Movie Geeks United

The De Palma Thriller:

SISTERS

The Movie Geeks celebrate and analyze five seminal thrillers from director Brian De Palma in a week-long series of shows. In this first installment, special guests including author/critic John Kenneth Muir and producer Edward R. Pressman discuss De Palma's Sisters.

Fall Movie Preview

The Movie Geeks deliver an in-depth overview of this year’s slate of fall film releases, including Tron: Legacy, True Grit and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows PLUS...a live announcement of the films selected for this year's Carnival of Darkness Film Festival in Los Angeles.

The Last Exorcism

The Movie Geeks welcome actor Patrick Fabian, who stars in the new film The Last Exorcism. PLUS...premieres of the new scores for Dinner for Schmucks, Vampires Suck and Predators, and the latest movie news and reviews.

James Cameron:

You Can Thank Dubya for ‘Avatar’

Odd as it sounds, the most successful film of all time—Avatar —was inspired by George W. Bush (at least in part). So says director James Cameron of his 3D sci-fi epic. “I was writing the film in early ’05—I had written the treatment way back earlier—and the story didn’t change much from the treatment. But I think some of the influences were the fact that we were at the peak of the fighting in the Iraq War,” he tells Movie Geeks United hosts Jamey DuVall and Jerry Dennis. “I was just reacting to the fact that I was infuriated by us going into Iraq in the first place. There was…(To read the full story, click here.)

Composer Brian Tyler

The Movie Geeks welcome acclaimed composer Brian Tyler (Rambo, Eagle Eye) back to the show to discuss his new score for Sylvester Stallone's The Expendables.

Director Bruce Beresford

The Movie Geeks speak to acclaimed director Bruce Beresford (Tender Mercies, Driving Miss Daisy) about his new film Mao's Last Dancer.

Goldman, Masterson, Vanderbilt

The Movie Geeks go back through their archive to feature a trio of interviews with screenwriters Bo Goldman (One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest), Kelly Masterson (Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead), and James Vanderbilt (Zodiac).

Hall, Rooker, Walsh

The Movie Geeks go back through their archive to feature a trio of interviews with character actors Philip Baker Hall (Magnolia, The Insider), Michael Rooker (Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, Sea of Love), and M. Emmet Walsh (Blood Simple, Clean and Sober).

Desplat, Isham, Shore

The Movie Geeks go back through their archive to feature a trio of interviews with film composers Alexandre Desplat (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Birth), Mark Isham (Crash, A River Runs Through It), and Howard Shore (The Lord of the Rings, The Fly).

Coppola, Schrader, De Palma

The Movie Geeks go back through their archive to feature a trio of interviews with filmmaking giants Francis Ford Coppola (The Godfather, Apocalypse Now), Paul Schrader (Blue Collar, Taxi Driver), and Brian De Palma (Carrie, Scarface).