Geekfest Rants

Greetings, Starfighter! You have been recruited by the Star League to defend the Frontier against Xur and the Ko-Dan Armada. Today on GeekFest Rants, Carlos revisits the 80's cult-classic, The Last Starfighter. This CGI effects groundbreaking film will always have a place in our appreciation of special effects development. We'll...

Who actually shot first? Today on GeekFest Rants we find out the stories behind the legend of everybody's favorite Corellian, scoundrel, pilot...Han Solo. Join Carlos, Kim, and Kyle for an in-depth review of the latest Star Wars film: Solo - A Star Wars Story. How does this compare to The...

What do A Quiet Place, Avengers: Infinity War, Lost In Space, and Cobra Kai have in common? Absolutely nothing, other than Carlos is reviewing them today on GeekFest Rants. On this episode we have a perfect combination of horror, comic book, sci-fi, and 80's throwback entertainment. Is it possible to...

Today on GeekFest Rants, Carlos explores the virtual reality world of Star Wars: Secrets of the Empire. This is a virtual reality experience that brings you into an undercover mission to steal the Empire's new secret weapon. Virtual reality entertainment is new to us so you'll get a newbie's perspective...

Today on GeekFest Rants, Carlos compares the original Star Wars Kenner Landspeeder to the new, Black Series Hasbro one. How has it improved, what surprises does it hold? And we even go over some hidden features the original one had, that some people might not know about. Plus as a...

Today on GeekFest Rants we are looking at two very different films. One is the documentary Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley’s Island of Dr. Moreau, the story of a film that did not get made. However, this story is better than the actual film that was made....

As Solo: A Star Wars Story get's closer and closer to premiering we get another trailer with interesting new hints at what's ahead in this latest Star Wars film. Today on GeekFest Rants Carlos goes shot by shot to see what secrets lay ahead. Then we examine current films on...

Today on GeekFest Rants Carlos takes one final(maybe, definitely, no way)look at Star Wars The Last Jedi. This time around he focuses on the novel by Jason Fry, promoted as the Expanded Edition - whatever that means. And the home video release including Blu-ray, and 4K.....sorry no 3-D for the...

Just when you thought we were done with Star Wars Kenner...we're back with more. Today on GeekFest Rants, Carlos takes a look at the 85-86 Lost Wave. This was a continuation to the Star Wars Kenner line, proposed by Kenner to Lucasfilm, just as the Return of the Jedi line...

Any Escape From New York fans out there? Today on GeekFest Rants, Carlos reviews the deleted scene filled, movie adaptation tie in novel of Escape From New York. Definitely a must read. Then we look at our posters of the month with Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and...

Today on GeekFest Rants we go from comic book heroes to sci-fi thriller. Join Carlos as he reviews the current billion dollar Marvel hit, Black Panther and the mind bending Annihilation. Two different films but perfect for our genre loving interests. With Black Panther we get a new character that...

To Special or to Despecial? Why do we have to choose? Why can't we have both? Today on GeekFest Rants we dive into the Star Wars Special Editions and the Despecialized Editions. Join Carlos as he details the changes made throughout the years to the original Star Wars films and...

Today on GeekFest Rants Carlos takes a look at some of the best Soundtrack/Scores done by Rock groups/artists. We'll examine artists such as AC/DC, Daft Punk, and Queen. How sometimes a great soundtrack can't save a movie. Or how a soundtrack enhances a film beyond all expectations. Then we are...

Today at GeekFest Rants we finally get a look at the eagerly anticipated Solo, trailer/teaser. Carlos goes shot by shot to examine every little bit of information that will fuel our latest Star Wars obsession. Then we'll go over some shows to try to fill our Stranger Things fix. Included...

Sometimes we watch great films, sometimes we watch good films, but sometimes we watch Saturn 3. Today on GeekFest Rants, Carlos covers a great B-level (if we are very generous) sci-fi cheese-fest starring Kirk Douglas, Farrah Fawcett, and Harvey Keitel. However, the behind the scenes troubles with the making of...