The Geek Monty: Recent Episodes
Jessen Aroonachellum & Duane Valentino
Podcast: All things pop culture and geekdom, a bi-monthly look at news from film & tv and everything in-between.
Duane and Jessen take a worthwhile trip down memory lane and talk about the seminal film, 'The Matrix' and all of its sequels. From castings to personal anecdotes and everything in-between. So sit back, relax and time travel to 1999. Wow!
WARNING: There is some mild talk of drug use which is not in any way promoted.
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Duane and Jessen discuss current film & TV news including, The Acolyte, HBO show, The Penguin. Beetlejuice 2, The Never ending story reboot and another Jurassic World sequel.
The main course takes a look at Captain America: The winter soldier for its 10yr anniversary! And tracks back to when this fine film was released.
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New Year, new episode. Duane and Jessen take you through all the films release in for the DCEU (DC Extended Universe). Not to rank them as so many other shows have but to discover what went wrong and what they got right.
DCEU film SPOILERS GALORE!
This is a longer episode but one I think you will enjoy digging into.
Happy New Year!
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Duane and Jessen finally get around to doing an end of year wrap up episode. Here they discuss current news events including, Jonathan Majors, Dr Who's 60TH more new Superman: Legacy castings.
For the main section, Geek Monty's Top 5 films of the year and Top 5 TV shows. It's another sweet little episode which we hope you enjoy :)
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Duane and Jessen discuss the current news events including, the Actor's deal. Dave Filoni taking on creative duties at LucasFilms. The new Ghostbusters film trailer and new Superman: Legacy castings.
For the main course, our attendance of MCM Comic Con London this year so sit back and enjoy. Short and sweet :)
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Jessen and Duane weight in on the current situation in the American entertainment industry with the writer's and actor's strike. Not only will you find commentary on what's going on but, you will learn how it all came to be and hopefully where it's going. It's a little detour from normal programming but we hope you all enjoy the insight.
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Jessen and Duane give you a short and sweet epsiode on the current casting news regarding James Gunn's Superman: Legacy. They dive into the cast and character origins and give their take on possible plot ideas. Suffice to say, it's pretty exciting!
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Actor and friend Joshua Leese joins Duane for a in-depth look at the wonderful new British show on Disney Plus (Hulu for US) called, 'Extraordinary'. A world where superpowers are part of your coming of age but where the main character has yet to receive hers. Joshua was fortunate to have a role on the show and he talks about what it was like to be apart of Disney's 1st UK commissoned show. If you wanted to know more about Extraordinary then please, sit back, relax and enjoy!
Special thanks to Joshua. See you on the next one.
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In this episode, Jessen and Duane talk about recent trailers for The Flash, Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 3 & Shazam! Fury of the Gods. They then proceed to breakdown the current slate of DC film & TV as release by James Gunn & Peter Safran with Chapter One: Gods and Monsters. After which, they give you some watching recommendations for your viewing pleasure.
It's quite the main course so sit back, relax, you're in for one high flying super show! (See what we did there?)
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To kick the New Year off, another great deep dive session. Jessen and Duane give you part 2 of their Batman on film series. This time they dedicated an entire episode to the Christopher Nolan Trilogy (also known as 'The Dark Knight Trilogy'). There's lots of trivia and info so sit back, relax. You're in for one helluva great show!
Thank you. Catch you on the next one.
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Jessen and Duane welcome the wonderful and lovely Amy Pemberton (Legends of Tomorrow, Dr Who audio story book, Jersey boys) to the show for an in-depth look at her career thus far and how she manages working in different fields of entertainment. Plus a look at her future plans. If you're a fan of Legends you won't want to miss out! And if you're just a fan of the awesome talent that is Amy Pemberton, grab a cuppa (tea for our non-Brits) or coffee, sit back, and relax. You're in for one helluva great show!
Thank you to Amy for being a star. See you on the next one.
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Back with another episode! In this, we keep things short and sweet and talk about the recent trailers for Avatar: Way of the Water & Ant-man and the Wasp: Quantumania. We also talk about the 14th Doctor in Dr WHO and what it means for the rest of the series.
In our main section (what we like to call the 'main course') we go in depth on the recent news regarding WarnerBros newly appointed DC Studio's joint C.E.O's James Gunn & Peter Safran. A little background on both men and how will this effect the DCU? What knock on effect will this have on other DC projects etc.
