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Reviews of the top geek movies, tv, and books in the industry.
Top 8 Book Picks For Any February TBR (To Be Read List)
Every month avid readers across the world get together with their personal bookshelf, and game plan what amazing world to dive into first. Reading has become a personal form of therapy of mine for some time. It has allowed me to decompress after a really long day, and to channel stress into a different format. Normally I don't read this many books, and even going into last year, I was averaging only like 3 a month (if that). But now it's looking like I may be moving back to California at some point, and my goal is to hopefully not take as many books with me as I did moving here to Missouri where I currently reside.
By Kayla Lindley6 years ago in Geeks
The Dig - A Netflix Movie Review
You never know what is buried right under our feet. The Dig is a 2021 Netflix film based on true events. Archeologists unearth Sutton Hoo, a ship, from the soils of the land in 1938. It is not an easy process. During the dig, health concerns and a love story happens.
By Marielle Sabbag6 years ago in Geeks
27 Dresses - A Movie Review
Let me get this straight? You have 27 dresses for 27 different weddings? Walking down the aisles into theaters, 27 Dresses is a 2008 film. Obsessed with weddings, a bridesmaid learns that her younger sister is going to marry the man she secretly loves. Trying to be supportive, Jane meets Kevin. Is love real?
By Marielle Sabbag6 years ago in Geeks
Because of Winn-Dixie - A Movie Review
Dogs are the best gift. Treasure their love. Based on the book written by Kate DiCamillo, Because of a Winn-Dixie is a 2005 film adaptation. Opal, a young lonely girl meets a dog. Naming him Winn-Dixie, the two go on several adventures around their small town. Learning the stories of the other residents, Winn-Dixie helps everyone learn how to share the joy again.
By Marielle Sabbag6 years ago in Geeks
False Gods by Graham McNeill
False Gods by Graham McNeill is book 2 in the Horus Heresy series and continued directly on from book 1 - Horus Rising. Once again I am absolutely blown away by the level of character detail maintained in this book. Despite being written by a different author, McNeill has managed to seamlessly preserve and develop the key characters from the first. Loken and the others of the Mournival are presented with some incredibly difficult situations and McNeill does a wonderful job of challenging and growing these characters as the sinister nature of the Heresy takes root.
By David Heyman6 years ago in Geeks
Anime Review: Classroom Crisis
Classroom Crisis features an elite group of High school students working for the Kirishina corporation led by the prodigy engineer and teacher. The goal is to build rockets with cutting edge technology. One day all of that changes when a transfer student, who also happens to be the chief of technology, comes to shut down the facility, leaving the students to scramble to find a way to save their job.
By Alex Bonilla6 years ago in Geeks
LGBT History Month: I've watched It's A Sin - what next?
Channel 4's new hit drama It's A Sin has catapulted writer Russell T Davies back into the spotlight, along with his ridiculously talented cast. The light, warmth and humanity that pours through even this most desperately sad of stories is a testament to all of the creators involved. Perhaps because of its parallels to the current unknowability of the Covid-19 pandemic, the series (set during the early years of the AIDS outbreak in the 1980s and 90s) has been watched by over 6.5 million people in its first month of release. In terms of awareness of a disease which still affects many today, and as a chapter in an often overlooked part of queer history, the show has a distinctly British lens. This makes it a rare example in television on this side of the pond, but there are still many stories about this time period which feel forced or played out for shock value. So where to start when looking for other honest, interesting depictions of this illness?
By Charlie Collins6 years ago in Geeks
Book Review: "The Woman in the Window" by A.J Finn
As you know, I'm a medicated agoraphobe and hypochondriac. I know how it feels to see something and not be believed because everyone thinks 'it's the pills' or 'it's your own mind playing up'. So when I found this novel, I cannot tell you how relatable I found it. The main character is an agoraphobe who has an online community of agoraphobes, like myself. The character does pretty much the same thing I do day by day (except, I don't spy on people) and the main character wants to help other people as well. I thought this book was written especially well because it employed many different relatable qualities of modern life. Also, I feel representation in the fact that the main character is so relevant to my own life. I would like to say a thank you to the author for actually doing their research on this condition and not making assumptions of any kind. It was lovely to read someone like myself going through the same things I have been through concerning the condition. Even though they both came from different places.
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Geeks
My Review of "Critical Thinking"
Critical thinking is yet another chess film out that came out in 2020. This time it's a movie not a TV series. The timing is absolutely perfect since The Queen's Gambit TV show was a real hit for Netflix recently. Since the TV series was a fictional story I thought for sure a story based on true events should be even better. In some ways it is and in some ways it isn't.
By Brian Anonymous6 years ago in Geeks
How to make a Simple Story sound Interesting: Learn from LaVyrle Spencer's 'Morning Glory'
2020 was a year full of romance novels for me. Maybe because it's the easiest genre to read and also quite fun. More than that, it helped me take my mind off of this awful situation we all found ourselves in.
By Monisha Sen6 years ago in Geeks
Corpse Party Book of Shadows by Makoto Kedouin ; art by Mika Orie (2017) manga review
I was introduced to the Corpse Party franchise through the PC role-playing game of the same title, created by Makoto Kedōin that this manga is adapted from. I played this game till I got frustratingly stuck at some strategic points and could not get any further with the plot or the game. Still intrigued by the story I turned to the manga adaptations that followed fairly closely the plot of the videogame. I was intrigued by the psychological breakdown that the characters underwent as they experienced the dark and haunted dimension of Tenjin Elementary School.
By Adeline Panamaroff6 years ago in Geeks
