Geek Mentality

Greetings fellow nerds! It turns out I am easily swayed and after two positive comments on the youtube video for "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HI9aR3xJTK8" I decided today to podcast and talk about every episode of The Penguin! I finally watched the first episode tonight (thinking the 2nd episode premiered tonight) and really enjoyed it. Get ready for new episodes of "The Penguin&#3...

Happy Batman Day everyone! Okay I admit that this is just a crazy coincidence that today I happened to wear a Batman shirt and wanted finally rewatch 2022's " The Batman ". I swear I didn't plan it this way! I was just pregaming to finally watch The Penguin and I thought it would be fun to finally get a new BIG SCREEN BATMAN out in the world. Happy accidents are the best!

I watched the original Deadpool back as a home video rental back in 2016 for my third annual movie month - the first year I turned it into a podcast. Two years later, I saw Deadpool 2 in the theater for my 2018 movie month. After six years, Deadpool returns - now part of the Marvel Universe (sorta kinda, technically) and with his biggest movie yet. And his biggest co-star. There was NO way I was g...

And so, once again we end movie month with an epic tale directed by Martin Scorsese. The last time we did that was back in 2020 , and this time even though Scorsese is working with Robert De Niro again, this is a very different De Niro character than we've seen in the past - though one that might even be scarier than the ones he's most famous for (not including Little Fockers). I am very g...

Tomorrow, it's all over. Movie month is done. Tomorrow. But tonight!? Tonight we party with Bella Baxter! I knew this movie would be weird and wild and bonkers and fun - but it was even more so than I expected. Do not watch this with any kids in the room. Do no watch this with any older relatives in the room. But do watch it. Do.

Let's just say this - I enjoyed this movie so much I wrote a short song about it. If that's not praise, I don't know what is. This little parody number kicks off today's episode so you wouldn't miss it. Unless of course you don't listen - but what would just be rude.

I am angry with myself for not seeing this movie on opening night and then watching it every night of my life since then. Loved this movie so much! During this episode, I talk a bit about my own time making movies, including this short film I shot back in college almost 30 years ago. I got an A on the movie - and this movie gets an A+ from me....

Knock knock! Who's there? Dave Bautiste. Dave Bautiste Who? Actually it's pronounced Dave Bautist-ah

The show notes for today's movie were written on a touchscreen keyboard on a Google Pixel phone, running Android. And although I did not use a physical keyboard, there is no doubt in my mind that I owe the invention of the BlackBerry to the face that I can write a post with my tired thumbs. Oh and thanks to the BlackBerry, I was able to watch a really fun movie with some great performances. Do...

Let's get this out of the way up front. This is not a good movie - not even as good as it's predecessor . The difference between this and say, some other movie that featured dinosaurs, is that I think this knew that going in. I'm not 100% certain about that though, because if they did maybe they would have turned things up a bit more? Still shocked this is based on a book. I may never...

Well, it's official. I now have finally heard a song by The Smiths. Many actually. This might complete my listening career of them - but it definitely will not be the end of my viewing and enjoying a David Fincher or Michael Fassbender movie! And with this day complete, tomorrow starts the final week of Movie Month!

Is Movie Month possessed? This isn't the first movie dealing with the devil this month - and I am contemplating whether or not it is the last! When I first heard about this movie, I had very little expectations for it - but boy oh boy was I happily wrong about that. I’d heard since its release how much people have enjoyed it and apparently I’m one of those people!

And with today's movie, I have not completed the Jurassic World trilogy , and - oh wait, they already announced another one? Great. Well, not to spoil things too much - but it has to be better than what I watched today, right? Oh it doesn't....Double great. (Please be advised that the host of today's podcast and the writer of these notes used the word "great" with a tremendous...

The next time I order an ice coffee I am going to say, "Please add cream." And if they ask if I want any sweetener, I'll say - "Yes. Equalize it." I thought of that while I still have 30 minutes left in this awesome movie, so I paused it - and came here to write that. Worth it!!! Okay, I finished the movie - loved it. Not sure I still like my coffee sweetener joke. No, wait I d...

Devil inside. Devil inside. Every single one of us - the Devil inside...wait, INXS was yesterday. Today, I watched movie from two directing brothers that I was not familiar with - but now will be paying attention to what they're working on next. Dare I say....Devilish fun? I apologize for NOTHING!

You may be asking yourself - wait a second, this guy's never seen Donnie Darko? And of course the answer to your hurtful question is, of course not! I would never break the sacred rules of movie month by discussing a movie I've never seen before. Then the question is, did he watch the original theatrical cut or the director's cut. And the answer to that is - yes.

If there's a podcast about movies every day in June, who ya gonna listen to? Please say me! Today I watched the fifth Ghostbusters movie, but only the third sequel - though I watched that extra/other one for movie month too! What can I say? Podcastin' makes me feel good!

Today's episode is brought to you my Fine Movies. Fine Spirits . co-host, Chris. Every year I try to take at least one suggestion from him and this year I - finally - watched one he's been after me for a while to watch. And now I have. What did I think about it? Well hell, you're going to have to listen to the full episode to find out. Now that's a tease!

Come with me, and you'll be in what might be my favorite movie so far this month. I don't know if it was the "best" movie but I am fairly certain it's the one I enjoyed the most - and isn't that really what matters? Sometimes a movie has lots of things I enjoy, but a few things that leave my head scratching or my eyes rolling. Not this movie. I think I enjoyed every moment...

Happy Friday, movie nerds! We are one day away from the halfway point and today I watched a movie that was a lot of fun and might just propel its lead to the next level of stardom. Sorry this is so short - I need to go watch the Celtics...

As much as I'm a sucker for the Insidious movies , I'm even more so for the Conjuring movies . They're not all gems, but I like how they all seem to connect in one way or another. Today I watched a movie that is a direct sequel to the original " The Nun " that I can't believe I watched all the way back in 2019. Now the Nun is back! And Nunnier than ever!

And with that, I am now 100% caught up on the Marvel Cinematic Universe ....at least the movies. I actually had fun with this movie. Sure it was pretty cookie-cutter as far as the plot, but the actors and some fun moments made it enjoyable enough. And the end left me curious as to what comes next!

Let it roll, baby roll! Tonight I am watching my 7th Jake Gyllenhaal movie . My first one since - well, last year - and probably (definitely) not my last one this year. Tonight I watched Jake in the remake of the Patrick Swayze...."classic?" Road House. Is this the first time Jake Gyllenhaal and Patrick Swayze have ever been thought about together? Hmm....I wonder if, I've said too muc...

Growing up, Godzilla was was that monster (sometimes friend, sometimes foe) on WLVI's "Creature Double Feature" on Saturday afternoons. Then in the 90s, Hollywood tried to make a big budget version of him that was terrible. In the most recent years they've improved with the whole "Monsterverse" thing that they have going with King Kong. But in all that time, Japan has conti...

Wrestling is real. Wrestling is real, and I love it. It's a real as the novel you read, the play you attend, the television drama you DVR, or the movie you stream or watch in the theater. It is t heater. But for some it is their life. For the Von Erichs, wrestling was their everything. Until it wasn't. This movie seems almost too sad to be true - and in actuality, the real life family stor...