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Reviews of the top geek movies, tv, and books in the industry.
Box Office Gold or Bust 'Kingsman: The Golden Circle'
On Thursday, September 21, I saw an early screening of the sequel to the amazing sharp-dressed action-comedy Kingsman. I had high hopes for the movie, since the first was one of my favorite films of all time. Kingsman is known for being high-octane, fun-filled and entertaining. Did The Golden Circle meet my expectations?
By Etienne S.9 years ago in Geeks
What Freedom Really Means
What is true self knowledge? Have you ever felt like a unicorn in a field of ponies? I think that we mostly perceive ourselves as different from others. In this case I’m going to give a couple of different hypotheses; the first is that, yes, we are that unicorn in a field of ponies but that's because our self-worth reflects that we recognize ourselves as this unique being. In the instance that this is true, we define ourselves worthy of that recognition. Secondly, maybe we feel that we are a pony in a field of unicorns and we may not value ourselves to a certain degree. In this case, self-knowledge is recognizing who you are because of how you perceive yourself against others.
By Kenya Carpenter9 years ago in Geeks
My Review of Fairy Tail
When I start talking about Fairy Tail the anime, people usually think that I'm talking about a fairy tale like Red Riding Hood or The Little Mermaid. However, this review isn't on fairy tales that our parents read to us for bedtime stories. This is actually my review on Fairy Tail and what it's about, why I like it, and why I recommend it to people who are just getting into anime. So here we go.
By Katelyn Petty9 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Stronger'
Stronger stars Jake Gyllenhaal as Jeff Bauman, a man who lost his legs to the bombing at the 2013 Boston Marathon. Before the marathon, Jeff was just an anonymous Costco employee who loved the Red Sox and wanted to reconcile with his girlfriend Erin (Tatiana Maslany) who dumped him because he rarely showed up when he was supposed to. On April 15, 2013, Jeff finally showed up at the Boston Marathon in the hope that his homemade sign cheering Erin on to the finish line might win her back.
By Sean Patrick9 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Friend Request' . Top Story - September 2017.
Friend Request is yet another failed attempt to combine social media and horror. It really shouldn’t be that hard to combine the two when you consider the daily horrors that social media enacts upon us when we simply pick up our phones, but filmmakers have thus far made the combination look impossible. Social media has numerous innate existential horrors that could be exploited by a smart filmmaker but the question seems to come back to how you can exploit that for a body count and so far no one has been able to pull that off.
By Sean Patrick9 years ago in Geeks
Classic Movie Review: 'When Harry Met Sally'
The classic on this week’s Everyone is a Critic podcast is When Harry Met Sally, director Rob Reiner’s 1989 romantic comedy that arguably set the template for every romantic comedy that came after it. Reiner, whose The Princess Bride turns 30 this weekend and inspired our podcast to focus on Reiner’s work, directed When Harry Met Sally from a script by Nora Ephron who would go on to take the mantel of the leading voice in romantic comedies in Hollywood throughout the 90’s and early 2000’s.
By Sean Patrick9 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Lego Ninjago'
Lego Ninjago has not one single laugh. It has amusing moments but not a single instance of induced laughter. And I am not just speaking for myself here. The audience I watched Lego Ninjago with was really ready to laugh and you could hear some forced attempts at trying to laugh but as the movie went on even those that kept smiling and trying to find what was happening in Lego Ninjago funny weren’t laughing. It was strange; there was no outward disdain for Lego Ninjago but there weren’t any laughs.
By Sean Patrick9 years ago in Geeks
Culture Clash
After two years of waiting in between movies, Kingsman: The Golden Circle finally came out. I was stoked to see this new movie because I LOVED the first Kingsman and I couldn't wait for more. After seeing the preview I was really looking forward to it and was expecting the American crossover, but not in the way I thought.
By Kristen Jacober9 years ago in Geeks
