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Reviews of the top geek movies, tv, and books in the industry.
Firefly Lane - A Netflix Series Review
Best friends are a gift. Treasure the memories for a lifetime. Based on the book written by Kristin Hannah, Firefly Lane is a 2021 Netflix series. Tully and Kate have been the best of friends since childhood. Following their coming-of-age story into adulthood, the girls face challenging life lessons.
By Marielle Sabbag6 years ago in Geeks
Love on the brain
Whenever people ask me what is my favorite movie I never know what to answer. I am a complete fanatic of entangled love stories, pure emotions, and period dramas. If you are anything like me and you can't get enough of Pride and Prejudice, Romeo and Juliet, and The notebook, I'm happy to tell you that you are in for a ride.
By Lara Hayes6 years ago in Geeks
Fatale - review (Netflix)
Brief synopsis: a successful married sports agent’s life is thrown into turmoil after he has a one-night stand in Las Vegas. Returning home after his trip to Vegas, he gets assaulted in his home one night. The detective looking into his case turns out to be the same person he had a one-night stand with.
By Q-ell Betton6 years ago in Geeks
I Care a Lot - A Netflix Movie Review
You can be sure that I’m just someone who cares. You’re in good hands. I Care a Lot is a 2020 Netflix film. Marla Grayson is a crooked legal guardian who embezzles the bank accounts of elderly people. She is put in a tough place when her latest swindle turns out to be more than she lets on.
By Marielle Sabbag6 years ago in Geeks
'Boys & Sex' Review — Essential Reading for Everybody
I hadn’t expected to buy this book, but its predecessor Girls & Sex (2016) was just so interesting I couldn’t not. As a read, Boys & Sex doesn’t disappoint, and as far as cultural anthropology can be, it’s a real page-turner. Just like Girls & Sex, Orenstein interviews and researches high school and college-age Americans, but this time, men and trans men, regarding all things sex — from porn to consent to virginity.
By Miranda Weindling6 years ago in Geeks
'Trainspotting' by Danny Boyle: Character Analysis
Mark is yet another young adult in a developed country. A young adult, who is expected to take responsibility for himself, reach society's expectations, fulfill his needs, and satisfy the needs and expectations of others around him as well (family and friends). This is strain – a theory that suggests that an individual's behaviours are a result of the desire to live an “American dream”, and when there is a mismatch in the culturally idealized goals - like living in a big house, having a good job – and the opportunities to achieve them, many resorts to engaging in illegitimate ways to either achieve those or find an escape from the pressure. And so, in my opinion, Mark may also have been a victim to these expectations that made him resort to sell and consume drugs with his friends. As the movie prolongs, and as Mark’s character develops, we learn that Mark indeed does have dreams to belong well in society (when he finds rehabilitation), and going back, that is how it initially started… but unfortunately, found the wrong group in the process, thus suggesting another theory to define his behaviour – Social learning. Most of the time that Mark spent, was with his so-called friends, with whom he did drugs and engaged in illegal activities like stealing. Mark may either have wanted to belong well in the group so had started the deed, or he may have found the group as an outlet to release the social pressure or a mix of that threw him into his dismay, A useless junkie.
By Thaniya P. M. Amaravathi6 years ago in Geeks
THE FALCON AND THE WINTER SOLDIER: Episode 1 Review
In the much anticipated second MCU series, we get to see a more comprehensive account of Sam and Bucky's lives. Cap's friends are now taking center stage and becoming protagonists in their own right, but can they live up to the hype?
By Helen Morgan6 years ago in Geeks
My Review of "Zack Snyder's Justice League"
Zack Snyder's Justice League has just come out on March 18, 2021. This was a rumored cut of the Justice League movie for quite a while but that's all it was. Last year it was confirmed that there really was a Zack Snyder cut and it was supposed to be dramatically different from the movie that came out in theatres. I watched the original Justice League quite a while ago in 2017. That was before I was even on Vocal Media so I never reviewed it.
By Brian Anonymous6 years ago in Geeks
The Last Ronin #1 Director's Cut
LIGHT SPOILERS AHEAD for The Last Ronin #1 The Last Ronin is a landmark story for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. It feels like the start of a new direction and has the possibility of fresh opportunities. This is strange, though, as the concept was laid out in 1987. Luckily for us, the old idea was dug up and is being modernized and presented now. The book's format is a larger size with bigger panels and a longer length for a more cinematic experience that makes the book stand out. To top it all off, though, and really connect the dots on the story and whole idea, a director’s cut of the first issue was released this week. The timing on this feels pretty good between the second and third issues as it spoils a few things slightly and confirms a few others while leaving you still more excited for what’s to come. Although there is TMNT lore within the story, anyone can jump into The Last Ronin and start with the director’s cut.
By Anthony Crutcher6 years ago in Geeks
Review of 'Those Who Prey'
College life isn't what Emily expected. She expected to spend freshman year strolling through the ivy-covered campus with new friends, finally feeling like she belonged. Instead, she walks the campus alone, still not having found her place or her people so far away from home. But then the Kingdom finds her. The Kingdom, an exclusive on-campus group, offers everything Emily expected out of college and more: acceptance, friends, a potential boyfriend, and a chance to spend the summer on a mission trip to Italy. But the trip is not what she thought it would be. Emily and the others are stripped of their passports and money. They're cut off from their families back home. The Kingdom's practices become increasingly manipulative and dangerous... And someone ends up dead.
By Cyn's Workshop6 years ago in Geeks
Zack Snyder's Justice League Review (SPOILER FREE)
It's difficult to understate the uniqueness surrounding this film. So much so it's difficult to really categorize it to people who haven't been following the biopic-worthy drama behind it. Is it a remake? A director's cut? A sequel? Alternate universe? Is it canon to the rest of the DCEU? The most direct answer is, Zack Snyder's Justice League is simply, the Justice League film we were meant to have way back in 2017. It is Zack Snyder's unfiltered, unhinged, and unrestricted vision for the iconic heroes of the DC Universe.
By Omari Richards6 years ago in Geeks
