Arlo J. Wiley

I co-host the extremely awesome podcast GOBBLEDYGEEK: http://gobbledygeekbtr.wordpress.com

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Gobbledygeek #28 Tonight!

CHOMP   Late post today, but the twenty-eighth episode of Gobbledygeek airs live tonight at 10:30 PM EST right here. Our second Halloween-related episode in this, the month of All Hallows Something-or-Other, concerns itself with werewolves, those fuzzy, cuddly, indiscriminate killers. If they weren’t such an insurance liability, I’

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Listen to Last Night's Gobbledygeek

Last night’s Gobbledygeek, “How to Stake a Vampire,” is available for listening right here. It’s the first of our five Halloween-themed shows this month, and in it we discuss everyone’s favorite creature of the night, the venerable vampire. Everything from Nosferatu to Fright Night gets a mention,

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Gobbledygeek #27 Tonight!

It’s been an extremely busy time for moi, so we had to cancel last week’s episode and this is the first time I’ve really had to post about anything. But it’s a fun thing to post about, for the twenty-seventh episode of Gobbledygeek airs live tonight

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Listen to This Weekend's Gobbledygeek

Steve Buscemi in 'Boardwalk Empire' Friday’s Gobbledygeek, “Ladies and Gentlemen, Start Your DVR’s,” is available for listening right here. Lessons learned: I thought I watched TV, I was wrong, Paul watches way more, there are far too many television shows for one person to conceivably watch

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Gobbledygeek #26 Tonight!

Holy wow, it feels like it’s been a loooong week. I didn’t even remember to put up a “Listen to Last Night’s Gobbledygeek” post, which I’m sure disappointed about 0.4 people (that’s four-tenths of Kevin). Anyhoo… The twenty-sixth episode of Gobbledygeek airs live tonight

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Gobbledygeek #25 Tonight!

The American Myth himself, Stephen "Captain America" Colbert. The twenty-fifth episode of Gobbledygeek airs live tonight at 10:30 PM EST right here. Pam’s birthday is tomorrow–for real this time–so we explore a topic of her own invention: American Myths. These are things like superheroes,

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Listen to Last Friday's Gobbledygeek

The graduating class of Sunnydale High School 1999. Totally slipped my mind to make this post yesterday morning, so here we go: Friday’s Gobbledygeek, “Higher Education,” is available for listening right here. Fictional schools discussed are Sunnydale High, Greendale Community College, Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters, Hogwarts School

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Gobbledygeek #24 Tonight!

The twenty-fourth episode of Gobbledygeek airs live tonight at 10:30 PM EST right here. Since the school year is in full swing, Paul and I turn our thoughts to fictional educational institutions, both the realistic and the fantastic (and yes, you can expect to hear about the one pictured

Top 100 Characters in Modern Pop Culture

Top 100 Characters in Modern Pop Culture: #10-1

Last night, Paul and I reached the conclusion of our countdown of the Top 100 Characters in Modern Pop Culture. Here are choice excerpts from our top 10’s, but be sure to listen to the whole show to hear everything we said: #10 PAUL: Calvin & Hobbes (Calvin &

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Listen to Last Night's Gobbledygeek

Get it? 'Cuz...'cuz it's a character... Last night’s Gobbledygeek, “The Top 10,” is available for listening right here. As you can tell by the totally un-subtle title, we discuss our top 10 characters in modern pop culture, the end of our first major undertaking.

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Gobbledygeek #23 Tonight!

So said the Wolf, "Just because you are a character doesn't mean that you have character." Also, he's totally not on either of our lists. The twenty-third episode of Gobbledygeek airs live tonight at 10:30 PM EST right here. It’s sort of

Movie News

The Gobbledygeek Guide to the Fall/Winter Movie Season

Last night, Paul and I discussed a plethora of upcoming movies we found interesting in some way. Listen to the show to hear what we had to say, but as promised, here are the IMDb links and trailers for each film we mentioned: September 1 The American September 3 Machete

Top 100 Characters in Modern Pop Culture

Top 100 Characters in Modern Pop Culture: #20-11

Last night, Paul and I continued our countdown of the Top 100 Characters in Modern Pop Culture with our penultimate installment, detailing our picks for #20-11. Be sure to listen to the show to hear everything we said, but here are some choice excerpts: #20 PAUL: Westley/The Man in

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Chloe Moretz in 'Let Me In' Last night’s Gobbledygeek, “The American Harry Potter Waiting for Jack to Go Boating and Let Me In,” is available for listening right here. We discuss 36 forthcoming fall/winter movies, and why exactly we’re looking forward to them. Reasons range

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Gobbledygeek #22 Tonight!

