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Best geek movies throughout history.
Point and Purpose: 'Dirty Harry' Gets Lucky
This week's classic on the Everyone's a Critic Movie Review Podcast is Clint Eastwood's 1971 cop movie, Dirty Harry. The film launched Eastwood as a bankable movie star and franchise head before such a thing even existed. And yet, the reason Eastwood became an icon, one line of dialogue that turned an otherwise unremarkable action movie into a beloved genre 'classic' is a scene that really doesn't belong in the movie.
By Sean Patrick6 years ago in Geeks
Christmas Made To Order - review (Netflix)
Brief synopsis: A workaholic architect hires a specialist Christmas decorator to prepare his home for the holidays as his family are due to visit. As the decorator spends time with him and his family, she helps him to see that his life is more than just work.
By Q-ell Betton6 years ago in Geeks
A Filmmaker's Guide to: 50 Visually Stunning Films
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.
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Geeks
Wall Street (1987)
In this article, we will be looking at 2019’s book “1001 Movies to See Before You Die” and going through each film in a random order that I have chosen. We will be looking at what constitutes this film to be on the list and whether I think this film deserves to be here at all. I want to make perfectly clear that I won’t be revealing details from this book such as analyses by film reporters who have written about the film in question, so if you want the book itself you’ll have to buy it. But I will be covering the book’s suggestions on which films should be your top priority. I wouldn’t doubt for a second that everyone reading this article has probably watched many of these movies anyway. But we are just here to have a bit of fun. We’re going to not just look at whether it should be on this list but we’re also going to look at why the film has such a legacy at all. Remember, this is the 2019 version of the book and so, films like “Joker” will not be featured in this book and any film that came out in 2020 (and if we get there, in 2021). So strap in and if you have your own suggestions then don’t hesitate to email me using the address in my bio. Let’s get on with it then.
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Geeks
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
In this article, we will be looking at 2019’s book “1001 Movies to See Before You Die” and going through each film in a random order that I have chosen. We will be looking at what constitutes this film to be on the list and whether I think this film deserves to be here at all. I want to make perfectly clear that I won’t be revealing details from this book such as analyses by film reporters who have written about the film in question, so if you want the book itself you’ll have to buy it. But I will be covering the book’s suggestions on which films should be your top priority. I wouldn’t doubt for a second that everyone reading this article has probably watched many of these movies anyway. But we are just here to have a bit of fun. We’re going to not just look at whether it should be on this list but we’re also going to look at why the film has such a legacy at all. Remember, this is the 2019 version of the book and so, films like “Joker” will not be featured in this book and any film that came out in 2020 (and if we get there, in 2021). So strap in and if you have your own suggestions then don’t hesitate to email me using the address in my bio. Let’s get on with it then.
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Geeks
Viewing Varda Part Seven: ‘Lions Love (…and Lies)’
After a decade of revolutionizing cinema in France, Agnès Varda was finally sent to Hollywood with the promise that she would be able to further cement herself as an international sensation. But, as if it were her destiny to forever remain an independent auteur, the studio execs denied Varda final cut. So what does Agnès Varda do while stuck in California for a few months with nothing to do but get weird? Why, the answer is in the question, of course.
By MovieBabble6 years ago in Geeks
Rebecca (2020): 3 Things The Netflix Film Does Well (& 3 Ways It Falls Short)
Based on Daphne du Maurier's 1938 Gothic novel, Rebecca is a 2020 film adaptation directed by Ben Wheatley and starring Lily James and Armie Hammer. James' nameless character meets Mr. de Winter while accompanying her lady on a trip. The pair quickly marries and moves into his family estate on the English coast.
By Svetlana Sterlin6 years ago in Geeks
Stand By Me (1986)
In this article, we will be looking at 2019’s book “1001 Movies to See Before You Die” and going through each film in a random order that I have chosen. We will be looking at what constitutes this film to be on the list and whether I think this film deserves to be here at all. I want to make perfectly clear that I won’t be revealing details from this book such as analyses by film reporters who have written about the film in question, so if you want the book itself you’ll have to buy it. But I will be covering the book’s suggestions on which films should be your top priority. I wouldn’t doubt for a second that everyone reading this article has probably watched many of these movies anyway. But we are just here to have a bit of fun. We’re going to not just look at whether it should be on this list but we’re also going to look at why the film has such a legacy at all. Remember, this is the 2019 version of the book and so, films like “Joker” will not be featured in this book and any film that came out in 2020 (and if we get there, in 2021). So strap in and if you have your own suggestions then don’t hesitate to email me using the address in my bio. Let’s get on with it then.
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Last Three Days' is a Shabby Little Time Travel Thriller
Last Three Days is a low rent bit of action-fantasy nonsense. This time travel cop fantasy toys with time so much that it becomes impossible to follow if you aren’t paying careful attention to it. And, because none of the performances are particularly compelling, attention is not something this movie will be paid. Because this is an obnoxiously amateur in production, Last Three Days is a blur of boring dialogue and dull characters amid a misguided and confounding plot.
By Sean Patrick6 years ago in Geeks
Is Nightmare Before Christmas a Halloween or Christmas Movie?
Sometime the kids don’t want to sit down to 'The Exorcist' over their turkey. This is where everyone tends to reach for Tim Burtons’s The Nightmare Before Christmas, the staple family friendly spooky festive film. But is it actually a Christmas film? It’s the debate that’s been going on for the last twenty years, and we’re going to weigh in. First, let’s look at the facts. The film was originally released on the 29th October 1993, and it received a DVD re-release in October 2000, suggesting a lean towards Halloween marketing. However, the first home media release in 1997 was in December, so even those promoting the film seem a bit confused. Tim Burton has said in numerous interviews that the film was inspired by a poem he wrote when watching a store replace their Halloween displays with Christmas ones. Christmas is right there in the title, while Halloween is absent, so the argument is there that it is the coming of Christmas, or anticipation of the festive season which inspired the film – making it a Christmas film. But wait! A calender is only a constructed representation of time, ten months prior to Halloween was Christmas, and two months prior to that – Halloween, and so on. The film is not really assigned to any time frame in history, both holidays are treated as a age-old traditions. For all we know, the residents of Christmas Town gloss over Halloween in the same way Jack and co. glossed over Christmas until the events of the movie.
By Cara Clark6 years ago in Geeks
