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'Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald' Final Trailer Breakdown!
I'm gonna be doing a trailer breakdown for Captain Marvel pretty soon, but the final trailer for Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald came out, so I HAD to do a breakdown for this trailer.
By Jonathan Sim7 years ago in Geeks
'Bumblebee' Preview (Or, Why There Could Finally Be a Good Transformers Movie)
Like many I'm a child of the 1980s meaning I used to love Transformers, I remember paying a few pound for the original VW Bumblebee that is still packed away safely in my attic. I would watch the G1 cartoon religiously over and over again and when Transformers The Movie came out in 1986 it was all that mattered in life to see it in the cinema.
By Neil Gregory7 years ago in Geeks
'The Lifespan of a Fact'
The Lifespan of a Fact is a play about three people. It is based on a true story about a writer and a person who committed suicide by jumping off a building in Las Vegas. The show, however, is much more than that, much more. With three really strong actors on one stage and strong direction, this evening was a hit on all points. Emily (Cherry Jones) brings in Jim (Daniel Radcliffe) to fact check John D' Agata (Bobby Cannavale). John has been known to embellish on his past stories and Emily wants to keep him and the essay in line. The entire timeline of the play is on a Wednesday to Monday morning, when the deadline for the essay is due. Jim, just out of Harvard, does not see the difficulty of getting this done. In the opening scene, Jones and Radcliffe exchange some wonderful bantering which is both highly comical and somewhat enlightening as to how the publishing business works. Emily tries to warn Jim that John can be very difficult, especially when it comes to his writing as he is very protective of it.
By Robert M Massimi. ( Broadway Bob).7 years ago in Geeks
'Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End'—Review
Before I start this review, I'm just going to state that this movie should have been called something else. Something along the lines of, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Invasion of the Confusing Subplots. That seems to be more appropriate because this movie is extremely messy. As a kid, I thought the first Pirates of the Caribbean film was the greatest film I had ever seen, and believe it or not, in my eyes, it still holds that title. So naturally, when the sequels were announced, I got extremely hyped. Because of my love of the first movie, I was able to enjoy both Dead Man's Chest and At World's End quite a lot when these movies first released. However, after ten years (I had to stop writing for a second to let that sink in), of watching many other films and receiving my Bachelor's Degree in Film, revisiting this movie is nowhere near as enjoyable as it was ten years ago. Not because it's a horrendous movie or anything like that, it's only insulting because of my love for the first movie and how this film tarnished its legacy.
By Brandon Wettig7 years ago in Geeks
Not With the Times, or Ever Being Worth Our Time
I really didn’t know much about Roseanne, either with the original show or the recent revival from this past year. I mean, I was curious. I had seen some episodes when I was younger, but was too confused to make much sense of it or how much time had lapsed. Nowadays, though, my eyes and ears are still wide open along with many others to everything relating to the show, what with the controversy from this past summer surrounding the titular star and co-creator’s racist tweet and the official cancellation of the revived show on ABC that the corporation made as a response.
By Anthony Cornatzer7 years ago in Geeks
'Blue Bloods' Returns for Its 9th Season as Polished as Ever
WARNING: THIS POST CONTAINS SPOILERS FROM THE SEASON 9 PREMIERE OF BLUE BLOODS Blue Bloods has been a ratings grabber since it premiered in 2010, and over eight seasons, it has taken viewers on a roller coaster ride of emotion, action, humor, romance, and drama. So fans were expecting nothing less than the best when Season 9 premiered on September 28th.
By Rachel Carrington7 years ago in Geeks
What Makes a Cult Film?
Lately, the term “cult film” has become difficult to define. In the past, an active fan base of self-identified outsiders was the defining trait of a cult film. But since the rise of Comic-Con, fan culture has become less stigmatized and entered the mainstream. Big budget commercial films are released with their own massive “cult-like” followings. So, if legions of devoted fans don’t give a film cult status, what does? A key difference is that these mainstream followings are cultivated and engineered by armies of publicists and marketing gurus. In contrast, the fringe fan bases crop up organically.
By Alexandra Hontalas-Adams7 years ago in Geeks
