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'Ghostlight' is a Lovely Film about Grief, Family, and Theater
Theater helps you understand these emotions. Ghostlight is a 2024 film. A grieving family is on its last nerve. One day, Dan discovers a small theater group. He becomes secretly involved in a production of William Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet. This theater group helps the family resolve matters and find closure.
By Marielle Sabbag2 years ago in Geeks
How Korean Drama ‘Lovely Runner’ showcased Love in All Forms
This article contains heavy spoilers. Read with caution. Love is in everything we do, it’s in how we tell our friends to take care after we hang out, it’s in how we prepare meals for our family, it’s in how we watch and consume the media we enjoy. Love is especially present in the hit Korean drama “Lovely Runner” starring Kim Hyeyoon and Byeon Wooseok, where love transcends all and becomes the catalyst to the happy ending it has. The series follows the story of Im Sol (Hyeyoon) being the biggest fan of idol Ryu Sunjae (Wooseok). Sol was once an aspiring film director whose dreams were crushed when she got into an accident that paralyzed her, yet Sunjae was able to give her hope to keep going in life. Sol becomes devastated when Sunjae commits suicide, which is where the story picks up in a timeslip.
By Alexandra Juana Angela Manlangit2 years ago in Geeks
Compliance - A Movie Review
We have to be at our best tonight. Based on true events, Compliance is a 2012 film. During a busy evening at a fast food restaurant, a police officer calls and claims that an employee has stolen money. As the officer makes the workers perform lude acts on a female co-worker, his behavior becomes suspicious.
By Marielle Sabbag2 years ago in Geeks
Wolf Girl - A Movie Review
Step right up, step this way! Enjoy the show. Wolf Girl is a 2001 film. A traveling freak show arrives in town. Tara Talbot is titled the ‘Terrifying Wolf Girl’ in the circus. Her body is covered with hair from head to toe. When she meets a group of local teens, Tara questions her place in the world and longs for normalcy.
By Marielle Sabbag2 years ago in Geeks
Take Me Home - A Movie Review
I have $83. Is that enough to get us across the country? After circling various highways, Take Me Home drove into theaters in 2011. Desperate to run away from their current lives, Claire steps into a fraud taxi driven by Thom. They take an unplanned road trip to California and encounter roadblocks and arguments.
By Marielle Sabbag2 years ago in Geeks
The Map of Tiny Perfect Things - A Movie Review
We’ll figure everything out eventually, just like this time loop we’re cursed in. After breaking free from a time loop, The Map of Tiny Perfect Things appeared in theaters in 2021. Mark and Margaret are two teenagers stuck in a time loop. As they figure out what it all means, they journey to distinguish life’s perfect moments.
By Marielle Sabbag2 years ago in Geeks
Anime Expo
This year I am going to my first Anime Expo. There are a lot of cons coming up and I am going to be very busy towards the next few months and Anime Expo kicks off my con season. As I have just recently started getting into anime I don’t know a lot of the shows and manga that have panels going on but I am using this as an opportunity to learn about some new things and find my next hyperfixation. I will be pretty busy on Saturday and on Sunday I do just get to kind of wander the convention floor and see if there is anything that I want to spend money on. But you know that I really love to share my convention schedules with you guys so here is my Anime Expo plan!
By Alexandrea Callaghan2 years ago in Geeks
Life Imitating 'Notebook' Art
This is a sad example of life imitating art or should I say Life Imitating 'Notebook" Art. Award Winning Actress Gena Rowlands, a legend of the screen whose career has spanned nearly seven decades including the role of The Notebook playing the role as the older Allie while actress Rachel McAdams plays the same character as the young Allie has been privately diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease. Her son, director, and actor Nick Cassavetes, shared the news with Entertainment Weekly while looking back on working together on The Notebook for its 20th anniversary.
By Gladys W. Muturi2 years ago in Geeks
Delicious in Dungeon
As you might know I am still getting into anime. It's not something I watch often because I hate English dubs and I like to multi-task which I can’t do when I have to read the screen. That said, I have been watching some of the anime available on Netflix and I stumbled upon one called Delicious in Dungeon. I fell in love with it immediately and proceeded to binge watch 24 episodes in 2 days. The show is a delightful blend of dungeons and dragons and a cooking show. It’s funny, smart, creative and I truly cannot recommend it enough. So if you are also an anime novice I think that this show is a really good place to start, it's short, it's fun and unlike some of the other ones I recommended for beginners it doesn’t get too intense.
By Alexandrea Callaghan2 years ago in Geeks
House of the Dragon
House of the Dragon season 2, episode 3. This is where the internet (at least the side of it that has read Fire and Blood) believes that Rhaenys is going to die. That said, the last episode really didn’t do much to progress the actual war part of this war so I suppose we will see. Honestly I think what made Game of Thrones so compelling was the political conversations and moves being made, that occasionally led to battle. But House of the Dragon really isn’t doing much of either. They seem to be spending more time on the interpersonal relationships of each side which were not relevant parts of the book at all. Alicent isn’t even mentioned for like 100 pages of the dance so why am I seeing her so much? Anyway just further proof that the writing team doesn’t understand their source material.
By Alexandrea Callaghan2 years ago in Geeks
10 Shocking Differences Between the Dexter Books and Show
10 Shocking Differences Between the Dexter Books and Show It's been nine years since the book series, 3 years since the New Blood series, and 11 years since the original TV series, so there will be some spoilers in the 10 Shocking Differences Between the Dexter Books and Show. Buckle up your seatbelts. Here we go.
By Niko Banks2 years ago in Geeks
