13.28: 3 Wild & Crazy Girls Get to Know STEVE! (martin)
This week, te Geek Girls watched the stellar “STEVE! (martin) a documentary in 2 pieces” on Apple TV+. We laughed and laughed while learning things about Steve Martin we never knew before.
13.27: Hidden Gems: On the Origin of Perfect Days in a Concrete Utopia
In this episode, we discuss Ava Duvernay’s “Origin” and Wim Wenders’ “Perfect Days” with spoilers. Then we discuss Tae-hwa Eom’s “Concrete Utopia” without spoilers since Susan and Cort hadn’t seen it yet.
13.26: Vampire Jesus & Peeps: It’s Midnight Mass for Easter
Join the Geek Girls as we dive deep into Mike Flanagan's haunting limited series Midnight Mass for an Easter re-watch! Susan, Cort, and special guest Amelia (who describes herself as a "recovering Catholic") analyze the religious horror themes, stellar performances, and gorgeous cinematography of this modern gothic tale.
13.25: Let’s Go to Court!
To celebrate all the courtroom drama facing a certain orange-tinged man this year, Geek Girl Soup decided to go to court—in film and TV, of course. Even though his trials are delayed, we don’t have to wait.
13.24: Glitz, Glamour, and Gold
We made it! The last awards show of the season, the biggie, the Show: The 96th Oscar® Awards!
13.23: Spaceman
This week, the Geek Girls go to space with Adam Sandler and Carey Mulligan in Netflix’s “Spaceman”!
13.22: The 2024 Spirit Awards
Welcome to a re-cap of the 2024 Film Independent Spirit Awards! We here are Geek Girl Soup are members of Film Independent, so we get screeners and vote every year. Always so much fun!
13.21: The 2024 Soupie Awards!
Y’all have been waiting for it. We finally present you the most prestigious awards of them all, our very own Soupie Awards!
13.20: Hidden Gems: Polite Society
We’re doing a little series of hidden gems over the course of 2024, starting with “Polite Society.” Writer and director Nida Manzoor calls portions of this films a “joyful kung fu Bollywood epic.”
13.19: We Are the World… But Where in the World Are We?
This week we are discussing two wildly different films: “The Greatest Night in Pop” (Netflix) and “Aniara” (max).
13.18: Episode 600: Appreciating Independent Films
With the Film Independent Spirit Awards quickly approaching Susan, Cort, and Erik have some recommendations for you to check out. Which actor tops your list for “Best Lead Performance”? Will American Fiction take top honors for “Best Feature” or will another 2023 film take the prize?
13.17: A Man, a Tiger, and the Biscuits of Love and Joy
This week the Geek Girls are discussing season 5 of “Fargo” and their own code of look, don’t touch. Because you wouldn’t want to drink a zombie virus, now, would you?
13.16: Awards Season Extravaganza
We’re discussing the Golden Globes, the Critics Choice Awards, and the Emmys! Who won an EGOT? Did Better Call Saul get any love finally? Which films seem to be frontrunners for Oscars? What were the best TV shows of 2023?
13.15: The Secret Realm of Godzilla and Monarch
This was an exhilarating first season of “Monarch: Legacy of Monsters” on AppleTV. This show locates us somewhere among all the recent Godzilla/Kong movies. No need to (re)watch everything right now. But we’re planning on doing so before season 2!
13.14: Society of the Snow
It’s really difficult to be surprised when you’re watching a biopic or historical drama. People tend to feel free to share “spoilers” since the thinking goes, “You can’t spoil something that already happened in real life.” True, but….
13.13: Leave the Year Behind
It’s not a typical New Year here at Geek Girl Soup. We’re ushering out 2023 with an apocalyptic film, Well, maybe that’s right on the nose for us! Today we’re chatting about Netflix’s “Leave the World Behind.”
13.12: Habari Gani? It’s Kwanzaa!
This week we’re talking about Kwanzaa: its origin, history, the seven principles, and how it’s celebrated today.
13.11: Merry Christmas Movies!
Can you believe it’s the 20th anniversary of “Elf” and the 35th anniversary of “Die Hard”?? This week, we’re talking about those Christmas movies (the official homework), plus not just a few others. You know, viewer’s choice!
13.10: Christmas Rom Com Shows
God jul! Buon Natalie! Whether you’re going home for Christmas or you hate Christmas, we’ve got you covered. Or Netflix certainly does. In our first official Christmas episode of the season, we’re talking “Hjem til Jul” (“Home for Christmas”) and “Odio il Natale” (“I Hate Christmas”).
13.09: Live from LA: Carcast!
Geek Girl Susan was in Los Angeles last week and finally got two of the Geek Guys together. So, this week, we present you with a Very Special carcast from LA!