Pol & Bud talk about dumb sunglasses, morality vs stardom, The X-Files, Zelda news, and SPORTS!

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

13:10 – DuckDuckGo enters the smart glasses arena

Coming Soon

20:48 – The Thomas Crown Affair (Amazon MGM film, in theatres March 5, 2027)

21:56 – Primetime (A24 film, Robert Pattinson as Chris Hansen, in theatres September 24)

25:24 – The Only Living Pickpocket in New York (John Tuturo, Giancarlo Esposito, Tatiana Maslany, Steve Buscemi, Jamie Lee Curtis, in theatres October 16)

28:36 – The X-Files: I Want to Believe – Vrach Frankenshteyn (Disney+, August 16)

related RUMOUR and HEARSEY Chris Carter says he’s PRETTY SUUURE Mulder and Scully are in the Ryan Coogler reboot

32:06 – Uli Latukefu is Ganondorf in Sony & Nintendo’s The Legend of Zelda movie

related: Sam Neill filmed The Legend of Zelda role prior to death; Dichen Lachman & Yvonne Strahovski also star

34:47 – Violent Night 2 (in theatres December 4)

NOT Coming Soon

37:10 – Wonder Man canceled after 1 season at Disney+

Geek News Proper

38:16 – Veteran Canadian broadcaster Lloyd Robertson dies at 92

39:49 – Bob Iger and Josh Kushner have bought the L.A. Lakers

43:36 – Dave Bautista in talks to play Kratos in God Of War, replacing Ryan Hurst

Reviews and Recommendayshes

44:49 – Widow’s Bay (eps 1–6; Bud)

49:29 – House of the Dragon (S3; Pol)

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Pol, Kirsten, and Bud geek out about unnecessary AI slop, the return of Ahsoka, the return of Vision, the return of the X-Men, the return of Backrooms, and the possible return of Captain Jack Sparrow?

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

01:48 – Twitch forcing Amazon gen AI training on all its users

Coming Soon

04:48 – Avengers: Doomsday | Special Look (Zoner Mary)

10:16 – D23: Ahsoka (Star Wars series, S2, 8 eps, Disney+, January 20) (Zoner Mary)

We interrupt this geek-out for general medicine chat! 💊

17:48 – D23: VisionQuest (Disney+, October 14) (Zoner Ewan, Zoner Mary)

19:27 – D23: X-Men cast revealed (Adam Driver as Mister Sinister, Christopher Abbott as Professor X, Kit Connor as Cyclops, Samara Weaving as White Queen, Inde Navarette as Rogue, Maya Boyd as Storm, Sadie Sink as Jean Grey, in theatres May 5, 2028) (Zoner Mary)

29:19 – The Musical (in theatres September 18)

30:26 – Backrooms – Everything Must Go (out now on YouTube)

31:33 – Star Wars: Starfighter was inspired by Francis Ford Coppola’s The Outsiders (in theatres May 28, 2027; that info from Zoner Mary)

NOT Coming Soon

38:08 – Moana with Lin-Manuel Miranda (wait, there’s a Moana 3?)

Geek News Proper

40:32 – Hayden Panettiere dies at 36

43:39 – David Ellison taking his ball and going home, tells top execs Paramount will leave California if AG refuses to negotiate settling an antitrust suit on the Warner Bros. Discovery deal

45:35 – Anne Hathaway calls for movies with dog deaths to be rated R

46:29 – Johnny Depp in talks to return to Pirates of the Caribbean franchise

48:45 – Top album releases linked to rise in fatal crashes as distracted drivers access music (Zoner Ewan)

Reviews and Recommendayshes

55:05 – The Invite (Kirsten)

1:01:11 – Big Walk (Bud)

1:04:22 – The End of Oak Street (Pol & Kirsten)

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We celebrate some legends, and (hopefully) don’t screw up their death tributes too much. We’ve since learned that Tim Curry died the same day as Dolly Parton, but his team waited until the next day to share the news. 😭

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

04:58 – Big Walk

Coming Soon

09:12 – Avengers Endgame: A̶g̶a̶i̶n̶ Encore (in theatres — IMAX and ”Infinity Vision” — September 25, w/ Doomsday peek)

12:06 – Wildwood (in theatres October 23)

13:08 – The cast of Murderbot S2 is ridiculously stacked

15:20 – Dave Bautista will play Kratos in God Of War TV series

16:54 – DC’s Jimmy Olsen TV show has its official title, cast, and more

Geek News Proper

21:27 – Dolly Parton has died, age 80 (Zoner Ewan)

29:44 – Tim Curry, also dead at 80

37:34 – The race to buy premium tickets to Dune: Part Three has led to crashed sites, scalpers, and angry fans

39:45 – Masters of the Universe is a massive hit on streaming

42:11 – Kit Harington replaces Nicholas Hoult as Gilderoy Lockhart in Harry Potter season *2*, reprising voice role (Zoner Ewan)

45:04 – Robert Downey Jr. Auditioned for Doctor Doom in 2005’s Fantastic Four

Reviews and Recommendayshes

– None, but we talk about stuff we should be watching 😉

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