The Geek Girl Soup crew dives into the mind-bending 2023 Japanese film “River,” the latest from director Junta Yamaguchi who also made the trippy time travel movie Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes. In River, the guests and staff at a historic Kyoto hotel find themselves trapped in a recurring two-minute time loop. Susan, Kelly and Cort analyze the creative ways the characters deal with being stuck, from trying to solve the paradox to embracing the infinite redo for their personal agendas. They discuss how River both follows and deviates from typical time loop tropes established in films like ..read more

We are so excited to have Geek Girl Amelia back with us for this episode on season 1 of “The Good Place”! We’re doing a rewatch of this beautiful four-season show. It’s just 50 episodes, if you’ve never watched and want to now!  “The Good Place” ran from 2016 to 2020. It features Kristen Bell, Jameela Jamil, Ted Danson, Manny Jacinto, William Jackson Harper, and D’Arcy Carden. We follow four people who have ended up in the “good place” in the afterlife and how they get along with each, with the other residents of their neighborhood, and with Architect Michael and “not a robot” Janet. De ..read more

The Smothers Brothers, Johnny Carson, Saturday Night Live, “The Jerk,” “All of Me,” “Only Murders in the Building.” Steve Martin has had a wild and crazy career. This week, te Geek Girls watched the stellar “STEVE! (martin) a documentary in 2 pieces” on Apple TV+. We laughed and laughed while learning things about Steve Martin we never knew before. The first piece (labeled “then”) is all about Steve’s start in entertainment through the beginning  his acting career. The second piece (labeled “now”) covers Steve’s movie/TV career and other current events in Steve’s life. We highly recomme ..read more

This week is our second installment of our “hidden gems” theme, in which we bring you movies or shows that need to be seen by more people. In this episode, we discuss Ava Duvernay’s “Origin” and Wim Wenders’ “Perfect Days” with spoilers. Then we discuss Tae-hwa Eom’s “Concrete Utopia” without spoilers since Susan and Cort hadn’t seen it yet. Listen in to hear what we like about each film, why they are hidden gems, and what kind of impact the films had on us. - Original music by Garrett Thompson Follow us on Instagram @GeekGirlSoup Continue the conversation on Facebook Listen to Cor ..read more

Join the Geek Girls as we dive deep into Mike Flanagan's haunting limited series Midnight Mass for an Easter re-watch! Susan, Cort, and special guest Amelia (who describes herself as a "recovering Catholic") analyze the religious horror themes, stellar performances, and gorgeous cinematography of this modern gothic tale. We discuss the chilling yet thought-provoking parallels to vampire lore, question convenient plot points, reminisce about traumatic experiences from Catholic upbringing, and debate whether the show makes for great Easter viewing or not. We also dish on new movies like the Road ..read more

To celebrate all the courtroom drama facing a certain orange-tinged man this year, Geek Girl Soup decided to go to court—in film and TV, of course. Even though his trials are delayed, we don’t have to wait. Between the three of us, we watched quite the variety of material. Here’s a preview: The Verdict A Few Good Men The Accused (spoilers) Jagged Edge (spoilers) Primal Fear Law and Order The Good Wife And more…! We don’t spoil anything except “The Accused” and “Jagged Edge.” And those are toward the end of the episode. Given that these films are more than 30 years old (wow!), the statute of ..read more

We made it! The last awards show of the season, the biggie, the Show: The 96th Oscar® Awards! We’ve got the inside scoop on why everyone seemed to be wearing a broach, how one best picture nominee may be total plagiarism, and who told a certain host not to share what on air. We also discuss our moments of delight, moments of confusion, and certainly one moment of shock. Next week: Let’s go to court! Check the end of the episode for some suggestions on what to watch in the way of courtroom dramas (even comedies or “realty” shows!). - Original music by Garrett Thompson Follow us on Insta ..read more

This week, the Geek Girls go to space with Adam Sandler and Carey Mulligan in Netflix’s “Spaceman”! We share spoilers throughout—though we don’t go through the film chronologically. So, if you haven’t seen the movie, you likely won’t know what we’re referring to! To pique your interest: A Czech cosmonaut/astronaut, alone in space for a year, tries to balance his mission and thoughts of his wife back on Earth. He gets assistance along the way…. Go check it out!  - Original music by Garrett Thompson Follow us on Instagram @GeekGirlSoup Continue the conversation on Facebook Lis ..read more

Welcome to a re-cap of the 2024 Film Independent Spirit Awards! We here are Geek Girl Soup are members of Film Independent, so we get screeners and vote every year. Always so much fun! Happening more and more each year, we are seeing some Spirit Award nominees also nominated for an Oscar (and other awards). This year we’ve got overlap with “American Fiction,” “Past Lives,” “Anatomy of a Fall,” and “The Zone of Interest.” What makes the Spirit Awards so different from the usual suspects in the film and TV awards arena is that Film Independent focuses smaller, lower-budget films that highlight ..read more

Y’all have been waiting for it. We finally present you the most prestigious awards of them all, our very own Soupie Awards! We return with Kelly’s Binge-Watching Award, Susan’s Best Documentary Award, and Cort’s “That Really Stuck with Me” Award. And we’ve got the old standards favorite show and favorite film. But these are no Oscars. Oh, no.  Come find out the Best Apocalyptic Advice From a Film/Show, the Most Overrated/Disappointing Film/Show, the One That Got the Shaft, the F***worthiest Moment in Film/TV in 2023, and much more! Next week: The Film Independent Spirit Awards, in whic ..read more