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Best geek movies throughout history.
The Maltese Falcon
NICOLE CLEWLEY THE MALTESE FALCON NOIR 1941 DIRECTED BY JOHN HUSTON In this analysis of The Maltese Falcon, I will be looking at the good and the bad of the film. This film was released in 1941. Just two months after the release of the film there was an attack on Pearl Harbor. Soon after the attack The United States entered the 2nd world war. I call the movie release the calm before the storm.
By Nicole Clewley5 years ago in Geeks
Review: "Fresh"
Fresh starts off making a commentary on how stale and gross online dating can be. In many ways, the way people view people on these apps ends up the same way as we look at meat. All of this takes place rather quickly in the beginning as the viewer is treated to seeing Noa (Daisy Edgar-Jones) as she goes out with a loser from her bland menu of endless app scrolling. The date goes poorly but it doesn’t stop her from losing hope of finding love. It is an intriguing start that seems a bit ho-hum but quickly takes a turn into a horror-comedy that will certainly surprise audiences.
By Nick Cavuoti5 years ago in Geeks
Review: "The Adam Project"
The Adam Project is a big film for the giant streaming service in Netflix that delivers in what it promises to its viewers. Filled to the brim with star talent, you can expect to have a few good laughs watching this film along with an enjoyable ride throughout the runtime. However, a lot of the Netflix original films haven’t been well-recieved by critics up until this one. A lot of that can be attributed to writer and director Shawn Levy allowing Ryan Reynolds, the film’s star, to do what he does best. Beyond the humor you could come to expect from a Ryan Reynolds-led movie, The Adam Project features some shiny action sequences along with some softer and quieter heartwarming moments.
By Nick Cavuoti5 years ago in Geeks
3 Facts About Costa Rica to Learn Through Jurassic Park/World
If you've seen the Jurassic Park trilogy or Jurassic World and paid attention, you know that a big percentage of these stories take place in Costa Rica. Costa Rica is a small tropical country in the Central American isthmus (no, it is not an island) which is home to a heavy flow of tourism. So in case you are a big fan of the saga and are interested in knowing more about Costa Rica, here are some quick facts.
By Angie Loveday5 years ago in Geeks
4 Reasons Why MCU Fans Get So Defensive When their films are criticized.
One of the most recent phenomena is the reaction toward fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (or "MCU") for being defensive toward the criticism it has received from directors like Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola. It is common for people to lambast these fans for "being dramatic" or "taking things too personally." However when we look at things from an empathic lens, its easy to understand where this resentment comes from. Here are 4 (possible) reasons why MCU fans become so defensive when their films are criticized.
By Humphrey Kaye5 years ago in Geeks
Review: "Scream"
The original Scream struck a chord among horror fans alike that spent time thinking about John Carpenter’s Halloween and other slasher films and how all of them had similar pitfalls. The original Scream was horror-comedy at its finest along with how it made fun of the genre. Kevin Willamson and Wes Craven created some unique in a failing genre. Fast forward from 1996, to now, and the conversation about the genre has again shifted. The slasher films have become less popular in favor of thought-provoking horror, however, this installment of the beloved series comes off as a “re-quel” that acts as a love letter to the franchise and to Wes Craven the original director. Clearly, James Vanderbilt and Guy Busick crafted this film with the original Scream in mind to pay homage to Craven, who passed away but they wanted to do so in such a way that feels consistent with Williamson and Craven’s voice but also distinct enough with its own flare that is more in line with the times. At times, it works well, but mostly, it feels largely too familiar and predictable.
