In 2021, I chose the first season of Netflix’s fantasy series Shadow and Bone as one of my favorite geek stories of the year. Based on the books by Leigh Bardugo and inspired by Russian culture and mythology, Shadow and Bone was packed full of intriguing, well-cast characters; elaborate costumes;
Cigar Nerds Podcast: Fungus Among Us. This week we’re not playing games.. we’re watching shows based on games and talking about The Last of Us. Basically the darkest road trip movie we’ve seen. In science we discuss life in Uranus, how long does gas really last in the apocalypse, 3D
This is definitely a case of “better late than never,” but nine months after it dropped on Netflix, I’m finally getting around to watching the fourth season of Stranger Things. Miraculously, I’ve managed to avoid most spoilers, although I know everyone was obsessed with Kate Bush’s “Running Up that Hill”
Cigar Nerds Podcast: Smoke That 90’s Show. This week we’re taking a look at That 90’s Show, the Netflix sequel to That 70’s Show. Also we feel really old that things based off our child hood are now considered retro. Retro always meant the 70’s or 80’s now it included
Cigar Nerds Podcast: Blood Origin. This week the Ginger Avenger is back and we are talking about The Witcher Blood Origin on Netflix. Netflix’s prequal origin for monsters witchers and humans. In science we discuss how a turd took down a submarine, hologram phones, Jack the Ripper walking stick, and
Everyone’s favorite goth girl has left her kooky, spooky, and altogether ooky family and stars in her own series on Netflix. Mike, Mike, and Ashley enroll at Nevermore Academy and find that every Thing is coming up rose stems. All this, along with A Geek Girls Take and Shout Outs.
Although I can recognize the classic Addams Family theme song the second I hear those iconic finger snaps, I don’t have a lot of other familiarity with the franchise, beyond knowing a few character names from pop culture references. Initially, Netflix’s new spinoff series about Addams Family daughter Wednesday wasn’t
The Marvel Netflix series garnered a large amount of support in the brief time that they were available. With Charlie Cox returning as Daredevil it was only a matter of time before rumors spread of others of the Netflix “Defenders” being folded into the MCU. Jon Bernthal is at the
Cigar Nerds Podcast: Wednesday’s Woe. This week Joe and Red take a look at Netflix’s latest adaptation of the Adams Family in Wednesday. A murder mystery wrapped up in a familiar package, but totally different than what we’ve seen before. In Science we talk about the effects of getting blackout
The first Enola Holmes movie — featuring the younger sister of famous literary detective Sherlock Holmes — premiered in the midst of the nightmare of a year that was 2020, in a world still upended by the COVID pandemic when theatrical film releases were few and far between. Enola Holmes
Cigar Nerds Podcast: Welcome to the Dayshift. We are starting spooky month off with a little trip to the westside to hunt vampires. We are talking The Dayshift staring Jamie Fox Dave Franco, and Snoop Dogg versus a bunch of vampires. Don’t forget your union card. In Science we talk
The Munsters are back on the big…no, the small screen. Rob Zombie brings his love for these monsters who live on 1313 Mockingbird Lane.
