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Reviews of the top geek movies, tv, and books in the industry.
Movie Review: 'Cherry' . Top Story - February 2021.
Tom Holland is an actor I like a great deal. He has an earnest face and boyish charm that make him a near perfect fit for Peter Parker and Spider-Man. He’s proven as part of a series of Marvel Movies that he can hang with big stars and take the lead himself and all while maintaining an air of approach-ability. These qualities, unfortunately, don’t translate into more gritty or dark roles. The evidence for that is the new Apple Original movie Cherry, a failing attempt at translating Holland’s charm into something grimy and dramatic.
By Sean Patrick5 years ago in Geeks
Documentary Review: 'F.T.A' Free the Army
I started out in radio at the age of 19 and at that time, I was only vaguely aware of Jane Fonda. At 24 however, when I landed my first, full time radio gig, as a producer of an all male, conservative talk radio station, I was introduced to Jane Fonda in the strangest way. After September 11th, and the move toward war in Afghanistan and Iraq we began to get calls constantly warning those Jane Fonda types in Hollywood to keep their mouths shut.
By Sean Patrick5 years ago in Geeks
Party like it's 1999?
In 1999, Dreamworks and director Sam Mendez presented the theaters with the film "American Beauty" starring Kevin Spacey as Lester Burnham. The film won 5 Oscars including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Screenplay, and Best Cinematography. Thomas Newman should have won for Best Music, but he did not win. Alan Ball wrote the screenplay and the story was inspired by the Long Island Lolita, also known as Amy Fisher who shot Mary, Joey's wife simply because she was jealous.
By Shanon Angermeyer Norman5 years ago in Geeks
Namaste Wahala
I'd be the first to admit my ignorance of Nigerian cinema, otherwise known as 'Nollywood'. Ever since reading some articles about its fascinating early days in the 1990s, when films were produced on shoestring budgets and retailed on market stalls, I've planned to get around to watching some. Namaste Wahala popping up on my Netflix recommendations a few days ago seemed like a great place to start.
By TheSpinstress 5 years ago in Geeks
Oh No! I Didn’t Like a 98% Fresh Movie
Well, it finally happened. After years of being the pretentious film guy among many of my social circles, I met my match against a piece of Oscar bait I typically love. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom showed me that there is in fact a “good” movie that I don’t like. By that, I mean I didn’t enjoy a movie that both critics and audiences agree is good. There are plenty of film scholar favorites like Jules and Jim and plenty of crowd pleasers like Venom that I don’t like, but each of those appeals to one base while alienating the other. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom is the first true consensus pick that left me out in the cold, and yet everyone else is eating it up with its 87 on Metacritic, 7.1 on IMDb, and 98% critic and 78% audience scores on Rotten Tomatoes. Instead of taking the loss and moving onto other Oscar hopefuls, I wanted to dive into this anomaly and try to figure out exactly why I feel different than the general population.
By Sam Pinnelas5 years ago in Geeks
Nomadland - A Movie Review
It’s always what’s out there that is more exciting. Take time to explore. Based on the book written by Jessica Bruder, Nomadland is a 2020 film. Fern, a grieving woman decides to pack up her life into a van and live as a nomad. Finding work and meeting new people as she travels around the American West, Fern explores her emotions.
By Marielle Sabbag5 years ago in Geeks
303(2018)- Review
303 is a German road-trip movie entailing a budding friendship that evolves between Jule (Mala Emde) and Jan (Anton Spieker) during a trip they eventually come to share traveling from Berlin to a few cities in Europe. Jule is a biology student and is stricken by the fact of her failing her exam and to add to the turmoil finds out she is pregnant. In order to meet her boyfriend, Alex, she sets out in her Mercedes Hymer 303 motorhome to Portugal, where he is writing his doctoral thesis. En Route she finds Jan, a political student who wants a lift to Cologne. Jan too having issues of his own is traveling to Spain to see his biological father, whose existence Jan wasn't aware of for a long time. Initially, reluctant Jule agrees to share her motorhome with Jan and on their journey, they go on to discuss & argue about everything that comes to their mind. With these insightful conversations, they get to know each other well delving deep into these discussions showcasing their emotions. Ultimately, they come to confide in each other and like each other's company.
By The Couch Review5 years ago in Geeks
Legacy of Lies
Brief synopsis: An MI6 is tasked with collecting a piece of information whilst in Russia posing as a journalist. The information can expose Russian double agents working in America. The night he goes to retrieve the information, the mission goes awry and the love of his life is killed.
By Q-ell Betton5 years ago in Geeks
