanceNOW, iTunes, Amazon Streaming, XBOX Zune, Playstation Unlimited) and select theaters.

--Geek World

We'll discuss AREA 407 on our next show, airing next Thursday and Friday (May 3-4) at Noon (PST) on Indie 100, with replays throughout the week on The Point.

This Week's Show - Summer Movie Preview

On this week's show we're taking a look at all the huge movies coming out this summer! We'll discuss what we're most excited (The Avengers, The Dark Knight Rises!), terrified (Boy I hope they get that terrible actress from Twilight to play a badass Snow White!) and indifferent (Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves from vampires? Wow, Public school education sucks!)  about for this summer's crop of blockbusters. Plus....



We'll be reviewing the upcoming DVD for Haywire (May 1st), staring MMA superstar Gina Carano and every famous working male actor in hollywood (well except for The Rock and Bruce Willis and Tom Cruise, and that's pretty much it).

We'll also be discussing the strange new ghost anime Dusk Maiden of Amnesia and we'll get nigh-political with the new HBO show Veep. Plus we'll be discussing the season finales of Sons of Guns (Zombies!!) and Monster Man (Giant Monsters!!).

Plus listen for your chance to win a Blu-Ray copy of Clueless!

All this and much more on this week's episode of Geek World, this Thursday and Friday at Noon (PST) on Indie 100, with replays throughout the week on The Point.

This Week's Show!

On this week's show we'll play our interviews from the red carpet of Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope. We talked to the director Morgan Spurlock and some of the stars of the documentary, along with the creator of The Walking Dead, Robert Kirkman, and the immortal Stan Lee!

We'll review the high altitude action of the Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol Blu-ray/DVD combo (out April 17) and battle invisible aliens with the Blu-ray for The Darkest Hour (out now). Also we'll draw up some design specs to review Syfy's new reality show Dream Machines.

Plus we're extending our "Make Geek World Laugh contest so you still have a chance to win DVD copies of Comedy Central stand-up specials Jo Koy: Lights Out and JB Smoove: That's How I Dooz It.

All this and much more on this week's episode of Geek World, this Thursday and Friday at Noon (PST) on Indie 100, with replays throughout the week on The Point.