By Nick Cavuoti5 years ago in Geeks
Spider-Man: No Way Home my review
The best of "Arachnid Man: No Way Home" reminded me why I used to cherish comic books, particularly the ones about a kid named Peter Parker. There was a lively flightiness to them that has frequently been absent from present day superhuman films, which feel so definitively determined. Indeed, obviously, "No chance Home" is inconceivably determined, a method for standing out as truly newsworthy subsequent to killing off so many of its occasion characters in Phase 3, but on the other hand a film's frequently overflowing with imaginative bliss. Chief Jon Watts and his group have conveyed a genuine occasion film, a twofold measured hybrid issue of a comic book that the youthful me would have held up in line to understand first, energetically turning each page with winded expectation of the following diversion. But then they by and large try not to get overloaded by the assumptions fans have for this film, some way or another avoiding the jumbled snares of other swarmed section threes. "No chance Home" is packed, but at the same time it's shockingly nimble, imaginative, and just simply engaging, prompting a last venture that procures its feelings as well as takes care of a portion of the ones you might have about this character that you neglected. No chance Home" gets following the finish of "Arachnid Man: Far From Home," with that film's end scene playing over the Marvel logo. Mysterio has uncovered the personality of the man in the red leggings, and that amounts to nothing will at any point be no different for Peter Parker (Tom Holland). With a practically droll energy, "No chance Home" opens with a progression of scenes about the traps of super-popularity, especially what it means for Peter's better half M.J. (Zendaya) and dearest friend Ned (Jacob Batalon). It arrives at a pinnacle when M.I.T. keeps every one of the three from getting them affirmation, refering to the discussion about Peter's personality and the jobs his amigos played in his super-experiences. Peter has an arrangement. The "wizard" he met when he saved a large portion of the populace with The Avengers can do magic and make everything disappear. So he asks Dr. Peculiar (Benedict Cumberbatch) to cause the world to fail to remember that Spider-Man is Peter Parker, which, obviously, quickly misfires. He doesn't need M.J. or on the other hand Ned or Aunt May (Marisa Tomei) to fail to remember all that they've experienced together, thus the spell goes off track in it. Unusual scarcely returns it to normal. And afterward Doc Ock (Alfred Molina) and the Green Goblin (Willem Dafoe) appear. As the reviews have uncovered, "Insect Man: No Way Home" winds around characters and folklore from the other true to life cycles of this person into the universe of the current one, however I'm glad to report that it's in excess of a projecting contrivance. My anxiety going in was that this would just be an instance of "Batman Forever" or even "Insect Man 3," where more was frequently the foe of good. It's not. The scoundrels that return from the Sam Raimi and Marc Webb films don't stuff the account however much they address a topic that arises in the film that ties this whole series back to different ones. For an age, the line about Spidey was "to whom much is given, much will be expected." "Insect Man: No Way Home" is about the advanced Peter Parker realizing what that implies. (It likewise assists an extraordinary arrangement with having entertainers like Molina and Dafoe in scalawag jobs again given how the absence of significant reprobates has been an issue in the MCU.) So many present day superhuman films have gone up against being a hero, yet this is the initial time it's truly been foregrounded in the current run of Peter Parker, which turns "No chance Home" into something of a graduation story. It's the one wherein Parker needs to grow up and manage not simply the acclaim that accompanies Spider-Man however the way in which his choices will have more effect than most children wanting to set off for college. It poses a few intriguing inquiries about sympathy as Peter is set in a situation to essentially attempt to save the ones who attempted to kill other multiverse cycles of him. Also, it energetically turns into an editorial on amending errors of the past in the existence of Holland's Parker as well as those of characters (and even producers) made some time before he ventured into the job. "No chance Home" is about the heaviness of brave choices. Indeed, even the right ones mean you will most likely be unable to return home once more. Watts hasn't gotten sufficient credit in his other two Spider-Man films for his activity and "No chance Home" should address that. There are two significant groupings a shocker in a mirror aspect in which Spidey battles Strange, and the climactic one-but at the same time it's loaded up with expertly delivered minor activity beats all through. There's a smoothness to the activity here that is underestimated as Mauro Fiore's camera plunges and jumps with Spider-Man. What's more, the huge last confrontation doesn't capitulate to the normal over-done emptiness of MCU peaks since it has irrefutable passionate weight. I additionally need to take note of that Michael Giacchino's score here is truly outstanding in the MCU, by a wide margin. It's one of only a handful of exceptional subjects in the whole artistic universe that feels chivalrous. With such a huge amount to adore about "No chance Home," the main disgrace is that it's anything but a smidgen all the more firmly introduced. There's not a great explanation for this film to be 148 minutes, particularly given how much the primary half has a propensity for rehashing its topics and plot focuses. Watts (and the MCU overall) has a propensity for over-clarifying things and there's a more keen adaptation of "No chance Home" that trusts its crowd somewhat more, permitting them to unload the subjects that these characters have a propensity for expressly expressing. Furthermore, no offense to Batalon, transforming Ned into a significant person astounds me a piece. He generally feels like an interruption from what truly works here. Then again, this is the first of these three movies that has permitted Zendaya and Holland's science to sparkle. Specifically, she nails the passionate last beats of her personality such that adds weight to a film that can feel a piece breezy as far as execution "Insect Man: No Way Home" might have recently been a biggest hits, a method for maneuvering various undertakings into a similar IP in light of the fact that the makers would be able. Some will see it that way on premise alone, yet there's more happening here than the sneak peaks would have you accept. It's about what noteworthy saints and scalawags mean to us in any case why we care so a lot and what we think about a triumph over evil. More than any film in the MCU that I can recall, it made me need to recover my old box of Spider-Man comic books. That is a courageous achievement.
By Abhishek Gupta5 years ago in Geeks
