Three Geeky Dads

This week, we're continuing our look at some of our favorite Rob Reiner films with 1992's A Few Good Men. Tom Cruise and Demi Moore star as military lawyers who intends to prove that two US Marines charged with murdering a fellow soldier, were only following the orders of their base commander (Jack Nicholson). Tune in and find out what we thought of it.  

This week, we continue our look at Rob Reiner films with 1990's MISERY. Best-selling novelist Paul Sheldon is on his way home from his Colorado hideaway after completing his latest book, when he crashes his car in a freak blizzard. Paul is critically injured, but he's rescued by former nurse Annie Wilkes, Paul's "number one fan", who (unbeknownst to anyone) takes Paul back to her remote house in t...

Crank this episode up to 11, take the cucumber out of your pants, sit back and relax because this, week, we will be taking a look at America's favorite mockumentary about Britain's not-so-famous rock band, This Is Spinal Tap! January means Tito is picking what we talk about and, with Rob Reiner's tragic and untimely passing, we thought it would be fun to honor the late great director by looking at...

Tradition, it's what makes the holiday season what it is. One beloved holiday tradition is sitting around the TV to watch A Charlie Brown Christmas Special. It's been a holiday staple since it first aired back in 1965 and pretty much everyone knows it and loves it. Another tradition is the 3GD holiday special. For the uninitiated, that's our annual spoof of beloved holiday classics and this year,...

This week, we're taking a look at There's Something in the Barn, a 2023 Norwegian comedy horror film that tells the story of an American family who, after moving to their ancestral family farm in Norway with dreams of converting it to a bed and breakfast, encounters murderous elves when they ignore the rules of living with a barn elf. Some have described the film as National Lampoon's Christmas Va...

Prepare to get TROMA-tized as the dads take a look at the 2023 Toxic Avenger remake. Peter Dinklage stars as Winston, a down-on-his-luck janitor who, after suffering a horrible accident involving some toxic waste, becomes the mutated Toxic Avenger! Tune in to find out what we all thought!

This week, we will be taking a look at the award winning 2024 horror film, The Substance. Have you ever dreamed of a better version of yourself? It's you...only better in every way. Seriously. You've got to try this new product called the Substance. It changes lives. It generates another you. A newer, younger, more beautiful, more perfect you. But, there's only one rule: you have to share time. On...

This week we will be taking a look at Netflix's new version of Mary Shelley's classic horror tale, Frankenstein. Directed by master of horror, Guillermo DelToro and starring Oscar Isaac as the titular mad scientist obsessed with bringing the dead back to life. This film also stars Jacob Elordi as his tragic creation who just wants affection and a little love from his father/creator. Also, in suppo...

This week, we're taking a look at the new remake/reboot/sequel to the classic comedy Naked Gun film franchise, this time starring Liam Neeson as Lt. Frank Drebben Jr., the son of the character played by the late, great Leslie Neilson. Also, as an appetizer, we talk all about some of our other favorite spoof and parody movies. Find out what we all thought by listening in.

This week, we're kicking off November with a look at the most recent entry in the Jurassic World franchise. Scarlett Johanson and Mahershala Ali star in Jurassic World: Rebirth where they lead a team of skilled operatives to an island research facility for the original Jurassic Park. Their mission is to secure genetic material from dinosaurs whose DNA can provide a pharmaceutical breakthrough that...

This week, our look at Horror around the globe, continues as we stop in Korea to take the Train To Busan. Sok-woo, and his daughter, Soo-ahn, (who he doesn't have much time for) are boarding the KTX, a high-speed train that will bring them from Seoul to Soo-ahn's mother in Busan. But during their journey, the apocalypse breaks out, and most of the earth's population become flesh craving zombies. W...

Welcome to episode number 309! Tonight we will be taking a look at Werner Herzog's version of Dracula, from 1979, his film is titled Nosferatu: The Vampyre. Klaus Kinski stars as the cursed vampire, Dracula in this moody yet stylish take on the classic tale based on Bram Stoker's famous novel, Dracula. In this film, Count Dracula purchases property in Harker's village and moves from Transylvania t...

Oh, Canada... So, while Derek and Tito prepare to head down to the Big Apple for New York Comic Con next week, Marc an Brien jumped in the escape-pod and headed up North to the Big Smoke (that's Canadian slang for Toronto) to meet up with friends-of-the-show (and fellow podcasters) Christopher and Tristan Ham of the Get Your Shinebox podcast. While we were there, we took in a couple of Toronto Blu...

