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Best geek movies throughout history.
REVIEW - Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Well then, it's finally here. Ghostbusters: Afterlife (or Ghostbusters: Legacy in some regions). I saw it on opening night (three evenings ago) but have taken a little while to collect my thoughts. As some of you might have noticed over the years, I'm rather into Ghostbusters, the film and the whole franchise. Ghostbusters II is great, sorely underrated, I thoroughly enjoyed the 2016 reboot (these days referred to as Answer the Call) and am still a bit annoyed the fan backlash damaged its performance so much that it didn't get a sequel. A third movie of any kind seemed unlikely for years, and at least the reboot made it clear there was still an appetite for the film. Finally we get a third instalment of the original continuity and... I liked it. I didn't love it. But I liked it.
Daniel TessierPublished 3 years ago in GeeksMovies that Make the Indoors Look Appealing!
We’ve all spent lots of time indoors over the last couple of years… It was unbelievably bizarre, in unprecedented ways! Blockbusters were depressingly pushed back, sport halted, and holidays outlawed. So, to make previous proceedings seem somewhat less desolate and disheartening, here are 8 movies which remind us that, mercifully, you can’t get ambushed by a bear, mangled into permanent disfigurement by a plummeting boulder or hunted by bloodthirsty wolves from the safety of your home! Maybe, we didn’t miss going anyway?
Will MilliganPublished 3 years ago in GeeksFictional Leaders You May Or May Not Want in Charge!
Leading is not straightforward. With politics a more estranging and toxic subject than ever, pummelling actual figureheads can become increasingly tedious, even if momentarily satisfying. So, let’s consider which fictional personas we’d like our own commanders to duplicate! After all, some fabricated leaders have to deal with the most atrocious and chilling tribulations imaginable – assassination attempts, impending destruction and political infidelity and deceit. How they deal with these incidents could well show our own people in power a thing or two, or perhaps more plausibly, demonstrate exactly how not to do it!
Will MilliganPublished 3 years ago in GeeksA Filmmaker's Guide: "Winter Light" (1963)
In this chapter of ‘the filmmaker’s guide’ we’re actually going to be learning about literature and film together. I understand that many of you are sitting in university during difficult times and finding it increasingly hard to study and I understand that many of you who are not at university or not planning on it are possibly stuck of what to do, need a break or even need to catch up on learning film before you get to the next level. This guide will be brief but will also contain: new vocabulary, concepts and theories, films to watch and we will be exploring something taboo until now in the ‘filmmaker’s guide’ - academia (abyss opens). Each article will explore a different concept of film, philosophy, literature or bibliography/filmography etc. in order to give you something new to learn each time we see each other. You can use some of the words amongst family and friends to sound clever or you can get back to me (email in bio) and tell me how you’re doing. So, strap in and prepare for the filmmaker’s guide to film studies because it is going to be one wild ride.
Annie KapurPublished 3 years ago in GeeksEverything on Fear Street 1994: The Ultimate Soundtrack Review
Netflix’s Fear Street is based on the book series of the same name by R. L. Stine and directed by Leigh Janiak. The film starts as a teen slasher parody but rapidly grows into a saga powered by vintage nostalgia, namely during part one — 1994.
Why "Oceans" is Still some of the Best Heist Films, 20 Years Later
Out here in Toronto it’s been cold and the "I need to be on vacation right now, at an all-inclusive resort or I don’t know… chillin’ in Vegas?!" feels are running high. But since I sadly still can't do either, I went ahead and did the latter through my TV… hello Oceans Eleven, Twelve, and Thirteen! Taking a dip in the pools of all three Steven Soderbergh films, FLIX this weekend is flying you out to Las Vegas, Amsterdam and Rome for the perfect weekend “stay-cations”… and the perfect heists. Time for all things suave.
The Princess Switch 3 - Romancing the Star - review (Netflix)
Brief synopsis: When a priceless jewelled attract gets stolen, a queen and princess decide to recruit the criminal doppelgänger cousin of the queen to help retrieve it. The artefact needs returning before the cardinal, who lent the artefact, finds out, causing an international incident.
Q-ell BettonPublished 3 years ago in GeeksMovie Review: 'Ghostbusters Afterlife' Does Nostalgia Right
I have, in the past, been the first to call out Hollywood studios for churning out nostalgia like so much microwaved, reheated, dinners, the kinds you forgot in the back of the fridge until its stench was impossible to deny. Coming 2 America is a great example of a bankrupt, desperate cash grab that plays like 3 day old leftovers. Now, I am no less susceptible to nostalgia than you are dear reader, but given that I am subjected to far more of Hollywood’s laziest rehashing than the average movie-goer, I’m in a position to be more judgmental than most.
Sean PatrickPublished 3 years ago in Geeks‘Red Notice’ Might Be the Worst Movie of the Year
Red Notice is an action-comedy starring Dwayne Johnson, Ryan Reynolds, and Gal Gadot — three people whose movies I generally avoid.
MovieBabblePublished 3 years ago in GeeksMovie Trailers I Still Think About
Before audiences ever see a movie, they watch the trailer. A great trailer is a filmmaker's best chance at getting viewers excited about a film and in the theater on opening night. Here are seven unforgettable movie trailers that did their job and have stuck with me over time:
'Spider-Man: No Way Home' Trailer Breakdown
Well Marvel fans, specifically Spidey fans, the moment we’ve all been waiting for has finally arrived with the official Spider-Man: No Way Home trailer dropping, and boy does it look amazing (pun very much intended).
Culture SlatePublished 3 years ago in GeeksDocumentary Review: The Life of Kurt Vonnegut 'Unstuck in Time'
Kurt Vonnegut was famous for many reasons but one of the highlights of his work was when he would write himself into his stories. A famous instance of this can be found in his bestseller, Breakfast of Champions, where Vonnegut revealed himself to the character, Kilgore Trout and explained that he was Trout’s creator, the author of the book where Trout was a character. It’s a wonderfully off-beat bit of meta and it was part of Vonnegut’s charm. Director, documentarian, and friend of Kurt Vonnegut, Robert Weide was undoubtedly influenced by his friend when he decided to write himself into his documentary on the famed author, Unstuck in Time.
Sean PatrickPublished 3 years ago in Geeks