The Totally Rad Show is the summer blockbuster of geek news shows. Every week, hosts Alex Albrecht, Dan Trachtenberg, and Jeff Cannata rip into the world of movies, video games, tv, comics, and more and pull out what's rad.
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Keanu Reeves' new documentary about the rise of digital filmmaking is a must watch for movie fans.Dan, Alex, and Jeff have been talking about the advent of digital cinema and its effect on the movie business since the very beginning of The Totally Rad Show. The new documentary produced and starring Keanu Reeves, Side By Side, takes a look at the issue from every conceivable angle and has the guys buzzing with its depth of detail and even handed approach. See why this is such a unique turning p...
An MMO without a subscription fee? See why that's just one of the reasons Guild Wars 2 turns the traditional MMO on its head.Jeff, Dan, and Alex are all huge MMO fans. So it is with much anticipation that they jumped into the newest kid on the block, Guild Wars 2. But with an emphasis on exploration, a unique weapon-based combat system, and no subscription fee, Guild Wars 2 might be more different from a traditional MMO than it is the same. Are these innovations welcome, or does the change mar...
Does this true story show bootlegging and gangsters in a fresh new way, or is it just Goodfellas in a different skin?With a high-caliber cast that includes Gary Oldman, Tom Hardy, Guy Pierce and Shia LaBeouf, Lawless certainly has the acting firepower to pull off a western gangster tale on an epic scale. But is this "true" story of the "invincible" family of bootleggers interesting enough? Dan, Jeff, and Alex take a sip out of the moonshine and let you know how it goes down.
Textual puns and visual imagery combine to stump the guys in RADrebus!Play along with Dan, Jeff, and Alex as they compete to decipher the movie-based word puzzles that make up RADrebus. Can you out-guess the guys?
The Summer Wager results revealed! Who won this year's contest?Summer's final days are upon us, which means it is time to check in on the annual TRS Summer Movie Wager. Special guest Peter Sciretta from /Film join Dan, Jeff, and Alex to run down the biggest domestic grosses of the summer, to find out who managed to most accurately predict the top 10 blockbusters. Find out who won the 6th annual Summer Wager.
A Grand Theft Auto style open world adventure set in China! Does it work?Sleeping Dogs takes the tried-and-true open world adventure game made popular by the Grand Theft Auto franchise, and brings it to modern day China. You play as an undercover cop who must infiltrate the triads of Hong Kong by working on the edge of the law. Do the story, gameplay, and exploration come together to please fans of the genre, or does it fail to capture the GTA magic? Jeff, Dan, and Alex have the answer!
We look back at the hugely influential and totally rad career of film director Tony Scott.Last week marked the tragic passing of director Tony Scott, whose long and storied film career represents a big part of what makes the Totally Rad Show what it is. Top Gun, True Romance, The Last Boy Scout, Crimson Tide, Man on Fire, and so many more. Dan, Jeff, and Alex grew up viewing the world in large part through Tony Scott's unique and daring cinematic vision, so today they take time to reflect on t...
More never-before-ranked movies slam into each other in a a brand new VS!It is time once again for the list to be compiled. Dan, Jeff, and Alex take pairs of films and compare them, all the while ranking their top movies of all time. This week, more movies that have never been seen in VS before, including some real heavy hitters!
Pressure cooking, an audio-visual film like no other, an animated web series called Samurai Daycare, Wits & Wagers Party, and the iOS game Horn are on our RADar!On My RADar is back this week, with a slew of new eclectic picks from Alex, Dan, and Jeff. Dan has a powerful new film with a difficult name, Alex has adventures in cooking with pressure, and Jeff has three picks, including the spectacular game that brings Zelda to the iPad, an update to the best party board game of all time, and a fun...
