The Geekscape 'Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness' Special! This weekend's 'Doctor Strange' In The Multiverse Of Madness' brought both Marvel cinematic goodness, tons of MCU surprises and multiversal insanity! But did Sam Raimi's return to Marvel superhero movies prove that all realities are equal? Ian Kerner and I dive deep into the multiscape to talk about it! What went right in the multiverse? Did anything seem out of place for the characters of Doctor Strange, America Chavez and Wan...
May 10, 2022•1 hr 18 min
The Geekscape 'Moon Knight' Season One Special! Before you get lost in this weekend's Multiverse of Madness, we still have to talk about Marvel's street level hero who just finished his premiere season on Disney+: 'Moon Knight'! The Oscar Isaac starrer brought us one of the less well known Marvel characters for casual fans and also one of the most complicated, so Ian and I are here to help guide you through all six episodes like Taweret leading you through the Afterlife! Who are the multiple per...
May 07, 2022•1 hr 3 min
We make some 'Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness' predictions! What was up with that last 'Moon Knight' episode? The Amazing Spider-Man gets a new #1! Fast and the Furious 10 loses Justin Lin but gets a new director! Rest in Peace, Neal Adams! Are we excited about 'Avatar 2'? What is video game company Square Enix doing selling off Eidos Interactive? Canada has a pop culture themed singing church? It's a very packed episode we've got here! Luckily, Derek Kraneveldt and Garrett Briones j...
May 03, 2022•1 hr 12 min
Katie was right (of course): 'Severance' is great! We tell you to give it a shot while Garrett says 'Superman And Lois' scratches all of your Superman itches! We've finally got a teaser trailer for 'Thor: Love And Thunder'... and it's really bringing a lot of controversy with it! Garrett helps us sift through all of the hype! We also help Katie get a little less confused about 'Moon Knight' (but not really)! And if you want more comics talk, well GOOD, because Garrett and I finally discuss how t...
Apr 20, 2022•1 hr 14 min
Christian Bladt, the host of 'Marvel Movie Talk' and the new 'Geekscape Book Club', arrives on Geekscape to talk 'Sonic The Hedgehog 2' with Katie and I! Along the way, Katie will insist that you all watch 'Severance', we'll catch you up on Marvel's 'Moon Knight' and talk some video games and comics in the process! We also discuss our most disappointing geek film experiences! And Jonathan can't wait to 'Return to Monkey Island' while Katie has to wait 20 years for the new 'Kingdom Hearts'! And a...
Apr 12, 2022•1 hr 8 min
The Geekscape 'Morbius' Special! Finally! The arrival of the latest "Marvel Legend" and newest Geekscape Special! Of course I'm talking about Sony's 'Morbius', starring Jared Leto! That's right! Ian Kerner and I brave the depths of Sony's newest entry in their Spider-Man-less Spiderverse to talk about what worked, what didn't and where things go from here... if at all. Is the film as bad as critics say? How does it stack up with the MCU films? Or even Sony's 'Venom' movies? Is Sony really buildi...
Apr 04, 2022•1 hr 3 min
Lots to talk about this week as 'Halo' finally premieres on Paramount+! But is it too little and 15 years too late? Classic adventure romcoms return to theaters with 'The Lost City' and Michelle Yeoh wows us again in the mind blowing 'Everything Everywhere All at Once'! And you KNOW we have to talk about that SLAP heard around the Oscars! Luckily, Dustin and Zak from '2 Dollar Late Fee' are on the show to help Katie and I work through all of the news and reviews! Subscribe to Geekscape on Apple ...
Mar 29, 2022•1 hr 15 min
The boys of the Geekscape podcast '91 Donkey Lane' join me for a hilarious episode... and to celebrate their 100th Episode (kinda)! Bacon and Nate share their superhero origin stories, which both include military service and ridiculous improv acts! We discuss how '91 Donkey Lane' originated and whether or not the ridiculousness reflects real life events! And Bacon tells us about the insane Disney documentary 'The Sweatbox' about the up and down making of 'The Emperor's New Groove'! This is a hil...
