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Geeks has assembled the top list of all things comic, entertainment, superheroes, and popular culture.
Love and Punishment: The art of realistic love and the depth of human emotion
When Makoto Shinkai’s Kimi no Nawa(Your Name) hit theaters in 2016, the film instantly achieved the second-largest gross for a domestic film in Japan and the fourth-largest ever. It topped the box office for a record-breaking 12 weekends and became the highest-grossing animated film in China. For once, the critics and fans were in agreement; the movie was good. So when the US release finally began its run in late April of 2017, I knew I had to go see it, and it didn’t disappoint. Everything from the animation, to the soundtrack, even the opening grabbed hold of me and refused to let go.
By Mukena Addict5 years ago in Geeks
Loved A Fault In Our Stars?
Everyone goes through that time where they want to sit in front of a screen and watch a fully developed, emotionally charged, loving....tear jerker. You know, the movie where its so sickly sweet and romantic yet so real and relatable but always ends with you crying your heart out in your couch pillow. You also have the ones that are absolutely tragic and the only reason you subject yourself to such soul wrenching emotions is because you need a good cry.
By Blue Dymond5 years ago in Geeks
The Top 5 Cary Elwes Movies
Actor Cary Elwes has had a strange career. Pegged as a leading man coming off of his breakthrough performance in The Princess Bride, Elwes never popped as a leading man after that film went down in history as one of the most delightful family movies of all time. After that came many high profile roles in big movies but Elwes receded into character actor roles rather quickly for a man of his leading man good looks and proper English diction.
By Sean Patrick5 years ago in Geeks
The Royal Treatment: 3 Things to See If You Watched The Crown and Wanted a Little More Fun
Let's face it: there are a lot of shows (and movies) that tackle the purported lives of royalty. You have your British royalty spanning the ages (everything from The Tudors to The Windsors) and your French royalty gamut (heard of Reign or Versailles?) yet not much else. With The Crown becoming a gradual hit for Netflix over its past four seasons and the real lives of royalty recently crashing back into the worldwide public conversation, it's hard not to try and figure out why. What is our fascination with royalty? What draws us to these dramatics among princes and princesses, duchesses and dukes, and the ways of courtly life? Is it curiosity or envy? Or are we just keen to see ways in which royals struggle just the same as any other red-blooded human beings? The world may never know.
By Jillian Spiridon5 years ago in Geeks
2020 Reading List
I read a lot. I wouldn't say I'm a prolific reader, but I do my share. When I'm not reading blogs or online articles, nothing beats the old familiarity of a book. A book is something tangible to hold and get close to you. I can get to know the characters and picture them in my mind. I think that's what has always intrigued me about reading. Over the last 12 months, I have kept a chronicle of the books I have read through, both fiction and nonfiction.
By Nathan J Bonassin5 years ago in Geeks
12 Films I Love That Are Based on a True Story.
I have a soft spot for movies based on true stories. When I was a kid, I primarily watched animated movies, never really going out of my way to watch live-action films. I had been fascinated with history since elementary school, however, when my fifth-grade teacher taught an interactive curriculum surrounding the Civil War. Movies based on true stories allowed me to appreciate live-action films for the first time, as they enhanced my love of history and allowed me to explore subjects I’d never been interested in before. In fact, the primarily dialogue-driven stories I saw in most of these films probably shaped my taste in movies as a whole. To emphasize how much I adore movies like this, I’ve created a top 10 list (or I suppose top 12, for reasons you’ll see within the list) of my personal favorite historical films. These aren’t necessarily the most technically brilliant, epic, or even well-known historical films ever made. These are just films that have a lot of personal meaning to me and that I would personally recommend to anyone who wanted to watch a movie based on a true story.
By Jamie Lammers5 years ago in Geeks
10 Movies to Watch If You Like Anime
I know what you're expecting. You're about to click out of this page because you think it's just another fluff list recommending movies like The Matrix and Pacific Rim for your viewing pleasure if you happen to like anime (most commonly defined as animation from Japan). But science fiction isn't the only way to have a viewing experience similar to what you might feel when you watch your favorite anime. Whether your tastes lean towards the fantastical or the adventurous or even the horrific, below are ten movie recommendations based on your anime of choice.
By Jillian Spiridon5 years ago in Geeks
Gotham Rejects: The Jokers of Non-Comic Book Cinema
Todd Phillips’s Joker (2019) is the only R-rated movie to reach a billion-dollar worldwide box office gross, making it the highest-grossing movie with that rating in history. The bronze and silver medals on that list go to two other adult-oriented comic book movies, Deadpool (2016) and Deadpool 2 (2018), respectively – but Joker’s lead still trumps them by over a quarter of a million. Further, it garnered a whopping eleven Oscar nominations, including a win for Joaquin Phoenix as the eponymous supervillain. Seen and beloved by a vast range of audiences which transcend the comic book fan demographic, there are clearly elements at play here which, in the eyes of the general consensus, elevated this dark tale into another realm. A phenomenon of sorts, it was something new – something fresh, original, and special for the genre. That said, the very elements contributing to its uniqueness may not be so unique outside of traditional comic book fare. For the Joker appreciators seeking more films of its ilk, away from the superhero genre, here is a selection of 15 other non-comic book films that share some of its special ingredients.
By Ryan Jamison5 years ago in Geeks
