Welcome to the Current Geek Film Festival, a special monthly look at the greatest movies of all time from a geeky perspective. I’m Scott Johnson and he’s Tom Merritt.
And this week we’re talking about E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Current Geek 205: A world without comics
Game of Thrones gets a final trailer. Disney shuttin down Marvel? Fat chance. Mattel and MGM want more toy to movie franchises. How did that whale get into the forest? Akira at the 2020 Olympics. Amazon gives us our final season of High Castle.
Current Geek 204: Autopilot of Fawlty Towers!
Welcome to Current Geek: Autopilot Edition. A chance for us to watch the pilot episode of a TV show and geek out about it! I’m Scott Johnson, he’s Tom Merritt, and this week, we’re talking about Fawlty Towers.
Current Geek 203: Sorry, New Zealand
Mario Bros. is expensive. We understand dark matter a little more now. A new face every day! Ikea is in trouble. Samsung is done making Bluray players. Soda of the future and more!
Current Geek 202: One Flew Over The Cukoos Nest
A criminal pleads insanity after getting into trouble again and once in the mental institution rebels against the oppressive nurse and rallies up the scared patients
Current Geek 201: Love American Style
Welcome to Current Geek: Autopilot Edition. A chance for us to watch the pilot episode of a TV show and geek out about it! I’m Scott Johnson, he’s Tom Merritt, and this week, we’re talking about Love, American Style.
Current Geek 200: Sing me a Spiderverse or two
Spiderman is a long way from home. Samsung gets snuggly with Apple. Dave Bautista is in Dune. Work out more and help your brain. Homer Mice and more!
Current Geek 199: Star Wars
Our Film Festival continues with Star Wars! You may have heard of it.
Current Geek 198: My Homie Chromie
Scientists at MIT have taken peptides from a South American wasp’s venom to create a medicine that kills bacteria but not human cells. It’s official. Microsoft will rebuild the Edge browser to run on Chromium and use the Blink and V8 JavaScript engines. The Large Hadron Collider is shutting down for two years for upgrades. Netflix confirmed to the LA times it is testing an instant replay feature. And our recaps of what we loved in 2018!
Current Geek 196: It’s a Wonderful Life
“Welcome to the Current Geek Film Festival, a special monthly look at the greatest movies of all time from a geeky perspective.
Our monthly look at the best films ever continues, this time with It’s A Wonderful Life”