This Week at Geeksbury: February 3 – 7, 2025
Tim MatassaAn extra heavy X-week as we wrap up the ’92 series and kick off X-Men ’97! Plus… Poe.
Month: January 2025
MOVIE REVIEW: Carrie
Carrie gets a modern makeover, but does she have anything new to say? Plus, Billy is more menacing and less bumpkin, Chris has an instinct for cruelty and humiliation, and everyone loves Tim Tebow for taking kids to prom.
TV REVIEW: X-Men (5.8) – Hidden Agendas
A shady military operative turns a small Kentucky town against a 16-year-old mutant hero. Plus, Beast and the Professor are celebrities, and Rogue needs a vacation from Gambit.
STORY REVIEW: Shadow—A Parable
Before “The Masque of the Red Death,” there was “Shadow”—and try as these revelers might, no amount of partying in hiding can keep Death at bay for long.
TV REVIEW: X-Men (5.7) – Old Soldiers
Wolverine goes to Paris to yell at the grave of a man who betrayed him during WWII. Plus, Captain America is more than a soldier, and Wolverine learns to love claws.
This Week at Geeksbury: January 20 – 24, 2025
Captain America teams up with Wolverine and Mister Sinister’s origin is revealed as we near the end of the original X-Men run. Plus, a parable from Poe, and another (hopefully not ill-advised) stab at Carrie.
TV REVIEW: X-Men (5.6) – Jubilee’s Fairytale Theatre
Jubilee gets left behind—AGAIN—so she can handle babysitting detail. Plus, Magnus the Malevolent, Logan the right-hand troll, and are these caves we’ve never mentioned next to the monorail we never mentioned?
MOVIE REVIEW: Twilight
Bella and Edward’s epic romance begins with an awkward introduction in science lab. Plus, Charlie needs flannels and a mustache to tamp down the handsome, and Mike Dexter is a good vampire??
TV REVIEW: X-Men (5.5) – The Fifth Horseman
Jubilee and Beast stumble on an ancient temple that means bad news. Plus, an old nemesis returns serving a new master, a Morlock has nifty new powers, and a god needs a new body.
STORY REVIEW: Lionizing
Robert Jones has an epic nose, and everyone admires him for it. Plus, schnozzes, proboscises, and Nosology. It’s noses everywhere!
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