Pol, Bud, Kirsten (and Aurelia) geek out about phones, rice, mutants, mountains, Culkins, aphantasia, and bad Sony business.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

10:12 – no more phone-in-rice?

Coming Soon

14:12 – Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase (Q1/Q2 2024, including Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed, Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection, and one of the four Xbox games, Pentiment)

15:15 – X-Men ’97 (Marvel Animation series, March 20 on Disney+) (Zoner Mary)

23:31 – The Sympathizer (Max miniseries, April 14)

24:45 – Civil War (A24 film, in theatres April 12)

28:56 – The Fantastic 4 poster (in theatres July 25, 2025) (Zoner Mary)

32:55 – Inaugural Langford convention to feature Game of Thrones’ The Mountain, Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson

36:40 – Sam Mendes to direct four separate Beatles movies

38:18 – More Pokémon Concierge episodes are coming to Netflix

38:58 – Venom 3 adds The Changeling & Letterkenny star Clark Backo

41:18 – All five Culkin Brothers to star in animated series The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy (article, Prime Video animated series, Friday)

43:46 – Updates on the Xbox Business

46:17 – Avatar: The Last Airbender (final trailer thank the gods, Netflix series, Thursday)

NOT Coming Soon

46:35 – Sony is erasing digital libraries that were supposed to be accessible ”forever”

47:54 – Madame Web Box Office Hits Record Low For Sony Spider-Man movies (yes, even worse than Morbius) with SPECIAL GUEST, Darren-who-watches-everything!

53:28 – HBO delays posting Last Week Tonight With John Oliver clips to YouTube in hopes of signing up more Max subscribers

57:11 – Disney Movie Club subscription service to shutter this summer

Listener mailbag ([email protected])

58:59 – Zoner Ewan: Ewencyclopedia Brytannica + aphantasia + Reign of Fire

Reviews and Recommendayshes

1:05:31 – True Detective: Night Country (mini R&R from Pol, full Art & Pol review next week)

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