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Reviews of the top geek movies, tv, and books in the industry.
Movie Review: 'Blockers'
When their daughters make a sex pact on Prom Night, three parents set out stop them in the new comedy Blockers. Lisa (Leslie Mann), Mitchell (John Cena), and Hunter (Ike Barinholz) entered each other’s lives when their daughters met and became lifelong friends in Kindergarten. Now, with college on the horizon and Prom Night at hand, the three parents are adjusting poorly to their daughters growing up.
By Sean Patrick8 years ago in Geeks
Tomb Raider Review
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED. There's something weird about this movie. It's not the worst video game adaptation ever, yet it's still very lacking in its story, the brutal survivalist nature of the game, and how it handles the character of Lara Croft. The problems are made very evident early on, and while it tries to redeem itself in the third act, its struggles are more or less in vain.
By James F. Ewart8 years ago in Geeks
My MoviePass Review
The MoviePass program was first brought to my attention by my daughter. She told me it was something that her father and I might want to check out. We do enjoy going to the movies, so I took her advice. I did some online research and found that the MoviePass Company was founded in 2011. Apparently, it has been around for a while, so I was surprised I had not heard of this service before. I read some reviews about the program and found a mixed bag of reviews. Some individuals have found MoviePass to be an inexpensive way to see movies while others had complained about the service. The complaints were from people who claimed they had never received their passes or they had problems using the pass once they arrived at the theater. Being an optimist, I decided to take a gamble and go with the positive reviews. I went to their website and ordered two passes at $9.95 each.
By The Green Owl8 years ago in Geeks
Stupid Things in "War for the Planet of the Apes" EVERYONE just ignored PART I
On July 14, 2017, War For the Planet of the Apes was released in theaters everywhere, earning over $490 million at the box office. The movie was a summer hit and was even nominated for an academy award for "Best Visual Effects" but unfortunately did not win.
By Joseph Pecher8 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Midnight Sun'
As a much younger and more rash critic, I created a nasty, dismissive shorthand for movies that centered on teenage girl characters who die of vaguely familiar diseases slowly enough to have a literally once in a lifetime love affair. I referred to these movies as "Dead Ingenue Movies." I coined the term in my admittedly nasty review of 2003’s A Walk to Remember.
By Sean Patrick8 years ago in Geeks
The City & The City Episode 1
In some ways, China Mieville’s book The City and The City seems like it has a weird-fiction premise designed specifically to be adaptation friendly. The book is basically a police procedural that uses a pretty simple sci-fi concept. I don’t want to sound like one of those guys who say things like ‘this is proper sci-fi, not silly aliens and spaceships’, but of Mieville’s books it does seem to be the one that requires the least in terms of having to visualise things that don’t exist.
By jetpacktoeverywhere8 years ago in Geeks
My Little Over-Analysis of 'Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters' Part 1: Introduction to the Review Series
How does a kid's show centered around a trading card game build a long-lasting following as well as become the source material for one of the most successful internet parodies of all time (Yu-Gi-Oh: The Abridged Series)? Well, in the case of Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters it's pretty much impossible to give it a straightforward answer. However, that's also what makes exploring it so much fun. And, well, this is exactly what this little review series is about.
By Art-Peeter Roosve8 years ago in Geeks
What the Fest 2018: 'Revenge' Review
----Contains Spoilers----- Written and directed by Coralie Fargeat, Revenge should be called Survive, as the film is more about the main characters survival then getting revenge. Seriously, she's just trying to live. That's what being a woman is all about, right? Surviving in a world dominated by men who think we're nothing more than the sum of our parts. At least, I think that's what's being explored here—or maybe I'm reaching. While it's nowhere near as satisfying as other movies in the genre like I Spit On Your Grave or Death Wish, it has enough charisma to be your next guilty pleasure B-movie.
By Valerie Complex8 years ago in Geeks
My Little Over-Analysis of 'Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters' Part 2: Episode 1 'The Heart of the Cards'
As far as pilot episodes go, this one pretty much nails it in terms of balance. On the one hand, it does a good job at establishing many of the show's staplers as well as introduce us to the world and the characters. In fact, a lot of this set up already gets taken care of even before the rather excellent opening credits roll, as we learn of the show's ancient Egyptian themed lore and how it all connects to our lead Yugi.
By Art-Peeter Roosve8 years ago in Geeks
'Krypton' Episode 3: The Rankless Initiative
Oh wow…we are opening with a “Last time on Krypton…” recap. I hate recaps. I really do. Do we really have such short attention spans that we HAVE to have the major events from the last episode retold to us? Most of what we’re seeing now isn’t even from last episode, it’s from the pilot. They are recapping a recap. And the recap is almost two minutes long. Man if they keep up this ratio by episode ten, it's going to be a quarter of the run time.
By Michael Bauch8 years ago in Geeks