Mar 23, 2022•1 hr 10 min
Actor and creator Ashley Robinson is no stranger to Geekscape! And she is back this week to help Katie and I handle some news and reviews as well as talk about her new project 'Aurora and the Eagle'! We'll be discussing Canadian superheroes, indie comics, the review controversy (or just downright ridiculousness) surrounding Pixar's 'Turning Red', Ryan Reynold's 'The Adam Project' and much, much more! Subscribe to Geekscape on Apple Podcasts! Follow Jonathan on Twitter and Instagram ! Join the Ge...
Mar 16, 2022•1 hr 4 min
Film producer Michael Uslan grew up dreaming of seeing a serious, darker version of Batman on film. He accomplished that goal in 1989 with Tim Burton and Michael Keaton's 'Batman'. Now, over 30 years later, he's been a part of every iteration of The Dark Knight on screen from Christopher Nolan's trilogy to Joel Schumacher's campy run to the Oscar winning 'Joker' and this weekend's 'The Batman'! We talk about the differences in all of the iterations, celebrate pulp heroes like The Shadow, Green H...
Mar 08, 2022•1 hr 58 min
The Geekscape 'The Batman' Special! Finally! The grittiest and realist Batman you've ever seen has hit theaters, starring Robert Pattinson and directed by Matthew Reeves! So obviously that means it's time for Jonathan and Ian to give it the Geekscape Special treatment! So is this punishing take on the Caped Crusader the masterpiece people say it is? How was Paul Dano's Riddler? Zoe Kravitz' Catwoman? Colin Farrell's Penguin? And what other comic book characters and plot lines were inspirations f...
Mar 06, 2022•58 min
How do you adapt a graphic novel to the film screen? Well, let us tell you about it! Starring 'Mad Men's Vincent Kartheiser, the indie film 'Ultrasound' is the story of Glen and Cyndi who, after a strange sexual encounter, become unwitting test-subjects in a mind control experiment. Their own memories become tools for manipulation as they search for answers. 'Ultrasound' director Rob Schroeder and writer Conor Stechschulte are my guests on this week's Geekscape to talk about adapting Conor's gra...
Mar 01, 2022•1 hr 12 min
'Oxenfree 2' voice actress Elizabeth Saydah joins Katie and I this week for a classic pop culture news and reviews round up! It's been a few weeks since we did this so I'm excited for Katie to tell us all about Tom Holland and Mark Wahlberg in the 'Uncharted' film and her thoughts on 'Horizon Forbidden West'! Elizabeth will finally convince me to watch 'Yellowjackets' (I know... I know!) and tell us about playing Amelia Earhart in the brand new Wanderer VR on Playstation. Katie and I will debate...
Feb 23, 2022•1 hr 14 min
The Geekscape 'Peacemaker' Season 1 Special! James Gunn's 'Peacemaker' starring John Cena just wrapped it's first season on HBO Max! So now it's time to sort through the bodies! Lucky enough for us, Ian Kerner is part of the team so we'll be delving through his DC comic book knowledge to talk about what we thought of the 8 part series! How did characters like Peacemaker, Judo Master and Vigilante compare to their comic book counterparts? What about the new characters to the team? Does this serie...
Feb 20, 2022•1 hr 10 min
It's time for a rock and roll education episode of Geekscape! Jamie Woolford and Rory Allen Phillips of The Stereo join me this week to talk about their upcoming album 'Thirteen'! The duo released their debut album 'Three Hundred' way back in the summer of 1999 on Fueled By Ramen (and also played my WXPN Philadelphia radio show so this will be another reunion of sorts)! Since then, artists like Jack Antonoff (Bleachers, Fun.), Patrick Stump (Fall Out Boy), and Chris Carrabba (Dashboard Confessio...
