The hosts at GeekScholars Movie News can't believe it's already August, but so it is, and with it comes a monthly preview! For August 2017 the GeekScholars reveal their Rotten Tomatoes and Opening Box Office Predictions for:

The Dark Tower

Detroit

The Hitman's Bodyguard

After that, the hosts play Never Tell Me the Odds and assess who will be the director of the next James Bond film and whether or not Jared Leto will ever play The Joker again.

On this episode, the GeekScholars host a spoiler-free discussion and review of Ghost in the Shell, an adaptation of the popular manga franchise starring Scarlett Johansson as The Major, a cyborg enforcer living in a futuristic digitally-enhanced world.

What to Watch This Weekend is a weekly podcast from GeekScholars Movie News. Each Friday, the GeekScholars present a spoiler-free review of a film that has just become available in the past week to watch by renting, streaming, or purchasing.

Another year, another Comic-Con! Lots of great film-related news and reveals happened out in San Diego this July, and GeekScholars Movie News covers all of the headlines in this week's episode including: thoughts on the Ready Player One and Justice League trailers, the plot of the Flash movie, Captain Marvel as a period piece, and Michelle Pfieffer joining Ant-Man and the Wasp. To wrap things up, the GeekScholars host a Casting Competition for who should play Doctor Doom! Let us know who wins!

On this episode, the GeekScholars host a spoiler-free discussion and review of Kong: Skull Island, an action-adventure set near the end of the Vietnam War where a bunch of scientists and military personnel travel to a remote uncharted land and discover a world of monsters and beasts.

What to Watch This Weekend is a weekly podcast from GeekScholars Movie News. Each Friday, the GeekScholars present a spoiler-free review of a film that has just become available in the past week to watch by renting, streaming, or purchasing.

It's a super fun episode of GeekScholars Movie News this week! To begin, the hosts weigh in on what The Batman should focus on now that a new script is being commissioned, along with Quentin Tarantino's decision to make a film about the Manson Murders, and the rumor that Daniel Craig will return as James Bond once more time.

After that, the GeekScholars reveal their Top 3 movies for 2017 thus far as well the three films they are most anticipating for the rest of the year!

On this episode, the GeekScholars host a spoiler-free discussion and review of The Lego Batman, a spin-off film from the highly acclaimed Power Rangers, an adaptation of the popular television show about a group of teenager who suddenly find themselves with superhuman powers and must come together as a team to defeat a global threat.

What to Watch This Weekend is a weekly podcast from GeekScholars Movie News. Each Friday, the GeekScholars present a spoiler-free review of a film that has just become available in the past week to watch by renting, streaming, or purchasing.

The big story this week is Fox's super early spoiler-free review of Spider-Man: Homecoming! Listen in to hear what he thought and how it stacks up to previous films featuring Marvel's famous web-crawler!

But before that, the GeekScholars weigh in with their thoughts on the first looks at Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, The Greatest Showman, and Pitch Perfect 3. They also speculate on the six 20th Century Fox Marvel movies slated for 2019 and 2020.

It's a super fun show this week on GeekScholars Movie News that begins (of course) with the news that Ron Howard will take over directing duties on the young Han Solo film, and that Carnage will be the villain in the Venom spinoff movie.

After that the GeekScholars reveal their Rotten Tomatoes and Opening Box Office Predictions for the major July 2017 releases including:

Spider-Man: Homecoming

War for the Planet of the Apes

Dunkirk

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

On this episode, the GeekScholars host a spoiler-free discussion and review of The Lego Batman, a spin-off film from the highly acclaimed Lego Movie, focused on the overly-brooding Dark Knight and his struggle to accept that sometimes even Batman needs help from the people who care about him.

What to Watch This Weekend is a weekly podcast from GeekScholars Movie News. Each Friday, the GeekScholars present a spoiler-free review of a film that has just become available in the past week to watch by renting, streaming, or purchasing.

This week's episode of GeekScholars Movie News is a ton of fun as the hosts begin with Never Tell Me the Odds and discuss the probability of another Ghostbusters film, Jessica Chastain joining X-Men: Dark Phoenix (no, not as Jean Grey), Hot Fuzz 2, and Universal Studios nabbing top talent for their Dark Universe of monster movies.

After that the GeekScholars play Script Doctor as they assess the trailers for: Black Panther, Detroit, Flatliners, and Goodbye, Christopher Robin.