The Geekly Forecast: Mar 30th – Apr 5th, 2015

The Geekly Forecast is a weekly preview of all the neat stuff coming to screens, stores, and living rooms near you!

Recommendations:
TV:  Arrow and Flash are still strong choices for TV, now that shows are starting to drop off like flies. I’m particularly interested in how The Flash ends up. That Harrison Wells guy is a tricky bastard.
Music: It took him forever and a day to release it, but Ludacris is finally releasing his 9th studio album, Ludaversal. It might not shine like his old stuff did, but there is plenty of star power on this record.
Netflix: I’ve never gotten a chance to see Underworld before, so streaming it on Netflix sounds like a grand idea before I decide to binge on the other sequels.
Movies: 7 Fast, 7 Furious! I wasn’t even old enough to drive when the first 2 movies came out, but I loved them. Now that the saga is coming to a bittersweet ending, I’m glad the crew got together for one last ride.
DVD: Gotta get Interstellar. F**kin space, man!! Check out the review if you don’t believe me.

Monday, Mar. 30th

TV:
American Dad! – “The Shrink” (FOX)
Bates Motel – “Unbreak-Able” (A&E)
Better Call Saul – “Pimento” (AMC)
The Following – “Reunion” (FOX)

Tuesday, Mar. 31st

Blu-Ray and DVD Releases:
Interstellar
The Imitation Game
Outcast
The Rewrite
Silicon Valley: Season One
VEEP: Season Three
Wild
Wild Card

Music:
Darius Rucker – Southern Style
Death Cab for Cutie – Kintsugi
Hollywood Undead – Day of the Dead
Ludacris – Ludaversal
Reptar – Lurid Glow
Three Days Grace – Human
Wale – The Album About Nothing

Netflix:
The Man With the Iron Fists

TV:
Face Off – “Deadly Dolls” (SyFy)
Fresh Off the Boat – “Blind Spot” (ABC)
Guy Code – “Season 5, Episode 12” (MTV2)
iZombie – “The Exterminator” (The CW)
Justified – “Fugitive Number One” (FX)
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. – “One Door Closes” (ABC)
The Flash – “Tricksters” (The CW)

Video Games:
Axiom Verge
MLB 15: The Show
Neverwinter
Toukiden: The Age of Demons

Wednesday, Apr. 1st

Comic Books
Wednesdays are comic book days! Check out This Week’s Comics: April 1st, 2015.

Movies:
Woman in Gold

Netflix:
Buffalo Soldiers
Down to Earth
Suicide Kings
Underworld
Whiteboyz

TV:
Arrow – “Public Enemy” (The CW)
Black-ish – “Sex, Lies and Vasectomies” (ABC)
Modern Family – “Grill, Interrupted” (ABC)
Supernatural – “Inside Man” (The CW)
The Americans – “Stingers” (FX)

Thursday, Apr. 2nd

TV:
American Crime – “Episode Five” (ABC) 
Archer – “Drastic Voyage: Part II” (FX)
Big Bang Theory – “The Skywalker Incursion” (CBS)
Bones – “The Teacher in the Books” (FOX)
Elementary – “The View From Olympus” (CBS)
Grey’s Anatomy – “When I Grow Up” (ABC)
Scandal – “Honor Thy Father” (ABC)
The Blacklist – “Vanessa Cruz” (NBC)
Vikings – “Paris” (History)

Friday, Apr. 3rd

Movies:
Boychoir
Cut Bank
Furious 7
Last Knights
The Living

TV:
12 Monkeys – “Paradox” (SyFy)
Grimm – “Heartbreaker” (NBC)
Helix – “The Ascendant” (SyFy)
The Jack and Triumph Show – “Commercial” (CN)

Saturday, Apr. 4th

TV:
Outlander – “The Reckoning” (Starz)
Sonic Boom – “Hedgehog Day” (Cartoon Network)
Transformers Rescue Bots – “Trust Exercises” (Discovery Family Channel)

Sunday, Apr. 5th

TV:
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver – “Season 2, Episode 8”
Mad Men – “Severance” (AMC)

The Geekly Forecast: Mar 23rd – Mar 29th, 2015

The Geekly Forecast is a weekly preview of all the neat stuff coming to screens, stores, and living rooms near you!

