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Reviews of the top geek movies, tv, and books in the industry.

Prospect (2018)
The Queen’s Lair.That’s a theory. What a fantastic SF! Not because there are breathtaking space landscapes. Or because impressive, galactic battles are being fought. And you won’t see a collection of exotic-looking aliens. To be honest, everything looks pretty cheap. As if someone has searched through the props room of large film companies just to collect remnants of old fiction films. The spacecraft, a drop-pod, with which Cee (Sophie Thatcher), and her father Damon (Jay Duplass), land on an unknown, green, swampy planet, looks like an old decrepit, plastic garbage bin full of mechanical push buttons, and levers with instructions under it in a foreign language. I immediately thought of the old Moulinex kitchen appliances that my mother used to use. And I briefly compared it with the first Star Wars film from the 70s. And also those old SF books from the library that I devoured as a young boy. Even the film poster resembled the cover of such a book.
By Peter P7 years ago in Geeks
My Review of 'Leaving Neverland'
Finding Neverland is a documentary that I didn't think I'd see myself watching, but a co-worker highly recommended the film. I didn't know what to think of it as Michael Jackson's always been in the media about these alleged allegations. My co-worker said that it was really well done and would make me question Michael Jackson's innocence.
By Brian Anonymous7 years ago in Geeks
'The Basement'–A Review (Netflix)
Only five minutes in, and I can see why this film scored three point seven on IMDB. Might be some sort of a record. Generally, I don’t critique acting, because actors are at the mercy of the director, script, and one another. Being an actor is hard. The competition is fierce, the rejection constant, the availability of good, paying, projects rare.
By Q-ell Betton7 years ago in Geeks
'The Lazarus Effect'–A Review (Netflix)
Back in the late eighties, Peter Filardi wrote a screenplay that started a mini bidding war. The story of medical students dying and bringing themselves back proved an enticing and intriguing premise, and Filardi’s Flatliners script was snapped up by Colombia pictures.
By Q-ell Betton7 years ago in Geeks
Where Pet Sematary (2019) Succeeds Pet Sematary (1989)
It is easy to latch on to the original film of a franchise, and incessantly attack the remake. We are all guilty of it to some degree due to our own bias. Personally I am OK with remakes... some of the time. I can accept the remakes to Friday The 13th and A Nightmare On Elm Street. Do not tell me to accept Halloween or Psycho though.
By Skyler7 years ago in Geeks
Why I Love Nola Darling
Let me tell you about my obsession with the TV show, She’s Gotta Have It, by legendary Spike Lee. I’ve rewatched this piece of art maybe four times since I found it on Netflix (and I'm currently dying for the new season to come out next month). Thank you for this creation Spike Lee–THANK YOU–BUT... it was actually his wife’s idea to revive his classic and iconic film into a TV show. So, although it is his righteously beautiful baby, thank you executive producer Tonya Lewis Lee.
By Anna Lucia7 years ago in Geeks
'A Clockwork Orange' Film Review
A Clockwork Orange was the second Stanley Kubrick film I ever watched (after The Shining), and walking in with only the outline of the story in mind and not having read Anthony Burgess’s source material beforehand, I was staggered by how much it differed from my initial expectations. I had been told that it was an eccentric and deeply conceptual experience with a tinge of black humor—however, upon actually watching the film, I realized that it was so much more.
By Anna Cheney7 years ago in Geeks
'Stand by Me' (1986) Film Review
It's the summer of 1959, and four 12-year-old boys are hanging about in a tree-house, using secret knocks, making racist jokes about the French, and using gay slurs. Ah, the fifties. Filmed in the eighties.
By Sarah Devine7 years ago in Geeks
'Polar': A Review (Netflix)
If you were to take a John Wick film and splice it with Kill Bill 2, the bloodier of the two-parter, and it was directed by a Guy Richie protege, who hadn’t quite got the grasp of subtlety, you would get something close to Polar, the Netflix film starring Mads Mikkelsen, last seen opposite Benedict Cumberbatch’s Stephen Strange, in the MCU’s Doctor Strange, and Vanessa Hudgens, moving away from her Disney roots.
By Q-ell Betton7 years ago in Geeks
'Game of Thrones' Reaction
There are spoilers for “Winterfell," the first episode of season 8 of Game of Thrones, ahead. If you haven’t watched this episode yet, stop reading now.
By Matthew Williams7 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Black Site' Is a Fun Sci-Fi Throwback
I have no idea how long the company Dread Central has been distributing movies, but in the couple of opportunities I have had to see Dread Central movies, thus far, I have been really impressed with their output. Book of Monsters is one of my favorite movies of 2019, thus far, and now the new movie Black Site is out and, though it is not quite as exciting as Book of Monsters, this is one terrific modern sci-fi adventure.
By Sean Patrick7 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Instant Dreams' Mourning the Polaroid in the Digital Now
After a two-year period wandering in the woods, lacking distribution, the odd yet engaging documentary Instant Dreams, from director Willem Baptist has finally found release. The strangely winding tale of the death of the Polaroid camera and the attempts to preserve something of the legacy created by famed Polaroid pioneer Edwin H. Land, Instant Dreams is an experimental and highly compelling doc.
By Sean Patrick7 years ago in Geeks