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Best geek movies throughout history.
H'ween Horrorthon: 'Flatliners' (1990)
"Death is beautiful? What a bunch of crap!"—Julia Roberts as Rachel Manus Hello one and all. 2017 seems to be the year for the film industry's desperate dumping of what I love to call "The Belated Sequel" on us. Admittedly, one movie has indeed piqued my interest as it has many others. Denis Villeneuve's 35th year sequel event Blade Runner 2049 is indeed a film that I intend to see and even review (yes, that's a blatant in-your-face plug). But, it's safe to say (yes, I offer no regrets saying it) that the Niel Arden Oplev 27-year belated Flatliners "sequel" is by no means on my Must-See list. Nope. I prefer to stick with Joel Schumacher's 1990 groundbreaking thriller that starred Kiefer Sutherland, who leads a group of sharp-minded medical students (Julia Roberts, William Baldwin, Kevin Bacon, and Oliver Platt) into the ultimate experiment: briefly induce clinical brain death in order to explore life after.
By Carlos Gonzalez8 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'The Mountain Between Us'
The Mountain Between Us is damn near comedy gold. This so bad it’s fun nonsense romance posits two attractive leads delivering silly dialogue and rote drama in the midst of hyper-circumstances. When Dr. Ben, played by Idris Elba, responds to his new friend Alex, played by Kate Winslet, saying that ‘the heart is just a muscle,’ try to control your gag reflex and for the sake of the few who might be able to process such schmaltz, stifle your giggles.
By Sean Patrick8 years ago in Geeks
Movies That Sequel Baited Pretty Hard
It's not uncommon for movies to plan their sequels far in advance. It's been pretty common practice to do contractually for a while in Hollywood. Noticeably, many films leave the story open to the possibility of a sequel for buzz reasons or to ease the mountains of anxiety that the Hollywood franchise writers surely suffer. Every once in a while, a film will have an ending that leaves the possibility of a sequel pretty doubtless. I figure it as a producer or studio exec betting on what they think is a sure horse. Then the sequel, for one reason or another, never comes which, the farther we get from release date, the more amusing this becomes — or maybe frustrating, depending on where your desires lie.
By Iris St.Lucy8 years ago in Geeks
What's Wrong with Christian Movies
Before anyone accuses me of being an atheist, let me declare that I am a Christian. I have asked Jesus to be my Savior, and I have tried to live and make choices that I believe God would want me to make. That's the reason why I feel the need to share my thoughts about these religious movies that most Christians have been praising in the past few years. So without further ado, I give you Five Things Wrong with Christian Movies.
By Julia Risitano8 years ago in Geeks
H'ween Horrorthon: Black Swan
"If I were only casting the White Swan, she would be yours. But I'm not."Vincent Cassel as Thomas Leroy/The Gentleman Hello again. So, my Halloween Horrorthon is now in full swing and this latest entry is the last one for September. Looking forward to regaling you with October's as I've lined up some major goodies, of which includes a perennial animated holiday favorite and even a short film with a certain pop music legend. At any rate, here's the latest in my movie repertoire and it's the first one from this decade.
By Carlos Gonzalez8 years ago in Geeks
Gollum: A Warning to Us All
As many of you know from The Lord of The Rings franchise, a gangling creature named Gollum, former owner of the McGuffin of the story, the ring of power, wasn't always the way he was. I'm sure I'm going to butcher the plot in one way or another, but from Gollum's history we find out he was once a simple-living, nature loving-creature closely related to hobbits, once named Sméagol, whose biggest concern as he went fishing with his cousin Déagol on his birthday was likely what type of beer would pair well with their catch. Déagol gets a strike and as he's about to pull it in, he himself is pulled into the water. The One Ring of Power is discovered for the first time in some thousands of years later after its last owner, King Isildur from Gondor, becoming possessed by the ring's will almost the second he saw it, refused an order to destroy it in the fires of Mount Doom, and was later ambushed and killed by a company of orcs .
By Benjamin Alexander House8 years ago in Geeks
Can Blockbuster Films Have Broad and Accurate Representation?
Look (at this net) (that I just found). But really, look: for a few years superhero movies have been letting me down. A couple here and there actually have characters I care about so I stick to them. Every comic book movie that has been released so far this year is one I have had no interest in. I lost faith and my lack of faith, unfortunately, included Wonder Woman.
By The Decadent Roomies8 years ago in Geeks
What Stands Between: Let the Right One in Movie Review
“Squeal pig, squeal.” This sentence is the sneered mocking of Oskar’s bullies, as well as the first line of dialog we hear from him within the film, as he stands outside, stabbing a tree and imagining taking revenge on his tormenters. This line is especially shocking, and telling, coming from the small boy. With pale skin, light blonde hair, and large eyes, Oskar would typically be what we as a viewer were shown as a shining example of uncorrupted innocence. Yet here, we see a child whose violent tendencies are taking him down a very dark and dangerous road.
By Destiny Smith8 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Happy Hunting'
Happy Hunting is one of the better horror movies of 2017. This Most Dangerous Game knock off takes the premise of hunting humans and puts a redneck, Mexican border setting to it and lets loose with a serious amount of blood and guts. The film reminded me a little of 2016’s brilliant horror-thriller Green Room which used a backwoods milieu to similar effect. That film is far better than Happy Hunting but that this film brings that one to mind says something about how good Happy Hunting really is.
By Sean Patrick8 years ago in Geeks
Ranking the Felix Leiters
The James Bond fan community was saddened to learn of the death of Bernie Casey. The former NFL player-turned actor has died at the age of 78. He played the part of Felix Leiter in an unofficial James Bond film, 'Never Say Never Again', in 1983. Sean Connery talked Casey into taking the role as a black actor would make Leiter 'more memorable'. The official Bond films have since followed suit by casting Jeffrey Wright as Leiter in the first two Daniel Craig movies.
By Andrew Beasley8 years ago in Geeks
