Three Geeky Dads

As we continue our "In the March of Madness" series with a month-long look at films about madness and insanity, this week, we tak a look at the 1993 film, Falling Down. Michael Douglas plays an ordinary man who is frustrated with the various flaws he sees in society and he begins to psychotically and violently lash out against them. Listen in and find out what we thought.

This week we continue our decent into madness as our annual "In the March of Madness" month continues. This week, we're looking at the 2013 sci-fi thriller, Coherence. Written and Directed by James Ward Brykit, Coherence tells the story of 8 friends who get together for a dinner party but strange things begin to happen when, on that same evening, a comet is passing overhead and as that astronomica...

Our "In The March Of Madness" month continues as, this week, we're going to be talking about Terry Gilliam's 1991 film, The Fisher King. Jeff Bridges plays Jack Lucas who was once a rich, famous and egotistical New York City shock jock. Jack goes on a downward spiral, both personally and professionally, after a glib comment he makes to one of his regular callers results in that caller going on a m...

This week we wrap up Fantasy February and our look at pulp heroes with a look at a film that has it's roots in (and centers around) pulpy romance fiction novels. From 1984, Romancing The Stone. Kathleen Turner plays Joan Wilder, a meek and mousy romance novelist, who receives a treasure map in the mail from her recently murdered brother-in-law. At the same time, her sister Elaine is kidnapped in C...

This week, as we continue our look at pulp-heroes as part of our annual "Fantasy February", we're taking a look at the pulp hero who arguably started it all. The character who influenced everyone from Superman to The Shadow. This week we're looking at Doc Savage! More to the point, we're looking at the 1975 movie, Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze! In the film, which takes in the 1930's, Doc Savage (p...

This week's episode continues our month-long look at pulp heroes for "Fantasy February". From the pulp pages of the cult comic flies The Rocketeer! This 1991 film recreates 1930's Hollywood, complete with gangsters, Nazi spies, and the growth of the Age of Aviation. Young, hotshot pilot Cliff Secord (Billy Campbell) stumbles upon a top secret rocket-pack created by Howard Hughes and with the help...

Fantasy February is once again upon us and, this year we thought it would be fun to take a look at pulp heroes in a sort of urban-fantasy setting. So, to kick things off, we take a look at 1994's The Shadow. Starring Alec Baldwin, John Lone, Tim Curry, Ian McKellan, Johnathan Winters and Penelope Ann Miller the film, set in 1930s New York City, finds The Shadow (Alec Baldwin) as he battles his nem...

This week, we conclude our month long look at buddy-cop movies with a the 1998 martial-arts action comedy RUSH HOUR. In the film, Hong Kong Detective Inspector Lee (Jackie Chan) and LAPD Detective James Carter (Chris Tucker) , a big-mouthed work-alone Los Angeles cop are from two vastly different worlds but they have one thing in common: they can't stand each other. However, with time running out,...

This week, our look at buddy-cop movies all month long continues as we take a look at 1991's The Last Boy Scout! Bruce WIllis plays Joe Hallenbeck, a down and out cynical detective who teams up with Damon Wayans, a down and out ex-quarterback as they to try and solve a murder case involving a pro football team owner and a crooked politician. Listen in ind out what we thought.

This week, we're continuing our month of "buddy-cop" films and this week's pick is brought to us by Tito. We look at the 1985 Hong Kong martial arts - action film YES MADAM. It stars Michelle Yeoh as Senior Inspector Ng who teams up with Inspector Carrie Morris (Cynthia Rothrock) of Scotland Yard to get ahold of some microfilm which had been unknowingly stolen by some low level thieves. Listen in...

Six hosts, three podcasts, one sci-fi franchise! This week, Three Geeky Dads gets invaded by Michael and Stephen from 2 Geeks and a Microphone and Geoff and Zigee from Nerdery and Murdery as we all take a look at "V". In our first ever menage-a-pod, we all take a look at "V: The original mini-series" on our show. But, the fun continues as part 2 plays out over on 2 Geek and a Microphone and part 3...

