Geek Girl Riot is throwing it back this week with three of our most fantabulous episodes (just in case you missed ‘em first time round, we wouldn’t want that). While you listen and revel, keep scrolling to read a roundup of some fresh & sizzling-hot reviews we just cooked up, including: Queen Bee, Praise This, BEEF, Chevalier, Spinning Gold, and Super Mario Bros.
Geek Girl Riot has a lot to celebrate this week: We raise a solo cup to House Party, before getting into Awards Season. We also chat with Tracy Heather Strain all about her film Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space. House Party The legendary House Party franchise has a fresh reboot with some familiar faces in 2023—and Sherin and Julian are here to get you hyped for it. Sherin says, “House Party is the movie you watch at a kickback. Gather a big group of friends, get your snacks ready, and prepare to talk back to the movie, but not… Read more »
Geek Girl Riot is back! We chat with Malcolm D. Lee all about The Best Man: The Final Chapters, as well as diving into Joy Revolution and some entertainment news.
Featured properties: Baking It, National Treasure: Edge of History, The Recruit, Dance Monsters, 1923
As we sat in a hotel in New York on a rain-soaked Wednesday my colleague, T. J. Callahan, turned to me and said, “If more people could talk to filmmakers, we’d like more films.” She was speaking to the depth of understanding that dawns when you hear the genesis of a story, where it finds its mirrors in other art, and what in the work is meant to heal. Pinocchio is easy to adore in this iteration. It is a classic reshaped into a storybook in medias res, transforming the parable into something mythic but with teeth sharp enough to… Read more »
A multi-layered pulp action-adventure/family drama about exploring new places and saving the world.
idobi sits down for an interview with Gavin Haley on tour before he opens for Tate McRae and Mimi Webb.
Animation can be difficult to adapt. So difficult that I’ve grown to dislike all western live-action adaptations of anime.
Today we talk about the 2022 Oscar nominations, the Foo Fighters’ upcoming virtual performance, and Zendaya’s response to Euphoria criticism. 2022 Oscar Nominations The time has come, folks! The 2022 Oscar nominations have been revealed. The Power of the Dog has the most nominations, with twelve, and some nominees are making history. Jane Campion is the first woman director to have been nominated twice, and Steven Spielberg has created eleven films to have been nominated for an Oscar. Beyoncé, Billie Eilish, and Kristen Stewart have all been nominated for the first time. Disney has three animated films nominated: Luca, Encanto,… Read more »
This week on Geek Girl Riot we chat with Raheem Mander about his creation Surian Seed. We also dive into some trainwrecks. But first, a message from Sherin about racism, police brutality, and the failed justice system in America.
