Legends Podcast

We’re rolling the final dice of this gambling game we call Aug-Heist, and it just so happens to have 20 sides! After the 2000 film doomed the franchise to the plane of Box Office Oblivion, the Gary Gygax-created tabletop fantasy roleplaying game enjoyed a resurrection thanks to retro references in shows like Stranger Things and web series like Critical Role. Now, the prophecy has been fulfilled and a big-budget version was unleashed in theaters in March of this year. Starring Chris Pine, Michelle Robdriguez, Justice Smith, and Sophia Lillis as a band of thieves who set off to steal from the con man who wronged them, the movie earned rave reviews but didn’t exactly plunder the box office. Still, it rolled high enough to spawn a franchise. Now we’re capping off Aug-Heist with Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves!   Donate to the Entertainment Community Fund here:https://entertainmentcommunity.org/    For more geeky podcasts visit GonnaGeek.com   You can find us on iTunes under ''Legends Podcast''. Please s

Updated audio, beef is sorry Legends Podcast is cracking open the cinematic vault and bringing you a whole month of cons, capers, and car chases! Whether you’re a stoic getaway driver, some ne’er-do-well thieves, a misdirection master, or some fantasy friends, you’ll find the big score right here on our podcast. This is Aug-Heist!  Director Louis Leterrier brought a kind of magic to the heist genre with this 2013 breakout hit. Featuring a stacked deck of an ensemble cast, including Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Isla Fisher, Dave Franco, Mark Ruffalo, Mélanie Laurent, Michael Caine, and Morgan Freeman, the film tracks four magicians who pull off an impossible heist: robbing a bank in Paris from a stage in Las Vegas. With the FBI on their tails, they must use every trick in the book to finish the tasks set by their mysterious benefactor. The film hypnotized audiences and brought in $350 million off a $75 million budget, earning a sequel in 2016, with a third film on the way. But does it leave our hosts spel

Before he played Ken, Ryan Gosling portrayed a nameless driver in Nicolas Winding Refn’s 2011 film based on the James Sallis novel. When a Hollywood stuntman who moonlights as a getaway driver gets romantically involved with his neighbor, he is drawn into a mobster’s plot and must use all his skills to stay alive. With an all-star cast including Carey Mulligan, Oscar Isaac, Bryan Cranston, Christina Hendricks, Ron Perlman, and Albert Brooks, the film won Refn the Best Director award at Cannes. Opening in second place at the box office, the fim has gone on to become a mainstay in internet movie culture - the definition of “kino.” Now we’re donning our Scorpion jackets and stepping on the gas for Drive!   Donate to the Entertainment Community Fund here:https://entertainmentcommunity.org/    For more geeky podcasts visit GonnaGeek.com   You can find us on iTunes under ''Legends Podcast''. Please subscribe and give us a positive review. You can also follow us on Twitter @LegendsPodcast or even better, send us an

And we’re on to the film that launched Wes Anderson’s directing career! Starring real-life brothers Luke Wilson and Owen Wilson as non-brothers Anthony and Dignan, two friends who commit felonies for fun, along with Robert Musgrave as their friend Bob and real-life third Wilson brother Andrew Wilson as Bob’s in-movie brother Future Man and returning Aug-Heist con man James Caan, this caper was made for $5 million but only grossed about $500,000. Nevertheless, critics did take note, with Martin Scorcese going so far as to call it one of his favorite films of the decade. Far from a dud, the film lit Anderson’s fuse and set his career on a stellar trajectory. We’re putting on our matching yellow jumpsuits and firing up Bottle Rocket for our next Aug-Heist adventure!    Donate to the Entertainment Community Fund here:https://entertainmentcommunity.org/    For more geeky podcasts visit GonnaGeek.com   You can find us on iTunes under ''Legends Podcast''. Please subscribe and give us a positive review. You can also

We’re starting the month in style with our wildest Aug-Heist pick yet! When a group of seafaring thieves set out to rob a luxury ocean liner, they find a mysterious monster has beaten them to the punch - and they’re about to be eaten for lunch! Starring Treat Williams, Famke Janssen, Wes Studi, Kevin J. O’Connor, and Anthony Heald, this heist-slash-disaster-slash-monster movie genre mash-up was written and directed by The Mummy’s Stephen Sommers. Released in January 1998, the film sank like a stone at the box office in the wake of that dramatic dreadnought, Titanic. Now we’re kicking off Aug-Heist with a deep dive into Deep Rising!   Donate to the Entertainment Community Fund here:https://entertainmentcommunity.org/    For more geeky podcasts visit GonnaGeek.com   You can find us on iTunes under ''Legends Podcast''. Please subscribe and give us a positive review. You can also follow us on Twitter @LegendsPodcast or even better, send us an e-mail: LegendsPodcastS@gmail.com   You can write to Rum Daddy directly

Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg, and Nick Frost followed up Shuan of the Dead with the second installment of their now so-called Three Flavours Cornetto Triology - or, alternatively, the “Blood and Ice Cream” trilogy - trading zombie movie rom-com parody for buddy cop movies (Point Break or Bad Boys II?) and rural paranoia thrillers like The Wicker Man. When top London cop Nicholas Angel is transferred to a quaint countryside village and is saddled with inept partner, he begins to suspect that the town may be hiding a dark secret. Featuring Jim Broadbent, Timothy Dalton, Paddy Considine, Olivia Colman, and a whole village’s worth of stalwart British stars, the film was an instant hit and proved to be the highest-grossing “flavour” of the three. Now we’re taking a trip to Sandford, Gloucestershire, to get brainfreeze with Hot Fuzz!   Donate to the Entertainment Community Fund here:https://entertainmentcommunity.org/    For more geeky podcasts visit GonnaGeek.com   You can find us on iTunes under ''Legends Podcast''.

Based on Cormac McCarthy’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, this post-apocalyptic “road movie” pairs Viggo Mortensen and Kodi Smit-McPhee as father and son traversing a hostile landscape. Co-starring Charlize Theron, Robert Duvall, Michael K. Williams, Garrett Dillahunt, and Guy Pearce - in about one scene each - the film presents a stark and desolate landscape ravaged by a civilization-ending calamity. (And no wonder - they shot it in Pittsburgh!) Following McCarthy’s passing last month at age 89, we’re hitting The Road to see how the pic based on an Oprah's Book Club pick holds up.   For more geeky podcasts visit GonnaGeek.com   You can find us on iTunes under ''Legends Podcast''. Please subscribe and give us a positive review. You can also follow us on Twitter @LegendsPodcast or even better, send us an e-mail: LegendsPodcastS@gmail.com   You can write to Rum Daddy directly: rumdaddylegends@gmail.com You can find all our contact information here on the Network page of GonnaGeek.com Our complete archive is alw

For more geeky podcasts visit GonnaGeek.com   It’s 1968, One of the most turbulent years in US history.  Richard Nixon wins the election against Hubert Humphrey.  The US is entwined in the war between North and South Vietnam and Lyndon B. Johnson, who is still president, increases our own ground troops to 550,000.  Martin Luther King and Robert F. Kennedy are both assassinated.  The Civil Rights Act is passed.  Riots outside the Democratic National Convention in Chicago breakout and Chicago’s mayor orders his police, “shoot to kill.”  The country is at odds.   One Broadway musical is getting all the attention with a scene where all the performers drop their clothing and appear fully nude.  This new show plays with the division between the existing culture at the time, and the counterculture of the “hippie generation” and marks the birth of the “Rock-Musical”   A decade later, Milos Forman, Director of the Oscar winning film, One Flew Over the Cookoo’s Nest sets his sights bringing it to the big screen with ma

With a lil treat this 4th of July, We re-release our The Vast of Night cast from the early dark days of the pandemic! Have a great 4th     The coronavirus quarantine has been a boon to streaming, but our favorite film of the lockdown is a low-budget, retro, Twilight Zone-esque meditation on the power of storytelling in film. You are entering Legends Podcast. Tonight’s episode: The Vast of Night.   For more geeky podcasts visit GonnaGeek.com   You can find us on iTunes under ''Legends Podcast''. Please subscribe and give us a positive review. You can also follow us on Twitter @LegendsPodcast or even better, send us an e-mail: LegendsPodcastS@gmail.com You can find all our contact information here on the Network page of GonnaGeek.com Our complete archive is always available at www.legendspodcast.com, www.legendspodcast.libsyn.com

Director Rachel Mason set out to make a documentary about her parents’ bookstores in the West Hollywood and Silver Lake neighborhoods of Los Angeles. For much of her childhood, Karen and Barry Mason kept the nature of their business a secret from Rachel and her brothers, but the children later learned that their mother and father’s stores were at the center of gay culture in L.A. In a true story that spans the struggle for gay rights, the porn industry, the AIDS crisis, the moral panic of the 1980s, and the effects of the internet on brick-and-mortar establishments. Along the way, Mason uncovered her mother’s connection to Hustler publisher Larry Flynt, her father’s near arrest on federal felony charges, her brother’s harrowing coming-out story, and the importance of her parents’ store to the development of gay life in L.A. Released on Netflix, Circus of Books is in award-winning look at a business, a community, and a family.   For more geeky podcasts visit GonnaGeek.com   You can find us on iTunes under ''Le

