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hey I'm Tom Merritt and I'm Hollywood welcome to geek pop this is the show where we keep you up to date on the latest movies TV DVDs books and more anything that's hot news in the geek world because we are nothing if not experts on being total dorks let's get started this week with movies new in theaters this week is 21 which is based on the book bringing down the house the inside story of 6 MIT students who took Vegas for millions it's a movie about counting cards in order to beat the game of blackjack see but what we liked about the book was the actual geekiness and kind of the cool math factor of counting cards and this movie looks like it's got some suspiciously hot math nerds and a little too much action also coming out this week superhero movie starring Drake Bell and sara paxton em who you know drinking Sara you love me Rick also Leslie Nielsen now you're talking it's your basic movie genre spoof this time it takes off spider-man you've totally seen this movie and finally in limited release starting March 28 American zombie it's a documentary about the zombie experience in America Nina Tommy doesn't exclude me being human actually that's a mockumentary Tom I can't believe the bravery of the zombies who came forward to speak on camera it's truly a groundbreaking piece of documentary filmmaking I mean it's about time zombies finally get their day uh-huh and on that note let's turn our attention to television there's really only one topic in television between now and april fourth and possibly beyond Battlestar Galactica who you have Battlestar Galactica fever right now the final season of BSG premieres on April fourth but this may not be the end zone oh that's right sci fi has green-lighted a two-hour pilot of Caprica a prequel to battlestar galactica Caprica starts 50 years before Battlestar and focuses on the two families who created the Cylons one of those families clan Adama ah dishy of course it sounds like Caprica will be very soap opera like and focused on the relationships which probably translates into a lower budget and a lot less space porn probably more Caprica porn though leading up to the premiere sci-fi will air to half our BSG specials March 28th you'll have Battlestar Galactica revealed and Battlestar Galactica the phenomenon we also have a one lone piece of naan BSG TV news Jericho has been cancelled again this week's episode was the series finale they tried to wrap the whole thing up in one short hour which is why I am hoping that the rumors of sci-fi or FX picking it up are going to come true I mean come on the internet loves Jericho we'll all watch it enough non Battlestar news let's wrap things up with DVDs season 3 of battlestar is finally available on DVD as of March 18th so if you're not caught up no excuse now and don't forget to watch razor indeed also i am legend came out on DVD on the 80s as well and promised to include bonus scenes like maybe this scenes where they didn't change the ending from the book we actually recommend you go around one of the other movies based on the IM legend book Oh Megaman Charlton Heston or the last man on earth starring Vincent Price which is probably the closest to the original book in fact the book's author Richard Matheson actually wrote the screenplay for last man on earth under a pseudonym you know the original book and movies were actually considered vampire stories not zombie stories that came later we'll trivia for you and that will do it for us we're gonna wander off into a dark corner and snack on some tasty human treats like candy or brains thanks for joining us on geek pop we'll be back next time with a new list of the fresh releases and dishy news delicious you