GEEKSWEAT

TJ goes into post-match commentary mode to talk football movies, as the real-world fixture lists get punted around to accommodate the pandemic. time to kick-off for goals, glory and even Gregory's Girl.Lining up on the other side of the halfway line are football movies that are wartime, all-girl, behind bars, over the top martial arts and even loosely planned threequels. So, lace your earbuds up for this. Geeksweat rotates the squad again for MKH and Steven the wizard wingmen to provide the assists, hug their lines and spring into attacks on what's good and bad about the world of football movies.#BendItLikeBeckham, #EscapeToVictory, #football, #Messi, #Ronaldo, #soccer

King Dom introduces the next new segment of Geeksweat "Doms Docs" as he explores feature-length documentaries with curious tales and subjects of interest. Our inaugural episode is of Free Solo.A story of professional rock climber Alex Honnold and his obsession to attempt to conquer the first free solo climb of the famed El Capitan's 900-metre vertical rock face at Yosemite National Park.Jay and Steven gain purchase on this subject and freestyle from each ledge and cliff face of conversation to tell us more about what to watch out for and what is jutting out of this soul-defining journey.#danger, #documentary, #ElCapitan, #freeclimbing, #rock

King Dom goes exotic to trail a sub-continental serial killer, thief and fraudster who drugged and robbed Western tourists to travel the world and sell stolen gems.The Serpent (2021) features Tahir Rahim (Charles) and Jenna Coleman (Marie-Andrée) who portray the boyfriend and girlfriend criminal couple who preyed on youngJoining the investigating team witnessing the lifestyle and posturing of this infamous serial killer are detectives Jay and Steven, who will put this series under the spotlight.#hippie, #SerialKiller, #Seventies, #TahirRahim, #travellers

Jay 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.#Agent47, #bald, #barcode, #CultFilm, #EidosInteractive, #Hitman

MKH 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.RED DOT, released shortly before Valentine's Day, is a film written by Alain Darborg with Per Dickson, starring Johannes Kuhnke (Einar) and Nanna Blondell (Nadja).#camping, #LaserSight, #RedDot, #Swedish, #Thriller

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?#adaptation, #ArtisticLicence, #BookToScreen, #Kauffman, #Kubrick

[move to 10th February 2021 and delete this text]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 & 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.#ArcadeGame, #DonkeyKong, #HighScores, #TheKingOfKong, #RecordHolder

"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