Based on a true story - sort of - this Elizabeth Banks-directed film bit off a chunk of the box office earlier this year. In the style of Snakes on a Plane and Sharknado, its absurd title promised campy animal chaos that audiences needed to see to believe. When a drug smuggler dumps kilos of Columbian cocaine on Blood Mountain in the Chattahoochee National Forest in Georgia, a bear then snorts the coke and goes on a bloody bender. Starring Keri Russell, Ray Liota, Margo Martindale, Isaiah Whitlock Jr., Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Alden Ehrenreich, O’Shea Jackson, some kids and a CGI black bear, the film packs in scares, gags, and gore into 90-minutes of drug-fueled ursine rampage. When the movie is called Cocaine Bear, you have to wonder if it’s up to snuff or simply unbearable to watch.    For more geeky podcasts visit GonnaGeek.com   You can find us on iTunes under ''Legends Podcast''. Please subscribe and give us a positive review. You can also follow us on Twitter @LegendsPodcast or even better, send us an e-ma

*******SPOILER ALERT****** (MINOR SPOILERS FOR RANDOM ISH STARTING AT ABOUT 45MINS .. sorry beef forgot the alerts!!) Based on a true story, this 2014 film follows a group of gay and lesbian activists who lend their support to a Welsh mining village during the 1984-1985 miners’ strike, uniting two very different communities in the process. Starring Bill Nighy, Imelda Staunton, Dominic West, Paddy Considine, Andrew Scott, George MacKay, Joseph Gilgun, and Ben Schnetzer, the film written by Stephen Beresford and directed by Matthew Warchus received critical acclaim and a Golden Globe nomination. Set against the backdrop of Margaret Thatcher’s Britain, the film incorporates historical details and enough recognizable British talent to appeal to the Harry Potter crowd, but didn’t exactly strike paydirt at the box office. We’re celebrating Pride with Pride!   For more geeky podcasts visit GonnaGeek.com   You can find us on iTunes under ''Legends Podcast''. Please subscribe and give us a positive review. You can als

After a successful franchise reboot with Batman Begins, auteur director Christopher Nolan leaned into the gritty aspects of the comic with a grounded take on the Clown Prince of Crime as the lead villain in a mob-centric tale of Gotham City. Christian Bale once again dons the Batsuit alongside Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, and Gary Oldman, with Heath Ledger joining the cast as Joker, Aaron Eckhart as Harvey Dent, and Maggie Gyllenhaal taking over for Katie Holmes as Rachel Dawes. The sequel wildly outperformed the first installment, bringing in over a billion dollars at the box office and becoming the highest-grossing film of 2008. Heath Ledger’s performance earned multiple awards, including the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor - awarded posthumously following the actor's untimely death of a drug overdose prior to the film’s release. We’ve fired up the Bat Signal to summon Wing back to the Legends Cave to talk The Dark Knight and answer the immortal question: “WHY SO SERIOUS?”   For more geeky podcasts visit

Stand-up comic and SNL star Eddie Murphy broke out on the big screen in Eighties movies like 48 Hrs and Trading Places, but his biggest box office successes came while playing Axel Foley, a street-smart Detroit detective as a fish-out-of-water in Beverly Hills, California. Produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and Don Simpson, the first two films were huge hits commercially and critically, and while the third film (directed by John Landis) was panned, it still brought in enough to put the franchise over $700 million at the box office. Oh, and the movie brought us the tune made famous by Crazy Frog. We’re wrapping up a month of Eighties classics with Beverly Hills Cop!   For more geeky podcasts visit GonnaGeek.com   You can find us on iTunes under ''Legends Podcast''. Please subscribe and give us a positive review. You can also follow us on Twitter @LegendsPodcast or even better, send us an e-mail: LegendsPodcastS@gmail.com   You can write to Rum Daddy directly: rumdaddylegends@gmail.com You can find all our contact

One of John Hughes's most well-know films and decade-defining teem comedy, this ensemble film was made for a million and it is still playing on cable TV. Often imitated but never remade - at  lease not yet, anyway- Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, Emilio Estevez, Ally Sheedy, and Anthony Michael Hall star as five high schoolers serving Saturday detention in suburban Chicago high school under the watchful eye of an assistant principal, played by Paul Gleason. Joining us this week is a special guest author and podcaster D.X. Ferris to review a Brat Pack classic. Does that answer your question? Sincerely your... The Breakfast Club

