It's everyone's favorite time of year... the time where we celebrate that birth of... Cheesy Christmas movies! I mean, I'm sure there's probably some other significance to this time of year too, but round these parts, we know that the December Holiday Season is all about the seasonal Christmas movie rom coms. And so, it's time for our annual Christmas movie special. This year, Hannah and Mav are joined by retuning guest Jackie Johnson and Sandy Eckard to talk all about this years — actually somewhat limited — crop of new streaming Christmas movie options. Or at least, there seem like there were fewer on the major services than there have in the past. BUT, what's the quality like? Join us on this week's episode to see what we thought...
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e307. Madame Web, Morbius, and Movies of Obligation
It seems silly to ask if you’ve seen Madame Web. We can see the box office returns and we know that you probably didn’t. BUT, if you’re listening to our show you almost certainly have heard of Madame Web. And we’re absolutely sure that you’ve heard of Morbius. And you probably didn’t watch that either.…
e306. Kaiju Kachoo: From Gojira to Godzilla Minus One
Last year, almost as if by accident, somehow the surprise hit of cinema was a relatively low budget Godzilla movie. The film, Godzilla Minus One, literally came out of nowhere. It dropped in November in Japan and the US in December, with a shoestring budget of about $10million(USD). And somehow it became a global sensation.…
e305. Dark Academia: a Deep Dive into Murder, Mystery & Midterms
Have you seen that new Dark Academia show about the mysterious elite school for special kids where there’s the one kid who doesn’t seem to belong even amongst the other weirdos at the weird school and there’s some sinister plot going on that no one is talking about but it’s probably people being murdered and…
GGW: Excalibur #125: “Tying the Knot”
Writer: Ben Raab Pencils: Dale Eaglesham Inks: Scott Hanna Colours: Kevin Tinsely Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft Editing: Frank Pittarese & Jason White Original publication date: October 1998 On this our final week, we’ve got a wedding we don’t love concluding a comic book series we do love, in sickness and in health, till death…
GroundPod Day 2024! Happy Groundhog Day!
Okay, campers, rise and shine, and don’t forget your booties ’cause it’s cooooold out there today! It’s Groundhog Day, and you know what that means! It’s the return of your favorite annual podcast, GroundPod Day! Just like every year, Joe, Andrew, Nicole and Mav return to do a deep dive analysis of a fan favorite…
e303. Our Lives in Pop Culture
It could be argued that the pop culture that you absorb makes you who you are. That’s certainly true of the hosts of this show. After all, it’s a show about pop culture hosted by pop culture nerds. So obviously we got this way… somehow! But how? On today’s show Mav takes Hannah and Wayne…
GGW: Excalibur #124: “Someone”
Writer: Ben Raab Pencils: Dale Eaglesham Inks: Scott Hanna Colours: Kevin Tinsely Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft Editing: Frank Pittarese & Jason White Original publication date: September 1998 A certain someone called Zack Jenkins, aka the cohost of the Battle of the Atom podcast, aka the former EiC of ComicsXF, aka the Bad Boy of…
e302. So, A.I. George Carlin… WHY?!?!?
We’ve done shows on AI before and our feelings on how it is being used in art and creative endeavors. We’ve tried to not just be reactionary and alarmist about it the way the cultural zeitgeist can tend to be. In fact, we’ve made it clear that there are some really good positive uses for…
GGW: Excalibur #123: “Lost and Found”
Writer: Ben Raab Pencils: Trevor Scott Inks: Scott Hanna Colours: Kevin Tinsley Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft Editors: Frank Pittaresee Original publication date: August 1998 This week’s guest, writer, critic, and game designer Armaan Babu, helps us find the joy we’ve lost talking Excalibur #123, “Lost and Found,” featuring the extended Calvin Rankin cameo nobody…