Discerning Geeks Portal is a gateway into the exploration of all things geek: Star Wars, Star Trek, Marvel, ‘80s movies, TV, and more. Dave, Todd, Andruw, and Preston, take a discerning look into the world of geek fandom. We care about intriguing storytelling, compelling characters, and thought-provoking themes, but we also love action, special effects, and comedy. We break down the positives, negatives, and mixed feelings about everything we cover. Step through the portal with us for fun and analytical discussions about geek culture, for fans, by fans.
#201 - Movie Review - Project Hail Mary
Project Hail Mary (2026) · May 11, 2026
#198 - Movie Review - Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle (Kimetsu no Yaiba)
#197 - Movie Review - Superman (2025)
Superman (2025) · Nov 7, 2025
#196 - Movie Review - Fantastic Four: First Steps
The Fantastic 4: First Steps (2025) · Oct 15, 2025
#194 - 2025 Mid-Year In Review - Part 1 - Movies
Mr. Majestyk (1974) · Aug 18, 2025
#194 - 2025 Mid-Year In Review - Part 1 - Movies
Zootopia (2016) · Aug 18, 2025
#194 - 2025 Mid-Year In Review - Part 1 - Movies
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023) · Aug 18, 2025
#194 - 2025 Mid-Year In Review - Part 1 - Movies
A Whisker Away (2020) · Aug 18, 2025
#194 - 2025 Mid-Year In Review - Part 1 - Movies
A Minecraft Movie (2025) · Aug 18, 2025
#194 - 2025 Mid-Year In Review - Part 1 - Movies
Absolution (2024) · Aug 18, 2025
#194 - 2025 Mid-Year In Review - Part 1 - Movies
Dark Match (2024) · Aug 18, 2025
#194 - 2025 Mid-Year In Review - Part 1 - Movies
In a Violent Nature (2024) · Aug 18, 2025
#192 - Movie Review - Robocop (1987)
RoboCop (1987) · Jun 17, 2025
#190 - Movie Review - Real Genius (Val Kilmer's 2nd movie)
Real Genius (1985) · May 24, 2025
#189 - Post-Review Discussion - Summer 2025 Movie Trailers, Episodes of This Podcast, Killer Klowns From Outer Space, Anora, and more...
Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988) · May 17, 2025
#188 - Movie Review - Thunderbolts*
Thunderbolts* (2025) · May 10, 2025
#187 - Movie Review - Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) · May 1, 2025
#181 - Cmas Movie Review - Muppet Christmas Carol (again)
The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) · Dec 23, 2024
#180 - Cmas Movie Review - The Nightmare Before Christmas
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) · Dec 21, 2024
#179 - Cmas Movie Review - Iron Man 3
Iron Man 3 (2013) · Dec 18, 2024
#177 - Special Topic - Political Movies & TV Shows: The West Wing, Veep, The American President, My Fellow Americans, Madam Secretary, House of Cards, and much more
Citizen Kane (1941) · Nov 5, 2024
#177 - Special Topic - Political Movies & TV Shows: The West Wing, Veep, The American President, My Fellow Americans, Madam Secretary, House of Cards, and much more
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) · Nov 5, 2024
#177 - Special Topic - Political Movies & TV Shows: The West Wing, Veep, The American President, My Fellow Americans, Madam Secretary, House of Cards, and much more
The American President (1995) · Nov 5, 2024
#177 - Special Topic - Political Movies & TV Shows: The West Wing, Veep, The American President, My Fellow Americans, Madam Secretary, House of Cards, and much more
Election (1999) · Nov 5, 2024
#177 - Special Topic - Political Movies & TV Shows: The West Wing, Veep, The American President, My Fellow Americans, Madam Secretary, House of Cards, and much more
Air Force One (1997) · Nov 5, 2024
#177 - Special Topic - Political Movies & TV Shows: The West Wing, Veep, The American President, My Fellow Americans, Madam Secretary, House of Cards, and much more
Welcome to Mooseport (2004) · Nov 5, 2024
#177 - Special Topic - Political Movies & TV Shows: The West Wing, Veep, The American President, My Fellow Americans, Madam Secretary, House of Cards, and much more
My Fellow Americans (1996) · Nov 5, 2024
#177 - Special Topic - Political Movies & TV Shows: The West Wing, Veep, The American President, My Fellow Americans, Madam Secretary, House of Cards, and much more
Lincoln (2012) · Nov 5, 2024