Recommendations:
TV:  The only thing you should worry about catching live this week is the 90-minute season finale of The Walking Dead. If you don’t, I suggest not internetting until you do.
Music: Two words: Kendrick Lamar… four more words: To Pimp a Butterfly.
Netflix: Before the final season, you need to catch up on Mad Men Season 7.
Movies: Your best bet for theater going this weekend is Home, the cute cartoon starring Rihanna and Jim Parsons. And no, it doesn’t matter if you have kids or not, this is worth it.
DVD: How could I not say The Hobbit 3? But probably also Unbroken, too.

Monday, Mar. 23rd

Music:
Earl Sweatshirt – I Don’t Like Shit, I Don’t Go Outside (No really, that is the title of his album)
Jam City – Dream a Garden
Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp a Butterfly (Even though technically you could buy it in stores last week. Screw you iTunes, on behalf of Kendrick Lamar)
Scuba – Claustrophobia

TV:
American Dad! – “Manhattan Magical Murder Mystery Tour” (FOX)
Bates Motel – “Persuasion” (A&E)
Better Call Saul – “Rico” (AMC)
The Following – “Home” and “A Hostile Witness” (FOX)

Tuesday, Mar. 24th

Blu-Ray and DVD Releases:
Into the Woods
Song One
The Hobbit 3: The Battle of the Five Armies
Unbroken

Music:
Action Bronson – Mr. Wonderful
Bala Brothers – Bala Brothers
Etiquette – Reminisce
Humming House – Revelries
Strung Out – Transmission.Alpha.Delta
The Go! Team – The Scene Between
Them Are Us Too – Remain
Van Morrison – Duets: Re-Working the Catalogue

Netflix:
November Man

TV:
Face Off – “Imaginary Friends” (SyFy)
Fresh Off the Boat – “License to Sell” (ABC)
iZombie – “Brother, Can You Spare a Brain?” (The CW)
Justified – “Trust” (FX)
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. – “Love in the Time of Hydra” (ABC)
The Mindy Project – “Best Man” (FOX)
The Flash – “Rogue Time” (The CW)

Video Games:
Borderlands: The Handsome Collection
Bloodborne
Life is Strange: Episode 2 – Out of Time
Metal Slug 3
Slender: The Arrival

Wednesday, Mar. 25th

Comic Books
Wednesdays are comic book days! Check out This Week’s Comics: March 25th, 2015.

Netflix:
Garfunkel and Oates (Season 1)
Turn (Season 1)

TV:
Arrow – “Suicidal Tendencies” (The CW)
Black-ish – “30 Something” (ABC)
Supernatural – “Paint it Black” (The CW)
The Americans – “Do Mail Robots Dream of Electric Sheep?” (FX)

Thursday, Mar. 26th

TV:
American Crime – “Episode Four” (ABC) 
Archer – “Drastic Voyage: Part 1” (FX)
Grey’s Anatomy – “With or Without You” (ABC)
Scandal – “Put a Ring on It” (ABC)
The Blacklist – “The Longevity Initiative” (NBC)
Ultimate Spider-Man – “Web Warriors: The Spider-Verse: Part Four” (Disney XD)
Vikings – “Born Again” (History)

Friday, Mar. 27th

Movies:
52 Tuesdays
A Girl Like Her
Cupcakes
Fall to Rise
Get Hard
Home
How to Fight in Six Inch Heels
Man from Reno
Nightlight
Serena
The Barber
The Riot Club
Welcome to New York
While We’re Young
White God

Netflix:
Frankie and Alice

TV:
12 Monkeys – “Shonin” (SyFy)
Grimm – “Double Date” (NBC)
Helix – “Plan B” (SyFy)

Saturday, Mar. 28th

TV:
Black Sails – “XVIII” (Starz)
The Musketeers – “Trial and Punishment” (BBC America)
Transformers Rescue Bots – “Pirates Ahoy” (Discovery Family Channel)

