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The Boy and the Heron
Ever since watching My Neighbor Totoro with my husband I have been in love with Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli movies. When we heard that Miyazaki would be coming out with (yet another) final movie we both got very excited. The Boy and the Heron is a truly horrendous title for this movie but other than that it feels like the ultimate culmination of Miyazaki’s career and legacy.
By Alexandrea Callaghan2 years ago in Geeks
2 years of Spider-Man: No Way Home
Firstly, I know it was fan service at its Best but I will always treasure the memory of seeing No Way Home on its premiere night during the chilly winter. yelling with joy and excitement when all 3 generations of live-action Spider-Men were on-screen together!
By k eleanor2 years ago in Geeks
Poor Things is far from a Poor Film
Poor Things is the latest film from Yorgos Lanthimos, who previously brought us such films as the shocking and feral Dogtooth, the power play of the Favourite and the twisted & at times terrifying Killing of a Sacred Deer. Lantimos returns with an entirely new vision, something almost familiar and yet fresh and unseen. A Victorian tapestry splattered with a vibrant colorful steampunk layer.
By Josey Pickering2 years ago in Geeks
Remembering Norman Lear
Legendary Emmy-winning TV creator behind numerous 1970s sitcoms: All in the Family, Maude, Sanford and Son, One Day at a Time, The Jeffersons, and Good Times, producer, writer, and activist Norman Lear has died on December 5, 2023, at the age of 101 at his California home. A spokesperson released a statement confirming his death. The statement has been released on his website.
By Gladys W. Muturi2 years ago in Geeks
Classic Movie Review: 'Mrs. Doubtfire'
Mrs. Doubtfire (1993) Directed by Chris Columbus Written by Randy Mayem Singer, Leslie Dixon Starring Robin Williams, Sally Field, Mara Wilson, Pierce Brosnan
By Sean Patrick2 years ago in Geeks
The Andy Griffith Show Christmas Story remains endearing 6 decades later
The Andy Griffith Christmas special is a classic The Andy Griffith Show only broadcast one Christmas episode during its eight seasons on CBS (1960-1968). They must have decided you don't need the rest when you have the best because this episode has been beloved for six decades. Loyal fans continue to enjoy it 63 years later." "Christmas Story" first aired on December 19, 1960, during the first season and has been warming the hearts and bringing back fond memories of fans every year since.
By Cheryl E Preston2 years ago in Geeks
How Did I Become a Film Critic?
When I was a kid I fell in love with watching Siskel & Ebert, the absolute gold standard of televised film criticism. As I am sure it inspired hundreds of others to want share their love of movies with the world, I wanted to be Roger or Gene. I wanted the job of going to the movies. I had no idea that someone could get paid to go to the movies. That was insane to me and I wondered why everyone didn't seek that same job. In later years, I would learn that relatively few people actually pursued film criticism as a career.
By Sean Patrick2 years ago in Geeks
The Sleep of Reason
The scene could be a selection from a feverish nightmare. It could simply be a metaphor for the callous "care" shown by the bourgeoisie toward the starving peoples of the Third World. Do they really get off on watching their victims twist in pangs of desire and hunger, while they dole out the literal equivalent of Marie Antoinette's famous cold-blooded quip?
By Tom Baker2 years ago in Geeks
Killers of the Flower Moon - A Movie Review
You’ve got to take back control of your home. Killers of the Flower Moon is a 2023 crime-thriller film based on the novel written by David Gran. The story centers around the true story of the Osage Indian murders in the 1920s and the investigation of the newly formed FBI. A conspiracy of lies exposes oil surrounding the Osage community.
By Marielle Sabbag2 years ago in Geeks
Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
“It’s October,” they said. “Watch something scary,” they said. So, I thought what could be scarier than an old woman?
By Rachel Robbins2 years ago in Geeks
"Remember, Remember, the Fifth of November..."
"The State sanctifies its own violence as law. Yours it calls crime." Max Stirner I've quoted the above little observation by proto-anarchist and egoist Max Stirner, author of The Ego and What it Possesses, many, many times; perhaps too often, but there is no other way I could think to introduce an essay on Alan Moore's V for Vendetta, the most important graphic novel ever penned, a book so transcendent in its scope, so vast in its vision of humanity (both dark and light), it has become a piece of cultural iconography. The Guy Fawkes Face Mask is now an endemic, ubiquitous symbol of covert rebellion. Adopted by the Anonymous hacker group, it has gone the rounds of the internet and the face of the globe, a way for the most radical and dedicated and subversive elements of cultural fuckery to disguise themselves, as well as meld into one single "hive mind"; a collective unit pushing against repression and corruption; or, alternately, pushing the world forward past the edge of the envelope of nihilistic rebellion. V for Vendetta, more than any other single comic book creation I can think of (outside of Superman and Batman) has transcended the realm of mere entertainment into having a permanent place in the cultural zeitgeist.
By Tom Baker2 years ago in Geeks
Why I Walked Out: A Film Critic Shares the Times He Walked Out on a Movie
A question that I get regularly in my line of work as a professional film critic is "Have you ever walked out of a movie?" The answer is simply, yes, I have walked out of a movie. I have, in fact, walked out of two movies. I also went on to publish remarkably negative reviews despite not having finished watching these two movies. I felt strongly that I had seen far more than enough of each of these movies to make a value judgment about them and I don't feel any sort of ethical qualms about it. These were appalling films that were unlikely to improve markedly following my leaving.
By Sean Patrick2 years ago in Geeks