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Best geek movies throughout history.

Fan Casting a Live Action 'Big Hero 6': Choices That Will Impress... Hopefully
Big Hero 6 became one of the most memorable animated movies to date. While the movie is from the minds of Marvel, it is not a part of the ever expanding Marvel Cinematic Universe.
By Tyler S. Callaway8 years ago in Geeks
Five Reasons Batman v Superman Is So Controversial!
Let's face it, there's no avoiding the fact that the internet is currently in meltdown over Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice! Critics savaged the film, while fan reaction has been mixed; some furiously arguing its the best superhero movie to date, others insisting it's good but deeply flawed. I'm a member of several superhero and film Facebook groups; every single one is currently overflowing with heated debate, sometimes getting quite nasty.
By Tom Bacon8 years ago in Geeks
Without The Board Game, Is The New 'Jumanji' Film Actually A Reboot?
When Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson made an announcement of his involvement with the Jumanji continuation, fans were on edge with skepticism. Learning of a Jumanji movie in development surprised and shocked fans, up until the moment that "The Rock" put fan worries of a Jumanji reboot to rest with an Instagram post of his own.
By Allie Z.8 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Wonder'
Wonder is a real, well, wonder. Rarely do tear-jerkers work as well as what director Stephen Chbosky assembles here. Everything in Wonder seems set to be a clichéd way of sucking out tears. A child with a facial deformity, a pair of goodhearted parents, a sick dog, these are all elements that under the guidance of a lesser director, would be used to physically assault audiences in the search for tears. Stephen Chbosky is, quite thankfully, a terrific director and he employs these elements in the way a good director does.
By Sean Patrick8 years ago in Geeks
Review: 'Wonderstruck'
Since I saw Carol, I have always been keeping an eye on any of director Todd Haynes' future projects. His style of directing really appealed to me and I would happily check out what projects he wants to explore next.
By David Grice8 years ago in Geeks
'Thor: Ragnarok' Gives Us Another Candidate for Nebula's Unlikely Friend in 'Infinity War'
Warning: Minor SPOILERS for Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol.2 and Thor: Ragnarok. 2018 will be an important year for the Marvel Cinematic Universe with its biggest film yet, the mega-team up Avengers: Infinity War, set to be released, followed by a still untitled sequel that will hit cinemas in 2019. All MCU films to date have been slowly leading us to this point, in which all our favourite heroes unite to defeat Thanos and attempt to keep him from getting his large purple hands on the Infinity Stones.
By Kristy Anderson8 years ago in Geeks
3 Things We Already Know About The Recently Announced 'Indiana Jones 5'
The Internet is ablaze with excitement after the news dropped that Harrison Ford will be reprising his role as Indiana Jones in a fifth movie, to be released in 2019. We don't know much — enough to get excited! — but Disney has actually told us a lot more than it perhaps realizes. Check out three things we already know about the upcoming Indiana Jones 5.
By Tom Bacon8 years ago in Geeks
Four Ways to Build Fantasy and Superhero Worlds!
It's a staple of science-fiction and fantasy - that beneath the world we know, there lies another world, one that is strange, alien, perhaps magical. How do writers create those worlds, and how do they intertwine them with our own? Here, I want to look at some classic examples...
By Tom Bacon8 years ago in Geeks
You'll Never Guess Which Teen Sensation Has Just Been Cast for Spider-Man...
Deadline have the latest scoop on casting for Sony and Marvel's Spider-Man reboot - and it's a surprise! Yes, nineteen-year-old #Zendaya - actress, singer, dancer, and model - will be joining the cast. Surprisingly enough, she's playing a character who goes by the name of Michelle. Zendaya's popularity is growing, and some fans are hoping this could be a breakout role for her.
By Tom Bacon8 years ago in Geeks
A bit of an odd spin here.
First off, you've painted a singularly rosy picture of the post-Civil War comics landscape; you're ignoring the fact that the superheroes spent an inordinate amount of time chasing after one another. Worse still, the structure of the Initiative was easily compromised by the Skrull, and Stark's mistakes ultimately led to Norman Osborn taking power. Moving on to your examples, you point to the idea that government agents could have kept the Maximoff twins away from Dr. Banner. The twins beat all the rest of the Avengers (bar Hawkeye) before getting to Banner, and I fail to see how some agents would have helped. Likely they'd have been left firing at one another. It's true that Stark's 'Veronica' solution was flawed, but with the Avengers' main strategy - Black Widow - neutralised, Veronica was the only card Stark had to play. You've also stumbled into an awkward point when you argue the Hulk / Stark battle "would have ended a lot smoother had the U.S. government been involved" - really? I'm pretty sure everything would have gotten tangled up in red tape, with a diplomatic nightmare ensuing between Wakanda and the US. To be fair, though, it looks likely that the MCU equivalent of the SRA involves the UN, not the US. Your take on Ant-Man is an odd one. The precise point of the film is that Pym is unwilling to turn to the authorities, having been burned by them before (and we ultimately learn he was actually burned by Hydra agents within SHIELD). Pym has shelved the Ant-Man suit so as to prevent any government getting their hands on it, and an SRA-equivalent would be ignored by him. In fact, the Accords were being heavily discussed at the time, so Pym's actions were in full awareness of the international issue. That said, Pym and Lang also ensured everybody got out of PymTech before the building blew up. Your final example, the scepter, is utterly unpersuasive. We saw in The Avengers exactly what government types do with alien tech - they experiment on it. All that would have happened in that third scenario is a different disaster, where somebody else experimented with the Mind Gem, and caused something else. Incidentally, your argument about the Vision's being on Team Iron Man assumes too much. First, it assumes that someone who's smart is always necessarily right; second, it assumes that he's not a traitor to Team Iron Man (we know somebody switches sides at some point).
By Tom Bacon8 years ago in Geeks
The Dangers and Difficulties When a Franchise Becomes Greater than its Creator...
When George Lucas announced that he doesn't like Star Wars: The Force Awakens, fandom was shocked. But I think the reason he dislikes it is simple, and it's rooted in something very human; he's seeing that his baby has grown up, and he doesn't quite like it.
By Tom Bacon8 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House'
It baffles me that any filmmaker could screw up making a movie about Mark Felt. How is it possible to fumble a subject so timely, important, historic, and filled with all of the great cinematic trappings. I’m left baffled by the movie Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House. This Liam Neeson-starring drama should have been a slam dunk. This a subject that should be front and center in the day and age of a President who faces pressures that only Richard Nixon could truly relate to.
By Sean Patrick8 years ago in Geeks