Starting this June, we’re bringing the KEVIN GEEKS OUT show back to Brooklyn for an extended run at NITEHAWK CINEMA in Williamsburg. The series begins Thursday Read more …
Kevin Geeks Out returns to Brooklyn, teams up with Nitehawk Cinema
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THE BAD NEWS BEARS & 5 MORE MOVIES THAT ARE SECRETLY ABOUT VIETNAM
I wrote a piece at IFC.com, originally titled “Holy shit, six movies I hadn’t realized are totally about VIETNAM.” They changed the title, but it’s Read more …
Kid Pitches a Sequel to THE SHINING
Kids learn various bits of pop-culture, including references to the R-rated world of grown-up movies. On the playground my 7-year-old learned about THE SHINING. (Which he immediately Read more …
KEVIN AND MATT GEEK OUT About Zombies
A two-hour feast of zombie film footage and pop culture commentary. Comedian Kevin Maher and filmmaker Matt Glasson present an obsessive look at zombies, from More info >
Ripoff, Homage or Coincidence: OFFICE SPACE edition
Stephen Root’s performance as Milton Wadkins — is it Ernie Kovacs Percy Dovetonsils (which, may have been a parody of author Truman Capote?) See for Read more …
RICHARD NIXON AND THE LYING AUTHORITY FIGURES IN SOME OF MY FAVORITE MOVIES
Sharp suit, gray hair, crooked smile: one of the first character-types I became aware was this lying authority figure. I didn’t know it when I was a Read more …
My Favorite Flask – Mrs. Wormer in ANIMAL HOUSE
Occasionally someone I’ve never met asks me to contribute writing work as a “pop culture expert.” That’s because I wrote a (mostly) satirical essay about Read more …
10 Questions for Your Zombie Screenplay
Are you a zombie screenwriter? (That is, are you a screenwriter working on a zombie movie?)Then here are some basic questions for you: 1. RUNNING OR Read more …
NAME THAT ZOMBIE MOVIE: a cinema quiz
Here’s a photo quiz to get you ready for KEVIN & MATT GEEK OUT ABOUT ZOMBIES. (Saturday April 4th at the Alamo Drafthouse in Yonkers) Can Read more …
TURN ME ON, DEAD MAN – Mike “The Main Event” Edison on The Undertaker
One of my favorite reader/writer/raconteurs talks about America’s favorite zombie wrestler, THE UNDERTAKER. Here’s a recording of Mike Edison‘s “Turn Me On, Dead Man” (as seen Read more …