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Movies, Video Games, TV shows, Characters, other....things! All step into the ring and fight it out through discussion and discourse to determine who or what will be crowned the best!
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Send us a text After a brief tangent about meeting your childhood heroes, we get into everything we have been watching and/or doing. Includes Final Fantasy 16, Aliens: Dark Descent, The Flash, Something in the Dirt, Tape to Tape, Time, Platonic, and The Last Ronin as well as...Michael Bay's first two Transformers films. We also talk about the state of 2023's Summer Blockbusters and what's coming up over the next couple of months. Come on in....the waters fine. Email Us: lunchhour...
Send us a text It's time for the fight of our lives. We have done the research, prepared ourselves, and postponed the recording of this five times. Now, it's finally here! Who is the best modern auteur between Quentin Tarantino and Paul Thomas Anderson? From Reservoir Dogs and Boogie Nights to There Will Be Blood, The Master and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. We discuss the films, the performances, the cultural impact, and the entertainment value in three rounds, during which we decide ...
Send us a text There was a plan—a plan to do a new topic episode that spanned 18 films. Predictably, we ran out of time, so instead, here is a round-up of what we have been watching, playing, or reading. It includes the existential dread reflected in The Boys season 4, the horror of Longlegs, Maxxxine, and Pearl, the genius of Letterkenny, and an ideal entry point into the seminal manga/anime Berserk. Plus some horror books and mullets. Follow us on BlueSky: lunchhourgeek.bsky.social I...
Send us a text Robocop! Who is he? What is he? Where did he come from? Well, he's the topic of our latest episode. We dig into everything from the seminal 1987 classic to the two flawed '90s sequels and the remake. The satire, the violence, the behind-the-scenes shenanigans, it's all here. In addition, we debate the future of video games, review Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga and revisit Fallout 4. Follow us on X and Instagram - @lunchhourgeek Email us lunchhourgeekout@gmail.com ...
Send us a text On a brand-new episode, we are no longer horsing around as we discuss the much-loved and much-derided sub-genre of Found Footage. From The Blair Witch Project to Cloverfield to the recent Late Night with the Devil, no stone is left unturned, and no gap in logic is tolerated. In addition to the classics, we go over The Tunnel, Rec 1&2, End of Watch, and the VHS franchise! In addition, we review the recent Fallout TV show, Abigail and Boy Kills World. **Please no...
Send us a text In our new episode, we shamble into and barricade ourselves in the studio for an intense and scary examination of George A. Romero's zombie apocalypse films, from the seminal Night of the Living Dead to the dire Diary of the Dead and the classic Dawn of the Dead and everything in between. The influences, the legacy, the subtext—it's all covered. We also review Anatomy of a Fall, Dune Part Two, The Zone of Interest and Unicorn Overlord. Follow us on X and Instagram @lunch...
Send us a text We are back! And we have decided to re-introduce the main topics! On this new episode, we decided to talk about one of our combined favorite films - Francis Ford Coppola's 1979 Vietnam epic Apocalypse Now. We go through its troubled production history, its legacy, and its influences and finally render a critical consensus on the career of its director. In addition, we give our early thoughts on Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, review Mr and Mrs Smith on Amazon Prim...
Send us a text After a long break, we are back! We harken back to one of our most popular episodes where we talked about dinner and discuss our ideal series of courses and what media will accompany them. Through the silliness we get to cover Renfield, It's always sunny in Philadelphia, John Wick 4, Train to Busan, Beef, Street Fighter 6, Dawn of the Dead, and Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3. We also cover the biggest disappointments since the hiatus and mismarketed movies. *Spoi...
Send us a text In a brand spanking, new geek out we introduce a new section of the podcast! In "The Supposed Classic" we revisit 1992's Bram Stoker's Dracula and 2014's first season of True Detective. In addition, John finally plays Elden Ring and we review Crimes of the Future, House of the Dragon, Glorious, Expeditions Rome, Mad God, and more! SPOILERS FOR MIDNIGHT MASS FROM 01:18:00 - 01:32:38 Intro - 00:00:30 The Supposed Classic Bram Stokers Dracula - 00:09:53 True Detective sea...
Send us a text We are back! And it's time for opinions and banter! This week we talk all about the recently announced slate for the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the Batgirl debacle over at DC. After this, we review Prey, Bullet Train, Netflix's Resident Evil, and The Sandman, Stray, and Yellowjackets. Join us! Intro - 00:00:25 News MCU Phase 5 and 6 - 00:04:58 Batgirl Cancelled - 00:16:01 Reviews Prey - 00:26:04 Bullet Train - 00:40:50 Resident Evil (Netflix) - 00:46:19 Stray ...