Six hosts, three podcasts, one sci-fi franchise! This week, Three Geeky Dads gets invaded by Michael and Stephen from 2 Geeks and a Microphone and Geoff and Zigee from Nerdery and Murdery as we all take a look at "V". In our first ever menage-a-pod, we all take a look at "V: The original mini-series" on our show. But, the fun continues as part 2 plays out over on 2 Geek and a Microphone and part 3...

Tonight, we are kicking off the new year with a month of films that were based on a suggestion by Tito, who wanted to do a month of buddy-cop movies. Tonight we're going to be looking at Men In Black, the Buddy-cop, scifi, action-comedy film starring Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones as Agent J and Agent K from the highly-funded government sanctioned organization, the Men In Black who monitor and pol...

We really haven't talked about any Christmas movies all month so, when the subject was brought up, Geek Dad Brien suggested one he recently saw...the other Dads (mostly) said "sounds good" and we all sat down and watched Santa's Slay, a film from 2005 that none of us had heard of, despite some big name actors (James Caan anyone?) popping up in the opening scenes! In this film Santa Claus is actual...

Well the holiday season is upon us once again and, if you're a long-time listener, you know what that means...we get to perform our own twisted version of a holiday classic and, if you're a new listener...we're sorry that you've joined us now...you're not exactly hearing us at our best! Anyway...without any further ado...here, for your listening pleasure (we hope) is our version of Doctor Seuss' H...

This week, we're going to take a look at Alien: Romulus, the new sequel in the long-running ALIEN franchise. In this film, while scavenging the deep ends of a derelict space station, a group of young space colonists come face to face with the most terrifying life form in the universe...the xenomorph! Listen in and find out what we thought!

This week, we're gonna enter the 'suck zone' as we take a look at TWISTERS, the hit sequel to the 1996 summer blockbuster, Twister. Starring Daisy Edgar-Jones as Kate Carter, a retired tornado-chaser, she is persuaded to return to Oklahoma to work with a new team, led by her old friend Javi, played by Anthony Ramos. As storm season intensifies, their paths collide with reckless social-media supers...

We here at Three Geeky Dads hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving and to honor that holiday, we are doing something we haven't done in a while...a watch-along. For tonight, we want you all to join us in a screening of Eli Roth's holiday slasher, Thanksgiving! Put the movie on, and listen along with us as we watch, and discuss this holiday horror!

This week, we're going to be taking a look at HBO's hit mini-series, The Penguin. Starring Colin Ferrell, the series picks up immediately after the events of The Batman (2022), as Oz Cobb, a.k.a. the Penguin, makes a play to take control of Gotham City's criminal underworld. Listen in and find out what we thought!

This week, the Geeky Dads travel down, down, down the road...down the witches' road as we take a look at Marvel's Agatha All Along. In the Disney+ series, the infamous Agatha Harkness finds herself without her powers when a suspicious goth teen begs her to take him on the legendary Witches' Road, a magical gauntlet of trials that, if survived, rewards a witch with what they're missing. Together, A...

This week, we wrap up our Halloween season of comparing original/remake horror films with a look at Salem's Lot, both the original 1979 TV mini-series and the new version that Warner Brothers just dropped, recently on HBO Max. Listen in, and find out what we thought.

Last week, we were not only fortunate enough to be in New York City for Comic Con but we were joined by our podcast brothers-in-arms, Christopher and Tristan Ham of the Get Your Shinebox   podcast! While we were all together, we thought it would be a good idea to record an episode and that's just what we did. So, after a few long days at Comic Con and in between pub-crawls and searching for the pe...

Tonight, we're going to be looking in the mirror and saying "Candyman" 5 times because, this week we're looking at Candyman. The 1992 horror classic starring Tony Todd and also the 2021 remake/reboot/sequel starring Yahya Abdul-Mateen. Listen in and find out what we thought.

Beware of The Blob, it creeps And leaps and glides and slides Across the floor Right through the door And all around the wall A splotch, a blotch Be careful of The Blob! So warns the theme song to the 1958 original film, The Blob, starring Steve McQueen...and the same can be said of the 1988 remake starring Shawnee Smith and Kevin Dillon. Tonight, we're going to be taking a look at both films wher...

Tonight, it's the battle royale no one asked for as we pit Killer Tomatoes against Killer Klowns to see which cult horror comedy comes out on top!