Sunday, Mar. 29th

Netflix:
Mad Men (Season 7)

TV:
House of Lies – “Everything’s So Fucking Obvious, I’m Starting to Wonder Why We’re Even Having This Conversation” (Showtime)
Marvel’s Hulk and the Agents of SMASH – “Wheels of Fury” (Disney XD)
Once Upon a Time – “Best Laid Plans” (ABC)
The Last Man on Earth – “She Drives Me Crazy” and “She’s Mooovin’ In” (FOX)
The Walking Dead – “Conquer” (AMC)

The Geekly Forecast: Mar 16th – Mar 22nd, 2015

The Geekly Forecast is a weekly preview of all the neat stuff coming to screens, stores, and living rooms near you!

Recommendations:
TV:  Arrow is your go-to show of the week. It hasn’t been on the air for a month, and we are all missing Ollie’s sad face and stern lectures.
Music:You might think that AWOLNATION should be your music choice for the week, but you would be mistaken not to get back on board with Modest Mouse Strangers to Ourselves because honestly, it’s been like 10 years for Modest Mouse and they deserve another chance. Also, Inventions Maze of Woods is bound to wind up on your “Sleepytime” mix because I know you have one.
Netflix: Mad Men is only a few weeks away from it’s last season. This is the time to catch up before we say goodbye to Don with Mad Men now with Season 7 on Netflix.
Movies: If you are into the teen-book-turned-into-movie craze, Insurgent is your movie for the weekend. Otherwise, save your money for all the summer blockbusters just around the corner.
DVD: Even though it got panned by the critics, Annie is worth adding to your DVD collection, especially if you have children. While you are at it, get Penguins of Madagascar, too.

Monday, Mar. 16th

TV:
American Dad! – “A Star Is Reborn” (FOX)
Bates Motel – “The Arcanum Club” (A&E)
Better Call Saul – “Bingo” (AMC)
The Following – “Exposed” (FOX)
The Originals – “Save My Soul” (The CW)

Tuesday, Mar. 17th

Blu-Ray and DVD Releases:
Annie
Exodus: Gods and Kings
Halo: Nightfall
Muck
Son of a Gun
Song of the Sea
The Penguins of Madagascar
Top Five
Turn: Washington’s Spies (Season 1)
Vice

Music:
AWOLNATION – Run
Inventions – Maze of Woods
Joel Plaskett – Joel Plaskett and The Park Avenue Sobriety Test
Modest Mouse – Strangers to Ourselves
San Cisco – Gracetown

Netflix:
Dummy
You’re Not You

TV:
Face Off – “Super Selfies” (SyFy)
iZombie – “Pilot” (The CW)
Justified – “Burned” (FX)
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. – “One of Us” (ABC)
The Mindy Project – “What to Expect When You’re Expecting” (FOX)
The Flash – “Out of Time” (The CW)

Video Games:
Assassin’s Creed Rogue
Atelier Shallie: Alchemists of the Dusk Sea
Devil May Cry: Definitive Edition
Far Cry 4: Valley of the Yetis DLC
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number
Resident Evil: Revelations 2 – Episode 3
Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters

Wednesday, Mar. 18th

Comic Books
Wednesdays are comic book days! Check out This Week’s Comics: March 18th, 2015.

TV:
Arrow – “The Offer” (The CW)
Empire – “Die But Once” and “Who I Am” (FOX)
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia – “Ass Kickers United: Mac and Charlie Join a Cult” (FXX)
Supernatural – “The Things They Carried” (The CW)
The Americans – “Divestment” (FX)

Thursday, Mar. 19th

Netflix:
Life Itself

TV:
American Crime – “Episode Three” (ABC) 
Archer – “Archub y Morfilod” (FX)
Grey’s Anatomy – “Don’t Dream It’s Over” (ABC)
Scandal – “It’s Good to be Kink” (ABC)
The Blacklist – “Tom Keen” (NBC)
The Vampire Diaries – “A Bird in a Gilded Cage” (The CW)
Ultimate Spider-Man – “Web Warriors: The Spider-Verse: Part Three” (Disney XD)
Vikings – “The Usurper” (History)

