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Ghostlight
Ghostlight is at the top of my list for Oscar nominations. No fluff, no preface at the beginning of this review. I will obviously go into detail but Ghostlight was truly one of the best movies of the year. We know that I love movies about movies, but you know what I love more….movies about THEATRE. Yeah that’s right my little theatre nerd heart was so very happy with every aspect of this movie.
By Alexandrea Callaghanabout a year ago in Geeks
Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett
"Waiting for Godot," a seminal work by Samuel Beckett, was first published in French in 1952 as "En attendant Godot." This groundbreaking play, which Beckett wrote between October 1948 and January 1949, marks a significant shift in modern theatre. Initially, Beckett struggled to find a publisher willing to take on the unconventional piece, but it eventually found a home with Les Éditions de Minuit, a Parisian publisher known for embracing avant-garde literature.
By Annie Kapurabout a year ago in Geeks
Spoiler Alert!: A Guide To Proper Spoiler Etiquette
In the days before Internet, Social Media, and worldwide simultaneous episode drops on streaming services, having a film or TV series spoiled before you had seen it was a much less prevalent issue than it is today. Even though many U.S based TV shows aired weeks or months ahead of what was being seen in Australia, for example, the lack of immediate online discussion meant episodes remained unspoiled. The same was true for new release films. Unless you had encountered someone who had seen a film before you, and that person accidentally revealed plot details, you usually had more time to see a film before you needed to fear having it spoiled.
By Kristy Andersonabout a year ago in Geeks
Learning to write a Bad Review
I love reading bad reviews. It is where critics are at their funniest. If there are ten films worse than Bride Wars this year, I quit ... Everyone will tell you it’s a chick flick. Only in the sense that if you ground it up and fed it to battery hens it might be better served than running it through a projector.
By Rachel Robbinsabout a year ago in Geeks
Simpsons Review: "Bart vs Thanksgiving"
Thanksgiving is upon us, and of course, that also means we receive some very good and memorable Turkey Day episodes of our favorite shows. There have been quite a few memorable Thanksgiving episodes over the decade; I still remember seeing one of Friends' Thanksgiving episodes that had the sextet playing football, while Joey and Chandler were fighting over a girl; that was a crazy one. Martin had quite a memorable Thanksgiving episode that featured the late, great John Witherspoon as one of Martin's relatives. There have been several different Thanksgiving episodes, but the best one had to be the first one from The Simpsons: "Bart vs Thanksgiving."
By Clyde E. Dawkinsabout a year ago in Geeks
Book Review: "The Wall" by Marlen Haushofer
I am happy to say that recently I returned from my hometown of Birmingham (as of writing this review, it is the 3rd of November). When there, I visited some old haunts such as the bookshop where I picked up a copy of The Wall by Marlen Haushofer. I had never heard of this book in my life but I liked the depiction of existentialism which highlighted the book cover. I know you shouldn't judge a book by its cover and so I read the blurb just in case. I was sold.
By Annie Kapurabout a year ago in Geeks
I have a favorite Christmas movie now
I have been in love with Christmas movies for most of my life. My mother's favorite was always "How The Grinch Stole Christmas" and since I couldn't pick a favorite, I just agreed with her. There were too many beautiful Christmas movies like "Miracle on 34th Street" and "A Christmas Carol" and "It's a Wonderful Life" and more. How could anyone pick a favorite? I've been watching Christmas themed movies for over 50 years and I've seen so many that were miraculous, and I've also seen some that were disappointing.
By Shanon Angermeyer Normanabout a year ago in Geeks
Looney Tunes and the Three Bears
You know, for many decades, the Looney Tunes shorts have given us many memorable characters, and no, I'm not talking about the usual suspects--they go without saying. I'm talking about those rarely seen stars who appeared in a select few shorts; sparsely mentioned, yet very memorable, indeed. This story centers on one such set featuring some underrated stars: The Three Bears.
By Clyde E. Dawkinsabout a year ago in Geeks
The Curious Career of Mercedes McCambridge. Content Warning.
The story goes that attending an open audition for the part of Sadie in All the King's Men (1949), Mercedes McCambridge got angry. Whilst waiting for her chance, she grew appalled with the treatment of the candidates being herded in and out of the office. She went in to meet the director furious and gave Robert Rossen a piece of her mind. She got the part, there and then, by unintentionally giving Rossen the rough edges and passion of the Sadie he wanted. For that role, her first feature film role, she went on to win an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress.
By Rachel Robbinsabout a year ago in Geeks
Past Lives
I watched this movie on the plane from Rome to New York almost a year ago. I started writing this story by getting the image, putting in the title and the first sentence. However, I never got around to actually writing it up until this week when in my Intercultural Communication course I used the movie clip as an illustration of non-verbal communication in different cultures. The memories and feelings of the movie flooded and urged me to return to this review. So I will try to point out some of the ways the movie affected me at the four distinct levels from the media literacy perspective:
By Lana V Lynxabout a year ago in Geeks
