Best Welcome To The Dungeon Hole Podcasts (2025)

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Stranger Things: Plot Holes, Nostalgia, and Season 5 Predictions 56:48

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9d ago56:48

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Connect with us! Steve and Jeff dive into Stranger Things—breaking down Seasons 1–4, the 80s nostalgia, the D&D roots, the plot holes, and what we expect from Season 5. From Eddie Munson to Vecna to that ridiculous Russian lab moment, this is the Gen X geek breakdown you didn’t know you needed. We talk Dungeons & Dragons influences, 80s pop-culture…

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The King of Nightmares: Why Stephen King Still Rules Horror 57:51

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Connect with us! How the Master of Horror became the ultimate Geek King Stephen King didn’t just write horror — he defined it. From Carrie to It, The Shining to Shawshank, King’s stories built an entire universe of fear, magic, and monsters that shaped every geek kid who ever stayed up too late with a flashlight and a paperback. In this episode, St…

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Creature Double Feature: From Camp to Cool! 51:34

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Connect with us! Grab your popcorn and dim the lights — this week on Original Geek, we’re firing up the old TV set for a trip back to Creature Double Feature! 👾 Steve and Jeff dig into the evolution of the movie monster — from the campy rubber suits of the 70s to the CGI behemoths that crush cities (and box offices) today. We’re talking Godzilla, G…

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TRON Was Too Smart for 1982: How Disney Invented the Future 57:45

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Connect with us! The Digital Dream That Stared it all... From the 1982 original to Legacy and Ares — how TRON went from box-office glitch to digital prophecy. Before The Matrix, before Ready Player One, before anyone even owned a home computer… Disney dropped TRON (1982) — a movie that predicted the digital age, invented CGI filmmaking, and got dis…

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The John Hughes Yearbook: Do His Movies Still School Us Today? 1:03:13

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Connect with us! The 1980s teen experience in one filmography. In this episode of Original Geek, Steve Scarfo and Jeff Shaw dive into the John Hughes universe—The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Sixteen Candles, Weird Science, Planes, Trains & Automobiles, Uncle Buck—and ask the big question: do these classics still hold up in 2025? Expec…

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Behind the DM Screen: From Basements to Center Stage (Ft Dave Tufts) 58:23

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Connect with us! In this episode of The Original Geek, hosts Steve Scarfo and Jeff Shaw are joined by their friend Dave Tufts as they dive into the evolution of geek culture through the eyes of the Dungeon Master. Once just the Gen X kid running games in a basement, the DM has now leveled up into performer, storyteller, and even paid professional. …

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Rise of the Sports Geek: From Box Scores to Billion-Dollar Fantasy 55:10

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Connect with us! “Remember keeping baseball box scores by hand? Today, those same stat-obsessed weirdos run billion-dollar fantasy leagues and sports betting apps. In this episode of Original Geek, Steve and Jeff take a nostalgic (and hilarious) look at how sports geeks went from the stands with scorecards to running the game from behind the screen…

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LARP vs Ren Faire: Foam Swords, Lightning Bolts & Geek Wars 55:26

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Connect with us! Foam Swords & Lightning Bolts: The World of LARPing & Renaissance Faires - Boyd Returns! Ever wondered what happens when D&D leaves the basement and hits the forest? We’re diving headfirst into the geeky clash between Renaissance Faires and LARPing. Foam swords, lightning bolt spells, turkey legs, costumes, and way too much ale—thi…

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Arcade Wars: From Quarters to VR Dreams (ft. Boyd Tufts) 1:04:34

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Connect with us! Finish Him! Arcade Wars, Console Battles & VR Dreams with Guest Boyd Tufts “Finish Him!” From Gauntlet and Mortal Kombat to Xbox vs PlayStation, the gaming world has always been a battlefield. This week, guest Boyd Tufts joins us as we relive the quarter-eating arcade monsters, the console wars of the ‘80s and ‘90s, and where VR is…

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From Jaws to Barbie: The Rise & Fall of the Blockbuster 56:38

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Connect with us! Blockbusters: From Jaws to Barbie… Now What? Blockbusters once ruled the summer—Jaws, Star Wars, Batman, Jurassic Park. But now? Theaters are empty while streaming drops movies like they’re TikToks. Did Hollywood kill the blockbuster, or did audiences? We break down the highs, the lows, and why the smell of popcorn in a packed thea…