Friday, Mar. 20th

Movies:
Accidental Love
Backcountry
Can’t Stand Losing You: Surviving The Police
Danny Collins
Do You Believe?
Ghoul
Growing Up and Other Lies
Jauja
Lily & Kat
She’s Lost Control
Spring
The Divergent Series: Insurgent
The Flying Camera: Drone
The Gunman
Tracers
Zombeavers

Netflix:
Bloodline (Season 1)
God’s Not Dead

TV:
12 Monkeys – “Divine Move” (SyFy)
Glee – “2009” and “Dreams Come True” (FOX)
Grimm – “Bad Luck” (NBC)
Helix – “Mother” (SyFy)

Saturday, Mar. 21st

TV:
Black Sails – “XVII” (Starz)
The Musketeers – “Trial and Punishment” (BBC America)

Sunday, Mar. 22nd

Netflix:
Mad Men (Season 7)

TV:
Bob’s Burgers – “The Runaway Club” (FOX)
Girls – “Home Birth” (HBO)
House of Lies – “Praise Money! Hollowed Be Thy Name” (Showtime)
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver – “Episode 7” (HBO)
Marvel’s Hulk and the Agents of SMASH – “Banner Day” (Disney XD)
Once Upon a Time – “Poor Unfortunate Soul” (ABC)
The Last Man on Earth – “Dunk the Skunk” and “Some Friggin’ Fat Guy” (FOX)
The Walking Dead – “Try” (AMC)

 

The Geekly Forecast: Mar 9th – Mar 15th, 2015

The Geekly Forecast is a weekly preview of all the neat stuff coming to screens, stores, and living rooms near you!

Recommendations:
TV:  There is a lot of good TV this week, but we recommend Better Call Saul for the first episode really dealing with Mike Ehrmantraut.
Music:  There is a low selection of music this week, but if you are looking for something different, check out ANIMAI – Sallows for a haunting sound that is really addictive.
Netflix: The Angriest Man in Brooklyn comes out on Monday. One of Robin Williams last films, the film is about a man who finds out he only has 90 minutes to live.
Movies: Despite the fact that the previews have shown the whole movie, Disney’s Cinderella is sure to amaze kids and adults with the special effects alone.
DVD: There aren’t many DVDs out this week, but a must have for your shelf is Legend of Korra: Book Four: Balance.

Monday, Mar. 9th

Netflix:
After the Fall
Cesar Chavez
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
Tyler Perry’s The Single Moms Club

TV:
American Dad! – “My Affair Lady” (FOX)
Bates Motel – “A Death in the Family” (A&E)
Better Call Saul – “Five-O” (AMC)
The Following – “Boxed In” (FOX)
The Originals – “They All Asked For You” (The CW)

Tuesday, Mar. 10th

Blu-Ray and DVD Releases:
Alpha & Omega: The Great Wolf Games
Dark Haul
Devil May Call
Legend of Korra: Book Four: Balance
Listen Up Philip
Night at the Museum 3 Secret of the Tomb
Pioneer
Red Sky
The Red Tent
Wolfcop

Music:
Aero Flynn – Aero Flynn
ANIMAI – Sallows
Lieutenant – If I Kill This Thing We’re All Going to Eat For a Week
Luke Bryan – Spring Break…Checkin Out
Madonna – Rebel Heart
Taylor Berrett – Great Falls

Netflix:
Monster High: Haunted

TV:
Face Off – “Miss Intergalactic” (SyFy)
Fresh Off the Boat – “Phillip Goldstein” (ABC)
Justified – “Dark as a Dungeon” (FX)
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. – “Who You Really Are” (ABC)
The Mindy Project – “Confessions of a Catho-holic” (FOX)

Video Games:
Assassin’s Creed Rogue
Atelier Shallie: Alchemists of the Dusk Sea
Devil May Cry: Definitive Edition
Far Cry 4: Valley of the Yetis DLC
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number
Resident Evil: Revelations 2 – Episode 3
Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters

Wednesday, Mar. 11th

Comic Books
Wednesdays are comic book days! Check out This Week’s Comics: March 11th, 2015.