#177 - Special Topic - Political Movies & TV Shows: The West Wing, Veep, The American President, My Fellow Americans, Madam Secretary, House of Cards, and much more
Vice (2018) · Nov 5, 2024
#174 - Movie Review - Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017) · Oct 8, 2024
#173 - Todd & Preston's Drive-Time Chat #07 - PART 2 of 2 - Late Night With The Devil, Arcadian, Deadpool & Wolverine, X-Men, Batman, Agatha All Along, Spider-Man
Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) · Sep 17, 2024
#173 - Todd & Preston's Drive-Time Chat #07 - PART 2 of 2 - Late Night With The Devil, Arcadian, Deadpool & Wolverine, X-Men, Batman, Agatha All Along, Spider-Man
Late Night with the Devil (2024) · Sep 17, 2024
#173 - Todd & Preston's Drive-Time Chat #07 - PART 2 of 2 - Late Night With The Devil, Arcadian, Deadpool & Wolverine, X-Men, Batman, Agatha All Along, Spider-Man
Arcadian (2024) · Sep 17, 2024
#171 - Movie Review - Deadpool & Wolverine
Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) · Aug 14, 2024
#170 - Movie Review - The Hunger Games
The Hunger Games (2012) · Jul 30, 2024
#167 - Movie Review - Army of Darkness
Army of Darkness (1992) · Jun 27, 2024
#166 - Movie Review - The Thomas Crown Affair
The Thomas Crown Affair (1999) · Jun 6, 2024
#165 - Movie Review - The Fall Guy
The Fall Guy (2024) · May 18, 2024
#164 - Movie Review - Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024) · May 14, 2024
#161 - Web Series Review - Don't Hug Me, I'm Scared - Season 1
Don't Hug Me I'm Scared (2012) · Apr 6, 2024
#160 - Movie Trilogy Review - Fear Street (Netflix Exclusive)
Fear Street: 1994 (2021) · Mar 27, 2024
#160 - Movie Trilogy Review - Fear Street (Netflix Exclusive)
Fear Street: 1978 (2021) · Mar 27, 2024
#158 - Todd & Preston's Drive-Time Chat #05 - Part 1 - Ghostbusters, Deadpool, Godzilla & King Kong, Wonka, Fargo, Popcorn In Bed, Quantum Leap, and The Rookie
Go (1999) · Mar 5, 2024
#157 - Movie Review - Field of Dreams
Field of Dreams (1989) · Feb 17, 2024
#155 - Movie Review - Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1972 TV Movie)
The Night Stalker (1972) · Jan 30, 2024
#153 - Movie Review - Tombstone
Tombstone (1993) · Jan 9, 2024
#152 - Movie Review - Batman Returns
Batman Returns (1992) · Dec 23, 2023
#151 - Movie Review - The Santa Clause
The Santa Clause (1994) · Dec 20, 2023
#150 - Movie Review - Violent Night
Violent Night (2022) · Dec 14, 2023
#149 - Movie Review - National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989) · Dec 10, 2023
#146 - Movie Review - Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman (2017) · Nov 18, 2023
#145 - Movie Review - Shazam!
Shazam! (2019) · Nov 9, 2023
#144 - Movie Review - Ghostbusters (1984)
Ghostbusters (1984) · Nov 2, 2023
#141 - Todd & Preston's Drive-Time Chat #04 - Part 1 - Dragon Con, Mac & Me, A Haunting in Venice, Venture Bros., and Oppenheimer
Mac and Me (1988) · Oct 5, 2023
#141 - Todd & Preston's Drive-Time Chat #04 - Part 1 - Dragon Con, Mac & Me, A Haunting in Venice, Venture Bros., and Oppenheimer
Oppenheimer (2023) · Oct 5, 2023
#141 - Todd & Preston's Drive-Time Chat #04 - Part 1 - Dragon Con, Mac & Me, A Haunting in Venice, Venture Bros., and Oppenheimer
A Haunting in Venice (2023) · Oct 5, 2023
#140 - Movie Review - Young Frankenstein
Young Frankenstein (1974) · Sep 16, 2023
#134 - Movie Review - Paycheck
Paycheck (2003) · Jul 1, 2023
#133 - Movie Review - The Entity
The Entity (1982) · Jun 26, 2023
#132 - Movie Review - Highlander
Highlander (1986) · Jun 3, 2023
#130 - Special Topic - Star Wars Movies Ranked - PART 2
Star Wars (1977) · May 13, 2023
#126 - Movie Review - Ice Pirates ... (with bonus "brought to you by..." montage at the end)
The Ice Pirates (1984) · Apr 13, 2023
#124 - Movie Review - Dungeons & Dragons - Honor Among Thieves
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023) · Apr 1, 2023
#123 - Movie Review - Robot Jox
Robot Jox (1990) · Mar 23, 2023
#121 - Movie Review - Conan the Barbarian (1982)
Conan the Barbarian (1982) · Mar 13, 2023
#120 - Movie Review - Godzilla (2014)
Godzilla (2014) · Mar 5, 2023
#119 - Whatcha' Doin'? - February 2023 - The Last of Us, Lockwood & Company, Wednesday, Quantum Leap, Willow, National Treasure: EoH, Kaleidoscope, DCU, and more...
