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On this week’s show the Humans(Joe, and Caleb) talk electric car heaters, New Pirates movie going back to roots, Hoverboard tech in space, and Batman gets a CO-CREATOR?! Plus,  so much more!

Listen live  Mondays from 7pm to 9pm on 103.3 FM KSCU Santa Clara, or live online at http://www.kscu.org/

Geek Talk

• While it’s been mentioned before Quiplash is great fun!

New Releases

In Theaters:

• Hotel Transylvania 2 – Everything seems to be changing for the better at Hotel Transylvania. Dracula’s rigid monster-only hotel policy has finally relaxed, opening up its doors to human guests. But behind closed coffins, Drac is worried that his adorable half-human, half-vampire grandson, Dennis, isn’t showing signs of being a vampire.
• The Intern – Ben Whittaker (Robert De Niro) is a 70-year-old widower who has discovered that retirement isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Seizing an opportunity to get back in the game, he becomes a senior intern at an online fashion site, founded and run by Jules Ostin (Anne Hathaway).
• 99 Homes – A father (Andrew Garfield) struggles to get back the home that his family was evicted from by working for the greedy real estate broker (Michael Shannon) who’s the source of his frustration.
• Finders Keepers – Shannon Whisnant has a nose for a bargain. But when he bought a used grill at a North Carolina auction, the severed human foot he found among its ashes was not part of the deal. Soon the gruesome discovery becomes the toast of the infotainment world, and the new owner spies a golden opportunity to cash in on the media frenzy, until struggling addict and amputee John Wood recognizes his missing member and demands his own foot back. It is the stuff of documentary legend.
• The Keeping Room – At the end of the Civil War, Southerner Augusta (Brit Marling) encounters two renegade, drunken soldiers (Sam Worthington & Kyle Soller) who are on a mission of pillage and violence. After escaping an attempted assault, Augusta races back to the isolated farmhouse that she shares with her sister Louise (Hailee Steinfeld) and their female slave Mad (Muna Otaru). When the pair of soldiers track Augusta down intent on exacting revenge, the trio of women are forced to take up arms to fend off their assailants, finding ways to resourcefully defend their home––and themselves––as the escalating attacks become more unpredictable and relentless.

Music:

• Caracal by Disclosure – The second full-length release from the brother duo of Guy and Howard Lawrence features guest appearances from Kwabs, Lion Babe, Lorde, Miguel, Nao, Gregory Porter, Jordan Rakei, Brendan Reilly, Sam Smith, and The Weekend
• Savage Hills Ballroom by Youth Lagoon – The third full-length release for the Idaho singer-songwriter was recorded in Britain with Ali Chant.
• Music Complete by New Order – The tenth full-length studio release for the British dance rock band features guest appearances from Brandon Flowers, Elly Jackson of La Roux, and Iggy Pop.
• Have You in My Wilderness by Julia Holter – The fourth full-length release for the Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter was recorded with Cole M. Greif-Neill.

Video Games:

• Blood Bowl 2 (PC, PS4, X1)
• SOMA (PC, PS4)
• FIFA 16 (PC, PS4, X1, PS3, 360)
• Skylanders Superchargers Starter Pack (X1, 360, Wii U, PS4, PS3)
• NBA 2k16 (PS4, PS3, X1, 360)
• The Flame in the Flood (PC, MAC, X1)

DVD/Blu-ray:

• Big Sky – DVD – A teenage girl is gripped by agoraphobia, a fear of open spaces. Her mother hopes that a high end medical facility can help cure her daughter. But when the van taking the girl to the facility is attacked by masked gun men, she must face her fear or die.
• The Flash: Season 1 Blu/DVD – Barry Allen, he’s a CSI investigator, he’s likeable, he’s intelligent, constantly late, and due to a fluke of science thefastest man alive. Now he turns his new found powers against the face of crime; haunted by the murder of his mother and the wrongful conviction of his father. Barry was not the only one affected by the accident, and Central City will never be the same.
• In the Name of My Daughter – Blu/DVD – Inspired by true events, this film covers a case without a body or poof of guilt, but held togther by a mother’s firm belief that a former associate is at the root of her daughters disappearace. In a story that is full of twisted love and betrayal the truth may never be fully known, even thirty years after the event that triggered it all.
• Moonrise Kingdom – Blu/DVD – At a camp, in the 1960’s, on an island off of New England, a boy and girl fall in love. Things become more complicated when they decide to run away together. This turns the town upside down and shakes out all sorts of interesting things. It features an all star cast and a heavy dose of critical acclaim.
• Pitch Perfect 2 – Blu/DVD – The next chapter of the Barden Bellas follows the mad cap antics around the senior year of the group.

Comics:

DC

• Harley Quinn & Power Girl #4 – Vartox may have successfully woed Power Girl, but the final results are uncertain since Harley is still about … oh and a galaxy conquring alien, so a normal day in DCU.

Marvel

• Inhumans: Attilan Risng #5 – The Resistance finally has the power to strike against Battleworld! Why? A new found alliance between Black Bolt and Medusa!

Dark Horse

• Fight Club 2 #5 – Since his release from the mental hospital, Sebastian is just like everyone else, another cog in the grand machine. Meanwhile Marla is investigating the clubs that have been spawned from the original Project Mayhem. Where she finds out that the Project ain’t a “good ol boys” club anymore.

Image

• Nameless #5 – What could bring a person to give up their identity? This and many more secrets revealed as the world teeters on the edge of destruction!

IDW Publishing

• Donald Duck #5 – Donald is “The Diabolical Duck Avenger”! And this suped up anti-hero has a score to settle with Uncle Scrooge.

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News

Joe:

• BATMAN CO-CREATOR BILL FINGER FINALLY GETS CREDIT ON GOTHAM AND BATMAN V. SUPERMAN
• KAYA SCODELARIO TALKS PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES
• PEANUTS GANG TO JOIN UP WITH TRICK-OR-TREAT FOR UNICEF
• This Day in History

Caleb:

• DARPA helping the future be a bit more touchy – feely
• Electric cars are big on effeciency, and that includes heating
• Blood of Leukemia patients is turned against the cancer!
• “Hoverboard” tech may be useful in space
• Also this day in History – Stephen King was born! Here’s to all the awesome characters, classic stories, mixed endings, and disturbing dreams.