Special Saturn Awards Coverage, Wizard World, Old People Watch TV, and More…
On this episode of the Official CineGeek Podcast we talk the Saturn Awards discussing some of the most important categories including Best Science Fiction Film, Best Fantasy Film, Best DVD Special Edition, and others. In TV we discuss a study just released that shows that the most deicated television viewers are older than ever and we finish up with Brian’s recap of Wizard World and Comcis and Books of the week. No tech talk this week because the Saturn Awards and Wizard World cov erage is so epic. Oh we also try som Burger King branded potatoe chips Brina found in a gas station on the way to Wizard World.
Today on CineGeek & Weekend Movie Choices
We’re embarking on a three day weekend so that means prime time for watching movies for us hardcore fans. What?!? Fireworks you say? Nah, we’re all about a dark air conditioned theater with digital sound and video.
Wall-E is still going strong and highly recommended, Wanted is surprisingly fun, and The Incredible Hulk is still smashing theaters. All of these films are great choices for the weekend. Hancock, the new Will Smith summer vehicle, opens wide this weekend to some really bad buzz. The early word is that the movie is pretty terrible. Other choices in smaller theaters include The Animation Show, a touring series of short animated films from some of the best animators in the business and also in smaler venues is Mongul a Braveheart style epic telling of the story of Genghis Khan.
We’re heading out today for our own celebrations so look for a new podcast and more reviews on Monday. Today we do have something interesting for you to take a look at though. Suzie has a full review of ‘Til Death Do Us Part, a television series starring John Waters. Haven’t heard of it? Neither had I until this boxset landed in our office. Scroll on down and check out her full review.
By the way, don’t forget to enter our Contests! You can hit the Contests link under the Categories list to the right but today we’ve been nice enough to provide you links to the two current contests right here!
‘Til Death Do Us Part: The Complete First Season
Created by Jeff Lieberman
Featuring John Waters
I love John Waters. I want to watch anything he is involved in, whether he is directing a film or giving a talk where he just tells stories about his youth or directing films, he is a hoot. I always wished he was my Uncle and we would have the best time telling disgusting stories or secretly verbally destroying family members while we laughed in a corner of the room during Thanksgiving or Christmas. Doesn’t that sound great? Anyway, John Waters hosts ‘Til Death Do Us Part: The Complete First Season and it was recently released on DVD by BCI Home Video.
The Series
This series originally aired on CourtTV, now known as TruTV. In this series, John Waters hosts and nar-rates true stories about love and marriage gone wrong. John Waters is wittily called “The Groom Reaper”. These stories are reenacted and John Waters can be counted on to insert some great catty remarks throughout.
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Today on CineGeek: New DVD’s and Contests!
There are a few good choices this week for DVD releases among all of the junk being dumped onto store shelves. We have a review on the way for City of Men and a currently posted review for 30 Days Season two. Here’s the list:
- City of Men
- Vantage Point
- In the Line of Fire Blu-Ray
- Batman: The Movie Blu-Ray
- Point Break Blu-Ray
- Mad Men Season One
- The Closer The Complete Third Season
- 30 Days The Complete Second Season
We hav a new contest ready for you in support of the USA series Burn Notice. The prize pack is pretty exciting so scroll on down and enter to win! We are also still running the contst for The Cleaner where you could win a bevy of DVD’s! Brian also brings us a review of the new comic book sereis Madame Xanadu. Scroll on down for that one too!
Madame Xanadu #1
Written By Matt Wagner
Art by Amy Reeder Hadley
DC Comics’ Vertigo imprint has done a number of revamps and revisions to less than popular DC superheroes characters. The most notable of these are the critically acclaimed The Sandman by Neil Gaiman, Doom Patrol, Kid Eternity, Animal Man, and Swamp Thing. It is nice to see Vertigo taking characters and placing them in new and different situations. Madame Xanadu works quite well and could be another hit for Vertigo using an obscure character.
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Contest: Burn Notice
USA NETWORK’s hit series BURN NOTICE returns Thursday, July 10th at 10pm/9c. Why was Michael Westen burned? And what’s he gonna do about it? The answers every Burn Notice fan wants begin to take shape with the Season Two premiere. The new season also welcomes Battlestar Galatica’s Tricia Helfer as well as existing cast Bruce Campbell and Sharon Gless. Join other fans on the official Facebook Fan Page or visit the official site at burnnotice.usanetwork.com.
To celebrate the upcoming premiere of the series the USA network has given us a fantstic prize pack!!
One winner will receive a USA Network Burn Notice Beach Bag filled with:
- Burn Notice Season 1 DVD
- Burn Notice Book
- Branded Towel
- Branded T-Shirt
- Branded Frisbee
Click Here to enter your name to win! (include your mailing address)
Contest Ends July 25th
Today on CineGeek
This was a strong weekend for the box office with two big films opening. We thought it didn’t sound like a very smart idea for any film to go up against Wall-E but it seems that Wanted was able to hold its own. Both films had a very strong opening weekend with wall-E taking the top spot but Wanted only trailed it by 13 million. Everyone has talked about how great The Incredible Hulk is but that film still hasn’t broke even at the box office and ahs already dropped to number 5. Also, Iron Man has finally dropped out of the top 10. Here’s the list:
- Wall-E 63,087,526
- Wanted 50,927,085
- Get Smart 20,211,242
- Kung Fu Panda 11,692,061
- The Incredible Hulk 9,577,245
- The Love Guru 5,340,895
- Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull 5,179,960
- The Happening 3,907,948
- Sex and the City 3,808,288
- You Don’t Mess With the Zohan 3,175,214
Today on CineGeek we have a review for 30 Days Season 2, a show where peopel are put through 30 days of torture (well basically). Scroll on down and check out the full review. Don’t forget we have a great contest for the upcoming A&E series The Cleaner. Also below are links to our two most recent webcasts! Check them out here on the site or subscribe in iTunes! Scroll on down and check it all out!
30 Days Season 2
Created by Morgan Spurlock
Morgan Spurlock first gained notoriety from his documentary film Supersize Me. I understood the hammered in your face message of the documentary but didn’t appreciate the combination of cotton candy MTV style and exploitative and propaganda based editing of the film. There were some bright moments in the film, some moments that meant something other than pounding us in the face with the obvious. The best moments in the film were in the middle when Spurlock investigated the effects of junk food on kids and showed how a school turned its attendees around with a simple change from junk food machines to fruit choices.
At any rate, I haven’t drank the Spurlock kool-aide so when I sat down to check out 30 Days Season 2 I didn’t have high expectations.
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Inglorious Bastards, Hot Chips, Supernatural, and Secret Wars
We’re officially caught up now with all three previously recorded podcasts up and available for your pleasure. This week we talk about Quentin Tarantino’s next project, chenges in the upcoming season of the Supernatural television series Supernatural, backdoor scripts, hancock, oh wait, this is starting to go all kinds of wrong…
Hey there’s even a Xanadu reference!
Podcast Episode 2: Caffeine Candy, Stan Winston, and Russian Genitals
Episode 2 of the CineGeek podcast features discussion of Stan Winston’s (R.I.P.) films, The Incredible Hulk film, the comicbook The Boys, and the gang samples Buzz Bites, a caffeine infuseed chocolate candy. The longer the show goes the faster they all talk as the caffeine kicks in!
