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Amazon's 'Cinderella' is as Soulless and Corporate as the Company that Made it
“Capital is dead labour, that, vampire-like, only lives by sucking living labour, and lives the more, the more labour it sucks.” - Karl Marx, Das Kapital, vol. 1
kit vaillancourtPublished 3 years ago in GeeksReview: "Sweet Girl"
All of Jason Momoa's solo films have roughly been the same as of late. Usually a hint of revenge, a splash of family drama and ragged brooding is ever present, but the actor knows his strengths and sticks to them. It is immediately clear why not only Jason Momoa signed on as the male lead for this film, but also produced it. He always does well in action films and truly is one of the better action stars in the industry to this date, so in theory, Sweet Girl would be a success for the streaming giant in Netflix. However, Sweet Girl feels like an uneven mashup of films that came before it that director Brian Andrew Mendoza has a hard time juggling. One moment the shaky cam visceral action scenes take place that remind you of the Bourne franchise, only to then lose all momentum as it drops into a film trying to say something about pharmaceutical companies world wide. As a whole, the film tries to be too much and take influence from better revenge films that have come before it. Even more troubling, the film completely falls apart in the final act with a nonsensical plot twist that even while suspending your disbelief, is still incredibly difficult for any viewer to swallow.
Nick CavuotiPublished 3 years ago in GeeksMy Review of "The Buddy Games"
The Buddy Games didn't immediately excite me when I saw the trailers for the movie. In fact, I thought it was going to be a pretty idiotic movie and it is but that didn't get me to watch it. One of the redeeming features about the movie was that I found out Olivia Munn was starring in the movie. The other factor is that I watched Tag and I thought it wasn't too bad. Maybe this movie would be similar. I wasn't wrong but I wasn't right either.
Brian AnonymousPublished 3 years ago in Geeks‘The Card Counter’ Review—Fascinatingly Remarkable
Sometimes, it’s easy to pinpoint what makes a movie great, whether it’s the excellent performances or the riveting dialogue. But other times, it’s not easy at all, and that happens with films like The Card Counter, a crime drama written and directed by Paul Schrader, who has previously directed First Reformed and wrote the screenplay for Taxi Driver.
Jonathan SimPublished 3 years ago in GeeksLifetime Review: 'Pom Poms and Payback'
With her senior year nearing a close, Sharlene Davenport (Shaylaren Hilton) is on top of the world alongside her friends Jessie and Annabelle (Le'Priesh Roman and Jazlyn Nicolette Sward). But that joy turns to pain the night of the Senior Ball when all three girls are seemingly betrayed by their boyfriends. Devastated and bitter, the girls turn to their cheer coach Denise Evergreen (Emily Killian) for advice. Convinced by Denise that getting back at their boyfriends will do their broken hearts good, Sharlene and her friends put their heads together to plan the perfect revenge.
Trevor WellsPublished 3 years ago in GeeksMy Review of "Vacation Friends"
Vacation Friends is one of the bigger straight to streaming movies that came out recently in 2021. The premise seems very familiar but with a different set of actors to charm us. I wasn't sure how this movie was going to go because it was a straight to stream movie but I've been impressed from time to time. Why not give it a shot.
Brian AnonymousPublished 3 years ago in Geeks“Love” The Series About The Fear To Actually Fall in Love
What does loving someone means? We all have an idea of what being in love means, right? A couple kissing, maybe holding hands, there are a thousand images that can come to our minds, but what is behind our idea of love? What do we do really when we are in love?
Mel PaczkaPublished 3 years ago in GeeksReview of 'The Petrified Flesh'
The Petrified Flesh draws inspiration from The Brothers Grimm, capturing their essence and bottling it up for readers to enjoy.
Cyn's WorkshopPublished 3 years ago in GeeksMy Review of "All My Life"
All My Life is a romance movie based on a true story. It was released back in 2020 but the events happened around 2015 so everything is relatively recent. I think a lot of people will be enticed to watched this based on the charisma of the actors in this movie but the movie hopes you stay there for the story.
Brian AnonymousPublished 3 years ago in Geeks- Top Story - September 2021
‘Together’ Review—Captivating and Timely
Bleecker Street’s latest film is, remarkably, not a prequel to their early 2021 film, Together Together. This movie’s title leaves out the word redundancy, leaving us with Together, a comedy-drama from writer Dennis Kelly and director Stephen Daldry.
Jonathan SimPublished 3 years ago in Geeks ‘Cinderella’ Review—Progressively Charming
When we talk about Hollywood recycling ideas, we think of the endless sequels and films that are shamelessly derivative of superior works. But one story that Hollywood will never stop retelling is the story of a mistreated stepdaughter who becomes a princess.
Jonathan SimPublished 3 years ago in GeeksLifetime Review: 'Killer Cheer Mom'
Riley Dillon (Courtney Fulk) has had a rough go of it lately. Not only is she starting her junior year in a new town and new school, but she's still struggling to come to terms with Amanda (Denise Richards), her father's new wife and her new stepmother. All of Amanda's attempts at bonding with Riley just have her wanting to pull further away and get back to Chicago. The first bit of solace she finds at her new school comes in the form of the Hamilton High cheer team. Impressed by their skills and wanting to get back into cheer after giving it up freshman year, Riley decides to try out. Unfortunately, after going two years without touching a pom-pom, Riley is way out of practice.
Trevor WellsPublished 3 years ago in Geeks