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Ben’s Breakdown | “Citadel” Two Episode Thoughts
Agent Nadia Sinh is working a spy case on a train in Europe. She is, to her surprise, backed by Agent Mason Kane. Just as she is about to achieve the mission’s goal, she learns that the mission was a setup by an enemy agency. There is a bomb on the trail, and Agents Sinh…
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Ben’s Breakdown | “The Night Agent” Three Episode Thoughts
An FBI agent, whose father was apparently a disgraced agent, saves a train full of passengers from a terrorist bomb. A woman just fired as CEO of her own cybersecurity company is on the run after learning her aunt and uncle weren’t who she thought they were. The daughter of the Vice-President is somehow a…
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Ben’s Holiday Breakdown | A Tale of Two Christmas Carols
The Two Gay Geeks and our Staff are continuing on with our holiday madness…. errrr cheer as we share another movie from the Christmas Closet. Some of our selections are classics and others are off-beat and (very) loosely associated with the holidays. We hope you enjoy our offerings and that you holiday season is safe,…
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Keith’s Holiday Korner | “Pee-Wee’s Playhouse Christmas Special” is an Experience Not to be Believed…
The Two Gay Geeks and our Staff are continuing on with our holiday madness…. errrr cheer as we share another movie from the Christmas Closet. Some of our selections are classics and others are off-beat and (very) loosely associated with the holidays. We hope you enjoy our offerings and that your holiday season is safe,…
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Ben’s Breakdown | Thanksgiving “Frasier” Episode (The Apparent Trap)
We continue on in ThanksGiving mode with an episode of the hit series “Frasier”. As we enter into this holiday season, we have decided to share once more many of the articles we have previously published at this time. We will be taking a much-needed break soon, but we still wanted to have content for…
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Ben’s Breakdown | “Mad About You” (Giblets for Murray)
As we enter into this holiday season, we have decided to share once more many of the articles we have previously published at this time. We will be taking a much-needed break soon, but we still wanted to have content for you to read during that time. Again, some of these articles will touch on…
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Ben’s Breakdown | “Out of Body” Delivers Fun and Ghostly Goodness! For Halloween
Editor Note: The Two Gay Geeks are taking a little vacation and are reposting some goodness from the past just for Halloween. Enjoy! Romantic comedies, or rom-com for short, have been a staple of cinema for longer than I can remember. When LGBTQ cinema came into being much of the content dealt with issues such…
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Ben’s Breakdown | “The Offer” 3 Episode Thoughts
For cinephiles, one of the most beloved films to come out in the last 50 years is The Godfather. It tells a grand story in a very intimate way. Many people would go so far as to say it is the best movie ever made. After having seen it, I can understand why. Now, just…
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Ben’s Breakdown | “Severance” Season 1: Three Episode Thoughts
Imagine going to work without any of the emotional burdens from your personal life. Then, imagine going home from work without any of the work stress brought upon by your job. Is this good? Is this bad? Would you undergo the procedure called Severance? This original AppleTV+ series is the brainchild of Ben Stiller. Yes, that…
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Ben’s Breakdown | “Alex Rider” Season 2: Three Episode Thoughts
Alex is a teenager in high school in England who finds himself recruited by the agency MI6 (or rather a dark offshoot for more “dirty work”) as a result of trying to get to the truth regarding his uncle’s death. He’s recruited for a special mission regarding an unusual school for troubled youth from rich…
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Ben’s Breakdown | “The Witcher” – Three Episode Thoughts
A young princess is forced to flee the kingdom she’s growing up in due to an invading enemy force. A disfigured woman is taken away to join a mysterious and magical Sisterhood. A white-haired man, feared and despised by many, lives a solitary life as he is a monster killer for hire. Welcome to the…
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Hamish Downie’s January Playlist
Hamish has a playlist for us this First Friday of January. His Christmas / Holiday playlists were popular so, he decided to continue on with a playlist. As always, we thank Hamish for his continued support and ability to think outside the box when creating content. Let us know what you think in the comments…
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Ben’s Holiday Breakdown | A Tale of Two Christmas Carols
The Two Gay Geeks and our Staff are continuing on with our holiday madness…. errrr cheer as we share another movie from the Christmas Closet. Some of our selections are classics and others are off-beat and (very) loosely associated with the holidays. We hope you enjoy our offerings and that you holiday season is safe,…
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Andrea’s Angle | “Matcha & Vanilla” – Bittersweet yet Loving
I happen to love films that reflect other cultures, other diversities. Matcha & Vanilla happens to be both and I really wanted to check it out. I was thrilled to get the opportunity to review the film because it sounded interesting and different from others that I’ve seen. And after watching it, I can honestly…
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Keith’s Holiday Korner | “Pee-Wee’s Playhouse Christmas Special” is an Experience Not to be Believed…
The Two Gay Geeks and our Staff are continuing on with our holiday madness…. errrr cheer as we share another movie from the Christmas Closet. Some of our selections are classics and others are off-beat and (very) loosely associated with the holidays. We hope you enjoy our offerings and that your holiday season is safe,…
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Gini’s Christmas Classics | “Bachelor Mother” for the Holidays
The Two Gay Geeks and our Staff are continuing on with our holiday madness…. errrr cheer as we bring more share another movie from the Christmas Closet. Some of our selections are classics and others are off-beat and (very) loosely associated with the holidays. We hope you enjoy our offerings and that you holiday season…
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Ben’s Holiday Breakdown | “An American Christmas Carol”
The Two Gay Geeks and our Staff are continuing on with our holiday madness…. errrr cheer as we share another movie from the Christmas Closet. Some of our selections are classics and others are off-beat and (very) loosely associated with the holidays. We hope you enjoy our offerings and that your holiday season is safe,…
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Ben’s Breakdown | Thanksgiving “Frasier” Episode (The Apparent Trap)
We continue on in ThanksGiving mode with an episode of the hit series “Frasier”. As we enter into this holiday season, we have decided to share once more many of the articles we have previously published at this time. We will be taking a much-needed break soon, but we still wanted to have content for…
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Ben’s Breakdown | “Mad About You” (Giblets for Murray)
As we enter into this holiday season, we have decided to share once more many of the articles we have previously published at this time. We will be taking a much-needed break soon, but we still wanted to have content for you to read during that time. Again, some of these articles will touch on…
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Gini’s Yaps Review | “Red Notice”
We have a treat for you today, a review from the one and only Gini Koch about the new Netflix series, Red Notice. Have a read and see what Gini thought. Let us know what you think in the comments section below and whether Gini has convinced you to go see Cats. As always we…
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Ben’s Breakdown | “The Test” Is So Good, It Kills!
The Two Gay Geeks have the good fortune of being friends with so many wonderful filmmakers who share their work with us. One of those is the talented Pia Thrasher, who we have interviewed a couple of times and seen virtually everything she has made. Pia shared her most recent short with us and we…
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Andrea’s Angle | “I Carry You With Me”: Emotional and Innovative
When I watched the trailer for I Carry You With Me, I was anticipating a LGBTQ love story with two leads separated by distance, by the immigration of one to the United States. But what we actually receive is far more than that. It is the undocumented immigrant experience encapsulated into one man’s experience, including…
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Ben’s “Gay” Breakdown | “Love, Victor” Season 2 Ending Thoughts
There is so much involved in the “coming out” process. Victor Salazar has successfully come out to his schoolmates as well as his family, and while that is a great relief to him, he only now discovers that there is so much more involved. Now, he’s looking to try and find that acceptance he so…
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Ben’s Breakdown | “Loki” Season 1: 3 Episode Thoughts
Loki is dead. He’s supposed to be dead, but now we have a “variant” who has escaped his scheduled doom but is now being held by the TVA, or Time Variance Authority, an organization established to monitor the timelines and “prune” them so that the “prime” timeline is maintained, all at the behest of three…
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Ben’s “Gay” Breakdown | “Love, Victor” Season 2: 3 Episode Thoughts
Summer is almost over for Victor Salazar. He has come out to his family, and it hasn’t gone entirely as he had hoped. There is some acceptance, but it isn’t complete. This also had some unexpected results regarding his ex-girlfriend, but things couldn’t be better with his new boyfriend. However, the new school year is…
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Ben’s Breakdown | “Jupiter’s Legacy” – Season 1: 3 Episode Thoughts
It’s present-day and we have superheroes. In fact, we now have a second generation of superheroes. They are the offspring of the first generation of heroes collectively known as the Union, led by the strongest of their group, Utopian. Only now, the world isn’t quite so black and white as it used to be. Values…
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Andrea’s Angle | “Limbo”: Wry and Poignant
Limbo enticed me because it focuses on a group of refugee men awaiting asylum in the United Kingdom. Part of what enticed me was the trailer, which featured both the struggle the men encountered in their wait but also subtle comedic scenes. While the film does not quite live up to its billing as a…
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Ben’s Breakdown | “Invincible” – Season 1: 3 Episode Thoughts
Animated superhero shows have been around for decades. From the earliest Superman short films, we were always shown the noble hero who could do no wrong and was truly invincible. He might have the occasional setback, but both his physical strength and his strength of character would see him through. Those animated features have evolved…
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Ben’s Breakdown | “The Irregulars” – Season Wrap-Up
In Victorian England, a group of homeless teens (Bea, her half-sister Jessie, Spike, and Billy) are making a home for themselves for the sake of their protection and survival, but one of them is having some type of problem. Jessie sleepwalks and has nightmares. There is some concern that she may have developed the same…
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Ben’s Breakdown | “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier” 3 Episode Thoughts
While Marvel Studios has been able to give big movies to such main superhero characters such as Thor, Iron Man, and even Captain America, the studio has also introduced incredible characters that might be considered “secondary” by some and perhaps aren’t considered high-profile enough to be given their own movies. That does not diminish their…
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Ben’s Breakdown | “Debris” Season 1: 3 Episode Thoughts
An alien spacecraft that had been detected out in our solar system has broken apart and fragments from it are landing on Earth. Each piece has unique properties and has unforeseen effects on the people who are near it. Scientists and agents, some friendly while others are not, are in search of this wreckage as…
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Ben’s Breakdown | “Zack Snyder’s Justice League” Finally Does Justice
I have stated many times that I love to be pleasantly surprised. Who doesn’t enjoy receiving a gift with certain expectations only to have it surpass anything imaginable? Today, I received my gift. It came from Zack Snyder and its name is Zack Snyder’s Justice League. This is a long review, but it was a…
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Ben’s Breakdown | “Superman and Lois” Season 1: 3 Episode Thoughts
Superman is arguably one of the most popular and enduring heroes ever. From his humble beginning in issue #1 of Action Comics, he has been interpreted and re-interpreted in cartoon shorts, television, movies, more animated features, and back to television again. Can Superman still resonate with TV audiences today? We first met this latest version…
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Ben’s Breakdown | “WandaVision” Season 1 Ending Thoughts
Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige had this vision (See what I did there?) where he wanted to create this multi-platform cinematic universe that would encompass both the large and small screens. He wanted to bridge movies with television, and while that start seemed promising with ABC’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. as well as Agent Carter, things…
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Ben’s Breakdown | “Secrets of Sulphur Springs” Three Episode Thoughts
The Campbell family has moved from Chicago to a small town and taken up residence in an abandoned resort hotel that the father has purchased so that they can renovate and reopen it. There is just one small problem. The residents of the small town recognize the hotel as being both cursed and haunted by…
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Ben’s Breakdown | “The Stand” Wrap-up
A pandemic of global proportions has wiped out most of humanity. The survivors are gathering into two different camps. Some are led Boulder, Colorado through dreams they have of the matronly Mother Abagail Freemantle. The rest are recruited, either through visions or in person, by Randall Flagg to where they gather in Las Vegas, where…
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Ben’s Breakdown | “WandaVision” Three Episode Thoughts
A couple that has just gotten married is driving to their new home. They are happy and in love. It’s a simple time. There is no apparent ambiguity here. One might say that the world is happily black and white. Their home has a familiar feel to it, but they’re happy and even funny. That…
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Ben’s Breakdown | “Star Trek: Discovery” Season 3 Thoughts
One of the biggest dangers that Star Trek: Discovery had to face was trying to pigeonhole new stories into an already existing canon. This was first attempted by Star Trek: Enterprise that suffered from weak storytelling by trying not to violate its canon. Discovery fell apart by telling strong stories but had canon violations that…
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Ben’s Breakdown | “The Stand” Three Episode Thoughts
A horrifying pandemic has hit the world killing approximately 99% of the world’s population. Society no longer exists as we know it and those who are left find themselves slowly being drawn into two different camps, one in Boulder Colorado where they are called to by “Mother” Abagail Freemantle, and the remaining people to Las…
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“Tokyo Godfathers” – A Different Look at Christmas
The Two Gay Geeks and our Staff are continuing on with our holiday madness…. errrr cheer as we share another movie from the Christmas Closet. Some of our selections are classics and others are off-beat and (very) loosely associated with the holidays. We hope you enjoy our offerings and that you holiday season is safe,…
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Keith’s Holiday Korner | “Pee-Wee’s Playhouse Christmas Special” is an Experience Not to be Believed…
The Two Gay Geeks and our Staff are continuing on with our holiday madness…. errrr cheer as we share another movie from the Christmas Closet. Some of our selections are classics and others are off-beat and (very) loosely associated with the holidays. We hope you enjoy our offerings and that your holiday season is safe,…