Feb 18, 2022•1 hr 5 min
The Geekscape 'The Book of Boba Fett' Season 1 Special! Well, you fans got what you wanted: a whole show all about your favorite childhood bounty hunter Boba Fett! So how was it? Did it meet all of your expectations? The internet seems to say... that it depends on who you ask! Luckily, Ian Kerner and I are here to dig through the remains of 'The Book of Boba Fett' Season One like a Jawa picking through Bantha poodoo! What parts worked? What parts didn't? What new characters were introduced that ...
Feb 12, 2022•1 hr 10 min
Last year's Gamestop stock market phenomenon really surprised a lot of people. Within a few days, the stock that most people thought was completely dead skyrocketed to new heights and sent shockwaves through Wall Street. But how did it happen? Who were the players? And what were its repercussions? That is all explored in the new documentary 'Gamestop: Rise of the Players' and the film's director Jonah Tulis is on Geekscape this week to talk about the film, racing to put it together, the stock ph...
Feb 09, 2022•56 min
It's a comic book heavy conversation on a brand new Geekscape when Jason Inman arrives on the show to talk about his second issue of Super Best Friend! Together we introduce Katie to the masterpiece that is Art Spiegelman's 'Maus' and double down on Nazis being terrible people! We also try to explain Marvel's 'The Sentry' and how he is not exactly Superman which leads us down quite the rabbit hole! For sure we cover all the bases on Jason's Kickstarter for Super Best Friend issue 2 and make fun ...
Feb 01, 2022•1 hr 16 min
Vin Diesel said it best: it's all about family! And we've got an awesome, growing family right here at Geekscape! In fact, it's growing so quickly that maybe you haven't gotten a chance to meet everyone yet! Well, Katie and I are going to try and fix some of that this week as we introduce you to Donald and Leigh from Geekscape's 'Saturday Morning Showdown' podcast! That's right. We have a show all about classic Saturday morning cartoons and we're going to be talking a bit about nostalgia, what s...
Jan 26, 2022•1 hr 5 min
From 'The Book of Boba Fett' to James Gunn's 'Peacemaker' we're talking a lot about dudes in helmets this episode! And to help Katie and I with the heavy lifting, we've recruited Geekscape contributor Garrett Briones! We'll be talking the latest episodes of 'The Book of Boba Fett' and if Boba's new biker gang fits in the Star Wars universe! We'll also rave on the first 3 episodes of James Gunn's 'Peacemaker' series and talk about how awesome John Cena is! Jonathan will try and explain a merkin a...
Jan 18, 2022•1 hr 4 min
Many of you are familiar with Werner Herzog's acclaimed documentary 'Grizzly Man', which tells the story of the late Timothy Treadwell. Treadwell was a bear enthusiast, environmentalist and documentary filmmaker who lost his life while living among and documenting coastal brown bears. But what happened to the film that Treadwell was making? That footage is now being released as 'Diary of The Grizzly Man', a three-hour mini-series produced by my Geekscape guests Erik Nelson and Jewel Palovak, the...
Jan 11, 2022•1 hr 2 min
Geekscape is ready for a whole new year in 2022 and we prove it with a giant sized episode! To further celebrate our non-demise in 2021, Katie and I are joined by the amazing Kaitlin Cornell Krusoe to talk 'The Witcher Season' 2, The Matrix Resurrections and what we binge watched or played over the holiday break! We'll also be shaking out some of the nostalgia of yesteryear by talking about some of our 2021 highlight releases! We also set our sights on all of the great stuff coming in 2022 and s...
Jan 04, 2022•1 hr 35 min
The Geekscape 'Hawkeye' Season 1 Special! 'Hawkeye', based on everyone's favorite bow-slinging member of Marvel's Avengers, wrapped up its first season on Disney+! And it was full of surprises, fun moments and MCU effecting revelations. So now that it's been a week, let's sit down with everyone's favorite human comic book encyclopedia Ian Kerner to discuss all six episodes! What were the highlights? What were some parts we still have questions about? When will we see Hailee Steinfeld's Kate Bish...
