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Andy Farnsworth joins KSL-TV to help audiences decipher #WhatToWatch for the weekend of April 26, 2024. In the big movie of the week,  Zendaya gets entangled in a tennis-themed R-rated love triangle in "Challengers." But for people who want a less lewd and more uplifting movie, you should absolutely see "Unsung Hero."  The family drama about a family who moves from Australia to the U.S. in the early 1990s is about faith, hard work, and having to humble themselves and accept help from others. Andy warns, “Take your Hankies!”  

Over on streaming, Paramount Plus has a new series for fans of Sonic the Hedgehog in “Knuckles.” And on Netflix, there is a surprisingly entertaining and clever streaming series called "Dead Boy Detectives." The DC Comics show is set in the universe of Neil Gaiman's "Sandman" series and is TV-MA for supernatural horror. 

The brains behind Fan Effect are connoisseurs of categories surpassing nerdy with a goal to publish a weekly "What to Watch on the Weekend" minisodes, taken from KSL-TV's Friday segment, and two deep-dives a month on shows, creative works, artists, local events, and other fandom topics. 

Based in the beautiful beehive state, Fan Effect celebrates Utah's unique fan culture as it has been declared The Nerdiest State in America by TIME, and is hosted by KSL Movie Show's Andy Farnsworth and KSL Podcasts' KellieAnn Halvorsen.  

Listen regularly on your favorite platform, at kslnewsradio.com, kslpodcasts.com, or on the KSL NewsRadio App. Join the conversation and get the latest 'nerdly' news on Facebook @FanEffectShow. Fan Effect is sponsored by Megaplex Theatres, Utah's premiere movie entertainment company. 

Andy Farnsworth joins KSL-TV to help audiences decipher #WhatToWatch for the weekend of April 19, 2024.  A couple of movies based on real people and real stories, a locally-made comedy, and a return to a Zack Snyder-created sci-fi universe are all available this week. First, director Guy Ritchie comes back to action with "The Ministry of Ungentlemenly Warfare." "Hard Miles," tells the story of a teacher at a boy's correctional school who takes four of them on a 750-mile bike ride from Colorado to the Grand Canyon (Andy’s pick of the week!).  "Villains, Incorporated" is a locally-filmed comedy movie with villain wannabes who have no powers and no money. And streaming on Netflix, we've got "Rebel Moon, Part 2: The Scargiver".  It's the sequel to last year's "Rebel Moon: A Child of Fire" and has the rag-tag group of rebels trying to fend off retaliation from a galactic imperium they hope to bring down.

The brains behind Fan Effect are connoisseurs of categories surpassing nerdy with a goal to publish a weekly "What to Watch on the Weekend" minisodes, taken from KSL-TV's Friday segment, and two deep-dives a month on shows, creative works, artists, local events, and other fandom topics. 

Based in the beautiful beehive state, Fan Effect celebrates Utah's unique fan culture as it has been declared The Nerdiest State in America by TIME, and is hosted by KSL Movie Show's Andy Farnsworth and KSL Podcasts' KellieAnn Halvorsen.  

Listen regularly on your favorite platform, at kslnewsradio.com, kslpodcasts.com, or on the KSL NewsRadio App. Join the conversation and get the latest 'nerdly' news on Facebook @FanEffectShow. Fan Effect is sponsored by Megaplex Theatres, Utah's premiere movie entertainment company. 

Andy Farnsworth joins KSL-TV to help audiences decipher #WhatToWatch for the weekend of April 12, 2024.  It’s a war-heavy week when it comes to entertainment. "Civil War," surprisingly, doesn't lean politically one way or the other, standing as more of a warning than a statement." Escape From Germany," tells the emotional (and miraculous) story of the evacuation from Germany of LDS missionaries just before World War II. Directed by local filmmaker T.C. Christensen, whom Andy even got to sit down with on the latest Movie Show Digital Extra. For post-apocalyptic fodder, "Fallout" is an adaptation of a popular video game now streaming series on Amazon Prime Video. Then over on Hulu, "The Greatest Hits" deals with loss, grief, and moving on through the eyes of a girl transported into the past (literally? Just her imagination?) every time she hears a song she had listened to with her late boyfriend.

The brains behind Fan Effect are connoisseurs of categories surpassing nerdy with a goal to publish a weekly "What to Watch on the Weekend" minisodes, taken from KSL-TV's Friday segment, and two deep-dives a month on shows, creative works, artists, local events, and other fandom topics. 

Based in the beautiful beehive state, Fan Effect celebrates Utah's unique fan culture as it has been declared The Nerdiest State in America by TIME, and is hosted by KSL Movie Show's Andy Farnsworth and KSL Podcasts' KellieAnn Halvorsen.  

