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Reviews of the top geek movies, tv, and books in the industry.
‘The Ultimate Playlist of Noise’ Review — A Sentimental Ride
You probably haven’t heard of this movie. It doesn’t have a Wikipedia page, it’s been excluded from most of the 2021 release calendars, and there has been very little marketing. However, this is a Hulu original film that premiered last week, and now that I have seen the film, I don’t know why.
By Jonathan Sim6 years ago in Geeks
Scent of a Woman - A Movie Review
You never know what adventures you’ll take or who you will meet. Scent of a Woman was released to theaters in 1992. In need of making extra money, Charlie, a college student, agrees to look after a blind man. But this is not your average blind man. Caught up in dilemmas, Charlie learns a life lesson with the gruff Colonel Frank on a big adventure.
By Marielle Sabbag6 years ago in Geeks
My Review of "Outside the Wire"
Outside the Wire is one of Netflix's newest movies in 2021. This is from the company's promise that they will have a new movie for each week of 2021. There's some nice ideas in this movie but ultimately it feels more like I'm watching a video game's cutscenes all woven together.
By Brian Anonymous6 years ago in Geeks
"Maniac" the review.
On the occasion I have not heard of, or watched trailers of, a new series that comes out, then there is nothing I enjoy more than just jumping into it blind without preparation otherwise. This mini-series caught me by surprise and gave me a rapt experience. My first viewing of the 10 episode first season was completed in less than 24 hours. Jonah Hill and Emma Stone produce some of the most magical on screen chemistry hearkening back to their younger days as stars in Superbad.
By Spencer Barrett6 years ago in Geeks
Emily in Paris - A Netflix Series Review
We’re on our way to Paris! This is going to be fantastique! Emily in Paris is a 2020 Netflix series. Emily, a young American woman is given the opportunity to travel to Paris. Work for a marketing firm, Emily is faced with challenges. Willing to do everything to add an American perspective Emily does not back down.
By Marielle Sabbag6 years ago in Geeks
Selma - A Movie Review
Always stand up for your rights. Never back down without a fight. Selma is a 2014 film based on true events. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. supports a campaign to secure equal voting rights. In the biggest battle of his life, King leads the town in an epic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama in 1965.
By Marielle Sabbag6 years ago in Geeks
“When Gone am I, Pass on What you have Learned.”: Star Wars as a Reboot
“The Star Wars trilogy was a defining influence in the lives of the audience” (Brooker, 2002, 2), but which Star Wars trilogy was a defining influence depends entirely on the receiver. Were the Star Wars trilogies of 1999-2005 and 2015-2019 in fact reboots and not simply a continuation of the same base story being told in the 1977-1983 ‘original trilogy’?
By Millie Hardy-Sims6 years ago in Geeks
My Review of "Locked Down"
Locked Down is one of the newest movies of 2021 to explain our 2020 experience. It's one of the few big releases from HBO Max. In a sense the antics and realities in this movie feel all too real but that's part of the problem. We're still in lockdown and we kind of don't really want to be reminded that we're in lockdown if we're trying to escape into some fantasy. Or maybe the execution of this movie was far from what I was expecting.
By Brian Anonymous6 years ago in Geeks
Anastasia - A Movie Review
Life is full of choices. Anything is possible. Anastasia was released to theaters in 1997. Loosely based on the events of the attack on the Russian Dowager empire, Anastasia loses her memory. Years later, joining two con men, they attempt to reunite her with her grandmother, the royal empress.
By Marielle Sabbag6 years ago in Geeks
My Review of "Kickin' It Old School"
Kickin' It Old School came out back in 2007. It's a fun idea that could work in theory but the execution of the whole film made me a little queasy. There are a ton of wrong in this movie, namely corniness and bad acting. By today's standards this movie would require a ton of editing because there is so many social norms of today that would not allow this film from being released.
By Brian Anonymous6 years ago in Geeks
The True History behind The Secret of NIMH
The 1982 animated film The Secret of NIMH tells a complex story, which weaves together a dark web of experiments, violence, fabricated plot, and drama. Following field mouse Mrs. Brisby, we are shown harrowing depictions of villainous figures she must face and are introduced to the rats of NIMH. What grounds this story in reality are the experiments done on the rats in the National Institute of Mental Health, which exists in both the film and the real world. The research was conducted by Dr. John Calhoun, and is partially shown in The Secret of NIMH. The twisted history of these findings composed into an animated movie marketed toward children make for a tangled web of plot, philosophy, and history all compressed into an interesting amalgamation.
By Greyley Sabin6 years ago in Geeks