Wednesday (2023) · Feb 20, 2023
#118 - Movie Review - Ant-Man
Ant-Man (2015) · Feb 15, 2023
#117 - Movie Review - Rollerball (1975)
Rollerball (1975) · Feb 3, 2023
#116 - Movie Review - Black Adam
Black Adam (2022) · Jan 22, 2023
#115 - Whatcha' Doin'? - December 2022 Catch-Up
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022) · Dec 28, 2022
#113 - Movie Review - Beetlejuice
Beetlejuice (1988) · Oct 24, 2022
#112 - Showdown #02 - Oblivion Vs. After Earth
Oblivion (2013) · Oct 4, 2022
#112 - Showdown #02 - Oblivion Vs. After Earth
After Earth (2013) · Oct 4, 2022
#109 - Movie Review - Clue
Clue (1985) · Sep 11, 2022
#108 - Movie Review - Thor: The Dark World
Thor: The Dark World (2013) · Sep 2, 2022
#107 - Movie Review - Dark City
Dark City (1998) · Aug 17, 2022
#106 - Movie Review - Down Periscope
Down Periscope (1996) · Aug 9, 2022
#105 - Movie Review - The Mist
The Mist (2007) · Aug 4, 2022
#103 - Movie Review - Free Guy
Free Guy (2021) · Jul 22, 2022
#101 - Movie Review - National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets
National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007) · Jun 26, 2022
#100 - SPECIAL 100th EPISODE MEGA-EXTRAVAGANZA SPECIAL: A Very Ultra-Special Episode
Ocean's Eleven (2001) · Jun 16, 2022
#100 - SPECIAL 100th EPISODE MEGA-EXTRAVAGANZA SPECIAL: A Very Ultra-Special Episode
The Princess Bride (1987) · Jun 16, 2022
#099 - Movie Review - Iron Man 2
Iron Man 2 (2010) · Jun 5, 2022
#098 - Movie Review - National Treasure
National Treasure (2004) · May 19, 2022
#097 - Movie Review - Thor
Thor (2011) · May 10, 2022
#096 - Movie Review - Predator
Predator (1987) · Apr 24, 2022
#094 - Movie Review - Spider-Man: No Way Home
Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) · Apr 10, 2022
#093 - Movie Review - Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) · Apr 2, 2022
#092 - Movie Review - About Time
About Time (2013) · Mar 15, 2022
#091 - Movie Review - Kung Pow! Enter the Fist
Kung Pow: Enter the Fist (2002) · Mar 10, 2022
#090 - Movie Review - Jurassic Park
Jurassic Park (1993) · Feb 16, 2022
#089 - Movie Review - Batman Begins
Batman Begins (2005) · Feb 10, 2022
#088 - Movie Review - Back to the Future, Part III
Back to the Future Part III (1990) · Jan 30, 2022
#087 - Movie Review - From Hell
From Hell (2001) · Jan 23, 2022
#086 - Movie Review - Battle: Los Angeles
Battle: Los Angeles (2011) · Jan 17, 2022
#085 - Movie Review - Spaceballs
Spaceballs (1987) · Jan 12, 2022
#083 - Movie Review - Children of Men
Children of Men (2006) · Dec 23, 2021
#082 - Movie Review - Home Alone
Home Alone (1990) · Dec 22, 2021
#081 - Movie Review - Klaus
Klaus (2019) · Dec 8, 2021
#080 - Movie Review - The Man Who Invented Christmas
The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017) · Nov 30, 2021
#078 - Movie Review - Tag
Tag (2018) · Nov 21, 2021
#077 - Movie Review - Tomorrowland
Tomorrowland (2015) · Nov 14, 2021
#076 - Whatcha' Doin'? - Early Nov. 2021 - Dune, Eternals, Fear Street, Foundation, What If...?, Legends of Tomorrow, Lost Symbol, Leverage: Redemption, Fantasy Island, The Orville, 4400, and more...