Emma Watson in 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I' The twenty-second episode of Gobbledygeek airs live tonight at 10:30 PM EST right here. The fall movie season is right around the corner, and as such, we’ll be taking a look at the titles coming

Top 100 Characters in Modern Pop Culture

Top 100 Characters in Modern Pop Culture #30-21

On last night’s show, Paul and I continued our countdown of the Top 100 Characters in Modern Pop Culture with #s 30-21. Be sure to listen to the show for our full run-downs, but here are some choice excerpts: #30 PAUL: Scott Pilgrim (Scott Pilgrim series) The series is

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Listen to Last Night's Gobbledygeek

Last night’s Gobbledygeek, “Scott Pilgrim vs. Gobbledygeek,” is available for listening right here. Fair warning: praise is gushed all over the place in regard to Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Edgar Wright’s fantastic new film which maybe we can finally stop talking about. Maybe. We talk about Wright’

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Gobbledygeek #21 Tonight!

The twenty-first episode of Gobbledygeek airs live tonight at 10:30 PM EST right here. Today heralds the arrival of Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, a little film we may or may not have covered before. So, of course, that’s what we’re talking about tonight. Really, what did

Top 100 Characters in Modern Pop Culture

Top 100 Characters in Modern Pop Culture: #40-31

On last night’s show, Paul and I continued our countdown of the Top 100 Characters in Modern Pop Culture with #s 40-31. Be sure to listen to the show for our full run-downs, but here are some choice excerpts: #40 PAUL: Jesse Custer (Preacher) He’s a good ol’

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Anton Karas Last night’s Gobbledygeek, “Gobbledygeek Concerto: Movements I-III,” is available for listening right here. The topic of the night was music in film and television: what it adds, how it can become a crutch, the great music, the bad music, and everything in between. From John Williams to

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Gobbledygeek #20 Tonight!

John Williams The twentieth episode of Gobbledygeek airs live tonight at 10:30 PM EST right here. Inspired by the recent discovery of the so-called “Easter egg” in Hans Zimmer’s Inception score, we’re going to discuss the importance of music in film and television, what it adds, music

DVD Reviews

DVD Review: 'Make Way for Tomorrow'

Article first published as DVD Review: Make Way for Tomorrow on Blogcritics. Director: Leo McCarey Writer: Viña Delmar, based on the novel The Years Are So Long by Josephine Lawrence and a play by Helen Leary and Noah Leary For some reason, in our society, we are taught—if not

Movie News

New Bits of Footage: 'The Avengers,' 'Lost'

Two tantalizing bits of footage leaked online today: the Avengers teaser shown at Comic-Con, and a clip of the forthcoming DVD epilogue of Lost. Well, you can’t really call The Avengers bit “footage,” as it merely features Samuel L. Jackson’s commanding voice over a slowly revealed logo, but

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Justin Bieber to Get 3D Biopic; Satan Inches Closer to Winning Bet with God (UPDATE)

Gangsta. I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of tween girls’ hormones suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly inflamed with lust. I fear something terrible has happened. – Ancient Jedi proverb A few minutes ago, despite contemplating Dan Aykroyd’s career trajectory, I was having

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Meet the New Face of Terror in the 'Yogi Bear' Trailer

First thing’s first: Dan Aykroyd will always have a place in my heart for his work on Saturday Night Live, The Blues Brothers, and Ghostbusters. But what a remarkably horrific career he’s had since those halcyon days. When he hasn’t appeared in films such as Dragnet or