The 602 Club: A Geekery Speakeasy

First Blood. There are a lot of action franchises from the 80s but few of them have lasted long enough to be still giving us sequels as recently as 2019. In this episode of The 602 Club hosts Matthew Rushing and Christy Morris are joined by John Mills to talk about the first movie in the Rambo series, First Blood. We discuss book to film, Stallone's influence and performance, judging a book by it'...

Soul. Pixar has explored some incredible things, bug's lives, toy's lives, the life of human emotions and now they boldly go where we've never been before, the beyond. In this episode of The 602 Club hosts Matthew Rushing and Christy Morris talk about Soul. We discuss our excitement level, the beyond, preexistence, mentorship, the zone, the spark, the music, our ratings and recommendations. Chapte...

Wonder Woman 1984. Wonder Woman burst on to the big screen in Zack Snyder's Batman v Superman to help the title characters defeat Doomsday, then Patty Jenkins went back in time to give us her origin story set in World War I and now her story continues by filling in the gap between the two films. In this episode of The 602 Club hosts Matthew Rushing and Christy Morris talk about Wonder Woman 1984....

The Mandalorian: Season 2. In the fall of 2019 Disney+ gave fans the first live-action series for Star Wars from the minds of Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni which became an instant sensation, leaving viewers begging for more. In this episode of The 602 Club hosts Matthew Rushing and Christy Morris welcome back Bruce Gibson to talk about The Mandalorian: Season 2. We discuss The Marshal, The Passanger...

The Christmas Chronicles 2. Two years ago Netflix introduced the world to the best looking Santa it has every seen as Kurt Russell donned the red suit and hat to give us a new holiday classic! In this episode of The 602 Club host Matthew Rushing welcomes John Mills back to talk about The Christmas Chronicles 2. We discuss history for Santa, Santa and Mrs Claus, what child is this, blue Christmas,...

Mulan. In 2015, Disney decided to take its old animated classics and reimagine them for live action, since that time they have done six with the seventh that was suppose to be released in theaters the, summer but ended premiering on Disney+ because of the pandemic. In this episode of The 602 Club hosts Matthew Rushing and Christy Morris talk about the live action adaptation of Mulan. We discuss ha...

The Mask of Zorro. The 1990s were a special time for movies that had a feel all their own, studios were all looking for the next big franchise, so fresh off his success reintroducing the world to James Bond, Martin Campbell took on the task of bringing back to the big screen, one of the original pulp heroes. In this episode of The 602 Club hosts Matthew Rushing and Christy Morris welcome The Nerd...

Back to the Future III. With the second movie ending on a cliffhanger, the team behind Back to the Future had the end in sight as they worked to bring the trilogy to a satisfying conclusion. In this episode of The 602 Club hosts Matthew Rushing and Christy Morris talk about Back to the Future III. We discuss a western, the softening of Doc Brown, the love story, Thomas F. Wilson, making the right...

Back to the Future II. It is never easy to follow up a wildly successful movie with a sequel and make it as satisfying as the first, but with the response to Back to the Future, it was a no-brainer that the studio would want more. In this episode of The 602 Club hosts Matthew Rushing and Christy Morris talk about Back to the Future II. We discuss being too big for one movie, cast changes, the futu...

Back to the Future. There are some films that have a relatively easy road to production, then there are some that have been rejected many times over and even when they enter production, are plagued with issues all the way through, most of those end up as box office bombs, but every once in a while, the film gods smile and the movie becomes something truly special. In this episode of The 602 Club h...

Alita: Battle Angel. In the late 1990s filmmaker Guillermo del Toro introduced James Cameron to a Japanese cyber punk manga series called Battle Angel Alita, Cameron was immediately taken with the material but it would be nineteen years before the film would ever make it to the big screen. In this episode of The 602 Club hosts Matthew Rushing and Christy Morris welcome Nic Anastassiou to talk abou...

The Witches. Roald Dahl has written some of the most timeless children's stories of all time and many of them have been adapted for the big and small screen, with many of them being adapted multiple times. In this episode of The 602 Club hosts Matthew Rushing and Christy Morris welcome back Scott McClellan to talk about the HBOMax movie, The Witches. We discuss a new take, a new setting, the witch...

