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Best geek movies throughout history.
In Defence of "Twilight"
Late last year, I watched the 10th Aniversary of Twilight for a friend’s birthday. I’m not normally a fan, but when you’ve been friends for 20+ years, you make sacrifices. While sacrificing myself on the alter of boredom and trying desperately not to listen to the self-proclaimed ‘Twimoms’ behind me cooing over Robert Patterson and a pre-legal Tyler Launtner, I realised something.
By Natasja Rose5 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'G.I Joe Origins: Snake Eyes'
I respect the people who put in the effort to make movies. I recognize the Herculean task of trying to form words, actions, captured in image, into a fashion that is coherent and satisfyingly entertaining for mass consumption. What these people do is nothing short of a miracle. That said, when images fail to cohere and my time is spent enduring the incoherent, I get frustrated, and I feel the need to write about that frustration.
By Sean Patrick5 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: M Night Shyamalan's 'Old' (Spoiler Review)
Old stars Vicky Krieps and Gael Garcia Bernal as Prisca and Guy Capps, a married couple on the rocks. Prisca and Guy are approaching a separation just as Prisca is dealing with a a potentially cancerous tumor and the potential of an early death. The two have won an all expenses paid trip to an island paradise via a contest they weren’t even aware they were part of. So, they pack up themselves and their two kids, daughter Maddox 11, and son Trent 6.
By Sean Patrick5 years ago in Geeks
Fairy Tales – The Ultimate Critic Proof Medium?
People often criticize fairy tales for promoting a dated, reactionary view of the world, but still maintain their status as defining cultural touchstones, with children continuing to read classic fairytales, watch fairytale films, and buy all sorts of Disney merchandise. Adults also love fairytales, with fairytale adaptations becoming a major YA subgenre, and fairytale films supposedly aimed at children gaining a vast millennial fanbase. In light of the continued perseverance of fairy tales, his article aims to examine whether or not they can be considered “Critic Proof”. To what extent do they evade the negative aspects of criticism, and how have responses to criticism allowed the genre to evolve? Due to Disney’s disproportionate dominance of the genre, much of this article will emphasize their movies, but it will also acknowledge the fairy tales they adapted, and some of the countless adaptations of these we have seen over the years.
By Fairy Tale Fanboy5 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Midnight in the Switchgrass'
Midnight in the Switchgrass stars Emile Hirsch as Detective Crawford, an investigator for the Florida Department of Criminal Investigation. Crawford is convinced that a serial killer is operating on the outskirts of Pensacola but he can’t prove it. The local cops aren’t interested because the victims are sex workers. Also, the killer’s M.O. is inconsistent, thus proving one man was behind each of the murders proves difficult.
By Sean Patrick5 years ago in Geeks
Black Widow Script Doctor
Spoilers ahead. I spent a lot of time on tumblr yelling about how there ought to be a Black Widow movie. I shouted about how the character had an established fan base who wanted to see her in a starring role. I screamed about how Scarlet Johansson was a proven box office draw. I bemoaned about how studio executives were stuck in outdated beliefs about how female superhero movies didn’t work.
By Buck Hardcastle5 years ago in Geeks
Spider-Man MCU Villain Fancast!
The Marvel cinematic universe has already done a very good job casting Spider-Man villains. However, if the rumours about 3 more Spider-Man films played by Tom Holland are true, there are still many classic spidey villains that have still to be featured. These iconic characters require some amazing actors to portray them when they finally come to battle Tom Holland's Spider-Man.
By Greg Falconer5 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Here After'
Here After is a rather smug and self-satisfied movie that takes some time to settle into. The film stars Andy Karl as Michael, a man recently killed in a car accident. That’s a shame but it gets worse for poor Michael in the afterlife. In the universe of Here After, people can only ascend to heaven in pairs. Thus, if one does not have a soulmate, they will be doomed to walk the Earth until they find a soulmate. If they never find a soulmate, they simply fade out of existence.
By Sean Patrick5 years ago in Geeks
The Ugly Dachshund - A Movie Review
This is not your average Great Dane. He thinks that he’s a Dachshund. The Ugly Dachshund was released to theaters in 1966. After their Dachshund gives birth to a litter of puppies, the Garrison’s bring home another guest. Brutus, a Great Dane, thinks he’s a dachshund. It’s not long until the Garrison’s house falls into shambles as Brutus tries to understand his true identity.
By Marielle Sabbag5 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Willy's Wonderland'
Willy’s Wonderland piles absurdity on top of absurdity and in wonderfully, violently, crazy fashion. That this is a movie starring Nicolas Cage is something that should not surprise anyone. That Cage doesn’t utter a single line of dialogue, outside of an occasional grunt to signify effort, is surprising. Cage’s manic energy is often best employed when he’s wailing like a banshee or saying something strangely or hauntingly poignant. Without words in Willy’s Wonderland the famed personality somehow still shines through and is somehow as entertaining as ever.
By Sean Patrick5 years ago in Geeks
Three classics
20JUL2021; 0045, TUE Well, it's another quiet night in, with yet another three-peat of timeless cinema checked off the to-do list. Suffice it to say that I'm most def grateful for my DVD player, as well as my super clutch streaming app subs (subscriptions).
By Nefarious Darrius5 years ago in Geeks