Listen regularly on your favorite platform, at kslnewsradio.com, kslpodcasts.com, or on the KSL NewsRadio App. Join the conversation and get the latest 'nerdly' news on Facebook @FanEffectShow. Fan Effect is sponsored by Megaplex Theatres, Utah's premiere movie entertainment company. 

Andy Farnsworth joins KSL-TV to help audiences decipher #WhatToWatch for the weekend of April 5, 2024. "The First Omen" is the sixth installment of The Omen franchise that puts some effort into balancing scary and gross. Another violent film hitting theaters is “Monkey Man," a vicious and bloody revenge thriller. For more of a love story, "Someone Like You" has some questionable decisions made by its main character but still packs some emotional punch and a good message. And streaming on Amazon Prime Video is "Musica," features Brazilian actors and highlights Brazilian culture, so of course Andy Liked it. 

The brains behind Fan Effect are connoisseurs of categories surpassing nerdy with a goal to publish a weekly "What to Watch on the Weekend" minisodes, taken from KSL-TV's Friday segment, and two deep-dives a month on shows, creative works, artists, local events, and other fandom topics. 

Based in the beautiful beehive state, Fan Effect celebrates Utah's unique fan culture as it has been declared The Nerdiest State in America by TIME, and is hosted by KSL Movie Show's Andy Farnsworth and KSL Podcasts' KellieAnn Halvorsen.  

Listen regularly on your favorite platform, at kslnewsradio.com, kslpodcasts.com, or on the KSL NewsRadio App. Join the conversation and get the latest 'nerdly' news on Facebook @FanEffectShow. Fan Effect is sponsored by Megaplex Theatres, Utah's premiere movie entertainment company. 

Forty years after the original film, the GhostBusters are back and “cooler” than ever. “Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire” debuted on the big screen to much fanfare and our absolute delight, along with a lot of local Ghostbusters fan groups at the Megaplex Movie theaters. But on our episode of Fan Effect today, we are excited to pull apart this latest edition to the Ghostbusters Corps with Ghostbusters super fan, The Arrows’ Jon Smith. We discuss what makes Ghostbusters a fan-favorite, how ‘Frozen Empire’ compares, and where we would like to see this ghostly universe continue. 

The brains behind Fan Effect are connoisseurs of categories surpassing nerdy with a goal to publish a weekly "What to Watch on the Weekend" minisodes, taken from KSL-TV's Friday segment, and two deep-dives a month on shows, creative works, artists, local events, and other fandom topics. 

Based in the beautiful beehive state, Fan Effect celebrates Utah's unique fan culture as it has been declared The Nerdiest State in America by TIME, and is hosted by KSL Movie Show's Andy Farnsworth and KSL Podcasts' KellieAnn Halvorsen.  

Listen regularly on your favorite platform, at kslnewsradio.com, kslpodcasts.com, or on the KSL NewsRadio App. Join the conversation and get the latest 'nerdly' news on Facebook @FanEffectShow. Fan Effect is sponsored by Megaplex Theatres, Utah's premiere movie entertainment company. 

Andy Farnsworth joins KSL-TV to help audiences decipher #WhatToWatch for the weekend of March 29, 2024. On every KSL Movie Show, we have a segment where we review the ‘Big Movie of the Week,’ and this week’s movie is monstrously big! “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire” features the biggest monsters you've ever seen battling for two-plus hours and loudly laying waste to everything around them. If loud smashing and roaring isn't your thing, maybe you'd be interested in "Renegade Nell" on DisneyPlus, ...an old British legend brought to life as a woman named Nell in colonial England is framed for murder and is forced to go on the run. Finally, with the combination of Ramadan/Passover/Easter this week, perhaps you'd be interested in "Testament: The Story of Moses" on Netflix. It's a documentary with feature film-type visuals, interspersed with commentary from scholars of the major Abrahamic religions: Islam, Judaism, and Christianity. 

The brains behind Fan Effect are connoisseurs of categories surpassing nerdy with a goal to publish a weekly "What to Watch on the Weekend" minisodes, taken from KSL-TV's Friday segment, and two deep-dives a month on shows, creative works, artists, local events, and other fandom topics. 

Based in the beautiful beehive state, Fan Effect celebrates Utah's unique fan culture as it has been declared The Nerdiest State in America by TIME, and is hosted by KSL Movie Show's Andy Farnsworth and KSL Podcasts' KellieAnn Halvorsen.  

Listen regularly on your favorite platform, at kslnewsradio.com, kslpodcasts.com, or on the KSL NewsRadio App. Join the conversation and get the latest 'nerdly' news on Facebook @FanEffectShow. Fan Effect is sponsored by Megaplex Theatres, Utah's premiere movie entertainment company.