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Best geek movies throughout history.
A Filmmaker's Review: "Unlocking Da Vinci's Code" (Amazon Prime)
I really enjoyed this documentary on the secrets concerning Da Vinci, even though we've all seen them a billion times by now. What is commonly known as the "Da Vinci Code", put forth in the Dan Brown novel seems to be explored in a documentary here far before the novel itself comes out. I have a few pros and cons to this I'd like to discuss.
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Geeks
The Lighthouse - A Movie Review
It’s best to steer clear of the lighthouse. You will only go bonkers from perpetual isolation. The Lighthouse is a 2019 drama-fantasy about two lighthouse keepers living together on an isolated island. As the hours tick by, the men go about in their normal routine, aggravating one another. Beginning to go mad, seeing visions in their drunken fantasies it is only a matter of time before the island becomes a living nightmare.
By Marielle Sabbag6 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Like A Boss' is Lazy Disaster
Like A Boss stars Tiffany Haddish as Mia and Rose Byrne as Mel. Together, the two have been friends since childhood and they now run their own struggling cosmetics company in what we can infer is: enter generic large city here, Atlanta maybe? Anyway, the two are in deep financial trouble because Mia, though remarkable with makeup, is terrible with money and Mel, though good with money, is bad at managing Mia.
By Sean Patrick6 years ago in Geeks
1917: A One Shot Thrill Ride
Since it's US release in december, it's been the only film that those who are not obsessed with cinema have spoken about. With it's breathtaking portrayal of the battlefield and heart stopping moments that no doubt took place, critics and audiences alike simply cannot get enough of Sam Mendes' unique approach to a war movie. It has even been compared to war movie 'royalty', such as Saving Private Ryan. Really. If I was just going to praise this movie, then there's not much more I can say that hasn't already been said. Luckily however, I do have some issues with this film and hope that some of you reading this will agree with my points or at least understand my point of view. Just to clarify, I like this film and thoroughly recommend watching it, I simply think it could have been better, and I'm going to explain how.
By Louis Fell6 years ago in Geeks
'Heaven's Gate' - Too Epic for the 80s?
Hello, and welcome back to Second Chances where the maligned and forgotten don't have a date with the hangman. Back in the 60s, the theaters regularly got historical epics. Movies like Ben-Hur, The Great Escape, Lawrence of Arabia, and The Ten Commandments were more than films; they were events with their 3+ hour runtimes and grand scale. Nowadays, epics are more fantasy-based with The Lord of the Rings films and Avengers: Endgame. Epics were pretty much unwelcome in the 80s; no one had time to devote 3 hours to a movie. Caught in the middle of that was the 1980 epic western Heaven's Gate.
By Adam Wallace6 years ago in Geeks
A Filmmaker's Guide to "Cloud Atlas" (2012)
In honour of David Mitchell's birthday, we're going to take a look at the film "Cloud Atlas" (2012) - which was previously a book written by Mitchell who also wrote "The Bone Clocks" and "Slade House". Known for his psychological novels, "Cloud Atlas" seemed like the perfect book to adapt into a sci-fi/fantasy like movie, keeping the psychological essence of the passage of time very clear within the film. Directed by Lana and Lilly Wachowski and starring Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Ben Whishaw and many many more, this film has an ensemble that is possibly one of the best that fantasy film has ever seen.
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Geeks
MCU: The Movies of Phase 4
The Infinity Saga has ended. The MCU can be credited with the rise in popularity of Superhero movies over the last decade, showcasing some dazzling special effects, costumes and casting choices. Now, however, Disney have some big decisions to make.
By The One True Geekology6 years ago in Geeks
A Filmmaker's Review: "The Passion of the Christ" (2004)
"The Passion of the Christ" (2004) is one of the great masterpieces of indie drama/historical cinema. Directed by Mel Gibson, the film entirely comprises of real languages spoken by and at the time of Jesus Christ such as: Aramaic, Hebrew and Latin. It features the last 12 hours of Jesus Christ's life before he is sent to the cross and, through this, has many flashbacks, side-stories and multi-narratives that tell various stories of the disciples, the passion of Jesus Christ and the gospels in a range of forms.
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Geeks
The Filmmaker's Guide to the Best Performances: Eddie Redmayne
Eddie Redmayne was born on the 6th of January, 1982 in Westminster, London, England. From a very early age, he was into his theatre and plays - performing everything from Shakespeare to the modern play. Not only did he do theatre, but obviously we know him because of his transition into film. By 2006, Redmayne was at lead in the film "Like Minds" (2006) with Toni Collette (Hereditary (2014)) after showing a great performance in "The Good Shepherd" (2006) alongside Angelina Jolie and Matt Damon. Amassing a great amount of fame for his portrayal of Stephen Hawking in the film "The Theory of Everything" (2014), Redmayne went on to win his Best Actor Academy Award.
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Geeks
My Viewing this Stevening... 'Jojo Rabbit'
Following the roaring success of Taika Waititi's entry into the Marvel Cinematic Universe in the form of Thor: Ragnarok, his next film was to take on something completely different, yet retain Waititi's familiar comic style; Jojo Rabbit. Adapted from Christine Leunen's book, Caging Skies, the film tells the story of Johannes 'Jojo' Betzler (Roman Griffin Davis), a 10 year-old member of the Hitler Youth who discovers his mother, Rosie (Scarlett Johansson), is hiding a Jewish girl, Elsa (Thomasin McKenzie) in their home. The hiding of this girl forces young Jojo to question his beliefs, all the while dealing with the interventions of his imaginary friend, Adolf Hitler (Waititi).
By Steveoswheels6 years ago in Geeks
A Filmmaker's Guide to the Most Visually Stunning Films
To call a film 'visually stunning' we normally mean that some of the shots look amazing. Well, that's exactly the case. Some films can look incredibly grand and have some amazing cinematography work on them - it doesn't necessarily mean that they have to show you breath-taking nature shots. It does, however, mean that the shot in some way must move you emotionally. There must be some emotion in the grandeur of the shot that makes you stop and stare at it, sometimes even just rewind the film to see it again or even take a picture of it and set it as your wallpaper.
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Geeks
