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🤗 Welcome to your film ear-port of news, reviews & interviews 🎧 Aural destinations include: #CultFilm🎮 #CultTV📺 #DomsDocs🧔🏼 #HotTopic🔥 #Interviews🎙 #ReviewSweat😅 #StreamTeam🎏 #TerrorTerra🧛‍♂️ #TheMKHCut✂ and #TrailerTalk🎞️ Our presenters KingDom🧔🏼, Jay👩🏻, MKH👦🏿, Steven🧑🏻 & TJ👨🏾‍🦲 are sound-mixed by Neo Gio🧔🏻 for your conveyor belt of film & stream carry on. Your next best podcast awaits right here!! 👓🗣🎙🎚👥🔊🤓 Welcome to GeekSweat!! 🙋🏼‍♂🙋🏻‍♂💁🏻‍♀🙋🏿‍♂🙋🏻‍♂🙋🏾‍♂ on Facebook🤳 @GeekSweat on Instagram🤳 @GeekSweat on twitter🤳 @GeekSweat_ Music for Seasons 1-6 with thanks 'Savant' by Anonym.AS for more music by Anoym.AS go to: https://soundcloud.com/tiptronic Music for Season 7-9 with thanks 'Patagonia' by HOME for more music by HOME go to: https://soundcloud.com/home-2001
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Episodes

Squid Game (Netflix) | Geeksweat 174

REVIEW SWEAT (description TBC) #art #bts #ElJuegoDelCalamar #explore #fashion #follow #game #halloween #happy #Hoyeon #instagram #kdrama #kdramas #korea #KoreanDrama #kpop #LeeJungJae #love #meme #money #music #netflix #NetflixSeries #OhIlnam #OhYeongSoo #ParkHaeSoo #RedLightGreenLight #round #squid #SquidGame #SquidGameArt #SquidGameFanArt #SquidGameMemes #SquidGameNetflix #SquidGames #tiktok #trending #viral #WiHaJoon

Dec 25, 202241 min

The Beatles: Get Back (2022) | Geeksweat 200

DOMS DOCS King Dom is back to where he once belonged, to journey with epic moviemaker Peter Jackson who follows The Fab Four in a miniseries that is "a documentary about a documentary". The Beatles: Get Back covers the group's creative process and divisions within a challenging runtime for an audience. The ' Let It Be' album is often cited as a collaboration beset by tensions between the Beatles; Jay provides vocals on a miniseries that debunks old myths and releases unseen footage instead that ...

Mar 16, 202235 min

Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) | Geeksweat 199

STREAM TEAM Sound the siren on the white hearse of doom and get ready to zap into those traps as TJ takes us into the other world adventure that is Ghostbusters: Afterlife. Strapping on his podcast pack and preparing to cross the streams of opinion is King Dom who can barely believe the resurrection of the classic comedy franchise that has been the hunting ground for ' Saturday Night Live ' alumni. We will be joined by the spirited Wayne G. of ReCasted 2.0 podcast who will help analyse the DNA o...

Mar 09, 202237 min

Negative Numbers on Netflix | Geeksweat 196

HOT TOPIC King Dom breaks down what's broken on Netflix as they report dramatic losses of Subscriber numbers on their platform in the first quarter of 2022 (also reported on by UK tech editor Alex Hern at The Guardian ) What stranger things are afoot with this streaming behemoth? Are there 13 reasons why it's happening?? Will Netflix and chill finally look into the black mirror??? Jay & TJ look under the crown of the lead streaming site to see where the riverdale of members are flowing and t...

Feb 16, 202233 min

Roadrunner: Anthony Bourdain | Geeksweat 195

DOMS DOCS Geeksweat serves up a delightful dish as we explore the fascinating world of one of America's most enigmatic figures and acclaimed culinary veteran chef Anthony Bourdain as part of this segment. King Dom salivates over the tasty morsels of Roadrunner: Anthony Bourdain ; an insightful documentary that explores the career, chaos and complexity of a celebrity chef, author and travel documentarian. Joining this table for two is TJ who will whet his appetite on the journey of a world-renown...