Dune (2021) · Nov 9, 2021
#075 - Movie Review - Ocean's Eleven
Ocean's Eleven (2001) · Oct 29, 2021
#074 - Movie Review - Men In Black
Men in Black (1997) · Oct 22, 2021
#072 - Movie Review - Dune (1984)
Dune (1984) · Oct 3, 2021
#068 - Movie Review - Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
#067 - Special Topic - The Lord of the Rings Film Trilogy - Part 2 of 2
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) · Sep 12, 2021
#065 - Movie Review - Back to the Future, Part II
Back to the Future Part II (1989) · Aug 30, 2021
#063 - Whatcha' Doin'? - Early Aug. 2021 - Masters of the Universe, Star Wars: Bad Batch, Space Jam 2, Teen Titans, and more
Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021) · Aug 15, 2021
#062 - Movie Review - Blade Runner
Blade Runner (1982) · Aug 8, 2021
#058 - Movie Review - Back to the Future
Back to the Future (1985) · Jul 13, 2021
#057 - Movie Review - The Avengers
The Avengers (2012) · Jul 8, 2021
#055 - Movie Review - Captain America: The First Avenger
Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) · Jun 26, 2021
#054 - Movie Review - Gattaca
Gattaca (1997) · Jun 20, 2021
#052 - Movie Review - The Incredible Hulk
The Incredible Hulk (2008) · Jun 8, 2021
#051 - Movie Review - The Princess Bride
The Princess Bride (1987) · May 31, 2021
#050 - Book & Movie Review - Ender's Game
Ender's Game (2013) · May 17, 2021
#048 - Movie Review - Alien
Alien (1979) · May 2, 2021
#047 - Movie Review - Captain Marvel
Captain Marvel (2019) · Apr 26, 2021
#046 - Movie Review - Stardust
Stardust (2007) · Apr 20, 2021
#043 - Whatcha' Doin'? - March 2021 - Zack Snyder's Justice League, Falcon & Winter Soldier, movies, and more...
The Stepford Wives (2004) · Mar 29, 2021
#043 - Whatcha' Doin'? - March 2021 - Zack Snyder's Justice League, Falcon & Winter Soldier, movies, and more...
The Manchurian Candidate (2004) · Mar 29, 2021
#043 - Whatcha' Doin'? - March 2021 - Zack Snyder's Justice League, Falcon & Winter Soldier, movies, and more...
Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021) · Mar 29, 2021
#041 - Movie Review - Deadpool
Deadpool (2016) · Mar 14, 2021
#040 - Movie Review - The Space Between Us
The Space Between Us (2017) · Mar 10, 2021
#033 - Movie Review - The Last Starfighter
The Last Starfighter (1984) · Jan 19, 2021
#032 - Movie Review - The Lake House
The Lake House (2006) · Jan 13, 2021
#028 - Movie Review - Muppet Christmas Carol
The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) · Dec 22, 2020
#026 - Movie Review - Gremlins
Gremlins (1984) · Dec 15, 2020
#024 - Movie Review - Galaxy Quest
Galaxy Quest (1999) · Dec 6, 2020
#023 - Movie Review - The Adjustment Bureau
The Adjustment Bureau (2011) · Nov 29, 2020
#020 - Movie Review - Killer Klowns From Outer Space
Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988) · Nov 19, 2020
#018 - Movie Review - Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) · Nov 7, 2020
#016 - Water Ya Doin'? - Ocean/Beach/Water Themed Episode
Down Periscope (1996) · Oct 27, 2020
#016 - Water Ya Doin'? - Ocean/Beach/Water Themed Episode
Waterworld (1995) · Oct 27, 2020
#016 - Water Ya Doin'? - Ocean/Beach/Water Themed Episode
Pacific Rim (2013) · Oct 27, 2020
#016 - Water Ya Doin'? - Ocean/Beach/Water Themed Episode
Aquaman (2018) · Oct 27, 2020
#015 - Movie Review - The Thing (1982)
The Thing (1982) · Oct 20, 2020
#014 - Movie Review - The Dark Crystal
The Dark Crystal (1982) · Oct 13, 2020
#013 - Bonus - Whatcha Doin'? - Mid Sept. 2020
Enola Holmes (2020) · Oct 6, 2020
#012 - Movie Review - Enemy Mine
Enemy Mine (1985) · Sep 29, 2020
#011 - Movie Review - Iron Man
Iron Man (2008) · Sep 22, 2020
#009 - Movie Review - Big Hero 6
Big Hero 6 (2014) · Sep 9, 2020
#008 - Movie Review - Solo: A Star Wars Story
Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018) · Sep 2, 2020
#007 - Movie Review - Sneakers
Sneakers (1992) · Aug 26, 2020
#004 - Movie Review - Real Steel
Real Steel (2011) · Aug 11, 2020
#003 - Movie Review - Batman (1989)
Batman (1989) · Aug 4, 2020
#002 - Movie Review - A Knight's Tale
A Knight's Tale (2001) · Jul 29, 2020
#001 - Movie Review - The Martian
The Martian (2015) · Jul 22, 2020