What’s the difference between a remake, jumping on the bandwagon, and a blatant rip-off? Does repackaging or re-skinning a game make it better in any way?Join us to find out the answers to these questions and more. This week’s news has been recycled – several times. The Geek Show Series […]
Month: July 2013
S06E19 – Service with a Smile
Runaway Train (1985): tough prison escape thriller undone by broad strokes (Review)
Not to be confused with the late Tony Scott’s Unstoppable, Runaway Train is based on a potential début colour film by Akira Kurosawa, later redrafted by Djordje Milicevic, Paul Zindel and Edward Bunker. In this 1985 film, Jon Voight stars as Oscar “Manny” Manheim, a controversial inmate even at the Stonehaven maximum security prison. A deal of that controversy and idolization from his fellow prisoners comes from […]
S06E18 – Animate the World
S06E17 – Everything’s Super
Super-powers have long been amongst the top five things on the average geek’s Christmas list, but what actually constitutes a “super-power” and where does magic fit in? Join us as we explore the rise of mainstream super-powered media. This week’s news thinks spandex is the height of fashion. The Geek Show […]
S06E17 – Everything's Super
Super-powers have long been amongst the top five things on the average geek’s Christmas list, but what actually constitutes a “super-power” and where does magic fit in? Join us as we explore the rise of mainstream super-powered media. This week’s news thinks spandex is the height of fashion. The Geek Show […]
The Car (1977): Christine in the Desert with a Moustache (Review)
S06E16 – Eerie Everywhere
Spider Baby & Foxy Brown: Iconic Jack Hill Double Bill (Review)
Jack Hill is the greatest… I think that Hill is a really terrific director. He was the Howard Hawks of exploitation filmmaking. Quentin Tarantino Even if that box quote does cut Jack Hill as a vital figure in the exploitation film world, what’s even more worthy of note is Arrow Film’s commitment to […]