2018 Top 10 Films

by AnalogJonesTOFJanuary 22, 2019

Listen to Matt and Steve’s 2018 Top 10 Films!

Steve’s Honorable Mentions
Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
Halloween 2018
BlackKklansman
Dead Ant
Annihilation
Black ’47

Matt’s Honorable Mentions
Cam
Strangers: Prey at Night
Soft Matter
Permission

Steve’s Top 10

10. Avengers Infinity War
The Avengers and their allies must be willing to sacrifice all in an attempt to defeat the powerful Thanos before his blitz of devastation and ruin puts an end to the universe.

9. Mission: Impossible – Fallout
Ethan Hunt and his IMF team, along with some familiar allies, race against time after a mission gone wrong.

8. Searching
After his 16-year-old daughter goes missing, a desperate father breaks into her laptop to look for clues to find her.

7. Hereditary
After the family matriarch passes away, a grieving family is haunted by tragic and disturbing occurrences, and begin to unravel dark secrets.

6. A Quiet Place
In a post-apocalyptic world, a family is forced to live in silence while hiding from monsters with ultra-sensitive hearing.

5. Revenge
Never take your mistress on an annual guys’ getaway, especially one devoted to hunting – a violent lesson for three wealthy married men.

4. Blindspotting
While on probation, a man begins to re-evaluate his relationship with his volatile best friend.

3. Deadpool 2
Foul-mouthed mutant mercenary Wade Wilson (AKA. Deadpool), brings together a team of fellow mutant rogues to protect a young boy with supernatural abilities from the brutal, time-traveling cyborg, Cable.

2. Upgrade
Set in the near-future, technology controls nearly all aspects of life. But when Grey, a self-identified technophobe, has his world turned upside down, his only hope for revenge is an experimental computer chip implant called Stem.

1. Sorry To Bother You
In an alternate present-day version of Oakland, telemarketer Cassius Green discovers a magical key to professional success, propelling him into a universe of greed.

Matt’s Top 10

10. The Dark
An undead teenage girl befriends a blind boy that she meets in a forest she haunts and hunts in. Both have been victims of unimaginable abuse, and each finds solace in the other. There may be a chance of light at the end of their tunnel, but it will come with a body count.

9. Anna and the Apocalypse
A zombie apocalypse threatens the sleepy town of Little Haven – at Christmas – forcing Anna and her friends to fight, slash and sing their way to survival, facing the undead in a desperate race to reach their loved ones. But they soon discover that no one is safe in this new world, and with civilization falling apart around them, the only people they can truly rely on are each other.

8. Overlord
A small group of American soldiers find horror behind enemy lines on the eve of D-Day.

7. Halloween (2018)
Laurie Strode confronts her long-time foe Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago.

6. Eighth Grade
An introverted teenage girl tries to survive the last week of her disastrous eighth grade year before leaving to start high school.

5. Mega Time Squad
A small-town crim finds an ancient Chinese time-travel device that can help him pull off a heist and start a new life-but he may not survive the consequences of tampering with time. The Castle meets Looper, Mega Time Squad is a study in high-meets-low, combining elements of the sci-fi, the crime thriller and the comedy to make a comedy heist film with a time-traveling twist.

4. Mid90’s
Follows Stevie, a thirteen-year-old in 1990s-era Los Angeles who spends his summer navigating between his troubled home life and a group of new friends that he meets at a Motor Avenue skate shop.

3. Love, Simon
Simon Spier keeps a huge secret from his family, his friends and all of his classmates: he’s gay. When that secret is threatened, Simon must face everyone and come to terms with his identity.

2. A Simple Favor
Stephanie is a single mother with a parenting vlog who befriends Emily, a secretive upper-class woman who has a child at the same elementary school. When Emily goes missing, Stephanie takes it upon herself to investigate.

1. Upgrade
Set in the near-future, technology controls nearly all aspects of life. But when Grey, a self-identified technophobe, has his world turned upside down, his only hope for revenge is an experimental computer chip implant called Stem.

Matt and Steve’s Funny Bad

Gotti
The story of crime boss John Gotti and his son. Travolta is CREEPY!

Acrimony
A faithful wife, tired of standing by her devious husband, is enraged when it becomes clear she has been betrayed.

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Geekscape Movie Reviews: Upgrade

by MCDaveJune 6, 2018

The majority of independent films have long struggled to amass gaudy box office results. Consequently, the major film studios have avoided putting such films into production and have instead turned their attention to more mindless, CGI-filled blockbusters and superhero movies. Therefore, Leigh Wannell’s SXSW indie selection, Upgrade, felt like an underdog as it debuted this weekend against other mammoth in-theater options such as Deadpool 2, Solo and Infinity War. And while Upgrade failed to beat out any of the aforementioned competition in box office revenue, the indie sci-fi’s strong showing reminds us all that strong content will always prevail.

