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Best geek movies throughout history.
A Filmmaker's Review: "The Machinist" (2004)
This film is a god damn masterpiece and now, I have probably seen it about four or five times. Every single time you watch it, you see something you did not pick up before and every time you see the film the meaning of it gets closer and closer until you see something else and that changes the whole meaning entirely and you're back at square one. It's a film that constantly changes meaning.
By Annie Kapur7 years ago in Geeks
Is Morbius, the Living Vampire in the MCU(Marvel Cinematic Universe)?
It's finally here! The trailer for the Morbius movie! Prior to the trailer, we knew that Sony was creating their own Marvel Cinematic Universe, but solely focusing on Spider-Man villains in the live action films. They were trying to create a Sinister Six Movie.
By Rand Einfeldt7 years ago in Geeks
A Filmmaker's Review: "The Shakespeare Enigma" (2011)
So let's start with a bit of a history. I am a huge Shakespeare fan. I've read all the plays, I went to see a ton of them in the theatre and I've even got a ton of Shakespeare merchandise including bags, posters, etc. I have been a Shakespeare super-fan for well over ten years now and this is the very first time I have come across such an incriminating film. Unfortunately enough for myself I am also a huge Christopher Marlowe fan, owning the same amount of merchandise, having read and seen all the plays performed live and even having studied Dr. Faustus for nearly every year of my university life because it is so damn good. Marlowe and Shakespeare may have been around at the same time, they may have had a similar (ish) writing style and they may have had a similar target audience. But to suggest that they are the same person is a theory tried, tested and failed long before this film even came about in 2011.
By Annie Kapur7 years ago in Geeks
A Filmmaker's Review: "Unlocking Da Vinci's Code" (Amazon Prime)
I really enjoyed this documentary on the secrets concerning Da Vinci, even though we've all seen them a billion times by now. What is commonly known as the "Da Vinci Code", put forth in the Dan Brown novel seems to be explored in a documentary here far before the novel itself comes out. I have a few pros and cons to this I'd like to discuss.
By Annie Kapur7 years ago in Geeks
The Lighthouse - A Movie Review
It’s best to steer clear of the lighthouse. You will only go bonkers from perpetual isolation. The Lighthouse is a 2019 drama-fantasy about two lighthouse keepers living together on an isolated island. As the hours tick by, the men go about in their normal routine, aggravating one another. Beginning to go mad, seeing visions in their drunken fantasies it is only a matter of time before the island becomes a living nightmare.
By Marielle Sabbag7 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Like A Boss' is Lazy Disaster
Like A Boss stars Tiffany Haddish as Mia and Rose Byrne as Mel. Together, the two have been friends since childhood and they now run their own struggling cosmetics company in what we can infer is: enter generic large city here, Atlanta maybe? Anyway, the two are in deep financial trouble because Mia, though remarkable with makeup, is terrible with money and Mel, though good with money, is bad at managing Mia.
By Sean Patrick7 years ago in Geeks
1917: A One Shot Thrill Ride
Since it's US release in december, it's been the only film that those who are not obsessed with cinema have spoken about. With it's breathtaking portrayal of the battlefield and heart stopping moments that no doubt took place, critics and audiences alike simply cannot get enough of Sam Mendes' unique approach to a war movie. It has even been compared to war movie 'royalty', such as Saving Private Ryan. Really. If I was just going to praise this movie, then there's not much more I can say that hasn't already been said. Luckily however, I do have some issues with this film and hope that some of you reading this will agree with my points or at least understand my point of view. Just to clarify, I like this film and thoroughly recommend watching it, I simply think it could have been better, and I'm going to explain how.
By Louis Fell7 years ago in Geeks
'Heaven's Gate' - Too Epic for the 80s?
Hello, and welcome back to Second Chances where the maligned and forgotten don't have a date with the hangman. Back in the 60s, the theaters regularly got historical epics. Movies like Ben-Hur, The Great Escape, Lawrence of Arabia, and The Ten Commandments were more than films; they were events with their 3+ hour runtimes and grand scale. Nowadays, epics are more fantasy-based with The Lord of the Rings films and Avengers: Endgame. Epics were pretty much unwelcome in the 80s; no one had time to devote 3 hours to a movie. Caught in the middle of that was the 1980 epic western Heaven's Gate.
By Adam Wallace7 years ago in Geeks
A Filmmaker's Guide to "Cloud Atlas" (2012)
In honour of David Mitchell's birthday, we're going to take a look at the film "Cloud Atlas" (2012) - which was previously a book written by Mitchell who also wrote "The Bone Clocks" and "Slade House". Known for his psychological novels, "Cloud Atlas" seemed like the perfect book to adapt into a sci-fi/fantasy like movie, keeping the psychological essence of the passage of time very clear within the film. Directed by Lana and Lilly Wachowski and starring Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Ben Whishaw and many many more, this film has an ensemble that is possibly one of the best that fantasy film has ever seen.
By Annie Kapur7 years ago in Geeks
