Alexandrea Callaghan
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Certified nerd, super geek and very proud fangirl.
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The Last Voyage of the Demeter
When the first trailer was released for The Last Voyage of the Demeter, the film received some criticism. Even before its release people mocked the idea of Dracula on a boat. These people have never read Bram Stoker’s Dracula because the movie was based on the captain's log that was in fact in the novel. Which the movie directly tells you right at the beginning. But unfortunately most people dismissed this movie out of hand due to their own illiteracy.
By Alexandrea Callaghan4 months ago in Geeks
The Color Purple
The Color Purple is a movie musical version of a stage play, which is a musical version of the movie, which is the adaptation of the book. It is the only piece of media with that many adaptations that has maintained quality every single time. The touching, gorgeous, incredible story and music of the stage musical translated so beautifully to the screen and The Color Purple is easily one of the best movies of the year. If you like movie musicals you will love this movie, and if you don’t love movie musicals you should still watch this movie. All the reasons I normally hear from people for why they don’t like musicals don’t at all apply to this film.
By Alexandrea Callaghan4 months ago in Geeks
Wonka
There have been mixed reviews about the new Wonka movie starring Timothy Chalamet. With two previous Wonka movies the first thing I have to say is that absolutely nobody asked for this. When watching Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory no one in the history of ever has thought, well how did Wonka start making chocolate? So right off the bat this movie is entirely unnecessary. Now that I have seen it I can confirm that mixed is in fact the best way to describe this movie. When first seeing the trailer I knew that this movie was going to be really hit or miss and I was in fact correct.
By Alexandrea Callaghan4 months ago in Geeks
80 For Brady
Okay so I really thought that this movie had come out last year. That’s how long this year has been and quite frankly how long they were advertising it. We first started seeing trailers for 80 For Brady back in October of 2022 so when I saw that it's release date was 2023 I thought for sure that had to be wrong. So anyway we finally got around to watching it and this is my formal review for the based on a true story movie, 80 For Brady.
By Alexandrea Callaghan4 months ago in Geeks
Red, White, and Royal Blue
Earlier this year a book adaptation of Red, White, and Royal Blue hit Prime video. It had a good internet reception which is really what my only metric is for these streaming movies. This movie also caused me to start a nice little research project called Why Does Hollywood Hate Lesbians? But that is a different discussion. Having some gay rep in the mainstream is always a good idea. So now that I’ve gotten around to watching it, let's get into the review for Red, White and Royal Blue.
By Alexandrea Callaghan4 months ago in Geeks
65
Ya know how sometimes you see a trailer for a movie and you think to yourself, “wow this is going to be terrible, I can’t wait to see it”? Well that was my exact thought process when I saw the trailer for 65 starring Adam Driver. We never got around to seeing it in the theaters but now that it's on Netflix we are finally diving in. Doing any dinosaur movie after the existence of Jurassic Park is super bold but here we go, my review of 65.
By Alexandrea Callaghan4 months ago in Geeks
Maestro
So the only thing I have heard about the movie Maestro was controversy over the film's decision to put Bradley Cooper in a prosthetic nose. This was a wildly racist decision on behalf of the production, especially considering the fact that Copper’s actual nose looks very similar to Bernstiens on its own and did not need cosmetic enhancement. The whole Jews have big noses thing was not at all necessary to include in the film and there are about 1000 ways to make it clear Berstien was a jewish man without the nose. That said, I never got around to seeing the movie…until now. Biopics of prominent figures have always felt a little Oscar-baity so I really don’t have a strong desire to watch this film whatsoever. But I promised that I would watch and review as many films released in 2023 as possible, especially the Oscar contenders so here we are. The formal review of Maestro, now on Netflix.
By Alexandrea Callaghan4 months ago in Geeks
Ranking Rom Coms
It seems that the genre of romantic comedies have made a comeback. For the first time since the late 90s romantic comedies were released in a wave this year. 6 romantic comedies is a lot for a single year and yet here we are. Some were fantastic and some were really really not. But that said we’ve ranked superhero movies and animated movies so I thought that we should rank the romantic comedies of the year. We are going to take this list from worst to best.
By Alexandrea Callaghan4 months ago in Geeks
65
Ya know how sometimes you see a trailer for a movie and you think to yourself, “wow this is going to be terrible, I can’t wait to see it”? Well that was my exact thought process when I saw the trailer for 65 starring Adam Driver. We never got around to seeing it in the theaters but now that it's on Netflix we are finally diving in. Doing any dinosaur movie after the existence of Jurassic Park is super bold but here we go, my review of 65.
By Alexandrea Callaghan5 months ago in Geeks
- Top Story - December 2023
The Boy and the HeronTop Story - December 2023
Ever since watching My Neighbor Totoro with my husband I have been in love with Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli movies. When we heard that Miyazaki would be coming out with (yet another) final movie we both got very excited. The Boy and the Heron is a truly horrendous title for this movie but other than that it feels like the ultimate culmination of Miyazaki’s career and legacy.
By Alexandrea Callaghan5 months ago in Geeks
The Downfall of the MCU
There has been lots of comments since the MCU released Endgame about Marvel no longer producing anything of quality. Phrases like “superhero fatigue” “go woke, go broke” and “quantity over quality” get thrown around a lot and they are all wrong. Those phrases have actually no actual validity to them whatsoever. The MCU is the same as it's always been, very little has changed.
By Alexandrea Callaghan5 months ago in Geeks
Infinity Pool
There is a history of horror movies getting undervalued by awards season. Last year one in particular that drew attention was Mia Goth and her performance in Pearl. The movie as a whole was absolutely snubbed as its quality could most definitely go toe to toe with anything nominated last year. But we will have a more in depth discussion on that later. Pearl won me over and I will now watch anything that stars Mia Goth. Which brings me to Infinity Pool. I am now presenting my formal review for Mia Goth’s latest appearance, Infinity Pool.
By Alexandrea Callaghan5 months ago in Geeks