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WandaVision: Disney+ series gets heroic 23 noms

By The Geek Jul 13, 2021

Back in the good old days before cable, the big three, four or five networks had to worry about HBO. Then came streaming and the worry switched to Netflix and Amazon. Now, the ...

Streaming

Picard: Q is back, 7 of 9 loses Borg design in new teaser

By The Geek Jun 17, 2021

Make it so. Paramount+ has released an all-new teaser trailer for season two of its hit original series Star Trek: Picard, in celebration of Captain Picard Day which was yester...

Streaming

HBO Max, Cartoon Network order animated Superman

By The Geek May 19, 2021

The Geek is pleased. Lots of exciting news out of HBO Max and Cartoon Network. The networks have announced today a two-season series order for My Adventures with Superman&...

Streaming

HBO Max, Cartoon Network commit to animated Batman

By The Geek May 19, 2021

The Geek has long held the belief that there are two people who should be running the DC Extended Universe and those are visionaries Bruce Timm and Paul Dini. No one has captur...

Film

Sisters bond in first Black Widow clip

By The Geek May 17, 2021

During last night's 2021 MTV Movie & TV Awards, we got our first look at Black Widow. Up until now, we have only seen trailers from the long- delayed and awaited film. D...

Streaming

Loki declares Wednesdays the new Fridays

By The Geek May 10, 2021

Ain't that just like the God of Mischief to mess around with our streaming days. If you have watched Marvel's WandaVision and The Falcon and The Winter Soldier on Disney+, you ...

Trailers

Tons of Carnage in Venom sequel trailer and poster

By The Geek May 10, 2021

Okay, I've been watching 2018's Venom a lot on FX. It seems like when a weekend rolls around, the Tom Hardy film is on. And somehow I start watching again. And while I was not ...

Film

Ten super comic book moms with and without capes

By The Geek May 9, 2021

Look, we all know that women, especially moms, are the true superheroes in our lives. Every day, they are called upon to be resilient, strong, caring and protect their families...

Streaming

Vincent Kartheiser will play Scarecrow on Titans

By The Geek Apr 28, 2021

I always thought Mad Men's Pete Campbell was kind of creepy. In a weasel way. The Wrap now reports that actor Vincent Kartheiser will go from Mad Man to insane villain as the a...

Streaming

Marvel teases a new Cap in final trailer for TFATWS

By The Geek Apr 22, 2021

Tonight at midnight, Disney+ will unload on us the final episode of the thrilling The Falcon and The Winter Soldier. And as expected, it's filled with action and emotion as Sam...

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Vin Diesel to star in Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots

By The Geek Apr 20, 2021

Looks like Fast & Furious star Vin Diesel is going to share the screen with another Rock. But hit won't be Dwayne Johnson. Mattel, Inc. announced today plans to develop Ro...

Film

The Flash begins production in London

By The Geek Apr 19, 2021

Finally. Finally. Finally. Can I say it one more time? Finally. The Flash movie has officially begun production in the United Kingdom. Finally. Director Andy Muschietti (IT...

Film

Dwayne Johnson confirms Black Adam is filming

By The Geek Apr 11, 2021

It's happening. Sweet Christmas. Oops wrong comic universe. But it is Christmas for those who have been waiting for Dwayne Johnson's Black Adam to finally go before the cameras...

Film Reviews

Godzilla vs. Thong would’ve been more exciting

By The Geek Apr 6, 2021

I mean imagine it. Godzilla and his fiery breath fighting off a giant thong in Hong Kong. The undies could snap Godzilla in the face. Try and cover his giant schnoz. Either way...

Trailers

Loki promises to turn over new leaf in first trailer

By The Geek Apr 5, 2021

Disney and Marvel Studios just keep the fun going. Coming on the heels of this weekend's Black Widow trailer comes the debut trailer for Thor's half-brother, Loki. When we l...

Film

Affleck’s The Batman would have featured Batgirl

By The Geek Mar 24, 2021

When you hear things like this, it makes you wonder sometimes what is going on over at the water tower on the Warner Bros lot. When the "Snyderverse" was still a thing, Ben Af...

Film Reviews

Justice League is a flawed, overlong masterpiece

By The Geek Mar 22, 2021

Four years ago, when publisher Barbara Roche took over Reel Chicago, she pulled me aside and asked, "Colin, if you could write any kind of column you want, what would it be?" I...

Streaming

Falcon and Winter Soldier reviews are in…

By The Geek Mar 19, 2021

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier is now airing on Disney+. And the Reel 360 team can confidently say that Disney and Marvel Studios have another hit on their hands. But we'...

Film

Superman ’78 and Batman ’89 continued in DC comics

By The Geek Feb 17, 2021

Missing Christopher Reeve as Superman? Michael Keaton (even though he is technically returning to the cowl and cape in The Flash film) as the Bat? Beginning in July 2021, de...

Trailers

Final ‘Justice League’ trailer reveals…

By The Geek Feb 14, 2021

Here it is! The final trailer for director Zack Snyder's 4-hour opus Justice League has arrived from HBO Max and it is pretty effin' epic. Besides the out-of-this-world vis...