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Cult FilmJay takes another stab at the video game-to-film adaptation with the next instalment of Cult Film, as she sets her sights on another film in the form of Hitman.The 2007 thriller starring Timothy Olyphant is in the sights of King Dom, whilst MKH has his finger on the trigger to fire off their thoughts and opinions on the bald antihero.Our specialist unit takes down what goes on and goes off in the life of a genetically engineered contract killer who takes his action from computer screen to the big screen.#agent #Agent47 #amazing #art #assassin #bald, #barcode, #codename #conspiracy #ContractKiller #cricket #CultFilm, #EidosInteractive #explore #follow #game #gamer #gaming #GunForHire #hair #hitman #HitmanAbsolution #HitmanBloodMoney #HitmanAgent #HitmanContracts #HitmanGame #HitmanSilentAssassin #HitmanSniper #india #interpol #life #love #OlgaKurylenko #PCgaming #PS #PlayStation #RohitSharma #russia #SilentAssassin #TimotyhOlyphant #VideoGames #xbox

The MKH CutMKH switches his laser sights on and pulls another online streaming film into his crosshairs for a killshot on Scandi thriller drama RED DOT (2021) directed by Alain Darborg.Feeding ammunition to the episode is King Dom and Steven who are coldly staring at the film that has got people having second thoughts about camping in open spaces.This Swedish thriller was released shortly before Valentine's Day, it's a film written by Alain Darborg with Per Dickson, starring Johannes Kuhnke (Einar) and Nanna Blondell (Nadja).#amazing #AR #art #camping #CouplesGoals #EDC #EveryDayCarry #explore #follow #glock #guns #GunsDaily #GunsOfInstagram #GunPorn #HoloSun #JohannesKuhnke #LaserSight #life #love #mm #NannaBlondell #ndAmendment #optics #pewpew #PewPewLife #pistol #RangeDay #RedDot #RedDotSight #rifle #shooting #snow #Swedish #tactical #TheMKHCut #thriller #ThrillerRedDot #YoungCouple

Hot Topic Steven adopts the adaptation principle for this Hot Topic episode, as he discusses (or vents) what responsibilities an artist has to the source material, successful and unsuccessful adaptations and more.ADAPTATION (2002) comes under scrutiny as well as other feature films that have come from the written page to the film screen. MKH and TJ weigh in on what should stick or twist in adaptation transfers.William Goldman, Stephen King and Michael Crichton get a special mention as book writers who have managed to write scripts for features. What has become of the soul and sole objectives of films?#amazing #art #adaptation #AdaptationsOfInstagram #ArtisticLicence #BookToScreen #CharlieKauffman #comedy #comics #copyright #DeusExMachina #explore #fantasy #follow #HotTopic #IP #IntellectualProperty #JekyllAndHyde #Kauffman #Kubrick#adaptations #life #love #marvel #mystery #NicolasCage #retelling #RetellingOfClassics #retellingstory #StanLee #story #stories #WebComics

Doms Docs King Dom goes King Kong and racks up the high scores to run and jump the rules over the American gaming documentary The King Of Kong: A Fistful Of Quarters (2007).Geeksweat goes retro to rediscover 1999's "Video Game Player of the Century" Billy Mitchell, who claimed to have set a record score in "Donkey Kong", and the challenger Steve Wiebe who arises to compete with him for the title.Steven and TJ are player-ups waiting in the wings as we toss barrels and climb ladders to get closer to the truths of this documentary and what levels it can get up to.#amazing #arcade #art #ArcadeGame #BillyMitchell #bowser #documentary #DomsDocs #DonkeyKong #explore #game #gamer #gaming #GuinessRecords #GuinessWorldRecord #follow #HighScores #life #love #luigi #mario #MarioKart #nintendo #NintendoSwitch #pacman #pokemon #retro #RetroGaming #SmashBros #SteveWiebe #SuperMario #SuperMarioBros #SuperSmashBros #TheKingOfKong, #RecordHolder #VideoGames #WorldRecord #yoshi #zelda

"Small axe fall big tree" or "If you are the big tree, we are the small axe" – a proverb popularized by Bob Marley, is now a British anthology film series created & directed by Steve McQueen.Steven and TJ discuss the distinct stories about the lives of West Indian immigrants in London from the 1960s to the 1980s.In a Geeksweat first their Mum's are invited on to the episode too, to add context from a different generation, whilst also exploring the era and impact of Small Axe.#AlexWheatle, #BritishHistory, #CannesFilmFestival, #Education, #LoversRock, #Mangrove, #RedWhiteAndBlue, #SmallAxe

Jay perches atop this segment as another film glides into her open world for the takedown, she conjures up all of her memories and experiences to assess the millenia-old myth of Assassins Creed.Under the hood are her Geeksweat cohorts King Dom and TJ, who are stalking the corridors of the internet to corner a film that has branched from game, to books to films and across eras in time.If you are ready to be initiated and prepared to swear an oath to this podcast, it is time for you to witness how the battle between free will versus order and control plays out on the big-screen adaptation.#Aguilar, #AssassinsCreed, #FreeWill, #OrderAndControl #MasterAssassin, #Ubisoft

MKH goes two-tone to discuss the black and white Netflix feature based on Herman J. Mankiewicz and the development of the screenplay for 1941's Citizen Kane.Joining the lines of this cinematographic drama, based on Orson Welles debut feature film, are Jay and Steven who opine on whether it is the greatest film ever made.Mank features Amanda Seyfried, Lily Collins as well as politics, power and propaganda washed down with a vial of alcoholism. So, how well was this film blend to digest?#biopic, #CitizenKane, #DavidFincher, #Mank, #screenwriter

TJ raises his hand and comes forward with his selection of the undesired and unloved shows that shouldn't or couldn't be watched all the way through, but we still did and perhaps enjoyed it too.MKH and Steven join in the television confession booth and admit to some of the streaming and T.V. sins that they have subjected themselves to during the lockdown period.We whizz through the reasons and relaxations these guilt watches have provided and where you can watch them and perhaps why we have watched them too. Listen in to Geeksweat's guilty pleasures/#AmericanGods, #AntiquesRoadTrip, #BehindClosedDoors, #Bonding, #DeathInParadise, #GuiltWatches, #LoveIsland, #Pose

TJ talks trailers again as Hollywood attempts to tease and please its audience with the prospect of the latest films to be released, despite the obstacles of world events. Which spectacles are now on show?Top Gun returns to formula, innoculating audiences with nostalgia.The French Dispatch is the anti-viral series vignettes for the public. While News Of The World prescribes an old school Western remedy.In the hot, but not feverish, socially-distanced seats today are King Dom and MKH as they provide a detailed diagnosis on which film medicine to accept and which she would reject this coming year.#NewsOfTheWorld, #TheFrenchDispatch, #TomCruise, #TomHanks, #TopGun, #WesAnderson

King Dom rounds up the year that was with another annual reflection on the good, bad and the ugly of film and television that was on offer in the year that was with The Geekies 2020.Recovering and recollecting from the disruptive year that was 2020 our co-hosts are an extended team of Jay, MKH and TJ as they all offer their insights, suggestions and votes for Best categories.#2020, #awards, #AwardsUndone, #film, #Geekies #rewards, #TV