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Reviews of the top geek movies, tv, and books in the industry.
Movie Review: 'The Ballad of Lefty Brown'
The Ballad of Lefty Brown is a rough and tumble, old school western, directed with love and reverence for the genre. Writer-Director Jared Moshe in his second feature, and his second western, following his debut feature Dead Man’s Burden, clearly loves and respects westerns. The Ballad of Lefty Brown, while entertaining in its own right, is a tribute to westerns dating back to the 30s and 40s all the way through the Eastwood era of the 60s and 90s.
By Sean Patrick8 years ago in Geeks
Oscars Countdown: 'Phantom Thread'
Phantom Thread is one of those movies that makes over half its box office earnings from people doing their Oscars homework, myself included. Seeing this one was more of a requirement than anything else, just to end up saying I went 9/9 on Best Picture nominees. And of course, Phantom Thread ends up being great. Homework or not, I loved this bizarrely beautiful movie. It’s important to note how I went in blind as can be. I knew literally nothing about Phantom Thread, outside of Daniel Day-Lewis allegedly retiring after the production. And I strongly recommend seeing this film knowing as little as possible. That’s an odd way to lead off a review, as I’d certainly like you to stick around, but Phantom Thread’s delightful oddities most strongly impact the unsuspecting.
By Mike Charest8 years ago in Geeks
Anime
Death Note is a sci-fi horror show. In this show you meet a boy named Light. One day Light was at school when he saw a book drop from the sky and land in the courtyard. Curiosity took over him and he took the book home. Light then realized the book called the death note was not a joke. The death note gives you the ability to write someone's name in it and it will cause them to die. Light then decides that he would rid the world of criminals. There is one problem, though. The world's greatest detective, L, is trying to stop him. L believes that what Light is doing is wrong and he is more of a criminal himself.
By Jillian Kostrab8 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Peter Rabbit'
Peter Rabbit is the latest in a long line of kids movies based on dignified and beloved works of children’s fiction that replaces the dignity with shrill, unfunny modernity. Peter Rabbit takes Beatrix Potter’s lovely rabbit stories and wipes it’s furry feet on them with a terrible pop soundtrack and sub-Home Alone style gags so jarringly violent you begin to wonder if they belong in a kid's flick.
By Sean Patrick8 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Becks'
Becks is a wildly charming romantic drama about a woman who goes back to her hometown following a bad break up. Lena Hall stars in the film as Becks and while her story is familiar, her character is wholly original. Hall is funny, smart, sexy and original and if you can get around the familiarity of the storytelling tropes, you will really love this character and her journey.
By Sean Patrick8 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Fifty Shades Freed'
Female sexuality remains a barrier for many men. Think about it, we still have laws in many places in this country that REQUIRES half the population to wear a shirt when they go outside, because apparently boobs have some mysterious and dangerous power to them. This is reflected in modern movie culture which, despite having gone through periods marked by movies like Last Tango in Paris and 9 and ½ Weeks, has somehow become more uptight.
By Sean Patrick8 years ago in Geeks
Anime
Death Parade is a bit gory, but a cute romance. The main character died and came to this bar-like place. The bartender was supposed to judge if she was going to be reincarnated or sent to the oblivion. The one problem is, he fell in love with her. Chiyuki enters the Quindecim bar to be judged. There is something different about her. She remembers how she died. The people that get judged after death have their memories of dying removed to get a better understanding of who they are. This makes it easier for the arbiters to decide where they go. The arbiter of Quindecim, Decim, is visited by Chiyuki, but the memories are not removed. So Nona, a former arbiter, decides that Chiyuki will help Decim until he decides where she will go. In the series, you learn the Nona had made Decim with human emotions to see if it would improve how the arbiters judge. When Chiyuki died, Nona purposefully left her memories alone. This made it hard for Decim to decide, so Nona gave him time to decide, and in that time, Chiyuki would help him run the Quindecim bar.
By Jillian Kostrab8 years ago in Geeks
Pop Culture Guy episode 38: 5 Minute Reviews
For my 38th episode of my YouTube video web series, Pop Culture Guy, I did a series of quick reviews of a number of films I hadn't reviewed yet. I was inspired to do it in this style by the Fine Bros early videos, wherein they would tell the ending of certain films, television shows, or even YouTube videos in under a certain amount of time. Some I go into a lot of detail and others not a lot, and not sure if I will ever do it again.
By Daniel Brizuela8 years ago in Geeks
Review: 'Roman J. Israel, Esq.'
When I heard about this and saw the trailer, everything about it had a 'true-story' feel to it, and yet it actually isn't. This is an original piece of work from Dan Gilroy, who debuted as a director with the highly entertaining Nightcrawler a few years ago.
By David Grice8 years ago in Geeks
