The Geek Down

Daniel Day-Lewis, arguably one of the greatest actors of our time, announced that he would be retiring from acting. Day-Lewis shifted between theatre and film for most of the early 1980s before appearing in the 1984 film The Bounty and becoming a known name. Reportedly his final acting role will be "Phantom Thread," set in the London fashion industry in the 1950s, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson.

Jonny was one of the first to pick up ARMS, the new fighting game for the Nintendo Switch. While having some issues with the difficulty (and actively coaching Adam, who couldn't stop playing the game DURING the review), it still falls on the lower level of mind-blowing! Arms is a fighting game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch. Elite fighting superstars share one thing in common: extendable arms! Equip super-powered ARMS to create a slew of combinations. Then use motion or button controls to dish out strategic beatdowns in 1-on-1, or 2-on-2 battles.

Adam and Pat got to peep the Netflix original film War Machine starring Brad Pitt. Having a long-standing appreciation of the attention to detail Pitt plays in his starring roles this one did not disappoint. They talk about the intricacies of the plot, their thoughts on the acting, and give a succinct appraisal of the film as both a light political dramedy and introspective character study. War Machine is a 2017 American satirical war film directed and written by David Michôd based on the nonfiction book The Operators by Michael Hastings. It's a fictionalized version of the events in the book based on United States Army General Stanley McChrystal. When a successful, charismatic four-star general, Glenn McMahon, is tasked with winning an unpopular war, he takes the challenge head-on, not knowing that hubris may be his own worst enemy.

Friends of the show Meff and Eowyn return to pimp everyone's favorite slayer, now in burlesque form! Once More With Pasties III: A Buffy Burlesque returning to the Oberon club to excite and devour Buffy fans by the dozens.

Long time fans of Marvel comics and especially the unkillable antihero assassin, Deadpool, we were both excited and freaking terrified to learn this book was written and illustrated by Rob Liefeld. Excited because he's one of the original creators of the merc-with-a-mouth, and terrified because he's notoriously lauded as one of the worst influences on comics in comics history. The take on this book, however, was surprisingly different and left both JM and Pat a bit slack-jawed and dumbstruck! Deadpool's made a lot of enemies. One he can't quite place is the brutal Thumper, who keeps showing up out of the blue to pound him into jelly. What is Deadpool's past connection to this beefy face-masher? And what's up with Cable, Domino, and the others on the cover? Are they going to show up in the book? (Hint: They are!)

We were all huge fans of Chris Cornell's music. Here we take a few minutes to talk about our history with his music and the influence it had on us from humerous stories of discovering new music to fascilitating our acceptance as black rock and metal fans. Cornell is considered one of the most poignant and infuential musicians, singers, and songwriters of his time. One of the chief architects of the 1990s grunge movement. He was best known as the lead vocalist for the rock bands Soundgarden and Audioslave. Cornell was found dead in his Detroit hotel room on May 18, 2017, shortly after performing at a Soundgarden concert the night before. The cause was later found to be the result of suicide. He was 52 years old. We do our best to give a respectful sendoff to someone who meant so much to us.

We were all huge fans of Chris Cornell's music. Here we take a few minutes to talk about our history with his music and the influence it had on us from humerous stories of discovering new music to fascilitating our acceptance as black rock and metal fans. Cornell is considered one of the most poignant and infuential musicians, singers, and songwriters of his time. One of the chief architects of the 1990s grunge movement. He was best known as the lead vocalist for the rock bands Soundgarden and Audioslave. Cornell was found dead in his Detroit hotel room on May 18, 2017, shortly after performing at a Soundgarden concert the night before. The cause was later found to be the result of suicide. He was 52 years old. We do our best to give a respectful sendoff to someone who meant so much to us.

Hardcore comic fans Pat and Mx Macabre got neck deep into Justice League Dark. Having different preferences to story/hero/villain type, they were both able to agree that DC's animated films continue to do it right. This was a solid story with some hardcore fight scenes and interesting use of established characters. Also the accuracy of the players stood out more than expected. Batman forms Justice League Dark, a new team of dark arts specialists that is led by John Constantine. Supernatural beings like Zatanna, Deadman and the demon Etrigan are on the job with a little help from their friends. The team must unravel the mystery of a magic plague infecting innocent people and contend with the rising, powerful villainous forces behind the siege.

Is Brad Pitt the man to finally end the war in Afghanistan? We’ll for danged sure find out with the Netflix original War Machine. Arms length turns out to be the perfect distance for an ass whooping – watch us talk about ARMS for the Nintendo Switch. You can’t escape Earth, it’s people, or it’s foibles as we learn in Ekho volume 6. And John #$@&%*! Constantine and his #%*!$@& supernatural Superfriends (with special guest, the #$@&*%-@#$%&?! Batman!) take on malevolent magic with extreme prejudice in Justice League Dark: The Movie

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Garth Ennis, the mastermind who brought you some of Marvel's most hardcore tales and character definitions, not the least of which being The Punisher. has a new book out - Jimmy's Bastards. Jimmy Regent, Britain’s number one super-spy, has got it all: intrigue, adventure, a license to shoot whoever he likes and beautiful women falling at his feet. He also has a new partner who isn’t quite as impressed by Jimmy as all other women appear to be. Now, there’s a price to pay for Jimmy’s multiple romantic conquests — the results of which are about to come for his ass! Adam and Pat give their impressions, trying hard not to gush over Ennis' legacy