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The Death (and Rebirth?) of Comedy Movies 54:25

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Connect with us! “Are Comedy Movies in Theaters Dead?” | Nostalgia, Reboots & Streaming Takeover Whatever happened to the big screen comedy? From Ghostbusters and Caddyshack to Anchorman and The Hangover, comedy once crushed theaters. Now, it’s all reboots, streaming, and “comedies” that feel more like dramas with punchlines. Are comedy movies dead…

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SPECIAL RELEASE: FULL Original Geek Theme Song! 1:56

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Connect with us! 🚨 DROP ALERT 🚨 You asked. We delivered. The full Original Geek theme song is finally here—and yes, it was generated by AI… but it still shreds harder than a critical hit with a Vorpal Sword. Whether you’re rolling dice in your basement or coding in a hoodie, this is your new anthem. 🎧 Crank it up. Summon your inner nerd. And rememb…

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From AOL to TikTok: The Evolution of the Internet 51:46

4M ago51:46

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Connect with us! From Dial Up to Downloads: The Evolution of The Internet Dial-up tones. AOL chat rooms. LimeWire viruses. The Internet was once slow, weird, and kinda dangerous—and now it runs our lives. We take you from the basement modem days to today’s TikTok scroll hole, with plenty of nostalgia and stories from the early, chaotic web. What wa…

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Star Wars vs Star Trek: The Final Geek Battle 51:31

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Connect with us! Star Wars vs Star Trek: The Ultimate Geek Showdown | Galaxy Quest, Acolyte & Sci-Fi Fails It’s the question that has divided geeks for decades: Star Wars or Star Trek? We’re putting both on trial, debating lightsabers vs phasers, Kirk vs Luke, Jedi vs Klingons, and whether Galaxy Quest secretly beats them both. No gatekeeping, just…

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The Comic Book Explosion: From Pajamas to the MCU 48:43

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Connect with us! Comic Book Chaos: From Pajama Suits to the MCU Multiverse Once dismissed as “kids’ stuff,” comic books have taken over pop culture. From the days of heroes in pajama suits to the billion-dollar MCU, we trace how panels on a page became the center of Hollywood. Expect Marvel vs DC shade, multiverse confusion, and plenty of nerd love…

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D&D, Satanic Panic & The Untold Origins of Geek Culture 50:40

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Connect with us! Original Geek Origins: D&D, Satanic Panic, and Growing Up Nerdy Before geeks ruled pop culture, we were the weird kids in the basement rolling dice—and getting blamed for Satanism. We go back to the roots of geekdom with Dungeons & Dragons, Atari, comic shops, and the culture wars that made being a nerd a liability. This is the unt…

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The Insidious Franchise (For When You Need Either A Good Scare Or A Good Cry?) 1:35:28

1y ago1:35:28

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It's been a long time coming, but another horror franchise was looming large in my to do bin for episode content. I've tackled some of the modern classics, and with The Conjuring franchise in the rearview mirror, it dawns upon me to take on the other Patrick Wilson spooky multi-movie series. So Insidious o'clock, here we are. If you like hauntings …

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Thanksgiving...With A Side Of...Murder!!! (Something, Something, Leftovers) 45:58

2y ago45:58

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2023 and the holiday season may be coming to a close, those things are true and time is relative. But before that all takes place, I want to look back at the latest and potentially greatest season horror movie to come out. Thanksgiving is not a very movie-laden holiday outside of Spider-Man, Black Friday, and not this spooky slasher named aptly for…

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The DCEU: It Came, It Went, It Flashed Before Our Eyes (How Does The Flash Take Things To The Finish Line?) 51:11

2y ago51:11

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It may not be a stellar entry for the DCEU. But somehow it encapsulate the ups and downs and the best and worst of the not so long-standing franchise. If nothing else, the Flash movie exists. This is a movie that has been long expected and gone through multiple ideas and revisions as the future looked bright-ish for this latest cinematic universe a…

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Nick Nack New To Theaters (Catchup Edition Pt. 4) - We Are Groot (Another Family Affair) As Fast X Continues To Drive On, And Welcome To The Spider-Verse 1:10:25

