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Reviews of the top geek movies, tv, and books in the industry.
'Frozen II' Review—Inferior, but Likable Sequel
If you're a parent of a young child, I sincerely feel sorry for you, wish you godspeed as you listen to the same soundtrack for the next few weeks, and hope you retain your sanity as you watch this movie fourteen times.
By Jonathan Sim7 years ago in Geeks
The Royal Ballet's 'Coppélia' Review
Isn’t it wonderful to leave the ballet with a smile rather than a tear-streaked face (thank you for that, Manon)? If your answer is yes, spend this Christmas watching the Royal Ballet tackle an old-favourite. Coppélia makes a welcome return to the Royal Opera House stage after a 13-year absence.
By Kadeem Hosein7 years ago in Geeks
'You Were Never Really Here' (2017)
I was not prepared for this one. Reading the breif synopsis on Amazon intrigued me, but, my god, was it inadequate. Joe (Joaquin Phoenix), plays a combat veteran that now lives a life as a hired gunman. His missions are to find missing girls that are being used as a means to satisfy the desires of sexual deviants. While he is not on an assignment, Joe stays at home tending to his elderly mother (Judith Roberts), who is fading from this world both mentally and physically.
By Michael Grube7 years ago in Geeks
Watching 'Avatar: The Last Airbender' as an Adult
Warning: This post will contain spoilers. So recently I started watching Avatar: The Last Airbender for the first time since I was a child because I saw that it was on Netflix and I didn't have anything else to watch. Of course I remember loving it as a kid, but I didn't really remember any thing of substance. Well except of course the intro: "Water. Earth. Fire. Air. Long ago, the four nations lived together in harmony. Then, everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked. Only the Avatar, master of all four elements, could stop them, but when the world needed him most, he vanished." Of course, I remembered the main plot points such as how it ends and that Zuko is my favorite character, but other than that my mind was blank.
By Iqbal Hasan7 years ago in Geeks
'It's a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood' - A Movie Review
Let’s go visit Mr. Rogers. It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood! It’s a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood tells a true story of a struggling man assigned to write a story about the famous Mr. Fred Rogers. Little does he know how much Mr. Rogers will positively impact his life.
By Marielle Sabbag7 years ago in Geeks
'The Knight Before Christmas'
Brief Synopsis: When high school science teacher, Brooke, hits a man whilst driving through a snowstorm, she feels compelled to look after the man, Sir Cole, because she thinks the accident has caused a brain trauma that has him believing he is a medieval knight from the fourteenth century.
By Q-ell Betton7 years ago in Geeks
'Modern Love' | TV Series Review
Modern Love is a romantic TV series that produces an anthology of different love stories set in New York city. Each episode delves into different types of love from romantic and sexual and platonic and familial. It was released in October 2019 exclusively to Amazon Prime and consisted of 8 episodes all around 30 minutes.
By Joe Harris7 years ago in Geeks
James Reviews - How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
It's not often that an animated film manages to kick off a trilogy of films that are consistent in quality, and an even larger rarity when Dreamworks' Animation produces something of such caliber. When How To Train Your Dragon came out in 2010, it wowed the entire world and put Dreamworks' back in the fight. Coming out in a time where they were floating by on the success of Shrek series and Disney seemed to dominate the animation industry. With this beautifully animated, epically scored and well written contribution, it got everyone to sit up and pay attention, realizing that this company had more to offer than the adventures of a green ogre. However, all good things must come to an end, and after a terrific sequel and a few successful TV series, The Hidden World closes out the trilogy, and the entire franchise, on a teary and fantastical note.
By James F. Ewart7 years ago in Geeks
A Filmmaker's Review: 'Gandhi' (1982)
Let's start with the fact that when I was a child, I had this film on VHS tape and I had actually sat and watched the entire thing before I was eight years old. I'm Indian and Indian people love watching this film over and over again, even though it stands at around three and a half hours long. I had seen it multiple times throughout my life and yet, I had never really paid very much attention to it the way I did recently. I sat and watched it, and I really watched it. I watched it like I was watching a star exploding or another rare phenomenon occur.
By Annie Kapur7 years ago in Geeks