Feb 09, 202230 min

Dune: Part One (2021) | Geeksweat 194

STREAM TEAM House Geeksweat takes our new segment on a space adventure. TJ whisks us away to the far future of Dune: Part One to experience aristocratic empires, clairvoyance, Harkonnen fury and sandworms. Joining the fief reviewers is Jay who takes to the Fremen frontline and looks at the plot surrounding the invaluable spice planet and the adaptation Hollywood struggled to get right for three decades. Helping to collect the valuable substance of our thoughts and safely navigate this interstell...

Feb 02, 202234 min

Should Stunts People Get An Oscar? | Geeksweat 191

HOT TOPIC Action-packed sequences in films have been going without acknowledgement from the highest ceremony, that is The Academy Awards, for over nine decades. So, TJ throws this segment in the air to reach out and grab the question: " Why Not Stunts too ?" Flying through the air to land on this topic is Jay; as she recalls stunts in cinema, reflects on the online movement for change and shares her knife-sharpened opinions about this spinning target. Breaking through the podcast wall to come to...

Jan 12, 202232 min

The French Dispatch (2021) | Geeksweat 189

STREAM TEAM The latest edition of our series supplement is a film by Wes Anderson as he lifts a fictional French town of Ennui-sur-Blaséon off the press to report a story in five parts, that is The French Dispatch . TJ grabs a pen and pad and King Dom follows closely behind with his microphone in pursuit of the scoop on a star-studded ensemble cast that includes Frances McDormand, Jeffrey Wright, Tilda Swinton, Edward Norton, Léa Seydoux Benicio Del Toro and more. As we try to final draft our op...

Dec 29, 202130 min

The Geekies 2021 | Geeksweat 188

REVIEW SWEAT It's that time of year again when Geeksweat honours the latest and greatest of the film & TV industry based on released during 2021. King Dom takes to the plinth to announce categories and awards. Joining him in the naming and claiming of awards is TJ as he helps to relay the nominees for each of The Geekies 2021 categories. There will be a few surprises, a few tears and of course man cheers. The categories up for grabs for this edition of our end of year awards are: Breakthroug...

Dec 22, 202121 min

Meet the Author: Steven Jay Rubin | Geeksweat 187

INSPIRATION INTERVIEW Our Inspiration Interview segment welcomes acclaimed Hollywood author Steven Jay Rubin , who penned meticulous tomes such as The James Bond Movie Encyclopedia and The Twilight Zone Encyclopedia and Combat Films: American Realism, 1945-2010. TJ is joined by King Dom as we delve deeper behind the scenes of some of the biggest Hollywood movie productions and some of the decisions behind the most iconic images and actors in film and T.V. Steven takes Geeksweat along the journey...

Dec 15, 20211 hr 7 min

Remembering Stephen Sondheim | Geeksweat 186

HOT TOPIC In a special episode of Geeksweat, we look back at the work of Stephen Sondheim who sadly passed away in November 2021 and discuss perhaps one of his most seminal musicals Sweeney Todd. In tribute to the memory of Stephen Sondheim, King Dom cuts through Geeksweat to revisit the musical feature film Sweeney Todd (2007) based on a classic theatre production, ably assisted by Jay . On this episode of Hot Topic we're joined by fellow podcaster Tod Hostetler of Spies Like Us Podcast who gre...

Dec 08, 202133 min

Ratchet and Clank (Prime Video) | Geeksweat 183

CULT FILM Jay welcomes a wide world of intergalactic space travel and gaming as we seek out new creatures and features in the latest episode of our specialist segment Cult Film for game-to-movie adaptations. Ratchet And Clank (2015) is the tale of an unlikely lombax who must find courage and gear to help stop an evil plot that will overwhelm short-staffed protectors of the universe: The Galactic Rangers. King Dom and TJ buddy up to breakdown what is space corp and what is alien-hating about this...

Nov 17, 202133 min

Meet the filmmakers: Alasdair Mackay & Karenina Angelique | Geeksweat 182

INSPIRATION INTERVIEW Geeksweat speaks to creative couple Alasdair Mackay (Director/Writer) and Karenina Angelique (Producer/Actor) who have filmed Alcoholics Anonymous centred drama ANONYMOUS (2021). TJ takes his seat and gets truthful and honest with a couple who submitted to the power of film and sought enlightenment in Story during the darkest days of a national lockdown and quarantine. What did it take to go against the odds to produce a feature film in trying times and what were fateful st...

