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Reviews of the top geek movies, tv, and books in the industry.
No Matter the Facts of Real Life Escape From Alcatraz - Clint Eastwood Does Just That In 1979 Film
Long before Tim Robbins (as Andy Dufresne) endured the injustice and indignity of Shawshank Prison and turned the tides on his duplicitous, righteous jailers, Clint Eastwood engineered his own real life Escape from Alcatraz in the 1979 prison break film.
By Rich Monetti9 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: "Wonder Woman" Defeats the Box Office
When she was first sketched on a blank page, it was 1940, the dark days of the Second World War. A year later she made her first appearance in All Star Comics. Little boys liked her because she was strong—and half-naked. Little girls liked her because she was pretty.
By Dre Joseph9 years ago in Geeks
Twin Peaks 2017: The Gifted and The Damned
Twin Peaks: The Return Parts 5&6, titled 'Case Files' and 'Don't Die' respectively, continue the trend of using a variety of digital techniques to enhance the visual storytelling; here I'll be taking a look at a few specific scenes and what they say about the world of Twin Peaks.
By James Giles9 years ago in Geeks
All Eyez On Me Review
2016's Straight Outta Compton was a huge success, both fans and critics loved it. Now this year’s Straight Outta Compton is All Eyez on Me, the bio-drama about Tupac’s life. These films are clearly starting a new trend of music based bio-drama about hip hop artists that are relevant to the everyday filmgoer. Getting too many of these films will end up being overkill but the two we have right now are prime examples of why more should be mad. Yes some of the people from Straight Outta Compton are in Tupac, but not in a Marvel-style expanded universe way, unfortunately, but the story is fresh and intriguing enough to make All Eyez on Me a solid film.
By The Chairport9 years ago in Geeks
My Trainspotting 2 Review
Okay, if you're a movie buff and you're a fan of the original Trainspotting, you should know that it revolutionized cinema and made an impact. I watched Trainspotting when I was about fourteen, a better time in my youth, my mum bought it from a charity store and much like how she let me watch 8 Mile (when I was about ten), she allowed me to watch Trainspotting. I've always been a loner, drifter and being a loner movies are always here for me and I love films, so I was not disappointed with Trainspotting. It's only now aged eighteen and miserable in my early adulthood that I truly appreciate Trainspotting, it is not about heroin addicts; it's about friendships, decaying innocence, growing older and growing wiser. Sure we cannot forget Trainspotting's killer soundtrack, cinematography and memorable quotes especially the "choose life" quote which it revolves around; Choose life, choose a job, choose a career...
By Kieren Hayward9 years ago in Geeks
Anatomy of a Murder Exhibits Stark Change in America’s Sociological Perspective
Anatomy of a Murder says a lot about how much things have changed in America since it was made in 1959 and makes for a very interesting study in the vast difference in sociological perspective. At the same time, the reluctant charm of Jimmy Stewart holds up as well as ever and still finds no actor today who can carry a movie by simply asserting uncertainty.
By Rich Monetti9 years ago in Geeks
Roblox - The Birth of a New Era of Gaming?
Roblox is a massively multiplayer online gaming platform that allows it's users to browse through a selection of games and play them. The difference with this type of gaming is that the games on the front page change quite frequently and I wondered why. It is in fact, due to the ever-changing frequency of new games being made by none other than the users them self. The community that forms Roblox's fan base are made up of people who like to simply play the games, but there is another core part of Roblox that appeals to people as well and that is the fact that anyone can make a game and get paid for it.
By Peter Gray9 years ago in Geeks
Terrible Movies That Should Have Been Great. Top Story - June 2017.
Movie making is a complex art. It takes more than a good idea to make a good movie. There are plenty of great ideas that end up being terrible movies. Whether it's the writing, acting or poor pacing, these movies turned a great idea into a painful movie experience.
By Jason Schwartz9 years ago in Geeks
The Sexy Dystopia
I want to start this off by saying I am passionate about supporting indie comics and publications, so after reading this I urge you all to try and get hold of a copy of Metal Made Flesh. The art is truly phenomenal and the story possesses some very interesting concepts and a ground shaking plot twist in the middle that I did not at allsee coming.
By Soph Price9 years ago in Geeks
'Friday the 13th' Game Review
Friday the 13th and Jason Vorhees, probably the second biggest horror franchise right behind Nightmare on Elm Street. The films, while some are better than others (I'd say the best ones are Part 2", Part 4: Jason Dies and Part 7 ala Jason vs Carrie) all (well except for part 9 and part 10) all have a certain atmosphere to them that makes even the worst of the series, that makes them just work. Camp Crystal Lake is extremely eerie at night, imagine being in that situation, imagine being in one of the camps from the films and trying to survive Jason. That's such a good, simple premise that's it amazing that it hasn't been done before as a video game. Or imagine BEING Jason and just straight up gutting counselors. That's the experience this game tries to duplicate and it does a fairly good job.
By Sebastian Howard9 years ago in Geeks
