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On this week’s show the Humans (Joe, Caleb and Jason) talk Vtech hack, More Marvel Civil War, Resse Witherspoon making a Barbie doc, and watching a planet being born?! Plus, Watch Party and 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
- Watch Party: Dirty Pair
- Episode 18 “Pardon Us. Trouble’s On the Run, So We’re Coming Through!”
- Episode 19 “An Unjustified Lover’s Grudge. Let Me Love You Without Revenge”
- Episode 20 “Nostalgic Blues Make a Killer Soundtrack”
New Releases
In Theaters:
- The Big Short – When four outsiders saw what the big banks, media and government refused to, the global collapse of the economy, they had an idea: The Big Short. Their bold investment leads them into the dark underbelly of modern banking where they must question everyone and everything.
- In the Heart of the Sea – In the winter of 1820, the New England whaling ship Essex was assaulted by something no one could believe: a whale of mammoth size and will, and an almost human sense of vengeance. The real-life maritime disaster would inspire Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick. But that told only half the story. In the Heart of the Sea reveals the encounter’s harrowing aftermath, as the ship’s surviving crew is pushed to their limits and forced to do the unthinkable to stay alive.
- Arabian Nights: Volume 2, The Desolate One – In which Scheherazade tells of how desolation invaded men: It hath reached me, O auspicious King, that a distressed judge will cry instead of giving out her sentence on a night when all three moons are aligned. A runaway murderer will wander through the land for over forty days and will tele transport himself to escape the Police while dreaming of prostitutes and partridges. A wounded cow will reminisce about a thousand-year-old olive tree while saying what she must say, which will sound none less than sad! The residents of a tower block in the suburbs will save parrots and piss inside lifts while surrounded by dead people and ghosts; including in fact a dog that… And seeing the morning break, Scheherazade fell silent.
- The Dark Horse – An inspiring true story based on the life of charismatic and brilliant chess champion, Genesis Potini. His emotionally-charged story is about finding the courage to lead, despite his own struggles – finding purpose and hope in passing on his gift to the children of his community.
Music:
- The Buffet by R. Kelly
- Art Angels by Grimes
- Strange Faces by Stonerism
- Big GRRRL World by Lizzo
Video Games:
- Among the Sleep – First Released Dec 31, 2014 – PC, MAC, LNX – New release on PS4 Dec 10, 2015
- Helldivers – First Released Mar 3, 2015 – PS4, PS3, VITA – New release on PC Dec 7, 2015
- Red Game Without A Great Name – First Released Jul 28, 2015 – IOS – New release on PC Dec 9, 2015
- PewDiePie: Legend of the Brofist – First Released Sep 24, 2015 – IOS – New release on PC Dec 10, 2015
DVD/Blu-ray:
- Ant-Man – Blu/DVD – Hank Pym has made a suit with unique properties, it and the wearer can shrink to the size of an ant, and the helmet allows for telepathic control ants. But not everyone believes in the power of this for good, so Hank brings in Scott Lang to retrieve his creation. Through all this Scott finds the hero in himself. While not a critical darling it has quite a bit of fan acclaim.
- Blind – Blu/DVD – The debut film from Norwegian writer-director Eskil Vogt. In a surprising turn a woman has lost her sight. At home she does her best to understand the world that she can’t see. Part of her adjusts by wondering what her husband does while away. The entwining of fantasy and reality is a curious thing.
- The Transporter Refueled – Blu/DVD – A former special ops soldier, now Frank Martin is just a courier, of secret documents! For holiday his father comes to see him in the South of France, and all is well as they catch up. But their reunion is cut short by a trio of women out for revenge. They drag Frank into their ploy to pull of the bank heist of the century!
- Minions – Blu/DVD – The first spin off of the Despicable Me series, looks into the life of the lovable yellow figures before Groo. The story follows three intrepid minions that go to Villian Con to find a new master. In Scarlett Overkill they get much more than they imagined.
A few notable releases coming to Blu-ray
- Marvel Phase 2 (box set)
- The Garbage Pail Kids Movie
- Under the Dome – Season 3
- Hannibal – Season 3
Comics:
DC
- Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 – The Foot clan has found an interdimentional passage to the DCU. The passage leads them to Gotham! Now the Batman will join forces with the Turtles to push the Foot clan back to their New York.
Marvel
- Guardians of the Galaxy #3 – Gamora has been missing for eight (earth) months. But now she’s back! But will knowing what’s happened to her be too much.
Dark Horse
- The Massive: Ninth Wave #1 – These are the stories of the Ninth Wave, an environmental rescue unit, kind of a environmental IMF, these are their stories. Each told in single issue format from the original creative team.
Image
- The Walking Dead #149 – Life gets even more complicated for the survivors, now some of them are seeking help from those that once tried to kill them, not the zombies other humans.
Udon Entertainment
- Street Fighter Unlimited #1 – The heroes of the greatest fighter are back in a new monthly series! The knuckle dusting will know no end! We will finally have the King of Iron … wait no I mean the World’s Greatest Champion!
Wow Cool Recommends!
News
Joe:
- REESE WITHERSPOON IS DEVELOPING A FILM ABOUT THE ORIGINS OF BARBIE
- ZACH GALLIGAN CONFIRMS GREMLINS 3 IS COMING SOON
- This Day in History
Caleb:
- Toy manufacturer database hacked
- Microsoft opens up their splendid JavaScript engine – What does that mean for non web devs? It offers an alternative to V8 for a “stand alone” JS engine that could be more future looking. Plus it is a shot across Google’s bow. It also allows an alternative for app/server JavaScript like Node.js and the derivative apps/servers from that eco system.
- Witness the formation of a planet – this is why we’re still building larger/more powerful optical ground based telescopes.
Jason: