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Dorking Out Episode 79: The Last Jedi Review Spectacular Edition

Hey there, dorks. In this episode, we review a little movie called THE LAST JEDI. Raymond Scott Daigle joins us to talk about it. We have a good discussion about what we want from our STAR WARS movies, and what we got (or didn't get) from this new installment.We get into spoilers pretty quick, so you should definitely see the movie first before listening.We hope you enjoy our dorky podcast. You can listen to us here, or you can find us on iTunes and Stitcher.

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Dorking Out Episode 78: Star Trek, Star Wars, The Orville, James Bond… or the Jeff Bond is Everywhere! Edition

Hey there, dorks. We celebrate the release of STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI the best way we know how: by talking to Jeff Bond about his new book ART OF STAR TREK: THE KELVIN TIMELINE. He also chats about his new book on Seth McFarlane’s THE ORVILLE and the possibility of a Quentin Tarantino-directed STAR TREK movie.We hope you enjoy our dorky podcast. You can listen to us here, or you can find us on iTunes and Stitcher.

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Dorking Out Episode 77: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and I Want To Make Sure It Sticks Edition

Hey there, dorks. In this episode we review the new Amazon series THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL, which is created by Amy Sherman-Palladino, the mastermind behind GILMORE GIRLS. And whenever we think of GILMORE GIRLS we think about how much Chris’s wife, Laura, hates them. So, Laura will be joining us to talk about THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL. Does she hate it with the same burning hot passion? Listen and find out.We hope you enjoy our dorky podcast. You can listen to us here, or you can find us on iTunes and Stitcher.

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Dorking Out Episode 76 - The Golden Globe Nomination Shocker: Get Out is a Comedy! Edition

Hey there, dorks. In today's episode we talk about the Golden Globe nominations. Apparently, GET OUT is a comedy now.We have a lot of thoughts and feelings about this year's nominations for movies and TV, including the lack of female directing nominees, no love for WONDER WOMAN and more.Also, we announce our new format for Season 3 of Dorking Out. You need to listen!Best Motion Picture, Drama“Call Me by Your Name”“Dunkirk”“The Post”“The Shape of Water”“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy“The Disaster Artist”“Get Out”“The Greatest Showman”“I, Tonya”“Lady Bird”Best Director, Motion PictureGuillermo del Toro, “The Shape of Water”Martin McDonagh, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”Christopher Nolan, “Dunkirk”Ridley Scott, “All the Money in the World”Steven Spielberg, “The Post” Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, DramaJessica Chastain, “Molly’s Game”Sally Hawkins, “The Shape of Water”Frances McDormand, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”Meryl Streep, “The Post”Michelle Williams, “All the Money in the World”Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Musical or ComedyJudi Dench, “Victoria & Abdul”Helen Mirren, “The Leisure Seeker”Margot Robbie, “I, Tonya”Saoirse Ronan, “Lady Bird”Emma Stone, “Battle of the Sexes”Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in Any Motion PictureMary J. Blige, “Mudbound”Hong Chau, “Downsizing”Allison Janney, “I, Tonya”Laurie Metcalf, “Lady Bird”Octavia Spencer, “The Shape of Water”Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, DramaTimothée Chalamet, “Call Me by Your Name”Daniel Day-Lewis, “Phantom Thread”Tom Hanks, “The Post”Gary Oldman, “Darkest Hour”Denzel Washington, “Roman J. Israel Esq.”Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical or ComedySteve Carell, “Battle of the Sexes”Ansel Elgort, “Baby Driver”James Franco, “The Disaster Artist”Hugh Jackman, “The Greatest Showman”Daniel Kaluuya, “Get Out”Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion PictureWillem Dafoe, “The Florida Project”Armie Hammer, “Call Me by Your Name”Richard Jenkins, “The Shape of Water”Christopher Plummer, “All the Money in the World”Sam Rockwell, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”Best Screenplay, Motion PictureGuillermo del Toro and Vanessa Taylor, “The Shape of Water”Greta Gerwig, “Lady Bird”Liz Hannah and Josh Singer, “The Post”Martin McDonagh, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”Aaron Sorkin, “Molly’s Game”Best Original Score, Motion PictureCarter Burwell, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”Alexandre Desplat, “The Shape of Water”Jonny Greenwood, “Phantom Thread”John Williams, “The Post”Hans Zimmer, “Dunkirk”Best Original Song, Motion Picture“Home” — “Ferdinand”“Mighty “River” — “Mudbound”“Remember Me” — “Coco”“The Star” — “The Star”“This is Me” — “The Greatest Showman”Best Motion Picture, Animated“The Boss Baby”“The Breadwinner”“Coco”“Ferdinand”“Loving Vincent”Best Motion Picture, Foreign Language“A Fantastic Woman”“First They Killed My Father”“In the Fade”“Loveless”“The Square”Best Television Series, Drama“The Crown,” Netflix“Game of Thrones,” HBO“The Handmaid’s Tale,” Hulu“Stranger Things,” Netflix“This Is Us,” NBCBest Television Series, Musical or Comedy“black-ish,” ABC“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” Amazon“Master of None,” Netflix“Smilf,” Showtime“Will & Grace,” NBCBest Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television“Big Little Lies,” HBO“Fargo,” FX“Feud: Bette and Joan,” FX“The Sinner,” USA Network“Top of the Lake: China Girl,” SundanceTVBest Performance by an Actress in a Television Series, DramaCaitriona Balfe, “Outlander”Claire Foy, “The Crown”Maggie Gyllenhaal, “The Deuce”Katherine Langford, “13 Reasons Why”Elisabeth Moss, “The Handmaid’s Tale”Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series, Musical or ComedyPamela Adlon, “Better Things”Alison Brie, ”Glow”Rachel Brosnahan, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”Issa Rae, “Insecure”Frankie Shaw, “Smilf”Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for TelevisionJessica Biel, “The Sinner”Nicole Kidman, “Big Little Lies”Jessica Lange, “Feud: Bette and Joan”Susan Sarandon, “Feud: Bette and Joan”Reese Witherspoon, “Big Little Lies”Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for TelevisionLaura Dern, “Big Little Lies”Ann Dowd, “The Handmaid’s Tale”Chrissy Metz, “This Is Us”Michelle Pfeiffer, “The Wizard of Lies”Shailene Woodley, “Big Little Lies”Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series, DramaJason Bateman, “Ozark”Sterling K. Brown, “This Is Us”Freddie Highmore, “The Good Doctor”Bob Odenkirk, “Better Call Saul”Liev Schreiber, “Ray Donovan”Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series, Musical or ComedyAnthony Anderson, “black-ish”Aziz Ansari, “Master of None”Kevin Bacon, “I Love Dick”William H. Macy, “Shameless”Eric McCormack, “Will & Grace”Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for TelevisionRobert De Niro, “The Wizard of Lies”Jude Law, “The Young Pope”Kyle MacLachlan, “Twin Peaks”Ewan McGregor, “Fargo”Geoffrey Rush, “Genius”Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for TelevisionDavid Harbour, “Stranger Things”Alfred Molina, “Feud: Bette and Joan”Christian Slater: “Mr. Robot”Alexander Skarsgard: “Big Little Lies”David Thewlis: “Fargo”We hope you enjoy our dorky podcast. You can listen to us here, or you can find us on iTunes and Stitcher.

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Dorking Out Episode 75: The Three Billboards Outside Avengers Tower Edition

Hey there, dorks. In this week's episode we review "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri." Sonia connects it to the current wave of sexual harassment and abuse allegations, and Chris thinks it's good Coen Brothers fan fiction.In our second segment, Peter Brown, associate editor of Assignment X, joins us to talk about the new "Avengers Infinity War" trailer. Someone's going to die in this one, huh? We make our predictions.And finally, we end our show with what we're dorking out about, including Sam Rockwell's dancing and, well, what the focus of Dorking Out with Chris and Sonia should be in 2018.We hope you enjoy our dorky podcast. You can listen to us here, or you can find us on iTunes and Stitcher.

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Dorking Out Episode 74: The COCO and Underappreciated Animated Movies Edition

Hey there, dorks. In this week's podcast we review Pixar's COCO with Juan Uriarte of the Instant Ramen podcast and Sonia's better half and co-host of Old Movies, New Beer podcast, David Tracy.In our second segment, we talk about underappreciated animated movies, which gives Chris a reason to talk about his love of TREASURE PLANET.And finally, we end our show with what we're dorking out about this week, including Amazon's Echo and the new podcasting app CastBox.We hope you enjoy our dorky podcast. You can listen to us here, or you can find us on iTunes and Stitcher.

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Dorking Out Episode 73: The Lady Bird Joins The Justice League Edition

Hey there, dorks. In this week's episode, we review JUSTICE LEAGUE. Is it as good as WONDER WOMAN or is it, well, BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE? Our review might surprise you.In our second segment, we talk about all the TV shows and movies we're dorking out about, including MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS, ONLY THE BRAVE, PATTI CAKE$ and the 1976 LOGAN'S RUN. Plus, Sonia talks about Greta Gerwig's LADY BIRD, which she fell in love with and can't stop raving about.We hope you enjoy our dorky podcast. You can listen to us here, or you can find us on iTunes and Stitcher

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Dorking Out Episode 72: The It’s Time To Reboot Hollywood Edition

Hey there, dorks. In this week’s episode, we’re returning to Dorking Out Studios to talk about some movie franchises that we’d like to see rebooted. I know it's uncool to like reboots, revisits and revivals, but we make some pretty good arguments for our picks.One of the awesome things about Dorking Out Studios the complete lack of sexual abuse and harassment, which brings us to our second segment. Sexual abuse and sexual harassment: Is every man in Hollywood awful? We’re going to talk about it.And finally, Smith and our Star Trek experts Jeff Bond and Alexandra August talk about Sunday night’s Chapter 1 finale of “Star Trek: Discovery.”We hope you enjoy our dorky podcast. You can listen to us here, or you can find us on iTunes and Stitcher.

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Dorking Out Episode 71: The Thor Watches Stranger Things and Star Trek Discovery Edition

Hey there, dorks. In this week's episode, we review the 17th (!) installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, "Thor Ragnarok." BFF of the show Peter Brown, associate editor of Assignment X, joins us.In our second segment, our new friend Albert "AJ" Muller from Daily Grindhouse makes his debut on the podcast to talk about "Stranger Things 2." We have a really fun discussion about sequels and stories.And finally, Chris and our “Star Trek” expert Jeff Bond talk about Sunday night's episode of “Star Trek: Discovery."We hope you enjoy our dorky podcast. You can listen to us here, or you can find us on iTunes and Stitcher.

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Dorking Out Episode 70: The David Fincher's Mindhunter and Star Trek Discovery Edition

Hey there, dorks! We're back from our hiatus to review the new 10-episode Netflix series "Mindhunter," which is executive produced by David Fincher. It's a basically a prequel to the modern-day procedural, and we've got a lot to say about it.In our second segment, we catch up a bit with what movies we've been watching. Sonia has been nonstop watching horror movies, including "Carnival of Souls" and "Diary of a Madman," while Chris has actually gone to the theater to see "American Made," "Marshall" and "Professor Marston and The Wonder Women."And finally, Chris and our “Star Trek” experts Jeff Bond and Alexandra August talk about two week's worth of “Star Trek: Discovery” episodes.We hope you enjoy our dorky podcast. You can listen to us here, or you can find us on iTunes and Stitcher.

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