In the not-so-distant future where a greater dependence on technology continues to mount a stranglehold on society, Grey Trace (Logan Marshall-Green) is an old soul who prefers working with his hands and fixing up old cars. But when a brutal mugging results in the death of his wife, Asha (Melanie Vallejo), and leaves him paralyzed, Grey is offered a second chance at life by a wealthy tech mogul (Harrison Gilbertson) with a groundbreaking, untested new form of Artificial Intelligence called STEM. Grey agrees to the operation and has STEM implanted, only to gain unbelievable strength and agility as he seeks out the men who murdered his wife.

Director Leigh Wannell has an imprint in the both the Saw and Insidious franchises, but he transitions to the sci-fi genre with his latest revenge-thriller. Upgrade circumvents obvious budget restraints by relying on a cerebral story and compelling lead character. And although the cast is full of unfamiliar faces, something that can be a difficult sell to audiences, the film appeals to the viewer in countless other ways. Logan Marshall-Green dominates the screen time and crushes every opportunity with an edgy and slick performance. Grey’s ironic quandary as a tech-resistant man who becomes reliant on a new invention is both beautifully scripted and wonderfully translated to the big screen. And on Grey’s quest of retribution for his wife’s murder, he discovers a dastardly primary foe that’s brought to life masterfully by Benedict Hardie. Along with its gripping story, a strong cast is essential to Upgrade’s success as a modestly-budgeted indie, and the film finds a plethora of significant unknown talent that deliver exceptional performances from top to bottom. In fact, the only glaring downside to this up-tempo sci-fi endeavor is how it makes up the rules as it goes along, mostly to justify an unpredictable and explosive finale. There’s plenty to enjoy with Leigh Wannell’s innovative and heady feature, making Upgrade a worthy choice among an otherwise crowded field of heavy-hitting summer blockbuster contenders.

GRADE: 4/5

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Geekscape 485: Tim Jennings Talks Fantasy, Horror and Sci-Fi… Comedy!

by JonathanMay 24, 2018

It’s been several years since Tim Jennings has been on the podcast so we welcome him back with open arms! Tim is one of the comedic performers behind ‘The Lusty Horde’, a longstanding improv group that is now an improvised genre storytelling podcast! Tim tells us about the history of the Horde, some hilarious stories about what worked and what didn’t when turning the live show into a podcast and more! Along the way we talk about some Infinity War and Deadpool 2 and I posit that the existence of the mobile trivia game HQ is evidence that ‘The Running Man’ and ‘The Purge’ isn’t that far away!

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The Geekscape ‘Deadpool 2’ Special With Ian Kerner!

by JonathanMay 22, 2018

‘Deadpool 2’ is out! But now we’ve got a lot of questions! Like who is Cable? Who is Domino? They did WHAT in the first 15 minutes? How does Deadpool 2 fit with the X-Men films? How close is Cable’s origin story to the one in the comics? How does Deadpool 2 movie set up an X-Force film? What characters would be in an X-Force movie? Does this change the X-Men timeline? Should you bring your kids to see Deadpool 2? Is Deadpool 2 as funny as the first movie? And more! So obviously we have to get Ian Kerner to join us on this ‘Deadpool 2 Special’ to Wade Wilson through all the questions with us! Oh yeah! And MAJOR SPOILER WARNING! ENJOY!

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Geekscape Movie Review: Deadpool 2

by MCDaveMay 19, 2018

After surprising critical and box office adoration transformed Tim Miller’s risky and monumentally self-aware anti-hero comedy, Deadpool, into a record-breaking phenomenon, we all knew that the film’s immediately announced sequel would aim to be bigger, bolder and more outrageous than the original. And despite a changing of the guard, with Miller rumored to be stepping aside in favor of John Wick and Atomic Blonde director David Leitch because of a power struggle with leading star Ryan Reynolds, Deadpool 2 continues to push the envelope with more of the same vulgar, violent and over-the-top antics.

After opening with some wise cracks about Wolverine, the film immediately turns to Wade Wilson’s (Reynolds) recent selfish behavior and how it leads to an unfathomable tragedy. But rather than self-loathing like his natural instincts suggest, Wade attempts to find deeper meaning in things and finally begins to try and do what’s right. However, as Deadpool quickly finds out, old habits are hard to break when he crosses paths with a mercenary from the future named Cable (Josh Brolin) who refuses to let Wade get in the way of his mission.

Deadpool 2 doubles down with its abrasive, juvenile humor and blood-filled violence. And while the overall effect doesn’t quite grab you like its predecessor, this sequel still aptly entertains and smoothly keeps the laughs coming in impressive style. Furthermore, as if heavier doses of this winning formula aren’t enough to put you all in, Deadpool 2 throws some unexpected curveballs that are a refreshing surprise. Yet, while a whole new collection of characters, both good and bad, help occupy the screen time, this is once again Ryan Reynolds’ spotlight and he cradles the opportunity to near perfection. Wade Wilson’s evolution marks a stark contrast to the last film, one that’s a welcome change and navigates the franchise down a clearer more resolute path. But as his character so conveniently points out more than once in the film, there are spells of lazy writing that linger throughout, and even a wide-growing hokiness that looms over Wade’s modest character transformation. However, the action is on point, the characters are wildly entertaining, and the story shifts down an unpredictable road, all of which make Deadpool 2 another successful superhero tale with an immensely bright future

GRADE: 3.5/5

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