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Best geek movies throughout history.

Home Alone Trips are Pricey. Top Story - December 2021.
You know you are getting old when you question the costs in the film - Home Alone. No, I am not alluding to the production costs of this holiday classic. Instead, how does one survive the financial costs of the McCallister clan when you look at it?
By Skyler4 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Nightmare Alley' Another Masterpiece from Guillermo Del Toro
Nightmare Alley is a gorgeous cinematic achievement. Director Guillermo Del Toro crafts visuals like few modern directors. With Academy Award nominated cinematographer Dan Laustsen, Del Toro crafts cinematic visuals of remarkable clarity and detail. It’s truly a sight to behold and it shows Del Toro as a consummate filmmaker, a man who cares so much about his film presentation as to turn each frame into a work of art. If you’re waiting for me to offer a caveat, keep waiting. I have nothing bad to say about Nightmare Alley.
By Sean Patrick4 years ago in Geeks
No Time To Die
Warning, spoilers, and unpopular opinions ahead! I saw the new James Bond film ‘No Time To Die’ today. It was a good film, understandably so, as it is getting 4.5 to 5-star reviews everywhere. It is excellent as just a normal movie, but as a Bond film, I have a different feeling.
By ankit priyadarshi4 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'The Death of a Telemarketer' and the Uncanny Valley of Mediocrity . Top Story - December 2021.
It’s not that there aren’t truly bad movies anymore but rather that our society has changed to such a degree that it has become harder for a movie to be truly incompetent or terrible. The incompetent and the terrible still exist but they are finding it harder to escape into the mainstream. In their place have arisen movies that are competent but tone deaf. These movies are well made enough to convince people that they deserve to exist but they aren’t objectively good movies. Mediocre is one way to describe these movies or perhaps merely dull.
By Sean Patrick4 years ago in Geeks
A Filmmaker's Guide: "Les Enfants Terrible" (1950). Top Story - December 2021.
In this chapter of ‘the filmmaker’s guide’ we’re actually going to be learning about literature and film together. I understand that many of you are sitting in university during difficult times and finding it increasingly hard to study and I understand that many of you who are not at university or not planning on it are possibly stuck of what to do, need a break or even need to catch up on learning film before you get to the next level. This guide will be brief but will also contain: new vocabulary, concepts and theories, films to watch and we will be exploring something taboo until now in the ‘filmmaker’s guide’ - academia (abyss opens). Each article will explore a different concept of film, philosophy, literature or bibliography/filmography etc. in order to give you something new to learn each time we see each other. You can use some of the words amongst family and friends to sound clever or you can get back to me and tell me how you’re doing. So, strap in and prepare for the filmmaker’s guide to film studies because it is going to be one wild ride.
By Annie Kapur4 years ago in Geeks
2001: A Space Odyssey's Exploration of Power Dynamics
***SPOILERS FOR 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY*** 2001: A Space Odyssey shows firsthand what happens when the power dynamic between man and machine is challenged, as the entire crew is nearly wiped out by the on-board AI HAL, all because of how he was programmed by man. The scene that shows this best is when HAL attempts to lock Dave out after killing the hibernating crewmembers, forcing him to sacrifice his last remaining crewmate in order to board the ship to disconnect HAL.
By Syd Static4 years ago in Geeks
The clever clues of the movies I would eventually understand
All of my life I have been surrounded by the media, and I always wanted to know how it was made. My mother would play me the songs that she liked, and she became my gateway to classic movies and the timeless songs that she couldn't wait to play for me in the car. She would tell me the stories about movies I would watch when I was much older about how a man named John McClane said this one phrase that I should never say in front of my grandmother. How Prince was told off by his father and said he never be a musician because he never memorized his music in his mind. I listened to all the stories and eventually would watch the movies at my mother had told me about. But there were some movies that I did see, or figurines or posters and I look at them and not understand what they were at that time, but I never forgot the time I discovered what I didn't understand.
By Samantha Parrish4 years ago in Geeks
Die Hard - A Movie Review
There’s no way Christmas will be ruined. John McClane will save the day! Die Hard made its way into theaters in 1988. German terrorists take over a Christmas party at the Nalcatami Plaza in Los Angeles. An NYPD officer fights back, protecting his wife and several other guests from danger.
By Marielle Sabbag4 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'The Hand of God'
The Hand of God is a nickname given to soccer legend Diego Maradona in the wake of a miraculous goal he scored while leading his Napoli soccer team to victory over his home country team, Argentina. It was an immense point of pride to Napoli that, arguably, the greatest soccer player of his time was choosing to come and play for lowly Napoli. It became an even greater point of pride when Maradona’s goal was allowed to stand despite Maradona having punched the ball with his hand, something that is against the rules of soccer, for those who don’t know.
By Sean Patrick4 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Encounter' is a Strong Showcase for Star Riz Ahmed
Encounter stars Riz Ahmed as Malik, a man who believes that bugs have been infected with an alien virus that the bugs are then transmitting to humans via bites. So convinced of this is Malik that, in the middle of the night, he storms into his ex-wife Piya’s (Janina Gavankar) home, assaults and restrains Piya and her new husband, Dylan (Misha Collins), and runs off with their kids, Jay (Lucian-River Chauhan) and Bobby (Aditya Geddada).
By Sean Patrick4 years ago in Geeks
Aquaman 2: Dolph Lundgren Says James Wan Will Blow Fans Away
Dolph Lundgren has some high praise for Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, stating he believes director James Wan is going to blow fans away. Set to arrive four years after the first movie, Aquaman 2 will see the highly anticipated return of Jason Momoa's Arthur Curry in a brand new adventure. The first Aquaman was a box office smash, grossing over $1.1 billion worldwide. Development on the sequel began soon after, but it took a bit longer than expected to move into production. Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom is currently scheduled for release in December 2022; filming began in London this past summer.
By Superheroes.Verse4 years ago in Geeks
Spider-Man: No Way Home Movie Ticket Selling For $25K On Ebay
Tickets for the upcoming Spider-Man: No Way Home are being sold for $25K on Ebay. Spider-Man: No Way Home is the most highly anticipated release of the MCU’s Phase Four so far, and is scheduled to hit theaters December 17. The film is a sequel to 2019’s Spider-Man: Far From Home, in which Tom Holland’s Peter Parker fought against Mysterio while on a school trip to Europe.
By Superheroes.Verse4 years ago in Geeks