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Reviews of the top geek movies, tv, and books in the industry.
30 Years of 'Amazon Women on the Moon'
One of the first movies I ever reviewed on my podcast, when it was still called I Hate Critics, now Everyone’s a Critic, was a disconcerting sketch comedy movie called Movie 43. The film was a series of appalling short films strung together with no narrative under a title that one could imagine it having been randomly assigned by a movie studio for storage purposes, not intended for theatrical release. That this series of short films starred such actors as Hugh Jackman, Kate Winslet, Richard Gere, Liev Schreiber, and Naomi Watts are the only reason Movie 43 ever saw the light of day.
By Sean Patrick9 years ago in Geeks
Review of Game of Thrones 7.7
An excellent season 7 finale of Game of Thrones last night, though, I have to say, not quite as exciting or decisive as last week's penultimate episode (but that's often the case these years — the next-to-last episode is often more mind-blowing or just better than the last, be it the season or series finale).
By Paul Levinson9 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'England is Mine'
I have to believe that writer and singer Morrissey is more interesting than the version of him brought to light in the movie England is Mine. I cannot sit here and tell you I know much more about Morrissey than what I read on his Wikipedia page. I can’t name a single Smiths song or Morrissey solo single. That said, I still know who he is. Somehow through some kind of pop cultural osmosis I know who Morrissey is and that is enough to tell me he must be interesting, he has to be more interesting than this mopey, dopey boring version of Morrissey in England is Mine.
By Sean Patrick9 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: Wind River
Wind River is one of the most emotional experiences I have had at the movies in 2017. The modern western from writer-director Taylor Sheridan is a cold and harsh drama about a cold and harsh place where these characters don’t merely live, they survive. The film also shines a devastating light on the plight of Native Americans and the criminal lack of care we give to their living conditions and well-being. That it takes a white writer-director and two white movie stars to get this story told says nearly as much as the movie itself.
By Sean Patrick9 years ago in Geeks
Marvel's Defenders Review
The Netflix Original, Marvel’s Defenders, has been one of many Netflix shows highly anticipated by comic book fans and avid show watchers alike. The Defenders brings together the four characters from previously produced shows already popular on Netflix: Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, and Iron Fist.
By Vanessa Cherron Riser9 years ago in Geeks
Review: 'The Defenders' Season 1
Title:The DefendersNetwork: NetflixStarring: Charlie Cox, Krysten Ritter, Mike ColterEpisodes: 8 What It Is The Defenders follows Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, and Iron Fist as they team up to take on The Hand. It is the fourth show from Marvel to be exclusively on Netflix.
By FilmSnob Reviews.com9 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: Leap!
It’s bizarre to me at times the things we feel are alright simply because they are animated. Take for instance the new animated family movie Leap which, while it tells a lovely story of an aspiring ballerina, spends a portion of its third act following a crazy woman as she attempts to murder two orphan children. Now, I get it, they’re animated but the choice made here is so incredibly forced and horrible that it doesn’t feel like Elmer Fudd’s failed attempts to murder Bug Bunny but something far more grim, ugly and worst of all, unnecessary.
By Sean Patrick9 years ago in Geeks
'The Game': 20 Years Later
"Does this thing end?" This is a valid question posed by cold, shrewd investment banker, Nicholas Van Orton, played memorably by Michael Douglas as he's in the middle of a litmus test in the main offices of Consumer Recreation Services (CRS); a company that specializes in interactive life "games" that either test the endurance of the participant, or unravel them to the brink of insanity or death.
By Carlos Gonzalez9 years ago in Geeks
Eclipse / L'Eclisse (1962)
Millions of Americans poured out yesterday onto the parks and the streets to watch the magnificent solar eclipse. Everyone was excited to see how the moon blocks the sun for some minutes. It is a rare event, with the last total eclipse crossing the US recorded on June 8, 1918. Despite their rarity, they are a well-known cosmic phenomenon these days.
By Farshad Masoomi9 years ago in Geeks
