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Reviews of the top geek movies, tv, and books in the industry.
Endicott College Mainstage 'Into the Woods' Is Spectacular!
I had a glorious evening last night. I found myself walking through the woods and meeting a wolf, a witch, and even a giant whose monstrous voice shook the grounds! Once I exited the woods, I found myself at Endicott College watching their fall mainstage production of Into the Woods.
By Marielle Sabbag8 years ago in Geeks
'Bohemian Rhapsody' Review
Very few films have endured such a hellish pre-production as Bohemian Rhapsody. The musical biopic based on the formative, fruitful and fragile years of rock legends, Queen, had been hanging in limbo for a number of years. Ironically, the setbacks the film suffered led to it's eventual completion. Sacha Baron Cohen originally helmed the project as flamboyant frontman Freddie Mercury, but left eventually due to creative differences, throwing the production up in the air once again. Which ended up being a blessing in disguise. His actions inadvertently allowed time for future frontman, Rami Malek, to make a name for himself in the hit TV series, Mr Robot. Malek was eventually cast as the lead and the project was fast tracked, with the future looking bright for the biopic.
By Kye Cooper8 years ago in Geeks
North Shore Music Theatre Hairspray Is Phenomenal Show!
Bill Hanney’s North Shore Music Theatre Hairspray is a hair-hopping entertaining show that will keep you dancing and smiling in your seats the entire time! The whole cast showcases their talent through immense dancing, powerful singing, and their bubbly personalities. Each cast member worked together to make their personalities shine through memorable characters who have been brought to life since 1998.
By Marielle Sabbag8 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Lucha VaVoom Inside America's Most Outrageous Show'
Lucha VaVoom is a wild and crazy show filled with wild action and wilder women. This strange and wonderful combination of pro wrestling and burlesque is like a wacky milkshake of a carnival crossed with old school Vaudeville. If they allowed animals at Lucha VaVoom, you could travel back to Mexico in the 1920s or perhaps the Moulin Rouge crossed with the WWE.
By Sean Patrick8 years ago in Geeks
'A Star Is Born' (2018)
I didn’t know this but apparently there were already four versions of the movie A Star Is Born before this fifth outing was remade. I know a lot of people are against remakes but every so often movies have to be remade because some movies don’t really make sense or are relatable to present times. When I think back at some of the acceptable racism, sexism and homophobia in some of the older films I used to watch I have no questions as to why we have to have remakes of films. I haven’t seen the old versions of A Star Is Born so I can’t really say there was a need for the remake but a remake was made nonetheless so let’s embrace it.
By Brian Anonymous8 years ago in Geeks
'Sons of Anarchy' Season 3
Another week and another Sons of Anarchy review. I’m really binging this thing like there’s no tomorrow. This time we’re at season 3. Just when I thought they already upped the ante they raise the bar even further. I had no idea where they were going to go with this season because season 2 wrapped up with that crazy cliff-hanger at the end.
By Brian Anonymous8 years ago in Geeks
'American Vandal' Season 2
Last year's surprise series American Vandal had me absorbed. I had previously watched Season 1 of Making a Murderer on Netflix back in 2015. American Vandal follows the same documentary style that Making a Murderer used with their wildly successful season, but with a comedic twist. It's funny that Netflix would allow a parody of one of their more popular series, especially so soon.
By Brian Anonymous8 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'The Hurricane Heist'
The Hurricane Heist stars Maggie Grace as Casey: A wild child, ace treasury agent tasked with protecting a bunch of retired U.S. currency as it is sent to a facility to be incinerated. This task is complicated by an incoming hurricane which has the roads clogged by people on the run from the very Carolina coastal town that she is headed for.
By Sean Patrick8 years ago in Geeks
'Pound'
Pound begins in the dark with Christopher Lloyd (Ezra Pound), quoting Pound's play Pull Down Thy Vanity, which sums up the play, Pound at the Lion Theater. The play takes place in the St. Elizabeth's Psychiatric Center in Baltimore, Maryland. Pound holds court with his "groupies." He receives people as he wishes and orders the workers around like they work for him. He has been charged with treason, from his socialist rants against America, capitalism and Jews. Having lived in Italy for many years, he was deported under treason charges and ended up where the entire play takes place, the insane asylum. Pound is ornery, indignant, and a tyrant in this facility. Some of the things he says to nurse Priscomb are downright cruel. He refers to her as blue hair and tells her that she could never be married and compares her to the newest Doctor, Dr. Polley (Kate Abbruzzese). Pound is equally cruel to his so-called friend Archibald Mac Leish, a poet who was trained by Pound, who is also a lawyer because as he says, "Poets need to pay their bills." Mac Leish knows Pound, or at least he thinks he does. He is ever grateful for what Pound did for him and is doing his best to get Pound out of there and clear his name and take him on tour as well.
By Robert M Massimi. ( Broadway Bob).8 years ago in Geeks
'Knight and Day'—Review
So over the last few months, I have been on a real Tom Cruise kick. I have rewatched all the Mission Impossible films, Rain Man, War of the Worlds, Jerry Maguire, Vanilla Sky, and now Knight and Day. I remember watching the trailer for this film when it came out and it looked like a fun movie, but for some reason, it just slipped through the cracks until now. However, after watching it, I wasn't too upset that it took me this long to watch it because the one word I can use to describe this movie is "lazy".
By Brandon Wettig8 years ago in Geeks
'The Wolf of Wall Street'—Review
It was the week of Christmas, 2013. I had just completed my first semester of film school and because I was so busy studying the past couple of weeks, I decided to reward myself with a trip to the movies for four days in a row. American Hustle, Saving Mr. Banks, Anchorman 2, and on Christmas Day, after opening presents with family and friends, The Wolf of Wall Street. Now, I didn't really know what to expect and I was also extremely tired. Therefore, I wasn't the biggest fan of this movie for my first viewing. I thought it was extremely long (which it is) and I thought all the excess nudity, drugs and profanity was way too much. I had a hard time getting over all the craziness and seeing the actual story. However, there are some movies that I come across that I may not fully enjoy during my first viewing, but I can't stop thinking about it and give it a second chance where I end up loving it. The Wolf of Wall Street went from a three-hour snooze fest on Christmas morning, to one of my favourite movies.
By Brandon Wettig8 years ago in Geeks
'The Waverly Gallery'
Robert Massimi. In what is a chock full of theater season, The Waverly Gallery is another great one. Elaine May who has not been on a Theater stage for fifty years is just magnificent. May plays Gladys Green, a women who when we first meet her has the beginning of dementia. She is at the breakfast table talking to her grandson Daniel (a brilliant Lucas Hedges), she flashes her winning smile as she tells him about her grandfather, her ex lover after grandpa died and her life. She is hard of hearing and that hearing aid leads to a night full of comedy. Kenneth Lonergan has written an autobiographical piece as he recalls his own mother suffering this disease. Lonergan who wrote Lobby Hero, performed on Broadway last year, has written some remarkable pieces, Gangs Of New York and Manchester By The Sea to name a few, has a winner with Waverly. Lila Neugebauer is flawless in her direction of this play. The cast are all terrific and Neugebauer delivers a gentile yet a nuance of a play that deals with a horrible subject. In straddling a very fine line of comedy and what could be offensive, the direction takes us on a blissful theatrical experience.
By Robert M Massimi. ( Broadway Bob).8 years ago in Geeks