This week, we're taking a look at another HAMMER film, from 1971 it's Countess Dracula. This fillm is HAMMER'S re-imagining of the true-life tale of Countess Elizabeth Bathory who, according to legend, bathed in the blood of young virgin girls to help maintain her youthful appearance! The always beautiful Ingrid Pitt plays Countess Elizabeth who accidentally discovers that, after the blood of one...

We're about a month away from Halloween so we thought it was the perfect time to take a look at Hammer's Scars Of Dracula. This film, the fifth sequel to Hammer's landmark 1958 film Horror of Dracula, finds a young man on the run from the law, named Paul, who is murdered while seeking refuge for the night at Count Dracula's castle, prompting his older brother Simon and his girlfriend, Sarah, to co...

Hey listeners... So, last weekend we had the privilege and the honor of recording from this year's Dark Arts Festival. This time the festival took place at RISD (the venerated Rhode Island School of Design). Brought to you by our good friend (and Friend of the Show), Josh Dahlin of The Horror Depot...the festival brought together, vendors, artists, authors, side-show performers, drag queens, oddit...

This week, we're taking a look at the new Amazon Prime Video movie, War Of The Worlds starring Ice Cube, Eva Longoria and Clark Gregg. Ice Cube plays, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officer Will Radford as he works for a government surveillance program that can monitor every person on Earth. His relationship with his pregnant daughter Faith and son Dave is strained due to his use (abuse?) o...

Bad movies...we've all seen them, be it on late-night TV or as part of a midnight screening or maybe even being riffed on by the guys from Mystery Science Theater 3000 but, why are we drawn to them, what makes some of them cult-favorites and why do we watch them over and over again? Is it purely out of morbid curiosity? Is it simply to make fun of them or is it that these movies serve as an exampl...

Hey listeners, Episode 302 is here and it's part 2 of our "Super-Fantastic Summer" episodes where, this week, we're taking a look at the other superhero film to hit theaters recently. Yes, this week, we're taking a look at the MCU's Fantastic Four: First Steps! It's not a stretch to say that we all liked this one, actually, this film rocks! It's HOT and we're going to be totally transparent about...

Hey listeners, we're back from our summer break and we have for you our look at one of this summer's hottest superhero movies, James Gunn's SUPERMAN. Did it live up to the hype? Were we impressed with how he handled his powers? Was Superman over-shadowed by all the other characters in his own movie? Does anyone really want to see pictures of Tito's colon? We answer all these questions, and more in...

Hey Daywalkers and Nightstalkers...the time is upon us as we finally celebrate our 300th podcast episode! 7 years ago, Marc, Brien and Derek began their podcast journey and, after a few years, they were joined by Tito and now, in this, the 300th episode, the fantastic four-some take a look back at how it all started but, they aren't doing it alone for, along for the ride are long-time friends of t...

This week we're taking a look at Captain America: Brave New World. Set some time after the events of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Sam Wilson has now fully embraced his title as the new Captain America. Now Sam is summoned to the White House as the newly elected president Ross wants to work with him on rebuilding the Avengers. But trouble quickly ensues when Sam's friend Isaiah Bradley (the f...

Hey daywalkers and nightstalkers, this week, we're taking a look at the hit Ryan Coogler film, SINNERS. Set in 1932 in the Mississippi Delta, the film stars Michael B. Jordan in dual roles as criminal twin brothers, Smoke and Stack Moore, who return to their hometown after working for the Chicago Mob, where they attempt to start again by opening their own juke-joint but, they are soon confronted b...

Whale, we weren't able to record this last week for the end of our May the 4th month but, like the time-travelers of this movie, we're playing fast and loose with the time-line by moving the end of May to the beginning of June. As you may have guessed, for the end of this month, we're bringing to you another "Drink 'til it's good" episode where we do a read-through of the 1986's Star Trek: The Voy...

This week, our "May the 4th" month continues with a look at the 4th installment in George Romero's popular zombie series, Land of the Dead. In the film, the zombies have taken over the world and the living have built a walled-in city to keep the dead out. But all's not well where it's supposed to be the most safe, as a revolution plans to overthrow the city's leadership, and the zombies are closin...