Send us a text After a series of tangents about DLC, puppets, gas bills, and governmental foolishness, we have a bumper crop of reviews. We get jiggy with Elvis, depressed with Pleasure, We Own This City, and the new Arcade Fire album. Plus Stranger Things season 4 part 2, Ultrasound, The Outfit, and Warhammer 40K: Battle Sector. In the news this week we discuss another Ghostbusters sequel, the future of James Bond, and X-Box finally getting one over on PlayStation in Japan. Intro - 00...
Send us a text On a stomping new show on the podcast that refuses to stay extinct, we navigate evolution, logic, and terror to review Jurassic World Dominion. We also review French arthouse triumph Petite Maman, new horror movie The Black Phone, arcade throwback Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredders Revenge, indie coming of age tale Cha Cha Real Smooth, and Far Cry 6. In the news, we ponder a sequel to Joker, a film adaptation of One Punch Man, and ponder the future of The Flash movie...
Send us a text After battling Covid-19 and a week of British celebrations, your hosts are back to smash through reality with a packed episode of reviews. In this episode, we review season 3 of The Boys and Love, Death and Robots, season 1 of Obi-Wan Kenobi, season 4 of Stranger Things, and then the movies Top Gun: Maverick and the breakout Indian hit RRR. In addition, we go through Sony's recent State of Play, the possibility of an Arachnophobia remake, and debate PS5 or PC. Intr...
Send us a text This week after a brief apology from one of our hosts, we head back into the darkest of all timelines to talk about Black Mirror season 6, This is Spinal Tap 2, Daredevil returning to screens, and The League of Extraordinary Gentleman. Then we go into a heavily packed reviews section that includes multiplayer madness in Evil Dead: The Game, stressed chef saga Boiling Point, the bizarre Chip n Dale Rescue Rangers, animated 9, shocking horror in The Sadness, the camp Gods of Egyp...
Send us a text Foiled again by time management and MCU "discourse" we instead turn our attention to multiverses of a different sort this week with reviews of Everything Everywhere All At Once, Licorice Pizza, old school point and click masterpiece Norco, documentary Next Goal Wins, The Pentaverate and the bleak High Life. Sadly no Strange GP's were involved here, but we also have news about a remake of The Killer, a belated Darkman sequel, a Jackass revival and we review the trailer for Avata...
Send us a text On this week's dastardly yet "fine" new episode we talk all about the recent Netflix debacle, the possibility of a Streets of Rage movie, the resurrection of Crazy Taxi and Jet Set Radio and of course the announcement of The Batman 2. Then in our jam-packed reviews section, we ponder originality with The Northman, disagree about The Matrix Resurrections, and go contrarian on The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent before going all real-life with Operation Mincemeat, Jimmy Savil...
Send us a text This week we have reviews of Ghostwire Tokyo, Apollo 10 1/2, Scream (5?), Moon Knight, Doctor Sleep, the original Dark Souls, and James saw Sparks live in Belfast! We also talk about the possibility of a remake of The Crow, Kathryn Bigelow's next film, Kristen Stewart in Love Lies Bleeding, and Rian Johnson coming to TV with Poker Face. Email Us: lunchhourgeekout@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter/Instagram: @lunchhourgeek Intro - 00:00:20 News - 00:07:40 The C...
Send us a text We are back! In our new episode in our new ongoing format, we talk all about the essential news and reviews that you need to hear! Capcom's Exoprimal, and CD Projekt Red's new Witcher game are discussed as well as the forthcoming Disney + Obi-Wan Kenobi show and Panos Cosmatos' Mandy follow up Nekrokosm. Then we review The Batman, Lamb, Olli Olli World, Peacemaker, After Love, Barry seasons 1 and 2, and Dogtooth. Intro - 00:00:20 News Exoprimal - 00:13...
Send us a text It is time for the second annual Halloween Bleak Out! This year we focus on the work of Stephen King, perhaps the most influential and popular horror creator of modern times. From Cujo and IT to Maximum Overdrive and Misery, then the recent Revival and the underrated film version of The Mist, we cover a huge swathe of our favorite work by the man himself. His best work, his overpraised work, and his underrated. In addition, we review imaginary friend horror Come Pl...
Send us a text On the final episode of season 3 of LHGO, we go through all of the things we have been doing over the last few months. Including reviews of *deep breath...Titane, The Kingsman, The Power of the Dog, The After Party, Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City, Love Death and Robots, Sunshine, Ready Player Two, Pokemon Yellow, and The Colony. In addition, we talk all about those Oscar nominations and our predictions. Stay tuned until the end of the episode for an announcement about...
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