Pol, Kirsten, and Bud catch up on THREE WEEKS of missed pods due to scheduling difficulties, and somehow managed NOT to make it a three hour pod! Three hour pod!



Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

10:06 – Samsung privacy screen tech / Discord

Coming Soon

13:49 – The Mandalorian and Grogu (in theatres May 22, Super Bowl :36)

17:47 – The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (Super Bowl :30, in theatres April 1)

18v01 – Spider-Noir (Sony/Marvel series, Prime Video, May 27, colour or black & white) (Zoner Mary)

19:09 – Project Hail Mary: trailer, article explaining the revealed plot elements (in theatres March 20)

_____ – Disclosure Day (Super Bowl :60, in theatres June 12)

24:06 – The Devil Wears Prada 2 (in theatres May 1)

24:28 – Stranger Things: Tales from ’85 (conveniently-timed Netflix animated series, April 23)

26:09 – Monarch: Legacy of Monsters (Apple TV series, S2, February 27)

27:48 – [STROBE LIGHT WARNING AGAIN UGH] Scream 7 (February 27)

29:53 – Michael: trailer, 2m first look (in theatres April 24)

30:04 – Rooster (10-ep miniseries, Steve Carell, John C. McGinley, HBO Max, March 8)

31:07 – In The Blink of An Eye (dir: Andrew Stanton, starring Kate McKinnon, Rashida Jones, Daveed Diggs, basically Cloud Atlas?, Disney+, film February 27)

32:25 – War Machine (Netflix film, March 6)

33:18 – Lucky (Apple TV series, Anya Taylor-Joy, Annette Bening, Timothy Olyphant, July 16)

34:30 – Exit 8 (in theatres April 10)

related: Bud’s micro-R&R of The Exit 8 and Platform 8 (games)

36:16 – Supergirl (Super Bowl :30, in theatres June 26)

37:09 – What’s Your Favorite? (Pokémon Super Bowl :60, Trevor Noah, Lady Gaga, Blackpink’s Jisoo, Formula One driver Charles Leclerc, Spanish professional footballer Lamine Yamal, Canadian actor/voice actor Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, and Puerto Rican rapper, singer, songwriter and former footballer Young Miko)

40:31 – The Adventures of Cliff Booth (written by Quentin Tarantino, Directed by David Fincher, Netflix film, also in theatres sometime this year)

related: Quentin Tarantino’s new Beverly Cinema goes back to its porno roots this month

also related: Paul Dano reacts to Quentin Tarantino dissing him: ‘Incredibly grateful the world spoke up for me so i didn’t have to’

44:06 – White Lotus season 4 casts Helena Bonham Carter, Chris Messina, Marissa Long (HBO series, preproduction, location reveal)

45:05 – Ted Lasso to return for fourth season this summer (Apple TV series)

45:34 – Baldur’s Gate Series in the works at HBO (creator/writer/EP/showrunner: Craig Mazin)

related: The Last of Us to film S3 in BC March 2–November 27

Geek News Proper

48:30 – The Grammys

49:05 – Gone too soon: Catherine O’Hara, 71, James Van Der Beek of Dawson’s Creek, 48, Jesse Jackson, 84, and Robert Duvall, 95

59:28 – John Lithgow on playing Dumbledore in Harry Potter series and J.K. Rowling’s trans-exclusionary views

Reviews and Kirstemendayshes

1:02:24 – IT: Welcome to Derry (Kirsten & Pol)

1:05:16 – The Muppet Show (Kirsten & Pol)

1:07:22 – Wonder Man (Bud)

1:09:10 – The Secret Agent (Kirsten)

1:11:22 – Fallout S2 (Kirsten & Pol)

1:13:48 – Heated Rivalry (Kirsten)

1:20:28 – Send Help (Pol)

1:22:24 – Wuthering Heights (Pol)

Other stuff that didn’t make the pod

– Resident Evil Requiem – Evil Has Always Had A Name: short film, article w/ background

