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Reviews of the top geek movies, tv, and books in the industry.
My Review of 'Kindergarten Cop'
Kindergarten Cop was recently added to Netflix and my girlfriend and I were looking for something to watch. Not too long ago we watched some of her old favorites, and I know she likes family-friendly movies, so I suggested Kindergarten Cop. I remembered liking it back in the day and it's time for me to show her some of the family fun movies that I liked in the past. It's probably been over a decade since I've seen the movie and she hasn't seen it ever. What a good recipe for a review.
By Brian Anonymous8 years ago in Geeks
'Zootopia'—A Movie Review
Anybody can be who they want to be. You just may surprise yourself when given the chance to test your strength. Zootopia won the Best Animated Movie in 2016. Disney released a powerful story about the world of animals of all species living together in Zootopia. Judy Hopps is the first bunny cop. Ignoring others skepticism, Judy tests her abilities on the mission to find a missing otter. Along the way, a coy fox attempts to sabotage her plans only to discover that there is so much more.
By Marielle Sabbag8 years ago in Geeks
'Le Jeu' ('Nothing to Hide') - Review
Nothing to Hide or Le Jeu, to give it its French title, is a film about seven adult friends, three couples, and one man whose partner cannot attend, who meet up for a dinner party. The film explores the dynamics not only between the friends but also that of each couple and individual.
By Q-ell Betton8 years ago in Geeks
Steampunk Paradise
Steampunk is quite possibly the most overlooked subgenres of science fiction. Most people prefer space operas, or stories of time travel, or other high concepts, while steampunk stories get lost in the shuffle. However, the subgenre does have its loyal fanbase, and boy, are they going to love this movie! Adapted from the novel by Philip Reeve, Mortal Engines is a post-apocalyptic tale in which London is now a giant city on wheels. Peter Jackson, of Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit fame, co-wrote the screenplay and produced the movie, while Christian Rivers serves as director. Outside of the trailers, I had no idea what this flick was going to be about, but upon seeing it, there were plenty of imaginative ideas, but much like the steampunk genre, they all get lost in the shuffle.
By Fanpicked Media8 years ago in Geeks
A Review of 'Secret City' Season 2 Episode 3 - "Pale Horse"
The episode begins with Caroline Treloar (Laura Gordon), the rogue drone operator, being held in detention and brusquely told to pretend to her dad that she is in Hawaii. She is interrogated throughout the episode, and later on we find out she has killed almost 450 people!! Harriet (Anna Torv) shows the missile strike footage to Karen Koutoufides (Danielle Cormack) and then gets carted off for a chat with the toad-faced head of secret services Vaughn (Justin Smith) who we haven't seen much of so far in this season. The spylord is always lurking in the shadows, like an Aussie Stephen Rea.
By T. Stolinski8 years ago in Geeks
Not So Greener Pastures
I feel bad for Mahershala Ali. The man is a talented actor with range and a charisma about him, which has gained him two Oscars for Best Supporting Actor, as well as the honor of being in two Best Picture Oscar winning films. However, both of the Best Picture winners will forever be overshadowed by controversy. The first Best Picture is Moonlight, which momentarily had its thunder stolen from it when La La Land was accidentally announced as the winner before being corrected. The second Best Picture is this film, Green Book, which many would argue didn’t even deserve to win at all! In fact, some critics even claim it’s the worst Best Picture winner since Crash, and considering how that movie also suffered from an disorganized message about race relations, that’s a fitting comparison.
By Fanpicked Media8 years ago in Geeks
Ctrl, Alt, Del
Quick, when I say “animation,” what’s the first thing that comes to your mind?! Depending on what age you are, you probably either thought of Disney and Looney Tunes (in America, Mickey Mouse, and Bugs Bunny are like the grandfathers of animated mascots), or you thought of anime (the go-to series that come to mind are usually Dragon Ball, Sailor Moon, and Pokemon). Make no mistake about, animation is considered something only suitable to children. Yet, we live in a time when animated TV series aimed at adult audiences is at an all-time high, what with The Simpsons, Family Guy, Bob’s Burgers, South Park, and Rick and Morty being on the air.
By Fanpicked Media8 years ago in Geeks
Do as the Romas Do
There’s no way to get around it, Roma is an arthouse movie with a capital “A.” It’s a black and white movie, it’s spoken in a non-English language, it doesn’t feature any major movie stars, it’s long and slowly paced, its story is overly simplistic, and it features scenes that are meant to be symbolic, rather than have anything to do with the movie’s plot. So it’s only fitting that no American movie studio would make this film, and so Netflix, always in search for original content, was quick to make this film a reality. And sadly, this movie will probably only be remembered for being on Netflix, and not much else.
By Fanpicked Media8 years ago in Geeks
A Review of 'Secret City' Season 2 Episode 2 - “The War Zone”
First off in this episode, we hear some more about the operation that went wrong in Pakistan. Meanwhile, our heroine Harriet (Anna Torv) is busy trying to find out where the classified document sent to Mina (Louisa Mignone) came from and tries to get help from signals analyst Thomas Maher (Aleks Mikic) who, this season, is giving off a smart Ben Whishaw vibe. He refuses to help at first, being a goody two shoes and then is persuaded to change his mind when Harriet gets Mina's husband, Sami (Robert Rabiah), to threaten him. This seemed a bit far-fetched, to be honest. Thomas could easily have simply have reported the incident and seen Harriet carted off back to jail. Most of the story in this show is admittedly preposterous, but still it tends to have a ring of truth to it, whereas this seems a bit contrived, since Sami didn’t really seem to like Harriet in episode 1.
By T. Stolinski8 years ago in Geeks
Oh Captain, My Captain
I must confess that I'm a ride or die Marvel fanboy, so to give a Marvel Cinematic Universe movie a less than stellar review is somewhat painful to me. Not that I haven’t done so before; as big a fanboy as I am, I can admit when an MCU movie falls short. Movies like Avengers: Age of Ultron and both of the installments of Ant-Man were underwhelming, while Iron Man 2 and Thor: The Dark World are among the studio’s worst offerings. Now we have the first MCU movie to have a female lead in Captain Marvel (everyone is ignoring the 2005 failure that was Elektra), and to quote Immortan Joe, it was “mediocre.”
By Fanpicked Media8 years ago in Geeks
