The October Essentials

Send us Fan Mail👻 THE DEEPER ISSUES NERD-CAST HALLOWEEN SPECIAL AUDIO EDITION! With Special Spooky Guest Darcy Staniforth! 🎃Halloween may be behind us, but we're not quite done exploring the other side!In this special extended interview, we're joined by Darcy Staniforth — academic, historian, ghost host, and paranormal investigator who you may have seen on The UnBelievable with Dan Aykroyd!Darcy has had a lifelong fascination with death, dying, and the paranormal, turning that curiosity into both an academic and professional pursuit. With a B.A. and M.A. in American Studies, she explores the fascinating intersections of history, grief, culture, and the supernatural.She also serves as the Paranormal Coordinator for the Heritage Museum of Orange County and Director of Tour Operations for Haunted Orange County. Oh, and did we mention she lives in an actual haunted house?!?!We dive into spirit photography, paranormal investigations, and William Mumler, the godfather of spirit photography.Is there something waiting for us on the other side? Can a camera really capture a ghost? And where does history end and the supernatural begin?It's a spirited conversation filled with history, mystery, and a little education along the way.Don't be scared, get comfortable, and enjoy our conversation with Darcy Staniforth!👻 Your spooky fandom awaits!#DeeperIssuesNerdCast #DarcyStaniforth #Paranormal #SpiritPhotography #WilliamMumler #HauntedOrangeCounty #GhostStories

Send us Fan MailLights, Camera, Old Towne Orange! 🎬🍊On this special episode of the Deeper Issues Nerd-Cast, we're celebrating independent cinema and the creative community right here in our own backyard!We sit down with Dan Parks, documentary filmmaker and founder of the Old Towne Film Festival, to discuss this year's theme, “Permission to Start Again,” and what it means to take creative risks, embrace second chances, and finally bring your stories to life.We also dive into the making of The Old Towne Orange Movie, its life on physical media with a Blu-ray release, and the importance of preserving local history through filmmaking.From empowering aspiring filmmakers to building a thriving creative community, Dan Parks and the Old Towne Film Festival are proving that you don't need Hollywood's permission to start telling stories.🎞️ Old Towne Film Festival — October 23, 2026📍 Masonic Lodge No. 293 | 71 Plaza Square, Old Towne Orange, CA📲 Follow @oldtowneff for festival details!

Send us Fan Mail🎃 *ON THIS DEEPER ISSUES NERD-CAST!* 🎃🦇 Absolute Batman  is getting animated! Because regular Batman just isn't JACKED enough.🤧 Jimothy has a stuffy. Thanks to Costco🦁 Greta Gerwig’s Narnia  gets a trailer! 🌃  Cyberpunk is getting the movie treatment! Wake up, samurai. Ty just went from 6 to midnight🐺 We're sinking our teeth into  WifWolf  for some spooky comic book reading!👹  We're digging up some little-known facts about the cult classic that taught us one very important lesson: Wolfman's got nards!🎃 And  Which Halloween costumes are we already over!All this, plus the usual nonsense, nerdy debates, and deep thoughts about shallow things!*Stick around. Your fandom awaits.* 🎙️📼

Send us Fan MailOn This Deeper Issues Nerd-Cast! 🎃Spooky season is officially here, so we’re breaking down the DINC Essential October Viewing List! 🎃📼What actually makes something a Halloween movie? 👻Is The Nightmare Before Christmas a Halloween movie or a Christmas movie?Does a movie simply having a Halloween scene automatically qualify?Does it have to be horror? Does it have to take place in October? Or is a Halloween movie just whatever you watch every year around Halloween?We debate the rules, defend our essential October picks, and probably make this way more complicated than it needs to be.PLUS!Katrina Van Tassel in Hollow — Prepare to get horny Sleepy Hollow GREMLINS 3 HAS A TEASER! Gizmo is back, the puppets are practical, and nature is healing. 📼Nicolas Cage is being Nicolas Cage Game of Thrones is officially going to the movies with Aegon’s Conquest.We dig into Sony’s movie slate, Spider-Man Clone Saga may be getting its own Amazon series. And spooky season is officially here, so we’re breaking down the DINC Essential Halloween Viewing List —  🎃📼Stick around. Your fandom awaits.

