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Movie Review: 'The Lost Daughter' is a Tough Movie
Few movies have triggered my secondhand embarrassment senses like The Lost Daughter. Maggie Gyllenhaal’s directorial debut stars Oscar winner Olivia Coleman as a college professor on holiday in Rome. Coleman’s Leda is desperately awkward and incapable of relating to other, lesser human beings. We get a sense of Leda in her first interaction with Lyle (Ed Harris), the caretaker of the apartment she has rented for her vacation. Lyle, in his 70s, is struggling while carrying her remarkably heavy bag to her room and yet he still tries to flirt with the near 50 year old Leda, much to her confusion and dismissiveness.
By Sean Patrick5 years ago in Geeks
Dash and Lily - A Netflix Series Review
I have to complete the next Christmas challenge before time is up! Airing in Netflix in 2020, Dash and Lily is a series that follows two teenagers desiring for the holidays to be different from what they usually are. Lily starts a game in a journal. Finding it, a cynical Dash play along. Exchanging the journal back and forth, Dash and Lily open up to one another about what Christmas means to them.
By Marielle Sabbag5 years ago in Geeks
It’s Gonna be a Dark Christmas
Happy holidays! As the holiday season falls upon us, we are bombarded by songs, treats and more importantly (at least to film lovers) holiday movies. If you know me in real life, you might say that I am not exactly the “sunshine and rainbows” type of person. Those close to me are fully aware of my dark sense of humor and I am fortunate they are accepting of it. That being said, the end of the year can be beyond my level of appreciation. Nonetheless, I do have a small list I personally deem as my “holiday” films and I am sure I am not the only one who would enjoy this list of films to bless them with holiday cheer (even if the films themselves are not very “cheery”).
By Iris Harris5 years ago in Geeks
Serendipity - A Movie Review
You don’t have to understand, you just have to have faith - in destiny. Serendipity found its way into theaters in 2001. After meeting one night, a couple is convinced that fate brought them together. Unfortunately, they are separated. Years later, both are trying to find each other on upon an episode of coincidences.
By Marielle Sabbag5 years ago in Geeks
Chloë Grace Moretz’s 10 Best Films, According To Rotten Tomatoes
Chloë Grace Moretz is only twenty-four years old, but she's already starred in dozens of films. She began her acting career at the age of six and has since appeared in films of various genres. Her acting has been praised by fans and critics alike, even being described as the only thing that keeps some of her movies afloat.
By Svetlana Sterlin5 years ago in Geeks
10 Good Christmas Movies
Any time of the year is a great time of year for good Christmas movies. Wondering what the good Christmas movies are? Well, below is a compiled list of ten good Christmas movies to watch anytime your heart desires. This is a list I compiled quite come time ago, but all of these still apply.
By Jennifer Wright5 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Don't Look Up' is a Savage Satire of Modern Politics and Media
Don’t Look Up is a savage satire that pulls few punches in calling out those who would deny either COVID-19 or climate change. Playing like a modern Doctor Strangelove, the famously anti-war war movie, Don’t Look Up uses clever caricatures of modern politics to criticize and humiliate those who appear prepared to watch the world burn just to protect some ego born version of their political team, one they believe can’t lose no matter what winning might look like, even if it looks like the death of humanity.
By Sean Patrick5 years ago in Geeks
HALLOWEEN KILLS: An Irritating, Irrational, Irresponsibly Reactionary Mess
"I always thought Michael Myers was flesh and blood, just like you and me. But a mortal man could not have survived what he's lived through. The more he kills, the more he transcends into something else impossible to defeat. Fear. People are afraid. That is the true curse of Michael."
By Jack Anderson Keane5 years ago in Geeks
The Hunger Games: 5 Characters Who Grew A Lot (& 5 Who Didn't)
Years after its conclusion, the Hunger Games franchise remains hugely popular. Across the four films, the extensive cast of characters is put through more than anyone should have to face in a single lifetime. For almost everyone in Panem, the Games themselves are traumatic enough, but when Katniss sparks a revolution, citizens lose their lives and their loved ones.
By Svetlana Sterlin5 years ago in Geeks
Brokeback Mountain
I happened to see Brokeback mountain, from 2005. The director, Ang Lee, is from Taiwan and the Orientals, you know, hold back the feelings. Ang Lee had already demonstrated this characteristic in Sense and Sensibility, which I liked. I found Brokeback mountain beautiful and poignant, one of those films that when you go to bed you think about them, when you wake up you think about them, and for the whole day after the vision every frame remains in your mind, because they touch something inside you. In the case of this film, this happens without reason, without emphasis or redundancy. Everything is dry, essential, lean and therefore overwhelming, it is pure romance.
By Patrizia Poli5 years ago in Geeks
The Synergy Behind Two Spider-Man Posters
Dear reader: None of these notes are meant to uncover any intention behind the designers of these posters or films. Any resonance between the definitions of the symbols, their appearance in the media, and the themes or plotlines lies somewhere between completely coincidental and absolutely intentional. This applies to all of my symbol and theme digging.
By MoviesPlusBooks5 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Being the Ricardos' Aaron Sorkin Makes Lucy Unfunny
The talent of writer-director Aaron Sorkin is undeniable. Sorkin is a man of words, of wit, and caustic observation. I have no intention of diminishing Mr Sorkin’s talent but I have to quarrel with his choice of subjects. While Sorkin’s rat-a-tat banter and scintillating discourse on important issues is usually very welcome when providing a voice to good hearted politicians on The West Wing or when creating a recognizable version of a social media titan like Mark Zuckerberg, under the strict direction of David Fincher, in The Social Network. However, having that same style saddled onto the legend of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnez feels completely out of place.
By Sean Patrick5 years ago in Geeks