2+ y ago1:10:25

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It is another catchup episode of Nick Nack Goes to the Movies, and thank goodness they say good things come to those who wait. It may not be as new to theaters, but we have a jam packed triple feature here. Timely considering I just did a double feature of back to back movie viewings at Marcus Theaters. Not the Barbenheimer cinematic event, this is…

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Nick Nack New To Theaters (Catchup Edition Pt. 3) - Shazam's Sequel, Dungeons & Dragons Doesn't Disappoint, And Its A Mario Movie 1:03:03

2+ y ago1:03:03

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Well hey you, long time no chat? But now is the time to get reacquainted with one another as well as some of the movies that have been around the theater scene. If you like video game adaptations and want to see another Jack Black musical bop, well good, we are talking about The Super Mario Bros. Movie . If you like nerdy things, Chris Pine, and ne…

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Scream 6, Slicing And Dicing In The Big Apple (What Jason Takes Manhattan Wishes It Was) 52:11

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The Scream franchise has a special place in my heart. It may not be the scariest franchise out there, in fact, I can almost guarantee it is not, but it does something nothing else has really come close to. It takes a genre in slashers that people love and it plays with that notion of film lovers, it puts them in the movie. It has fun with the trope…

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Ant-Man, I Shrunk The Kids. But More Importantly, It's KANGdom Come 33:36

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After every non life-threatening medical issue ever to start off 2023 and some work travel, we are back baby. Back on your podcast airwaves, back with season 4, and Nick Nack is indeed back to theater for some movies. We ended last season with a Marvel movie so now we have to start this one with, you guessed it, another Marvel and specifically MCU …

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Black Panther 2: The Legacy Of Chadwick Boseman And Yes...Wakanda Forever! 32:23

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It is time to say goodbye to the MCU, well Phase 4 at least. Let's be real, we know of at least 2 more phases in the works. But Black Panther: Wakanda, or Black Panther 2 is the end cap of big screen movie entries for this phase, of course we have Disney Plus shows and a few seasonal specials. So this is the perfect time to recap one of the more hi…

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Is The Rock On A Roll In His Super Hero Debut In Black Adam? 29:10

3y ago29:10

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There is a lot of change afoot for DC Comics in regards to their live-action presence. First the DCEU now just the DC Universe. That "The World Needs Heroes" trailer that had one independent project and 3 DCEU projects was quickly short-changed to just the well-received The Batman movie and only this one movie, Black Adam, came out in this year. Th…

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Halloween Ends (The Franchise At Least)…And Is The Hocus Pocus Sequel Running Amuck With A Bewitching Legacy? 45:34

3y ago45:34

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Another episode is here just in time to ring in and close out the greatest time of the year, this Halloween eve you can celebrate the season in 2 unique ways with 2 franchises. Want some family friendly fun? Check out the sequel almost 30 years later, Hocus Pocus 2 and all the bewitching fun that may or may not bring. And after that, for a nightcap…

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The Invitation... To Vampires And All The Negatives Of Ancestry.com 24:31

3y ago24:31

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Another spooky vampire or otherwise horror movie out and about, and here I and this podcast are to talk all about it! Will you accept this invitation to this episode about the newest thing to sink your teeth into, The Invitation? This episode has everything you could want. Horror things, references to gothic architecture and Hallmark movies, romanc…

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Getting A Ticket To Ride On The Bullet Train... And Pete Davidson In A Horror Movie??? 30:39

3+ y ago30:39

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While August and all of the summer blockbusters are mostly behind us, I wanted to take one long overdue look at some of the early August movies to grace theaters everywhere, especially my default one, Marcus Theaters. So this episode, it is time for you to catch a ride on the Bullet Train and hope you don't leave a trail of too many Bodies, Bodies,…

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Nope, Nope, Nope Or Yup, Yup, Yup 31:39

3+ y ago31:39

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Another scary movie, and you know what that means? Yes, I had to talk about it, especially with the Jordan Peele name on it, that is like the seal of approval for the genre these days. And with it comes the movie trip to see the latest of these, Nope, with a few friends on the show as fellow Nopers to give not only their Letterboxd ratings, but als…

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Answering The Call Of The Black Phone, And Maybe Finding Some Love Along The Way If Thunder Strikes Twice? 42:06

3+ y ago42:06

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On this episode of Nick Nack Goes To The Movies, we have another mixed bag of horror and super hero content. And likewise, the mix not only includes genres, albeit ones you loyal listeners are super familiar with, the blend of scares and supes. The big mix is once again expectations. A big budget MCU movie, the juggernaut of movies and now shows wi…