Nov 10, 20211 hr 31 min

Carry On Films: The Best & The Worst | Geeksweat 181

King Dom looks at the series of sitcom movies dominating the British film industry between 1958-1979, the Carry On Film genres made stars from Sid James, Joan Sims and Barbara Windsor. Doubling up on the double entendres in this bout of British comedy banter is Jay and Steven; with eye-popping and side-splitting analysis of the bawdy comedy cult series we will look at what made Carry On Films fun, pun and slightly dumb as its legacy stretched across decades, acting careers and locations around t...

Nov 03, 202145 min

DOA (2005) | Geeksweat 178

CULT FILM Swooping through the air with deadly intent is another episode of our game-to-film adaptation segment, as Jay flings her throwing star invitations into the open world for Geeksweat presenters to respond. DOA: Dead Or Alive is an overseas, last-man-standing contest asking hand-to-hand combatants to descend upon an island to compete for a winner takes all prize with a sinister nanobot motive. Flexing their muscles and squaring their jaws to battle it out head-on is movie mauler King Dom ...

Oct 06, 202135 min

The Guilty (Netflix) | Geeksweat 177

THE MKH CUT MKH gets his headset on prepares to listen carefully to the emergency fighting through the airwaves The Guilty (2021) documents a call dispatch shift of a demoted police officer reduced to emergency phone call duties during a forest fire that is ripping across a city until he receives a phone call from a kidnapped woman. KingDom and TJ connect with the inner-conflict of Joe Baylor's desperation to do the right thing as he comes to terms with his own demons and those of L.A. citizens....

Sep 29, 202137 min

The Curse Of Frankenstein (1957) & Dracula (1958) | Geeksweat 176

TERROR TERRA Steven takes Geeksweat by the hand through the creepy corridors of Hammer House Of Horrors to visit classic horror movie characters that have roamed our imaginations across three different centuries. By exploring two Fifties films this episode reanimates interest in The Curse Of Frankenstein (1957) and the equally fang-tastic Dracula (1958) - films that were both pivotal to the birth of Hammer Horror. Jay and MKH grab their shovels to dig up yesteryear and bring gouged eyes into the...

Sep 22, 202130 min

Grizzly Man (2005) | Geeksweat 175

DOMS DOCS King Dom phones it in for his segment that takes to the wilderness to discuss Grizzly Man (2005) a film with footage created by Timothy Treadwell and posthumously edited together by Werner Herzog. Jay and MKH camp out with Geeksweat to discuss the wildlife enthusiasts story and dispassionate director's interpretation of a life lived on the edge in a national park that was home to wild bears. Geeksweat considers the daring of a subject living without boundaries amongst the beasts of nat...

Sep 15, 202133 min

Sex Education (Netflix) | Geeksweat 174

REVIEW SWEAT King Dom goes back to school to learn the finer points of one of the trickier subjects about growing up, as portrayed in the Netflix relationship comedy Sex Education . On hand to offer a few tips and point us in the right direction is Jay , whilst MKH is feverishly enthusiastic to demonstrate the pros and cons of this diverse, eclectic and genre-redefining series. Featuring Asa Butterfield and Gillian Anderson we are introduced to an independent yet brazenly honest mother and son w...

Sep 08, 202119 min

Sonic The Hedgehog (2020) | Geeksweat 173

CULT FILM The conveyor belt of video game-to-film adaptations keeps on turning and it's time to review how Sonic The Hedgehog (2020) turned out after it runs off the production line, as it took Sega ages. Jay shares her love and joy for the game, but will her gamer nostalgia run rings around the cinematic release of the world's most beloved hedgehog or can there be a Sonic Boom of golden praise? King Dom and MKH grasp at their consoles of truth to see how Tom (James Marsden) and Dr. Robotnik (Ji...