Dec 29, 2021•1 hr 6 min
The Geekscape 'Spider-Man: No Way Home' Special! 'Spider-Man: No Way Home', the Marvel cinematic event of the year, has swung into theaters! So of course it's time to break it all down in a Geekscape Special with our friend Ian Kerner! And there is a LOT to talk about so there will be LOTS of Spoilers! How does No Way Home rank alongside past Spider-Man and MCU films? In what ways does No Way Home Expand the Spider corner of the MCU? What does the introduction of the multiverse mean for this and...
Dec 20, 2021•1 hr 10 min
The Geekscape 15th Anniversary Live Celebration! This is it! The biggest Geekscape of the year! Filmed before a live theater audience in Los Angeles, the Geekscape 15th Anniversary Live Celebration is the final, 15th hour of the Dec. 17th 15 hour charity live stream for Big Brothers Big Sisters that ran across the entire Geekscape network! Featuring surprise guests from Geekscape's past (and future) and musical acts... this is it! Jonathan announces that this is the last Geekscape and that he's ...
Dec 19, 2021•1 hr 11 min
Geekscape LACC 2021: The Worst Marvel Characters NOT In The MCU (Yet) We all love the MCU! And we all love Marvel Comics! But not all of the Marvel Comics characters deserve to show up in the MCU! Who are some of the lamest Marvel characters that have yet to make it to the big time? To help answer that question, the Los Angeles Comic Con panel of myself, Katie Elsaesser, Ed Greer and Ron Swallow are joined on stage by The Card Master (aka Matt Kelly) as we go through old 90s Marvel Masterworks c...
Dec 12, 2021•58 min
Geekscape LACC 2021: Giancarlo Esposito 'The Mandalorian' and 'Breaking Bad' actor Giancarlo Esposito joins me on stage at LA Comic Con to talk about his approach to acting, what he learned from Michael Mann and the line Vince Gilligan gave him that unlocked Gus Fring! Along the way we talk about building a creative life for yourself, being courageous and going big! And then I surprise everyone (including Heidi) with a very public on stage proposal with Giancarlo as my wing man! Enjoy! Subscribe...
Dec 09, 2021•28 min
Geekscape is LIVE at Los Angeles Comic Con 2021 and we're bringing you with us! I celebrate my birthday on stage! We talk about the BIG news of the weekend featuring 'The Mandalorian's Giancarlo Esposito (and Heidi Cox)! Josh breaks down Tommy Wiseau's really weird booth for The Room and someone snoring through the Mortal Kombat cast panel! Carlos Lopez gives away some free videogames to the audience! Katie appears on her first Con panel of all time! Shane freaks out about being on time hours af...
Dec 06, 2021•59 min
Los Angeles Comic Con is upon us this weekend! Join Matt and I to discuss some of the upcoming highlights! We'll probably talk some 'Ghostbusters: Afterlife', the insanity of scoring Spider-Man tickets and preview the Geekscape 15 hour Live Stream on Dec. 17th! We'll also discuss the first two episodes of the 'Hawkeye' series and whether or not Clifford the Big Red Dog is a Kaiju! Come and get it! Subscribe to Geekscape on Apple Podcasts! Follow Jonathan on Twitter and Instagram ! Join the Geeks...
Nov 30, 2021•1 hr 15 min
7 years ago, writer Kevin Jakubowski came on Geekscape to talk about his book '8-Bit Christmas'! Now Kevin returns to the podcast to talk about the HBO Max film based on that same book starring Neil Patrick Harris and Steve Zahn! We'll get the full story of seeing the book to screen, get ya'll prepped for the holiday spirit and talk about the power of nostalgia! Get excited! Subscribe to Geekscape on Apple Podcasts! Follow Jonathan on Twitter and Instagram ! Join the Geekscape Forever Facebook G...
Nov 23, 2021•1 hr 3 min
