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Reviews of the top geek movies, tv, and books in the industry.
Major Differences Between Movie and Book
While books are often being made into movies and TV shows lately, during the process things are often changed or just plain left out. In this case the book version and movie versions of The Duff are completely different. It's hard to believe the movie is even based on the book. In the book, our main character Bianca Piper lives with her dad and mother, though her mother is gone most of the time traveling as a motivational speaker, thus leaving Bianca to pretty much be raised by her father who is an ex-alcoholic.
By Jordyn Satter7 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'First Man' Excels as a Macro View of Space Exploration and a Micro View of Humanity
Oscar winning director Damien Chazelle's First Man tells the raw story of how America, as a nation got the the moon. However, as the titleindicates, the film chooses to tell the story specifically from the perspective of Neil Armstrong: A troubled man who is grieving the tragic loss of his child. If there is one word that describes what it feels like to watch this movie it would be immersive. The term "man in a can" has been used to describe astronauts before and First Man viscerally immerses audiences into the feeling of being hurled through space while crammed into a tiny command module held together by nuts and bolts. While it is a visceral and cinematic space-exploration drama, the primary goal of the film is to immerse audience into the grief, isolation and humanity of the first man on the the moon. The film achieves this goal masterfully.
By Ben McVittie7 years ago in Geeks
'Animal World' Review
Animal World based on the manga Kaiji is a Chinese language movie available on Netflix. There are already a number of adaptations to Kaiji like the 2007 anime or the 2009 Japanese live-action movie. What sets Animal World apart is that it’s less of retelling of the same story in a new medium and more of a loose adaptation.
By Gareth Read-Ellis7 years ago in Geeks
"A Lovely Sunday"
The first thing that strikes you at "A Lovely Sunday For Creve Coeur" is the cluttered stage by Harry Feiner. The symbolism is too great, as we see the lives of four women unwind. Like many of Tennessee Williams plays, we see the symmetry of many of the characters that he presents to us. We saw it in "Streetcar Named Desire" and we see it in "Creve Couer". Four women, all with an agenda, some good, some not so good and of course some with cunning, bad intentions. The play takes place in St. Louis, the home of many German immigrants after World War Two. These immigrants were hard working, blue collar people who strove to have a better life here in America. We meet for most of the first hour both Dorothea (Jean Lichty), a young vibrant school teacher who posses a Southern charm. She is a transplant from Memphis and teaches at the local school where she is a civics teacher. She is smitten by the schools principal who we never see. Ralph Ellis is the schools principal and apparently a heart throb, at least to Dorothea. He comes from the "right family", is thrusted onto the social calendar even though he decided to a teacher instead of a lawyer like his father. The play is two hours and set in one day and the action is at a very even pace and moves nicely. Austin Pendleton did a nice job moving his characters about in true Williams fashion. Tennessee Williams plays need to keep the audience looking, watching and studying the actors wondering what is going through their minds. "Sunday" is no different. One of Tennessee Williams lesser know plays, but a good one no less.
By Robert M Massimi. ( Broadway Bob).7 years ago in Geeks
'Army of Darkness' Review
This is the ultimate definition of a "Cult Classic" or a B-Movie. A film made with an extremely low budget of 11 million dollars and is beloved by the "Dungeons and Dragons" type of nerds and video gamers everywhere. And I don't say this as a bad thing. Although you won't find me at any "dungeons and dragons" meetups, I am totally on this movie's bandwagon.
By Brandon Wettig7 years ago in Geeks
Review: 'Bad Times at the El Royal'
After the trailer debuted, not much was known about the latest movie from The Cabin In The Woods director, Drew Goddard. We were exposed to the tone, texture, feel and title for the movie, but what was Bad Times at the El Royale? The film opened this week and we got to see it, and whilst the movie was great, we wouldn’t like to check in!
By The Rumble Online7 years ago in Geeks
A Missed Opportunity: 'Bad Times at the El Royale'
WARNING: Spoilers ahead. But you probably won't want to pay to see this movie so keep reading. Director Drew Goddard's latest film Bad Times at the El Royale is a period thriller/drama/comedy/action film packed with twists, turns, timecards and an extensive penultimate scene. Two hours and twenty minutes long, EL ROYALE weaves together the story of 7 inhabitants of the titular lodge.
By Marina Caitlin Watts7 years ago in Geeks
'Doctor Who': "The Ghost Monument" Review
Warning: Possible spoilers for the episode below. Having spent the Series 11 opener effectively relaunching Doctor Who with a new cast and new look, with episode two new showrunner Chris Chibnall had the chance to take the show into space. Doing so isn't a new thing as both Russell T Davies and Steven Moffat did with their respective second outings with "The End of the World" and "The Beast Below." Would "The Ghost Monument" build on the strengths of the previous episode or falter somewhat?
By Matthew Kresal7 years ago in Geeks
'Venom'
Regarding Venom and Sony's decisions: First off, ignore the critics and just see the movie. It was a fun ride that I got to see for free, but would happily pay to see again. One of the critiques people have is that it's not "violent enough" and that the movie settled to a PG-13 rating after being teased for over a year it would be rated R.
By Benjamin Peck7 years ago in Geeks
