BULLET TRAIN

Continuing on with the discussion of Movies We Should Have Seen In 2022 But Didn't, James, Brian and Jacob finally get around to talking about the surprisingly great heist action comedy Bullet Train! Russian-led Japanese mafia! Thomas the Tank Engine references! Brad Pitt! All this and more...

The OLD WAY (UnCAGE'd)

It's the first entry in the UnCAGE'd series of 2023, and it's also Nic Cage's first venture in to a straight-up western! That we know of. Join James, Brian and Jacob as they discuss everything from the story to what it must have been like being a 12-year-old acting opposite Nic Cage himself!

GLASS ONION

It's a brand new year, and James and the Exalted Geeks kick it off with discussing the whodunit, GLASS ONION, on Discord! Tech billionaire Miles Bron invites his friends for a getaway on his private Greek island. When someone turns up dead, Detective Benoit Blanc is put on the case...

Bonus Talk: STAR WARS

Some bonus chit-chat with the Exalted Geeks discussing various STAR WARS adjacent things, recorded 12/10/2022...

Bonus Talk: DCEU

Some bonus chit-chat with the Exalted Geeks discussing various DCEU adjacent things, recorded 12/10/2022...

VIOLENT NIGHT

 

It's James' annual Birthday Lament, and this year he and the Exalted Geeks took in a showing of the newest instant Christmas Classic, VIOLENT NIGHT! Join James, Brian, Everett, Sarah, Jacob, Marcus, Kevin, Ben and Other James, as they discuss this over delicious pub foods and Holiday themed libations! An elite team of mercenaries breaks into a family compound on Christmas Eve, taking everyone hostage inside. However, they aren't prepared for a surprise combatant: Santa Claus is on the grounds, and he's about to show why this Nick is no saint...

BLACK HEARTS BOYS' CHOIR (Book Review)

James is joined once again by Kari to discuss another book we both read--Black Hearts Boys' Choir--and this time they actually have the author--Curtis Lawson--along with, discussing his book, music, and going down various other rabbit trails, as per your usual M+B episode! Lucien Beaumont is a teenage misfit and musical prodigy ostracized by his peers and haunted by familial tragedy. When he discovers an unfinished song written by his dead father—a song that holds terrible power—Lucien becomes obsessed. As he chases after the secret nature of his father's music, the line between gruesome fantasy and real life violence begins to blur. To complete his father's work Lucien believes that he and his group of outcast friends must appease a demonic force trapped within the music with increasingly sadistic offerings. As things spiral out of control he finds that the cost of his art will be the lives of everyone around him, and perhaps his very soul...

Curtis M. Lawson Links:

• Official Website
• Amazon Page
• The Coffin Maker's Book of Dark Tales
• Black Heart Boys' Choir Special Edition (proceeds go to UNICEF)
• Facebook
• Wyrd Transmissions Podcast
• Black Heart Boys' Choir free e-book