Netflix:
How to Train Your Dragon 2

TV:
Black-ish – “Bloopish” (ABC)
Empire – “Sins of the Father” (FOX)
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia – “Frank Retires” (FXX)
The 100 – “Blood Must Have Blood, Part Two” (The CW)
The Americans – “Walter Taffet” (FX)

Thursday, Mar. 12th

TV:
American Crime – “Episode Two” (ABC) 
Archer – “Reignition Sequence” (FX)
Grey’s Anatomy – “I Feel the Earth Move” (ABC)
Portlandia – “Dead Pets” (IFC)
Scandal – “The Testimony of Diego Muñoz” (ABC)
The Big Bang Theory – “The Leftover Thermalization” (CBS)
The Blacklist – “The Major” (NBC)
The Vampire Diaries – “The Downward Spiral” (The CW)
Ultimate Spider-Man – “Web Warriors: The Spider-Verse: Part Two” (Disney XD)
Vikings – “Scarred” (History)

Friday, Mar. 13th

Movies:
3 Hearts
Champs
Cinderella
Cymbeline
Eva
Home Sweet Hell
It Follows
Muck
Run All Night
Seymour: An Introduction
The Cobbler
The Lovers
The Tales of Hoffman
The Wrecking Crew
Treading Water
Walter

TV:
12 Monkeys – “Tomorrow” (SyFy)
Glee – “We Built This Glee Club” (FOX)
Helix – “Vade in Pace” (SyFy)
King of the Nerds – “The Nerdtastic Finale” (TBS)

Saturday, Mar. 14th

TV:
Black Sails – “XVI” (Starz)
The Musketeers – “The Accused” (BBC America)

Sunday, Mar. 15th

Netflix:
A Different World (Complete Series)
Marvel & ESPN Films Present: 1 of 1: Genesis
Third Rock from the Sun (Complete Series)

TV:
Bob’s Burgers – “Adventures in Chinchillasitting” (FOX)
Brooklyn Nine-Nine – “Sabotage” (FOX)
Family Guy – “Dr. C and the Women” (FOX)
Girls – “Daddy Issues” (HBO)
House of Lies – “We’re Going to Build a Mothership and Rule the Universe” (Showtime)
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver – “Episode 6” (HBO)
Marvel’s Hulk and the Agents of SMASH – “The Tale of Hercules” (Disney XD)
Once Upon a Time – “Enter the Dragon” (ABC)
The Last Man on Earth – “Sweet Melissa” (FOX)
The Simpsons – “Waiting for Duffman” (FOX)
The Walking Dead – “Spend” (AMC)

 

The Geekly Forecast: Mar 2nd – Mar 8th, 2015

The Geekly Forecast is a weekly preview of all the neat stuff coming to screens, stores, and living rooms near you!

Recommendations:
TV:  While The Walking Dead will almost always be a hit for us, American Crime looks like the ground-breaking television that basic cable needs in order to keep up with big guys. Written by John Ridley, American Crime is already being highly-touted.
Music:  While they may be a little hipster, Never Shout Never has an amazing modern pop sound.
Netflix: Everyone needs to laugh, and Aziz Ansari is the man to deliver. Check out Aziz Ansari: Live at Madison Square Garden (2015).
Movies: We are suckers for Science-Fiction, yet Neill Blomkamp’s Chappie looks more like a story about humanity than robots, and we are totally down with that.
DVD: You may not agree with the Oscar nominations (and we don’t either), but Foxcatcher is worth the watch, if for nothing more than for Steve Carrel’s heavy breathing.