Writer-director John Hughes made his mark on ‘80s cinema with the National Lampoon’s Vacation films and his Brat Pack teen comedies. By the late ‘80s, he’d transitioned to writing more “grown-up” comedies, starting with 1987’s Planes, Trains and Automobiles. Continuing his partnership with actor John Candy in The Great Outdoors, which Hughes wrote, and then the next film he directed, released in 1989. Starring Candy as a bachelor uncle called upon to care for his nieces and nephew in the Chicago suburbs, this family comedy brought Hughes and Candy together with young actor Macaulay Culkin, who went on to star in another Hughes/Candy project: Home Alone. But this time, the kids aren’t left home alone… Uncle Buck’s here, and he’s making pancakes with a shovel. Dig in!   For more geeky podcasts visit GonnaGeek.com   You can find us on iTunes under ''Legends Podcast''. Please subscribe and give us a positive review. You can also follow us on Twitter @LegendsPodcast or even better, send us an e-mail: LegendsPodcas

With Arnold Schwarzenegger’s star rising in the early 80s, the Austrian bodybuilder filmed his first sequel, a follow-up to his 1982 role in the John Millius sword-and-sorcery epic Conan the Barbarian. Based on the works of Robert E. Howard, the Raffaella De Laurentiis production brought back Mako from the first film and introduced Grace Jones, Wilt Chamberlain, Tracey Walter, and Olivia d'Abo to the Hyborian Age. Written by two Marvel Comics authors, with less gore and more humor than the original, director Richard Fliescher stepping in for Millius, and creature effects by Carlo Rambaldi, the film was less financially successful than the first, perhaps overshadowed by Schwarzenegger’s true breakout role in another film released the same year: The Terminator. Between the time when the oceans drank Atlantis and the rise of the sons of Aryas, there was an age undreamed of. The franchise was done in two, and hither came Conan… the Destoyer!    For more geeky podcasts visit GonnaGeek.com   You can find us on iTun

In the early Eighties, Martin Scorcese was struggling to get The Last Temptation of Christ into production. After Paramount abandoned the adaptation, Scorcese decided instead to focus on smaller, independent projects. The script for this 1985 black comedy came to him by way of his lawyer, was written as an assignment for a film class, inspired by a surrealist monologue, and later infused with dialogue from Kafka by Scorcese. The result was a cult classic, recently inducted into the Criterion Collection, starring Griffin Dunne, Rosanna Arquette, Linda Fiorentino, Teri Garr, Catherine O’Hara, and John Heard. While it wasn’t a box office hit, it earned Scorcese the Best Dirctor trophy at Cannes and Universal soon expressed interest in making Last Temptation. Didn’t you hear? The fare went up at midnight - it’s After Hours!     For more geeky podcasts visit GonnaGeek.com   You can find us on iTunes under ''Legends Podcast''. Please subscribe and give us a positive review. You can also follow us on Twitter @Legend

Fifteen years ago, the Marvel Cinematic Universe kicked off with a grounded take on one of their most ____ characters ever. Debuting in 1963, genius billionaire playboy philanthropist Tony Stark became a founding member of the Avengers and also an alcoholic. For the film, director Jon Favreau and producer Kevin Feige cast Robert Downey, Jr., an actor with his own history of substance abuse. Jeff Bridges, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Terrance Howard round out the cast of what was only 2008’s eighth-highest grossing film. (For context, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull came in at #2 and Hancock was #4.) Nevertheless, the film launched what would become a blockbuster film and TV universe that currently stands at 31 films with over $28 billion made at the box office, with Downey Jr. becoming Hollywood's highest-paid actor. But is the first film of the franchise as ironclad as we remember, or is it looking a little rusty these days? The truth is… I am IRON MAN!   For more geeky podcasts visit GonnaGeek.co

Director Robert Rodriguez teaming up with famed comic creator Frank Miller to bring the pages of Miller’s noir-soaked graphic novel to life. Co-directed by Miller (with a scene by Quentin Tarantino), this anthology movie draws not only its inspiration from the page - in many cases, it’s a shot-for-shot recreation of the book’s stylized black-and-white art. Starring too many people to name in a podcast intro, the film delivers standout performances from Mickey Rourke, Bruce Willis, Benicio del Toro, Clive Owen and Rosario Dawson. For a hyperviolent, Hard R comic book movie, the film was a commercial success, earning almost four times its production budget and garnering critical acclaim. Now we’re heading to Sin City to take in some local color and paint the town red!   For more geeky podcasts visit GonnaGeek.com   You can find us on iTunes under ''Legends Podcast''. Please subscribe and give us a positive review. You can also follow us on Twitter @LegendsPodcast or even better, send us an e-mail: LegendsPodcas