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Reviews of the top geek movies, tv, and books in the industry.
My Review of 'Spider-Man: Far From Home'
I know there's a ton of expectations when it comes to Spider-Man: Far From Home. Its predecessor Spider-Man: Homecoming was very successful and critically acclaimed by pretty much everyone. To make matters worse for the filmmakers, Avengers: Endgame was a massive success. Movie goers standards are now extremely high.
By Brian Anonymous7 years ago in Geeks
'Rim of the World'
Alex (Jack Gore) is a nerdy, thirteen-year-old recluse, obsessed with all things space related. His mother, Grace (Annabeth Gish) signs him up for a summer camp, Rim of the World, to try and get him involved with other kids after the death of his father.
By Q-ell Betton7 years ago in Geeks
Netflix; 'Stranger Things 3' Review and Anticipations for 'OITNB' and 'Wentworth'.
I've been watching from the beginning, so let me start by saying this season was very well written and performed, not to mention how amazingly it continued the story. I personally love that we start off seeing how Eleven and Hopper are feeding into a normal Father/Daughter relationship and his fears of her changing and growing up manifest in the protective way it would have if his actual daughter was still alive. We see so much drama and a new side of Murray Bauman who had helped point out Nancy and Jonathon's tension the season prior, well he's at it again once we get into this season while his role also becomes more integral to the plot and main group. We love seeing the monsters taking different shapes and forms this season as it starts with rats before Billy is turned into the main host, which brings more side characters to the Flayer. As the flayer grows and hunts our favorite group of now teenagers, we see a more grotesque side to the writing. Now the Flayer is hunting El and the end for Billy is more shocking and redeeming in our hearts than Dustin and Suzie singing "Never Ending Story."
By Kira Lydia G.7 years ago in Geeks
'Spider-Man: Far From Home' Review
A decade plus project, that concluded with a couple of the biggest films in recent memory, was always going to be difficult to follow up. The two-part culmination that was Infinity War and Endgame are already classics of modern cinema, covering over the less well-received films in the MCU.
By Q-ell Betton7 years ago in Geeks
'Superman: For Tomorrow'
In 2004, DC Comics published a highly ambitious storyline featuring some of the best artists and writers of the DC Comics company: Jim Lee and Brian Azzarello. The storyline featured a highly grim superhero, Superman, confronted with threats of varying nature—personal, political, scientific, and messianic. In the comic book storyline, Superman is tried and put to trial for his attempt at realizing a utopia, a pocket dimension called Metropia designed for the purpose of creating a paradisiacal dimension should the project of Earth fail. Superman in this storyline titled For Tomorrow is as much a man of belief, as he is a man of science and evidence.
By Patrick Ouandji7 years ago in Geeks
Far Out There
2018 was the unofficial year of Spider-Man, for better and for worse. Marvel’s posterboy (and my all time favorite fictional character) had a standout scene in the biggest movie of the year, Avengers: Infinity War. He then had a critically acclaimed and best selling video game on the Playstation 4. After that, he appeared in an animated film, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, which went on to win the Oscar for Best Animated Feature. And to further prove the popularity of the wall crawler, his greatest villain, Venom, had a hit movie, and Spider-Man didn’t even appear in it! Sadly, it was also the year that Spider-Man’s co-creators, Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, died mere months away from each other. Now one year later, the web-slinger is appearing in his seventh live action, solo movie. How does it compare to the other installments? Let’s find out.
By Fanpicked Media7 years ago in Geeks
'Burning' (2018) Review
Written and Directed by Chang-Dong Lee, Burning is the story of Jong-su an aspiring writer and delivery worker whose life is turned on its head when he bumps into Haemi a childhood friend whom he hasn’t seen in years. They reconnect and Haemi asks Jong-Su to take care of her cat for her while she goes traveling, when she returns, it is with a friend, Ben portrayed by Steve Yeun, who turns out to be an upper-class mystery with an interesting hobby.
By Conor Crooks7 years ago in Geeks
'Spiderman: Far From Home' Just Introduced the Phase 4? X-Men
Spoiler Alert Ahead! For those who had the chance to watch Spider-Man: Far From Home, I personally thought it was a great way to bridge the unanswered questions from Avengers: Endgame. What happened to those who came back from the snap, and what happens afterward. I won't break down the whole movie or the significance of those who returned, because there really wasn't any significance to those who returned from the snap. To get to the point, overall the movie stayed true to who Peter Parker was from the comics facing his everyday issues as a high school student would. It was like a romantic teen flick, only with an evil villain, a psychedelic trip, and somewhat of a confusing plot. Mysterio was Jake Gyllenhaal. That's about it. I have always had this love-hate relationship to whom Mysterio is in the comics. Although, I just didn't feel all too connected to him, and I love villains. At times I get excited when they reference a certain Easter egg that may give foreshadowing to the next phase, but within this movie, it just seemed those ideas were placebos. I found myself on the edge of the seat, then slowly sinking back to my seat. Spiderman: Far From Home was an overall good movie. I did get a kick to a number of Easter Eggs, but I wasn't on the edge of my seat. It was a great bridge to begin the next Phase.
By Jade Lastimosa7 years ago in Geeks
'Stranger Things 3' Reflection
Having finished Stranger Things 3, I have some non-spoiler thoughts to present, followed by marked spoiler thoughts. Overall, I thought the season was good. I am not sure whether I prefer it over the previous seasons, but I do think that no scene has topped the Snow Ball dance at the end of season two in terms of how emotional it feels. One's mileage may vary, of course. Without diving deep right away, I have some impressions regarding the nostalgia factor. And then after that, other aspects that I cannot really discuss without spoiling.
By Steven Shinder7 years ago in Geeks
