Geekville Radio #342: Star Wars Returns (Again)

We heard the announcements and the rumors. We then heard more announcements and rumors… And now we hopefully have the correct announcements and rumors concerning the future of Star Wars on the big screen.

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Nostalgia Trip: Holiday Horror

Today’s edition of Nostalgia Trip is an encore presentation of a 2020 segment from our horror-themed podcast Examining The Dead. Dan “The Dragon” Wilson of Seeking Human Victims podcast joins Seth and Crazy Train to talk Christmas-themed horror films. The genre might be bigger than you think.

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Geekville Radio #340

A month of anthology shows was fun, but now it’s time to get back into the news!

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Examining The Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire Trailer

The Monsterverse continues with its latest installment, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire. This sequel to Godzilla vs. Kong presumably picks up shortly after the previous film left off. The highly anticipated trailer introduces an all-new original villain to the Monsterverse.

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National Podcast Post Month Day 30: Utter Craziness

It’s the LAST DAY of NaPodPoMo. And to close out the month we just throw a bunch of stuff against the wall. We start off with the longrunning favorite: Chuck Norris Jokes

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National Podcast Post Month Day 29: Amicus Productions

We are on the penultimate day of NaPodPoMo 2023. Today, we’ll go to one last inductee into The Lesser Known Geek Hall Of Fame, Amicus Productions.

 Amicus Productions existed from 1962-1977 as an English production studio, despite being formed by two American producers Milton Subotsky and Max Rosenberg.

FORMATION

Subotsky and Rosenberg had collaborated on film projects before. In fact, Rosenberg had submitted a pitch for a Frankenstein revival that wound up being given to Hammer Films which became Curse Of Frankenstein. They formed Amicus Productions shortly after. Rosenberg handled the money and funding while Subotsky had more of a hand in the creative process.

MOVIE GENRES

While Hammer Films focused mainly on horror projects, Amicus tried to other genres ranging from horror to sci-fi to thrillers. They may be most famous for making the two standalone Dr. Who movies, Dr. Who And The Daleks and Daleks Invasion Of Earth 2150 A.D. Both films starred Peter Cushing. We did more extensive coverage of these two films in a past episode of Examining The Doctor.

Over the years, many of the Amicus movies would be mistaken for Hammer Films productions due to many of the same cast being used (Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Michael Gough).

Most of the movies are summarized, and you can see a pretty extensive list here.

There are books available online and GoodReads if you want to learn more about Amicus Productions.

National Podcast Post Month Day 28: The 10 Best AND Worst Doctor Who Stories

We are coming to the end of National Podcast Post Month with only three days left. Day 28 brings our final trip in The TARDIS with another flashback to 2013. Seth, Mark, and Uncle Greg discuss the top AND bottom 10 Doctor Who stories as voted by Doctor Who Magazine readers. Since this episode was recorded 10 years ago, there are no Capaldi or Whittaker stories.