Blog of Excalipoor

Totally Rad Show - Comic-Con 2012: The Hobbit, Iron Man 3, Pacific Rim & More

Dan, Alex, and Jeff braved the hellish lines of Hall H at San Diego Comic Con to get first hand reports of the biggest panels of the show. With the chaos of costumes and comics all around them, they give their impressions of the footage from Man of Steel, Pacific Rim, The Hobbit, Django Unchained, Iron Man 3, Ant Man, and so much more! Don’t miss it!

Film State - Hellboy 3, God of War & Assassin’s Creed!

On today’s episode we talk about The Wolverine, Hellboy 3, the Fantastic Four reboot gets a director and Video Game adaptations for Assassin’s Creed & God of War!

Film State - The Amazing Spider-Man & The Avengers 2 Crossover?

Get the scoop on Ghostbusters 3, new photo’s from Elysium & Pacific Rim and Spider-Man’s possibility of being cast in The Avengers 2!

Good Job, Brain! — Episode 20: ALL QUIZ BONANZA! #4

So many segments in our 4th All Quiz Bonanza show: Chris schools us on “bookkeeping” and crazy English words derived from Japanese, Karen has a mystery round (“Mysteround?”), Dana challenges us to a dance-off, and Colin gives us a round of “Sports Trivia for Non-Sports Fans.” And guess who’s back? THE CRAZY SINGING ROBOT. Also: “backronyms,” why Karen is mad at Siri, and one bizarre headline. Starring Karen Chu, Colin Felton, Dana Nelson, and Chris Kohler.

Operation Kino 71: Pulpy Savages And The Latest Installment Of OpKino Indie!

This week on Operation Kino, we’re finally taking the time to go over Oliver Stone’s Savages, which came out the same week as The Amazing Spider-Man and is probably three times as insane. From there we bring you a new installment of Op Kino Indie, in which Da7e talks to producer Caitlin Burns about transmedia storytelling and her project Jurassic Park Slope. But before any of that, there’s tidbits, with Da7e praising Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World, Katey wondering why everyone else doesn’t do ESPN’s awesome online streaming, and Patches talks about the new Batman comic series The Court of the Owls. We end, as always, with your lightning round answers for dessert. And no worries— David will in fact be back next week, though you’re welcome to tease him for missing two weeks in a row.

Freakonomics Radio - What’s Wrong With Cash for Grades?

Our latest Freakonomics Radio on Marketplace podcast is called “What’s Wrong With Cash for Grades?” In it, Steve Levitt talks to Kai Ryssdal about whether it’s effective to pay kids to do well in school.