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It's The Final...Destination (Being Traumatized By Everyday Life Occurrences Since 2000) 1:01:31

3+ y ago1:01:31

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Welcome to another episode of Nick Nack Goes To The Movies. With nothing crazy coming out that I was dying to dedicate to a whole episode. I wanted to tackle a longstanding horror franchise that had been on my desk for ages, in the early inception of this podcast. And with the day that it was, I was curious for a 4th themed horror something or anot…

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Something New, Something Old, Something Borrowed, Something Blue (A Zone Filled With Danger...And Dinosaurs) 40:39

3+ y ago40:39

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This episode of Nick Nack Goes to the Movies takes one the newest entries in some late 80's and early 90's classics. The 6th and potentially final movie end-capping the second dynamic dinosaur trilogy, Jurassic World: Dominion, and the sequel that nobody anticipated ever coming, Top Gun: Maverick. So, the theme of this episode quickly became how di…

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Sci-Fi Scares And Another 2 Week Binger (Black Mirror This Time Around) 1:00:22

3+ y ago1:00:22

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It is time loyal listener for another super-stuffed episode of this pop-culture podcast. This episode of Nick Nack Goes to the Movies is all about the Black Mirror franchise. In the spirit of long lasting franchise marathon binges, we have given this the American Horror Story treatment. I got through all 22 movies/episodes in two weeks and here we …

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A Multiverse Of Madness: A Divisive Movie That Is Either Magical, Scary, Or Just Plain Strange 30:01

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The latest from Marvel and the Cinematic Universe is here! And while that could also be applied to Moon Knight on Disney Plus. I am actually referencing the latest MCU movie to come out, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. The latest of these movies to hopefully provide more clear concrete direction for the MCU, spoiler alert, it does not.…

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The Wizarding World Of Fantastic Beasts...The Franchise Who Lived (But For How Much Longer?) 39:15

3+ y ago39:15

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It is time for another magical episode about a film franchise, albeit not as long standing or even particular sturdy one. While we all want to talk about multiverses and strange doctor men, first I gotta get my notes out there to you on not only the latest Fantastic Beasts film, Secrets of Dumbledore, but also the middle less than stellar entry, Th…

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Does Morbius Suck Or Is It Flying High? 15:59

3+ y ago15:59

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On the latest episode of this movie review podcast, I am not gonna recommend this one. I like super hero things, and I like horror things. Hypothetically this sounds like it would be a power blend of both genres with the latest Marvel adaptation, Morbius. That being said, this movie was not it. And honestly, kind of what you expected from the trail…

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Is Robert Pattinson Truly The Batman? 27:13

3+ y ago27:13

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It's time for another super hero movie, and you know I had to get my The Batman fix on ASAP! Is it the best of the caped crusader's live-action representations? If not, it sure has one of the most intriguing casts for one of these with the likes of Robert Pattinson, Zoë Kravitz, Jeffrey Wright, Andy Serkis, and Colin Farrell to name a few. This gri…

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Gal Gadot On The Nile And Potentially Uncharted Territory With The Latest Video Game Adaptation 42:10

3+ y ago42:10

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Hello loyal listeners, after a slight hiatus we are back and busier than ever. It feels like we are always playing catchup these days and episodes, this is no exception, but hopefully the last of these for a bit. The February movie haul is here with the latest in a beautiful looking adaptation series of the amazing author Agatha Christie. First we …

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A Horror Movie Pop Culture Podcast Episode With A Plus One, It's Gonna Be A Scream!!! 1:11:52

4y ago1:11:52

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The first guest of the year for this latest entry in a classic scary movie franchise. Scream is an iconic horror generation spanning decades with 5 fairly strong entries. Some may be better than others, but this latest iteration from 2022 is the strongest since the first one, but let's not forget that Scream 2 is pretty quality as well. This is als…

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Encanto, Another Deep Family Trauma Exploration Film With A Sheesh Level Soundtrack! 22:56

4y ago22:56

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While this is not the horror trauma exploration and therapy session from the latest Scream film, yet, this episode will tackle some of those same emotional emotions, in the way that only a Disney movie can. The latest big animated film, Encanto, is now available on Disney+, so now is the time to watch it! If you want sentient furniture like Beauty …