Sep 01, 202132 min

The 8th Night (Netflix) | Geeksweat 172

THE MKH CUT MKH grabs his cricket bat and puts a dressing gown and slippers on to see what is going bump in the night on his streaming service to find out a resurrection is in progress. The 8th Night (2021) tells the tale of two mysterious creatures that long to reunite to bring about hell on earth and the exorcist in South Korea who must stop this event. KingDom and TJ anoint their mics and weaponize their curses for a review, not of this world that wishes to be set free and will roam free acro...

Aug 25, 202138 min

The Little Shop Of Horrors (1960) & The Masque Of The Red Death (1964) | Geeksweat 171

TERROR TERRA We go Stateside as Steven crosses the plains of horror in The Land Of Opportunity for this segment where we look at the plant life of The Little Shop Of Horror (1960) and the plagued lands of The Masque Of The Red Death (1964). King Dom and TJ mosey on up and say howdy pardner to U.S. of A. to see what Roger Corman has to say with the original source material of Mr. Edgar Allan Poe for two distinctive feature films. From carnivorous plants to devious noblemen what madness and myster...

Aug 18, 202128 min

The Dissident (2020) | Geeksweat 170

DOMS DOCS KingDom treads into the murky territory of an international investigation of a murder which triggered global ramifications for freedom of speech, journalism surveillance methods, spyware and the world wide web. The Dissident (2020) follows the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi and Saudi Arabia's effort to control international dissent . The implications for activism and the influence of government intelligence are also unveiled. MKH and TJ go into detail about what they deciphered from ...

Aug 11, 202141 min

Ratched (Netflix) | Geeksweat 169

REVIEW SWEAT King Dom delves deeper into the dark chapters and beginnings of a medical professional character who had previously been portrayed in the world of film. Netflix presents a new and cruel series Ratched . Having looked at a prequel American T.V. series based on an iconic character (Bates Motel) we revisit the theme with a series about Mildred Ratched, set in 1947 a character written by Milos Forman for One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest (later an Oscar-winning film). Jay and Steven surgic...

Aug 04, 202137 min

NEED FOR SPEED (2014) | Geeksweat 168

CULT FILM Jay gets behind the wheel and goes into overdrive, as she races into pole position with another Cult Film classic that emerged from the arcade in the film Need For Speed . Following on our series of game-to-movie adaptations, we take a look at the engine of the most petrol-headed film of the year co-starring Dominic Cooper and Imogen Poots. Boy racers MKH & TJ are in hot pursuit and with an APB on Aaron Paul's feature film comeback that ignites passion, vengeance and high-speed cha...

Jul 28, 202129 min

OXYGEN (Netflix) | Geeksweat 167

THE MKH CUT MKH holds his breath and gets himself into a tight corner with Geeksweat for this edition of The MKH Cut as we come out of stasis in anticipation of his hot take on mind-bending sci-fi Oxygen . No escape, no memory, no chance of survival. It is time to navigate the cryogenic horror about a doctor suffering from memory loss and hallucinations who is now battling with what she must do to survive. Jay and Steven join this voyage into 2021's French-language science fiction, psychological...

Jul 21, 202129 min

House (1977) & Audition (1999) | Geeksweat 166

Terror Terra (Japan) Our new segment and old host takes Geeksweat to the Land Of The Rising Sun for this instalment and our journey into horror Steven serves a new flavour as we adjust to the tastes of House (1977) and Audition (1999). A retrospective look at the zany Seventies horror classic is where we will rest our heads for the night to discover how seven schoolgirls learn more about things that go bump in the night (and day) at a haunted house. While in the late Nineties we come to learn ab...

Jul 14, 202128 min

The Speed Cubers (2020) | Geeksweat 165

DOMS DOCS KingDom goes full gamer to look at the algorithm of what it means to be dedicated to the competition of speed, muscle memory and configurations of a Rubik's Cube. The Speed Cubers (2020) explores the lives of speedcubing champions Max Park and Feliks Zemdegs , as directed by Sue Kim. MKH and TJ dial in on glimpses into the rivalry, friendship and what it takes to be the fastest in a journey about solving problems, relationships and a range of emotions #amazing #art #cube #cubes #cubeod...

Jul 07, 202134 min
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