As usual, we have our recommendations for the week so, sit back, relax and enjoy the episode!
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Hi guys, we're back with another episode! And in this one, we talk about the teaser trailer for Picard Season 3. The fun looking trailer for Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves. The epic new series for Netfilx, Neil Gaiman's Sandman and a few more.
In our main section, we discuss the current MCU Phase as well as the later Phases with all the upcoming shows and films. We give a special nod to the Wakanda Forever trailer completing Phase 4.
And we honor and thank some special people who passed on in our memorial section. David Warner. Bernard Cribbins and Michelle Nichols.
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WARNING: Explicit language in this episode.
Here we are, another one of our special episode's for your listening pleasure. This time around we take a look at Spider-man on film. Similar to what we did with Batman we have split this into a 2-part special. In this, our part we deep dive into the beginnings of the iconic Spider-man in live-action film. We look Sam Raimi's Trilogy and the two films that out of Amazing Spider-man title.
We called on some follow geeks and awesome guests from @creativecontrolmoviepodcast Mr Kenan & Sacha Allari to help dissect, muse and talk all things Spider-man. Prepare to laugh and learn in this, part 1 of our Spider-man special.
Links can be found in our description about their details.
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In this episode we talk about the latest movie news and trailers. We look at DC's teaser reel featuring our 2nd look at Black Adam, Aquaman 2 and The Batman. We discuss the recent Lord of the Rings: Power of the Rings trailer and it's controversy. Marvel's Doctor Strange's second outing in The Multiverse of Madness. The current news on the development of the latest Star Trek film and the weirdness surrounding that.
Our main section is given to the great maestro Mr John Williams who recently turned 90 yrs old and not exactly stopping any time soon.
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In this episode we talk about the latest casting in new Indiana Jones movie. The development of a serialized Galaxy Quest show. Scarlett Johansson's case against Disney for the release of Black Widow onto the Disney + platform straight away. The latest developments with the upcoming Flash film. Lastly, we pay tribute to the late and great director that was Richard (Dick) Donner. You definitely want to check out! So hit the play button and let us fill your ears with geek goodness :)
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Back to regular programming after our 1st deep dive on Batman in film. In this episode we talk the possibility of a Captain America 4 film now that the Disney+ show, Falcon and the Winter Soldier has finished. The awesome Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings trailer. Upcoming Disney+ show Obi-wan Kenobi and new casting details on the upcoming Flash movie. We review the Justice League Snyder Cut release as well as Wandavision from Disney+. Lastly, we give you some tasty recommendations in the form of two shows you definitely want to check out! So hit the play button and let us fill your ears with geek goodness :)
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It's here at last, our long thought about and marinaded episode idea. Batman in Film.
In this episode we deep dive into the beginnings of the iconic Batman in live-action film. We chart the first ever feature film starring Adam West right through to Tim Burton's cinematic offerings. Then on to Joel Schumacher's contribution. As you can probably guess, this is a beautiful journey full of trivia, opinions and wonderful musings. So sit back and relax in the bat cave while we take you on a journey into the night.
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First episode for the new year 2021! We're happy to start afresh and we have a great episode for you. We talk movie and TV news with developments on the new Flash movie. We talk the planned multi media Star Wars story set in a different time from the main saga. And for the main meal, we go in-depth into the current Warner Media / Warner Bros deal with HBO MAX. Lastly, for desert we give you some of our tasty watch recommendations.
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Episode 05 of The Geek Monty podcast. This episode is something of a detour from what was originally planned. With the sudden death of Chadwick Boseman we decided to dictate a special episode to the man and his work, most notably on Black Panther and how he bought the wonderful character of T'Challa alive in the MCU. Enjoy our deep dive into comic lore, blaxploitation and the importance of human character.
We are also joined with two special quests: Neil Coppin & Mel Radloff. Podcasters and fellow geeks and film lovers.
Episode 4 of The Geek Monty podcast. In this episode we talk about the latest Batwoman news, the planned Labyrinth sequel, Henry Cavill's possible return to the Superman role and a look into the Snyder Cut situation.
In our third episode of our show The Geek Monty we have a around of the film & tv news in the geekdom world. We take a close look at the new Star Trek series: Picard and leave you with our cool recommendation. Hope you enjoy! And stay tuned.
Back with another episode of the latest film, TV news in the world comic book and cartoons. Listen as the host take you through all the updates and fun things to check out. Enjoy!
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