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Reviews of the top geek movies, tv, and books in the industry.
Short Film Review: Juice
‘Juice’ is a short film by LargeShortFilms available on YouTube. Set in India in a small city flat of our main character Manju Singh (Shefali Shah) and her husband, who is having a family gathering. The film attempts to illustrate patriarchy manifesting through gender roles and gender inequality in a South Asian household.
By Kamaria Ahmad5 years ago in Geeks
The Craft - A Movie Review
Don’t ever cross the witches or they will really make you regret it. The Craft flew its way into theaters on a broomstick in 1996. The story involves four girls who are witches. Taking advantage of the fact that they can perform spells, the girls get revenge on anybody who is cruel to them. Will their decisions come back to haunt them?
By Marielle Sabbag5 years ago in Geeks
Mulan Live-Action Review: Refocusing on the Morals of the Movie
Mulan Live-Action Review: Refocusing on the Morals of the Movie By. Angelica Garcia After watching the Live-Action Mulan Movie, some people have said that it was too dull. Honestly, while watching the movie, I felt that way at times. However, when I put that aside, I realized that the overall messages caught my attention. When I think about the crucial messages the movie wanted to portray, I'd say it wasn’t that bad after all. I liked how the film showed that acknowledging, respecting, listening, and allowing a woman to lead can be very important and beneficial because doing these things can still be very difficult for some.
By Angelica Lyanna N. Garcia5 years ago in Geeks
Book Review: A Pail Of Oysters
This is a novel called A Pail of Oysters. A book that, although published in 1953, was scarcely available until recently. A book banned for decades and passed around in secret, a book that the government hated so much they sent people to steal and destroy copies from even the libraries overseas too. If you were caught reading this book, you could die. But the story inside this book is simultaneously tragic and beautiful. The story deserves to be told. This is a story so incredibly intertwined with culture, gender, and sex; in fact, this book exists because of the clash and kaleidoscope of cultures.
By Annabelle Liao5 years ago in Geeks
My Review of "The Art of War"
The Art of War is a Wesley Snipes action movie that came out back in 2000. When watching this you're going to have to throw out some logic in your head knowing that it's an old Hollywood action flick. If you're able to throw away your logic you're in for quite a treat. There's a lot of fun little twists and action sequences that will have you thinking, "oh yeah they could only have done this at that time and get away with it."
By Brian Anonymous5 years ago in Geeks
Game of Thrones by George R. R Martin
I remember when the first episode of Game of Thrones premiered on TV. Everyone was talking about it. Jon Snow popped up on forum signatures. Winter is coming emerged from everybody’s lips. Every taboo theme possible is inside Game of Thrones TV series which takes the name from the first book of a Song of Fire and Ice series. Both the TV series and the books are long and the book series is nowhere near finished. Those hoping to watch the show so they can catch up with the books, are gonna be mislead. I know so many people who have ended up binge watching the entire series, and haven’t even started the books yet.
By Chloe Gilholy5 years ago in Geeks
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is a prequel to the beloved dystopian series, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. I loved the Hunger Games series myself because I loved Katniss as a character. I thought her relationships with Peeta, President Snow, Prim and Gale were all poignant. The political agendas and symbolisms were gorgeous. I’m really glad that it got the praise it deserved and a wonderful film series that did it justice.
By Chloe Gilholy5 years ago in Geeks
Hot Take: 'The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl' is a Cinematic Masterpiece.
"Everything that is or was began with a dream" In the past, whenever I found myself defending this movie (a conversation I find myself having embarrassingly often) I would usually start my defense with "it's not a masterpiece but...". As I have grown older, I have decided to take that statement back. This movie is a masterpiece. The quality of The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl cannot be represented by a digit, it would be futile to assign this movie a rating out of five stars. One cannot describe this movie with words like good or bad; even "so-bad-it's-good" fails to capture this movie. This movie is an anomaly of massive proportions.
By Ben McVittie5 years ago in Geeks
My Review of "Faster"
Faster came out back in 2010. It's a pretty fun concept and you can sort of see some comparisons to it to John Wick. Unfortunately there's nothing that really jumps out that really makes this movie a stand out. That's not to say that this isn't an entertaining movie though. It's a pretty fun popcorn movie but it's ultimately forgettable.
By Brian Anonymous5 years ago in Geeks
Book Review: "Auschwitz: A Doctor's Eye-Witness Account" by Miklós Nyiszli
I'm not going to lie when I say that this book was something I read some weeks ago and then, unusually, spread across a few days of reading time. I couldn't bring myself to read the whole thing in one sitting even though it was a pretty short book. It was just too graphic and too uneasy to sit there and take in all at once. I spread it out over a few days in order to pace myself. Don't worry, I did the same thing with a number of other graphic war books as well. Some books go into some detail, but when you're reading a book by someone who was actually there and it goes into the details like the smell of dead bodies and children who suffer horribly, you have to put it down if you want to eat or sleep that day.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Geeks