Send us Fan Mail🗣️🎙️ On tonight’s Deeper Issues Nerd-Cast! 🤓Darkwing Duck is BACK! …but Jim Cummings isn’t?!?!Disney is hiking prices again, because apparently they own your childhood AND your wallet.💸And Disney is officially kicking off its AI era. What could possibly go wrong?The Paramount/Warner Bros. deal is happening, and I attempt to explain the whole thing to Didi..again(This Didi. Not Sean Combs.)Mahershala Ali is staying PETTY when it comes to Marvel Studios — and frankly, we’re here for it.Brad Bird has a neo-noir movie?! 👀We got our first **Cliff Booth** trailer.And finally…PIKACHU WENT TO SPACE.⚡🚀We think the deep thoughts about shallow things.Stick around. Your fandom awaits. ⁨@DeeperIssuesNerdCast⁩ @DINCVideo Hosted by Pablo Romero-Estevez & Olivia King

Send us Fan MailTonight on the Deeper Issues Nerd-Cast 🎙️It gets Spicy as our debate on the ethics of Ai continues, and bleeds into SMALL BUSINESS!!!Also...⭐ Star Wars is going IMAX.🕷️ Spider-Man just dethroned the sequels.🔪 Matthew Lillard has some regrets about Scream 7.🎬 And could Paramount REALLY leave California?Plus, we revisit Buried Long, Long Ago from Mad Cave and tell you if it’s worth 18 bucks in this economy.We’re Nerd-Splaining and deep-diving so you don’t have to.Stick around. Your fandom awaits.

Send us Fan Mail🎙️ On Tonight’s Deeper Issues Nerd-Cast…Coyote vs. Acme FINALLY hit theaters — but did it live up to years of hype, and did audiences actually show up? (Spoiler: a $15.5M opening ain’t bad for a movie they tried to bury.)Obsession is getting an awards push-season buzz, all while Nikki makes her Halloween Horror Nights debut.The Russos respond to all that talk about shooting Avengers: Doomsday without a finished script.We had a Superbad Movie Night — as in, we watched Superbad. The movie night itself was actually pretty good. Nearly 20 years later… does it still hold up?AND somebody sent us a copy of Death Metal Duck, is it worth 20 bucks in this economy?!Hot takes, deep dives, crash-outs, and nerd tangents.Stick around… your fandom awaits.

Send us Fan MailOn tonight’s Deeper Issues Nerd-Cast 🎙️It's Ty Time!🎬 Letterboxd is for sale — cause is Tiny strapped for cash, and AI wants all your movie reviews⚖️ The Paramount/Skydance–Warner Bros. merger is stuck in court. Could the Ellisons actually run out of money and walk away from the deal? And what does this all mean for DC Studios?🦸 Man of Tomorrow has officially wrapped principal photography!⚡ Rupert Grint returns to the role he was born to play: this time on Broadway!🕯️ We say goodbye to two icons.🏮 And finally: If you aren’t watching Lanterns, we’re going to tell you why you should beHot takes, deep dives, and nerd tangents.Stick around… your fandom awaits.

Send us Fan MailOn tonight’s *Deeper Issues Nerd-Cast* 🎙️We saw some BIG blockbuster movies & TV shows, we’re reacting to all the *D23 announcements… and un-announcements**, and we are **NOT crying* over Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Part of Your World speech. 😭John Martino of the Second to Last BlockbusterPlus, it’s *OFFICIALLY SPOOKY SEASON* 🎃 and we’ll fight anyone who says otherwise.*Stick around… your fandom awaits.*

Send us Fan MailRyan Reynolds crashes Comic-Con. Ryan Coogler reveals a new  Black Panther. Ryan Gosling is Marvel's Ghost Rider.  It was a good month to be a RyanRyans are taking over We break down the first Lanterns trailer, Johnny Depp's casting as Ebenezer Scrooge, Stephen King's Carrie getting a contemporary reimagining.And Spaceballs takes aim at cinematic universes.Oh, and somehow we still haven't seen The Odyssey. Didi is completely out of the loop this week, so she's reacting to every story in real time like the ol' gunslinger she is.Hot takes, deep dives, crash outs and nerd tangents. Stick around... your fandom awaits.