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Being a Professional Screwball: Getting the Gig, Keeping the Gig, and the Best Advice I Ever Got
If you are reading this you probably relate to all 3: I had a great set, I'm feeling great, I'm want this again. Comedy all day every day. I had a bad set, I should probably quit, I'm never good at anything, hey at least the telephone poles are on my side of the street, I could just end it with one turn of this car. I don't really want to die, and definitely not on stage. How do I get better and get more gigs?
Sarah MartinPublished 6 years ago in Geeks'Bright'
Bright was...pretty dim. So recently, my wife and I sat down and watched the Netflix original movie released in 2017 Bright, starring Will Smith as a human cop Daryl Ward and Joel Edgerton as orcish cop Nick Jakoby.
Michael BauchPublished 6 years ago in GeeksArisia: A Review
It started off with a simple question at one AM on Friday morning: "Do you want to go to a new con with some of our friends?" It was the standard question we all, as cosplayers, have asked at least once each year, some upwards of ten or more times. This time the answer was, "Sure, we have enough for a one day pass." And it was the best decision we have ever made at one in the morning on a Friday of a con.
Kain AeraliPublished 6 years ago in Geeks'The Simpsons' Is Breaking Records with Its Recent Renewal Through Season 30!
In the words of the immortal Homer Simpson, "woo hoo!" Everyone's favorite cartoon family has been a staple on television for almost thirty years and it certainly does not show any signs of slowing down.
Ghezal AmiriPublished 6 years ago in Geeks"Say Goodbye to These, Michael!" Appreciating the Running Gag: a Staple in Comedic Television
Besides having diehard fanbases, long-time running TV comedies share another commonality: the Running Gag. #TheRunningGag is defined as "a joke whose humor derives from repetition, ideally becoming funnier each time it is repeated."
Ghezal AmiriPublished 6 years ago in GeeksMake Some Room on Your Walls for 6 of the Best Movie Posters of 2016
Creating an awesome and memorable movie poster is a pretty challenging feat so when the few beauties stand out, they stand out. With 2017 slowly creeping up, I figured there is no better way to celebrate the end of another movie year than listing six of the best movie posters to come out of 2016.
Ghezal AmiriPublished 6 years ago in GeeksThe Best Is yet to Come: December 2016 Has Some of the Best Movie Releases of the Year!
Another day, another dollar thrown at the mighty machine that is called Hollywood. There is one more month left until we begin the 2017 movie year and although there have been a few hits this year, there have been a few clunkers.
Ghezal AmiriPublished 6 years ago in GeeksRejoice in the NSFW! Let's Take a Look at 10 of the Best Banned Movie Posters of All Time
Movie posters can be a beautiful thing. We all have certain ones that fall into our personal greatest of all time lists that we will gladly hang on our walls... The following, however, I would suggest putting away before grandma comes to visit.
Ghezal AmiriPublished 6 years ago in GeeksWhere to Watch Anime Online After Amazon Strike's Dissolution
Anime fans have been watching anime on the internet for decades. Even before it became legal, fans would stream anime through other means and this created a huge market for anime on the internet, with services like Netflix starting to take notice and offering anime to their subscriptions. But the anime streaming market may be shrinking a little bit, with the recent loss of the Amazon Strike service — a service run by Amazon for anime fans at a small subscription fee that offered prime members an additional exclusive catalog of anime titles. Just last year, Daisuki, a streaming service run by a Japanese cooperative company, also shuttered its service. Other than the major companies like Netflix and Amazon, where should anime fans get their anime fix?
Christopher Nolan Set to Make the Richest Deal Agreement Since Peter Jackson for His Upcoming Wwii Epic 'Dunkirk'
You know what Christopher Nolan needs more of? Money. Thankfully, his upcoming project Dunkirk will grant him that need and then some.
Ghezal AmiriPublished 6 years ago in GeeksFrom Brangelina to Bennifer: 5 More Celebrity Breakups We Will Never Get Over
When two public figures get together, it is incredibly difficult to not become at least a little bit attached to them since their relationship flourishes in the glaring eye of the public and everyone suddenly has a combined name for them.
Ghezal AmiriPublished 6 years ago in GeeksMartin Scorsese's Newest Film 'Silence' to Release Just in Time for the Holidays/Oscar Season
Nothing says "family fun Christmas time" quite like watching a film about Jesuit Catholic priests being persecuted in Japan.
Ghezal AmiriPublished 6 years ago in Geeks