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Best geek movies throughout history.
Classic Movie Review: 'Space Jam'
Space Jam has become a part of popular culture nostalgia in recent years. I can’t call it a critical reappraisal as critics are more likely to walk intentionally into traffic than actually sit down to assess Space Jam in any critical fashion after 25 years of its release, but a reappraisal has occurred nevertheless. The generations that came after Generation X have come to embrace the cheesy nostalgia and soundtrack of Space Jam regardless of the actual quality of Space Jam.
Sean PatrickPublished 3 years ago in GeeksMovie Review: 'Broken Diamonds'
Things in movies are more than just things. If a writer or director calls attention to a specific thing, that thing gains meaning from that attention beyond its mere function. In the case of the new mental health drama, Broken Diamonds starring Ben Platt and Lola Kirke, it’s a house that takes on a great deal more meaning than being merely a place where someone lives. The house in question belonged to the main characters’ father and the added layer of meaning deepens as the story unfolds.
Sean PatrickPublished 3 years ago in GeeksMovie Review: 'How it Ends'
How it Ends is like an indie pop song, it appeals to some very specific sensibilities and will not be for all audiences. This end of the world comedy finds a nonplussed millennial mildly struggling with her identity and past as she makes plans for the destruction of the planet at the end of this day. What stands out about Eliza (Zoe Lister-Jones), beyond her existential crisis, is that she’s followed everywhere she goes by a projection of her younger self, Young Eliza (Cailee Spenny).
Sean PatrickPublished 3 years ago in GeeksReviewing the Space Jam Sequel and its Pair of Baller Villainesses
I was 11 years old when the first Space Jam came out; I didn't get to watch it until I was about 12. Even so, I still remember the hype and promos for that film. I was immensely in awe over a film that featured Michael Jordan and the Looney Tunes characters; it was just amazing. And when I saw the film finally, I enjoyed every single minute of it! Fast forward a quarter-century; after years of rumors and talk, a sequel is happening, this time featuring LeBron James. You can imagine my excitement when I first saw the trailer, oh man!
Clyde E. DawkinsPublished 3 years ago in GeeksThe 5 Most Brutal Battles Of The Clone Wars
The Clone Wars was a galaxy-wide conflict between the forces of the Galactic Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems. So named because of the clones that fought on behalf of the Republic against the droid armies of the separatists. Over the course of three long years, the battle spread like wildfire across the galaxy, engulfing worlds on both sides of the conflict and even those that tried to remain neutral got caught in the crossfire.
Culture SlatePublished 3 years ago in GeeksFear of Rain - A Hulu Movie Review
You have to believe me. There’s something weird going on at my neighbor’s house. Released to Hulu in 2021, Fear of Rain is about a teenage girl living with schizophrenia. Trying to live a normal life, Rain suspects that her neighbor kidnapped a small child. Struggling between fantasy and reality, Rain tracks down the clues.
Marielle SabbagPublished 3 years ago in GeeksMultiverse Mayhem: All The Upcoming MCU Projects Likely To Be Directly Affected By The 'Loki' Finale
WARNING! SPOILERS for Loki 1x06, 'For All Time. Always.' With it's first season finale, the Loki series established itself as one of the most important entries so far in Phase Four of the MCU. The episode featured both the birth of the multiverse, and the introduction of a character who will likely become the whole franchise's next big bad.
Kristy AndersonPublished 3 years ago in GeeksMy Review of "Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space"
Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space is the third film of the trilogy Gundam movies. It's just as long as the previous two movies but a no holds barred version. What I mean by that is that this movie has a ton of twists and turns that you might not have expected the series to go. The first two Gundam movies established a lot of lore that this movie relishes in throwing back at you.
Brian AnonymousPublished 3 years ago in GeeksA Filmmaker's Review: "The Colour of Pomegranates" (1969)
When we talk about international film, people normally assume we are talking about films made outside of Hollywood and that, in fact is true. But others normally assume also that films made outside of Hollywood are not as good as the films made inside Hollywood and that is not only not true, but most of the films made internationally are some that Hollywood could not hold a candle to. One of these said movies that Hollywood cannot come close to in terms of imagination and artistic ability is “The Colour of Pomegranates” (1969). A 1969 Soviet Union film which has a primary language of Armenian means that this film holds a lot of history, culture and background to why the poetic and artistic pronunciations of the film would have caused it to be banned. Hollywood does not really have that problem unless the film outright goes against certain beliefs of stricter countries such as Korea, China and Israel. This film was in fact, banned by sections of the Soviet Union and so, we can see that there is some viewing pleasure there in knowing that it presents a fairly different light on to biographical film.
Annie KapurPublished 3 years ago in GeeksRemembering Garry Marshall, Five Years Later
I grew up in Israel in the 1980s, at a time when the whole country had exactly two local television stations. There was so little viewing content that by nighttime both channels would display that familiar multi-colored screen accompanied by a piercing whine until the following day.
Dana MaxwellPublished 3 years ago in GeeksDisney Magic
Disney movies. We love them, yes or yes? As a child, I adored Walt Disney movies. Every Sunday night at 7 o’clock my family would sit down in front of our floor model television and watch a Walt Disney movie. It was the highlight of my entire week. Not just because my two sisters and I would be cuddled under a blanket with snacks, but because there was nothing better than the anticipation of which Disney movie would be aired that week.
Baillie BakerPublished 3 years ago in GeeksThree '90s movies
15JUL2021; 2330, THU So, naturally, I don't remember hardly an iota from the previous two classics as much as I do the one with the credits still rolling; and that the above featured image is obviously from. I'd like to take a moment to kick myself in the rear for not rewatching these masterpieces eons ago, back when I was still in!
Nefarious DarriusPublished 3 years ago in Geeks