Actress Amanda Brugel sits down with Countdown City Geeks to discuss her role in Apple TV+’s hit sci-fi series ‘Dark Matter’ as Season 2 reaches its halfway point. In this interview, Brugel talks about what fans can expect from the second half of the season, how much she loves where show runner Blake Crouch has taken the season, and why Joel Edgerton is her favorite actor working today.

With Season 2 expanding the story and raising the stakes, Brugel shares her experience working on the series, exploring its complex characters and navigating a story filled with alternate realities, unexpected twists, and major consequences. We also discuss what makes ‘Dark Matter’ such a unique experience for both the cast and its dedicated fanbase without spoiling what’s still to come.

‘Dark Matter” airs new episodes every Friday on Apple TV.

Synopsis: Hailed as one of the best sci-fi novels and celebrating the 10th anniversary of its release this year, ‘Dark Matter’ is a story about the road not taken. In season one, the series followed Jason Dessen (Edgerton), a physicist, professor and family man who — one night while walking home on the streets of Chicago — is abducted into an alternate version of his life. Wonder quickly turns to nightmare when he tries to return to his reality amid the mind-bending landscape of lives he could have lived. Season two picks up with the Dessens as they settle into a quiet life in a world that finally seems safe until the unimaginable forces them to run once again. As Jason’s obsession with the Box deepens, Daniela’s (Connelly) growing paranoia pushes her to the brink, threatening to tear their fragile stability apart. Elsewhere, Amanda (Braga) and Ryan (Simpson) join forces in a desperate attempt to find their way home. With Blair (Brugel) determined to stop him, Leighton (Okeniyi) relentlessly chases his grand vision of creating a perfect world.

Actress Mimi Rogers joins Countdown City Geeks on the red carpet at the Fantastic Fest Film Festival for the world premiere of her new film, ‘What Happened to Doris?’. In this interview, Rogers discusses the highly anticipated new movie, her character, and what drew her to the project.

Rogers also shares her experience premiering ‘What Happened to Doris?’ at Fantastic Fest, one of the premiere genre film festivals in the world and gives fans a glimpse into what audiences can expect from the film.

Synopsis: In 1974, single mother Doris Bither reported being violently assaulted by an unseen force inside her Culver City home. As the attacks escalated, investigators from UCLA documented a series of terrifying events that would become one of the most infamous paranormal cases in American history. Based on the true story that inspired The Entity, WHAT HAPPENED TO DORIS? tells the story through the eyes of the family who lived it. Starring Heather Graham, WHAT HAPPENED TO DORIS? is a harrowing supernatural horror film about an unimaginable haunting—and the devastating cost of refusing to believe its victim.

The Countdown City Geeks sit down with filmmakers Dennis Widmyer and Kevin Kölsch to discuss their new film, ‘THE SWALLOW’, which made its World Premiere at Fantastic Fest 2026 in Austin, Texas!

The filmmaking duo takes us behind the scenes of their latest project, discussing the story, creative vision, filmmaking process, and what inspired them to come up with this terrifying tale.

In this interview, they also share their experiences premiering it for audiences at one of the world’s leading genre film festivals and praise their young talented cast who were always ready to get down and dirty in the mud. Get an inside look at the making of ‘THE SWALLOW’ and hear directly from the filmmakers about their latest cinematic collaboration.

Synopsis: A sentient, quicksand-like sludge terrorizes a group of young people in this brutally efficient, effects-forward creature feature from the producers of Obsession and writers and directors behind Paramount’s Pet Sematary remake and horror cult classic Starry Eyes.