The Zone’s Geek-out Podcast-0356: We put this: (brain emoji) . . . into this: (beaver emoji)!

What makes a film eligible for an Oscar? We dig in to that, the 100 best movies of all time, and no-your-child-didn’t-download-porn-on-your-account comeuppance for Kirsten.

Preamble

01:21 – Kirsten vs Playstation

11:03 – The Bombadiloff

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

18:03 – Vine is long dead. Long live diVine?

Coming Soon

23:04 – The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping (in theatres ONE YEAR from trailer drop: November 20, 2026)

24:28 – Scrubs (reboot series, ABC, February 25) (Zoner Ewan)

26:04 – How to Make a Killing (A24, in theatres February 20)

27:23 – We Bury The Dead (Daisy Ridley zombie film, in theatres January 2)

30:58 – STROBE WARNING · The Moment (mockumentary, in theatres January 30)

33:18 – Hoppers (Disney/Pixar animated film, in theatres March 6)

36:06 – Scarlett Johansson to star in Mike Flanagan’s ”radical new take” on The Exorcist

44:13 – Mashable’s 60 second Stranger Things recap (Netflix series, final season, Vol 1 5p November 26, Vol 2 5p Christmas Day, finalé 5p New Year’s Eve ALSO in theatres, Netflix recap, click the thumbs up for a 😱)

49:10 – Shoresey (Crave series, S5, December 25)

Geek News Proper

51:33 – Empire’s fan-voted 100 best movies of all time

1:00:59 – In Australia, under-sixteens will be banned from major social media plaforms from December 10th

1:02:17 – James Cameron thinks Netflix’s theatrical strategy is ”rotten to the core”

1:05:23 – House of the Dragon renewed for season 4 at HBO (based on Fire & Blood, final season? non-story non-answer)

related: A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms renewed for season 2 ahead of its premiere on HBO (based on Dunk and Egg, S1: Janaury 18, S2: 2027)

1:06:51 – Olaf has been added to the list of Disney (audio) animatronics we’d fear in a robot uprising (article)

Reviews and Recommendayshes

1:11:40 – Good Fortune (Kirsten)

1:14:55 – Wicked: For Good (Kirsten)

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