Monday, Mar. 2nd

TV:
American Dad! – “Morning Mimosa” (FOX)
Better Call Saul – “Alpine Shepherd Boy” (AMC)
Gotham – “Everyone Has a Cobblepot” (FOX)
Star Wars Rebels – “Fire Across the Galaxy” (Disney XD)
The Following – “New Blood” (FOX)

Music:
RuPaul – Realness

Tuesday, Mar. 3rd

TV:
Face Off – “Dressed to Kill” (SyFy)
Fresh Off the Boat – “Showdown at the Golden Saddle” (ABC)
Justified – “The Hunt” (FX)
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. – “Aftershocks” (ABC) *Mid-Season Premiere!*
The Mindy Project – “Fertility Bites” (FOX)

Blu-Ray and DVD Releases:
Ask Me Anything
Barbie in Princess Power
Believe Me
Captive
DaVinci’s Demons: Season 2
Foxcatcher
Innocence
Let’s Kill Ward’s Wife
Life Partners
Longmire: Season 3
Outlander: Season 1 Volume 1
Tinker Bell and the Legend of the Neverbeast
The Humbling
The Last of Robin Hood
Transporter: Series Season 1

Music:
Aero Flynn – Aero Flynn
AJR – Living Room
Brandi Carlisle – The Firewatcher’s Daughter
Canibal Ox – Blade of the Ronin
Eskmo – SOL
Gateway Drugs – Magick Spells
Kelly Clarkson – Piece by Piece
Moon Duo – Shadow of the Sun
Never Shout Never – Recycled Youth (Volume One)
Purity Ring – Another Eternity
Steve Wilson – Hand. Cannot. Erase

Video Games:
Helldivers
OlliOlli 2: Welcome to Olliwood
Resident Evil: Revelations 2 – Episode 2
Screamride
Shiftlings
White Night

Wednesday, Mar. 4th

Comic Books
Wednesdays are comic book days! Check out This Week’s Comics: March 5th, 2015.

TV:
Black-ish – “Parental Guidance” (ABC)
Empire – “Unto the Breach” (FOX)
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia – “The Gang Goes on Family Fight” (FXX)
The 100 – “Blood Must Have Blood, Part One” (The CW)
The Americans – “Born Again” (FX)

Thursday, Mar. 5th

TV:
12 Monkeys – “The Keys” (SyFy)
American Crime – “Episode One” (ABC) *Series Premiere*
Archer – “Pocket Listing” (FX)
Grey’s Anatomy – “The Distance” (ABC)
Portlandia – “You Can Call Me Al” (IFC)
Scandal – “The Lawn Chair” (ABC)
The Black List – “T. Earl King VI” (NBC)
Ultimate Spider-Man – “Web Warriors: The Spider-Verse: Part One” (Disney XD)
Vikings – “Warrior’s Fate” (History)

Netflix:
Food Chains
The ABCs of Death 2

Friday, Mar. 6th

TV:
Glee – “The Rise and Fall of Sue Sylvester” (FOX)
Helix – “Cross Pollination” (SyFy)
King of the Nerds – “Invasion of the Nerd Snatchers” (TBS)

Movies:
12 Golden Ducks
A Year in Champagne
An Honest Liar
Bad Asses on the Bayou
Buzzard
Chappie
Faults
Hayride 2
Hunted
Kidnapping Mr. Heineken
Merchants of Doubt
October Gale
Rage: Midsummer’s Eve
Road Hard
Straight Outta Tomkins
The Mafia Only Kills in Summer
The Mind of Mark Defriest
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
These Final Hours
Two Men in Town
Unfinished Business
X/Y

Netflix:
Aziz Ansari: Live at Madison Square Garden (2015)
My Own Man

Saturday, Mar. 7th

TV:
Black Sails – “XV” (Starz)
The Musketeers – “The Prodigal Father” (BBC America)

Sunday, Mar. 8th

TV:
Bob’s Burgers – “Li’l Hard Dad” (FOX)
Brooklyn Nine-Nine – “Captain Peralta” (FOX)
Family Guy – “Stewie is Enceinte” (FOX)
Girls – “Tad & Loreen & Avi & Shanaz” (HBO)
House of Lies – “He Didn’t Mean That, Natalie Portman” (Showtime)
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver – “Episode 5” (HBO)
Marvel’s Hulk and the Agents of SMASH – “Enter, the Maestro” (Disney XD)
Once Upon a Time – “Unforgiven” (ABC)
The Last Man on Earth – “Adam and Eve…and Andrew” (FOX)
The Simpsons – “Sky Police” (FOX)
The Walking Dead – “Forget” (AMC)