– Unable to stop AI, SAG-AFTRA mulls a studio tax on digital performers

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Pol, Kirsten, and Bud catch up on THREE WEEKS of missed pods due to scheduling difficulties, and somehow managed NOT to make it a three hour pod! Three hour pod!
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Bud&rsquo;s Weekly Geek-out
10:06 &ndash; <a href="https://www.TheZone.fm/2026/02/11/geekout-samsung-privacy/">Samsung privacy screen tech</a> / <a href="https://www.TheZone.fm/2026/02/18/geekout-more-on-discord/">Discord</a>
Coming Soon
13:49 &ndash; <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHWlvwu8t1w">The Mandalorian and Grogu</a> (in theatres May 22, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNAYYOYar5U">Super Bowl :36</a>)
17:47 &ndash; <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xQ1EmUPiVk">The Super Mario Galaxy Movie</a> (Super Bowl :30, in theatres April 1)
18v01 &ndash; <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgMbkitzhEM">Spider-Noir</a> (Sony/Marvel series, Prime Video, May 27, colour or black &amp; white) (Zoner Mary)
19:09 &ndash; Project Hail Mary: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0XN3-n-2Lo">trailer</a>, <a href="https://gizmodo.com/we-would-die-for-this-final-project-hail-mary-trailer-2000718941">article explaining the revealed plot elements</a> (in theatres March 20)
_____ &ndash; <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N32YL6wV2j0">Disclosure Day</a> (Super Bowl :60, in theatres June 12)
24:06 &ndash; <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9HXmMnUEdE">The Devil Wears Prada 2</a> (in theatres May 1)
24:28 &ndash; <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUiJulYbUaE">Stranger Things: Tales from &rsquo;85</a> (conveniently-timed Netflix animated series, April 23)
26:09 &ndash; <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgWrFoaisdk&amp;t=6s">Monarch: Legacy of Monsters</a> (Apple TV series, S2, February 27)
27:48 &ndash; [STROBE LIGHT WARNING AGAIN UGH] <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcvKH_VjhIQ">Scream 7</a> (February 27)
29:53 &ndash; Michael: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zOLzsbOleM">trailer</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9dMCww31hI">2m first look</a> (in theatres April 24)
30:04 &ndash; <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L00r5BGgP64">Rooster</a> (10-ep miniseries, Steve Carell, John C. McGinley, HBO Max, March 8)
31:07 &ndash; <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gb5OC6TV8q0">In The Blink of An Eye</a> (dir: Andrew Stanton, starring Kate McKinnon, Rashida Jones, Daveed Diggs, basically Cloud Atlas?, Disney+, film February 27)
32:25 &ndash; <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFuE1LRxm80">War Machine</a> (Netflix film, March 6)
33:18 &ndash; <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6LKDec_iLk">Lucky</a> (Apple TV series, Anya Taylor-Joy, Annette Bening, Timothy Olyphant, July 16)
34:30 &ndash; <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlRQ1oatOt8">Exit 8</a> (in theatres April 10)
related: Bud&rsquo;s micro-R&amp;R of The Exit 8 and Platform 8 (games)
36:16 &ndash; <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoqjnU_wGJM">Supergirl</a> (Super Bowl :30, in theatres June 26)
37:09 &ndash; <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3O4ymaZ41Q">What&rsquo;s Your Favorite?</a> (Pok&eacute;mon Super Bowl :60, Trevor Noah, Lady Gaga, Blackpink&rsquo;s Jisoo, Formula One driver Charles Leclerc, Spanish professional footballer Lamine Yamal, Canadian actor/voice actor Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, and Puerto Rican rapper, singer, songwriter and former footballer Young Miko)
40:31 &ndash; <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ik0drfECnPo">The Adventures of Cliff Booth</a> (written by Quentin Tarantino, Directed by David Fincher, Netflix film, also in theatres sometime this year)
