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Reviews of the top geek movies, tv, and books in the industry.
Review: Detroit
Recently I listened to Malcolm Gladwell’s incredible podcast Revisionist History and in the very first episode he discussed a fascinating sociological concept called Moral Licensing. Moral Licensing is in essence doing something that is right and then using that right action, essentially a good deed, to justify bad behavior. Gladwell’s example was a painter in 19th Century England, Elizabeth Thompson, whose painting, titled Roll Call, became the first by a female artist to take a respected placement in the Royal Academy of Art. Unfortunately, the good deed by the male dominated Royal Academy of featuring the remarkable painting gave them, in their minds, the bona fides to justify not electing Thompson to become a member of the Royal Academy. They’d done their good deed and had nothing, in their minds left to prove.
By Sean Patrick8 years ago in Geeks
Review of Game of Thrones 7.4. Top Story - August 2017.
Well, this is the episode of Game of Thrones we've been waiting for — or at least, one of the episodes. In 7.4, we finally get to see one of the fearsome fire spewing dragons in battle... against Jaime Lannister's army.
By Paul Levinson8 years ago in Geeks
Why Game of Thrones Sucks Now
About halfway through the fifth season of Game of Thrones, we were given a glimpse into to what the show would become. We were introduced to the Dornish plot line and the consequent downfall in the writing of the show. We didn't realize it then but this was our first warning that the writers had given up on intriguing, complex and logically sound storytelling.
By Darshan Desai8 years ago in Geeks
Twin Peaks 2017: The Secret Life of Diane Evans
In Part 4 of Twin Peaks: The Return we were left with one of the series most tantalising cliffhangers yet - just who was the mystery woman that Albert & Gordon referred to, whose insight they'd seek into the disturbing situation with Coop? The fandom that became was rife with speculation, from Audrey Horne to Sarah Palmer, but a front runner quickly emerged in the form of Diane, Coop's often referred to but as yet unseen secretary. During the first two seasons, Cooper would record his observations, on the case and sometimes life itself, into a dictaphone, addressing them always to 'Diane...'; a memorable and fondly parodied quirk, Coop's obvious affection for Diane radiated out into the fandom.
By James Giles8 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: Stakeout Turns 30
Stakeout exists in a bizarre space in our popular memory. The action-comedy starring Richard Dreyfuss and Emilio Estevez opened the first weekend of August, 1987 at the top of the box office. The film went on to rank in the top 10 highest grossing films of the year and earned mostly positive reviews from critics. Then, it simply faded from memory. Sure, 6 years after the release of Stakeout they got around to making a bad sequel, shoulder shruggingly titled Another Stakeout, that did the original film no favors, but why did this successful movie mostly disappear from popular memory?
By Sean Patrick8 years ago in Geeks
Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon Review
Now on to the review for Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon. This movie came out in 2011. I don’t remember being too hyped for it, but the movie delivered. The acting is good. Shia Lebeouf returns but Megan Fox has been replaced (written out LOL). Dark of the Moon is a darker film than its two predecessors…much more so!
By Matthew Sullivan8 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: Kidnap
Halle Berry has been on an astonishing losing streak at the box office since she won the Academy Award for her starring role in Monster’s Ball. Ever since the night she won people’s hearts with her teary and historic Oscar acceptance speech, Berry has made one wrong turn after another whether making bad big budget comic book movies, all X-Men sequels or spinoffs, or bad low budget thrillers, Perfect Stranger, Gothika, The Call, or head-scratching, defiantly awful fare such as Movie 43, Cloud Atlas and Catwoman, Berry seemed bent on full career sabotage.
By Sean Patrick8 years ago in Geeks
Atomic Blonde Review
The Cold War spy thriller. Perpetual snow (it's never summer in the Soviet bloc), coats, double agents, bad hair, Germans, retro tech, shifting loyalties and no shortage of scenes at checkpoints giving the slip with fake passports. Atomic Blonde injects it with a killer soundtrack, LOTS of reds and blues, Charlize Theron brawling her way through Berlin, leaving the rest of the film stuck on the wrong side of the wall.
By Nicholas Anthony8 years ago in Geeks