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Resurrecting The Matrix And The King's Man Creation 30:36

4y ago30:36

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The final film look back is here. It has been a long time coming but here we put the final bow on 2021 movies and look ahead to all that 2022 has in store for us like more Marvel things, another video game adaptation, Scream 5, and of course, the latest version of live-action Batman. So before we can do that, we have the resurrection of The Matrix,…

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A New Year And Season: Breaking The Spiderverse Multiverse 25:16

4y ago25:16

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It's a new season and a new episode with something we are all familiar with, some Marvel goodies! Gotta kick the bi-weekly format off with one of the few solo movie movie review and recommendation podcasts ever done on Nick Nack Goes To The Movies. I had to start this season off with one of the latest and greatest movies to come from the MCU/Marvel…

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Nick Nack New To Theaters (Catchup Edition Pt. 2) - Eternals, Ghostbusters: Afterlife, and Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City 36:14

4y ago36:14

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So what are we dissecting and disseminating on this newest episode of Nick Nack Goes to the Movies. We are getting right into it with the latest Marvel movie with the Game of Thrones reunion we have been craving in Eternals. Gotta get to this before the conclusion of Hawkeye and the newest wall-crawling web-slinging Spider-Man (or men) movie. We go…

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Nick Nack New To Theaters (Catchup Edition Pt. 1) - No Time To Die, Halloween Kills, and Dune 45:52

4y ago45:52

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On the latest episode of Nick Nack Goes to the Movies, we are back after a month and a half hiatus. But now that Midwestern me is here and mostly settled in, it is time to get back to the things you need, what movies am I watching and such. So we have a whole cinema slate to catch up on, we got the end of the Daniel Craig Bond era, we got the lates…

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Double Trouble With The Venom Duology 25:23

4y ago25:23

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With all the MCU movies coming out this year, 2 down and 2 to go, as well as a plethora of MCU Disney Plus shows, some might forget about the Sony made Venom franchise, including the fairly new release, Venom: Let There Be Carnage. Tom Hardy is back in another super hero franchise after his stint going toe-to-toe with Batman. And joining in the fra…

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Should You Attend This Midnight Mass On Netflix Or Sleep Through It At Your House Manor? 49:58

4y ago49:58

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You know my take on The Haunting of Hill House, you know I am sometimes crazy down on these vampire things like Castlevania and The Strain, even if neither has gotten a full on episode yet. Well Netflix and the mind behind these Haunting shows, Mike Flanagan, has given us another frightful and fun scare-tastic show, just in time for a festive Octob…

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The Live Action Scooby Dooby Duology (Is It A Snack Of A Series Or Will It Leave You Saying Zoinks?) 30:31

4y ago30:31

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It has been a few years in the making, but I am finally making that episode all about the live action Scooby-Doo movies. This episode was drawn out two years in a row in relationship to these movies being omitted from Freeform's 31 Nights of Halloween marathon for a handful of years now. And while I was proven wrong with Nightmare Before Christmas …

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A Halloween Movie Marathon Palooza (Freeform's 31 Nights Of Halloween, AMC FearFest, And Welcome To The Blumhouse) 21:39

4y ago21:39

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With another year comes another fall season, and that means here come all the Halloween movie marathons. We got Freeform's 31 Nights of Halloween, AMC FearFest, and the second outing of the Amazon Prime anthology film series, Welcome to the Blumhouse. While we only have a small amount of information from Blumhouse and only the first week of FearFes…

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Does Shang-Chi Continue The Legend Of Marvel Into Phase 4? 30:19

4+ y ago30:19

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The latest MCU movie has graced theaters so I stuck true to this podcast's name and went to the movies. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is the first real post Infinity Stones saga outing with the latest Spider-Man movie serving as more of an epilogue and Black Widow's solo outing being way earlier in this Marvel timeline. Simu Liu, Michel…

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Here Comes The Candymen (The Latest Theatrical Taste Of Terror) 34:50

4+ y ago34:50

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Another week of horror movie franchises with new theater bound entries and another week of Nick Nack Goes To The Movies! Come take a journey with me from past to present, 1992-2021. This franchise is neither sugary or sweet, I don't think it is necessarily bad for your teeth, but with the scares a plenty, it might have you seeking the nearest box o…