related: <a href="https://www.indiewire.com/news/general-news/new-beverly-cinema-february-calendar-porn-1235176310/">Quentin Tarantino&rsquo;s new Beverly Cinema goes back to its porno roots this month</a>
also related: <a href="https://variety.com/2026/film/news/paul-dano-reacts-quentin-tarantino-diss-worst-actor-1236643708/">Paul Dano reacts to Quentin Tarantino dissing him: &lsquo;Incredibly grateful the world spoke up for me so i didn&rsquo;t have to&rsquo;</a>
44:06 &ndash; <a href="https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/white-lotus-season-4-helena-bonham-carter-chris-messina-1236644735/">White Lotus season 4 casts Helena Bonham Carter, Chris Messina, Marissa Long</a> (HBO series, preproduction, <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/irenelevine/2026/01/10/the-white-lotus-season-4-location-reveal-palatial-saint-tropez-hotel/">location reveal</a>)
45:05 &ndash; <a href="https://www.nme.com/news/tv/ted-lasso-to-return-for-fourth-season-this-summer-3926047">Ted Lasso to return for fourth season this summer</a> (Apple TV series)
45:34 &ndash; <a href="https://deadline.com/2026/02/baldurs-gate-3-tv-show-craig-mazin-hbo-1236710583/">Baldur&rsquo;s Gate Series in the works at HBO</a> (creator/writer/EP/showrunner: Craig Mazin)
related: <a href="https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/events-and-entertainment/vancouver-filming-locations-the-last-of-us-to-start-filming-season-3-11847646">The Last of Us to film S3 in BC March 2&ndash;November 27</a>
Geek News Proper
48:30 &ndash; <a href="https://apnews.com/live/grammys-2026-updates">The Grammys</a>
49:05 &ndash; Gone too soon: <a href="https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/catherine-ohara-dead-schitts-creek-home-alone-1236646029/">Catherine O&rsquo;Hara, 71</a>, <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2026/02/11/james-van-der-beek-dead-death-cancer-dawsons-creek/86345578007/">James Van Der Beek of Dawson&rsquo;s Creek, 48</a>, <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c394g14n3rzt">Jesse Jackson, 84</a>, and <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/obituaries/robert-duvall-actor-godfather-apocalypse-now-dies-95-rcna42438">Robert Duvall, 95</a>
59:28 &ndash; <a href="https://variety.com/2026/film/global/john-lithgow-dumbledore-harry-potter-jk-rowlings-jimpa-1236648292/">John Lithgow on playing Dumbledore in Harry Potter series and J.K. Rowling&rsquo;s trans-exclusionary views</a>
Reviews and Kirstemendayshes
1:02:24 &ndash; IT: Welcome to Derry (Kirsten &amp; Pol)
1:05:16 &ndash; The Muppet Show (Kirsten &amp; Pol)
1:07:22 &ndash; Wonder Man (Bud)
1:09:10 &ndash; The Secret Agent (Kirsten)
1:11:22 &ndash; Fallout S2 (Kirsten &amp; Pol)
1:13:48 &ndash; Heated Rivalry (Kirsten)
1:20:28 &ndash; Send Help (Pol)
1:22:24 &ndash; Wuthering Heights (Pol)
Other stuff that didn&rsquo;t make the pod
&ndash; Resident Evil Requiem &ndash; Evil Has Always Had A Name: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6gXJoN8RNk">short film</a>, <a href="https://www.polygon.com/resident-evil-requiem-prequel-movie-short/">article w/ background</a>
&ndash; <a href="https://variety.com/2026/film/news/sag-aftra-ai-tilly-norwood-tax-digital-performers-1236644931/">Unable to stop AI, SAG-AFTRA mulls a studio tax on digital performers</a>
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Zoners Bryan, Art, Pol, Kirsten, and Bud geek out about tech, movies, TV, comics, and more! New episodes every Thursday.

Zoners Bryan, Art, Pol, Kirsten, and Bud geek out about tech, movies, TV, comics, and more! New episodes every Thursday.

The Geek-out Podcast

Zoners Pol, Kirsten, Bud, and sometimes Art & Bryan (RIP) geek out about tech, movies, TV, comics, and more! New episodes every Thursday.

Zoners Pol, Kirsten, Bud, and sometimes Art &amp; Bryan (RIP) geek out about tech, movies, TV, comics, and more! New episodes every Thursday.