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9 Movies like 'Mean Girls' to Fill the Plastics-Shaped Hole in Your Life
The 2004 movie Mean Girls has become sort of like a social doctrine for tweens and teens of the world over. Its mix of social commentary, biting one liners, sass and catfights captured the imaginations of youngsters everywhere. It’s a teen movie that taught us a lot about the wild side of high school – and gave us a glimpse of just how cray-cray high school cliques can be. Overall, the movie taught us very poignant life lessons, and is quotable in almost every situation.
By Karina Thyra8 years ago in Geeks
Sick of Rom-Coms on Valentine's Day? Here Are 7 Heart-Warming Korean Dramas to Watch Instead!
Valentine’s Day — a.k.a. the anniversary of Saint Valentine’s death, a.k.a. Single’s Awareness Day — is upon us. If you’ve got no date and you're expecting to receive zero Valentine's Day cards, then welcome to the club. As a singleton — or maybe just a couple who've grown tired of the rigamarole — there's never been a better time to coop up on the couch or under the covers with some amazing movies. For the super cynical among you, I've compiled a list of horror movies that shows the pitfalls of love. But if you're not feeling wholly pessimistic, or you want to feel some romantic excitement (or ‘kilig’, as we say in my home county), this post is for you. Even without a Valentine, then I implore you to watch these heartwarming Korean dramas that shows us the many different kinds of love: love for friends, for family, unrequited love, love between supernatural creatures, or simply just two beings who come together and fell into the blissful abyss of chemical imbalance of the brain.
By Karina Thyra8 years ago in Geeks
Not a Lesson in Niceness: 6 Life Lessons We Learn from 'a Monster Calls'
2016 hasn’t been a great year, that much we can agree on, but it did give us some fantastic movies. One such film is A Monster Calls, which was adapted from Patrick Ness's book of the same name, and directed by J.A. Bayona.
By Karina Thyra8 years ago in Geeks
10 Great Mads Mikkelsen Movies to Watch After 'Rogue One'
Mads Mikkelsen is one of the most versatile actors working today. This Danish gem is probably best-known in the States as the most sophisticated cannibal, Hannibal Lecter in NBC's #Hannibal. However before he was in the world of acting however, he was a gymnast and a dancer. Because of his talent, he quickly came to prominence in Denmark when he played the role of Tonny, a drug-dealer in the Danish trilogy Pusher.
By Karina Thyra8 years ago in Geeks
Is 'A Monster Calls' Suitable for Kids? 4 Reasons Why You Should Take Your Family to Watch It
A Monster Calls opened to rave reviews during TIFF 2016 and its initial release in Spain, and has been highly anticipated by audiences around the world. Now, if you checked out the trailer on a whim without knowing the source material, it may have given you the impression that it's a borderline horror or dark fantasy. But if you'd read the books, you'd know this isn't the whole story — A Monster Calls is not as scary as it first appears. Whilst it's not a horror, A Monster Calls might be too emotional for some kids — and has been breaking the hearts of adults around the world too! If you're looking for a film with real heart that touches on tough subjects but has an uplifting message though, this could be the perfect flick for you and your kids.
By Karina Thyra8 years ago in Geeks
4 Tear-Jerking Movies like 'A Monster Calls' That Will Leave You Crying and Smiling at the Same Time
Death is inevitable — but even though we acknowledge this, the loss of a loved one is still a bitter pill to swallow. Losing a loved one before their time — such as in A Monster Calls — makes this tragic situation even harder to bear.
By Karina Thyra8 years ago in Geeks
Can’t Stop the Feeling: 4 Heart-Warming Movies to Watch After 'Trolls'
Anyone who has a kid or who is just a sucker for anything made by Dreamworks will have likely seen Trolls by now. At first, it seemed like another story where the sickeningly optimistic and positive Troll princess Poppy (Anna Kendrick) would get to save the day by showing everyone how happiness is inside all of us. Luckily, Trolls exceeded all of our expectations; it proves to be a truly magical treat. And even though the trolls only know how to sing and dance (and scrapbook), they use their gifts by singing timeless classics that blend perfectly with what they're doing.
By Karina Thyra8 years ago in Geeks
Top 5 Directors I Am Looking Forward to in 2018
This week on the Everyone is a Critic podcast our Top 5 was "The Top 5 Movies We Are Looking Forward to in 2018." Naturally, such lists would include Avengers: Infinity War, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Black Panther, and the like, as any similar list might. With that in mind, and because I am the pretentious critic on the show, I decided I would leave the blockbusters off my list, though I look forward to them just as much as everyone else, and focus on directors whose work I am anticipating in 2018.
By Sean Patrick8 years ago in Geeks
15 Mind-Blowing Facts You May Not Know About Donnie Darko
"Twenty eight days, six hours, forty two minutes, twelve seconds. That is when the world will end." #DonnieDarko, the 2001 movie starring #JakeGyllenhaal, is a story about a wretched teenager that unwittingly became the savior of the universe as we know it. The movie wasn't a big hit the year it came out, but became a sleeper success, and morphed into the cult classic that we know and love today. Need a refresher? Watch the trailer below:
By Karina Thyra8 years ago in Geeks
5 of Alexander Skarsgård's Most Underrated Movies
Alexander Skarsgård has had a lot of meaty roles in the past - from his portrayal of Iceman Colbert in the HBO miniseries Generation Kill, up to the role that really cemented his name in Hollywood: Eric Northman in True Blood. Skarsgård is widely known as 'Eric Northman', as well as for a being a 'Swedish Sex God', and of course, our new Tarzan — but he's also taken on many roles that even the most committed Trubies may have overlooked.
By Karina Thyra8 years ago in Geeks