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. In the 1950s, there was a shift in the Walt Disney Company as the focus from being just an animation studio began to change, Treasure Island charted a new course of live-action adventure films that would continue on to today. In this episode of The 602 Club hosts Matthew Rushing and Christy Morris talk about 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. We discuss a classic tale, the...

Enola Holmes. Sherlock Holmes is one of the most enduring characters in all of literature and film, having been played by more that seventy-five actors in over two hundred and fifty different productions and now it is his sister's turn to share the limelight. In this episode hosts Matthew Rushing and Christy Morris discuss Enola Holmes from Netflix. We discuss our Holmes experiences, a book first,...

Superman II. Superman: The Movie was a smash success and it would become the second-highest-grossing film of the year, guaranteeing that sequel would be coming, yet behind the scenes things were anything but smooth in it reaching the screen. In this 300th episode of The 602 Club host Matthew Rushing welcomes Scott McClellan from DC Films Squadcast to talk about Superman II. We discuss the behind t...

Thawn Ascendancy: Chaos Rising. It has been almost thirty years since Heir to the Empire was released and Star Wars fans were introduced to a completely different type of villain, since then Thrawn has not only become more popular but he's also joined the rank of canon. In this episode of The 602 Club host Matthew Rushing is joined by John Mills to talk about Timothy Zahn's latest Star Wars book,...

Starship Troopers. In 1959 Robert Heinlein released one of the most influential as well as controversial Sci-Fi books of all time, it would win the Hugo Award for best novel but would have to wait till 1997 to receive a film adaptation. In this episode of The 602 Club hosts Matthew Rushing and Christy Morris talk about Starship Troopers. We discuss from book to movie, response, citizenship through...

The Old Guard. 2020 has lead everyone to look for new content that they can stream from home and services like Netflix have worked to provide customers something worth watching. In this episode of The 602 Club hosts Matthew Rushing and Christy Morris talk about The Old Guard. We discuss from comic to screen, the story, problems with immortality, the cast, the time you are given, a sequel, the soun...

Tenet. Christopher Nolan has become one of the greatest filmmakers of our time and his latest movie has reopened theaters around the world, finally allowing fans the opportunity to see it where it belongs, on the big screen. In this episode of The 602 Club host Matthew Rushing is joined by John Mills to talk about Tenet. We discuss being back in the theater, the big screen, hitting the ground runn...

The Three Musketeers. There are movies from childhood that stay with you, becoming part of who you are, many of them you might return to and feel the same things you did as a kid and others you rewatch and they just don't hold up. In this episode of The 602 Club hosts Matthew Rushing and Christy Morris put Disney's The Three Musketeers to the test. We discuss our original experiences, the producti...

Star Wars: Free Fall. The Rise of Skywalker introduced us to Poe Dameron's past which included a mysterious woman from his past Zorii Bliss leading fans to wonder exactly how they met and what happened to make her so angry at him. In this episode of The 602 Club hosts Matthew Rushing and Christy Morris talk about Free Fall. We discuss our expectations, setting up The Sequel Trilogy, lawlessness, P...

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. A movie can receive great reviews and still not make it at the box office, such was the case with Edgar Wright's first foray into the comic book genre. In this episode of The 602 Club hosts Matthew Rushing and Christy Morris talk about Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. We discuss the comics, adapting the comic, the box office, the original ending, the setting, the cast, a h...

Green Lantern: Extended Edition. As the Dark Knight trilogy is coming to an end, Warner Brothers decides that it will finally green light a film that had been in development since 1997 to be its next superhero venture. In this episode of The 602 Club hosts Matthew Rushing and Christy Morris welcome John Mills to talk about Green Lantern: Extended Edition. We discuss if we saw it in the theater, th...

Star Wars: Shadow Fall. Alphabet Squadron was able to defeat Shadow Wing but they are far from gone, so the Squad has created a trap they hope Shadow Wing will walk into, but will secrets festering in the Squad undermine everything before they can spring the trap? In this episode of The 602 Club host Matthew Rushing is joined by John Mills to talk about the second book in the Alphabet Squadron ser...

Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog. The writers strike of 2007/2008 had a massive impact on the entertainment industry as television content dried up, movies were either put on hold or had to make due with directors and actors stepping up to make revisions to scripts, yet from this difficult time, there were those that found a way to do something unique. In this episode of The 602 Club hosts Matthew R...