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Reviews of the top geek movies, tv, and books in the industry.
Her Review
Title: HerMPAA Rating: RDirector: Spike JonzeStarring: Joaquin Phoenix, Scarlett Johansson, Amy AdamsRuntime: 2 hrs Theodore Twombly (Phoenix) is a lonely man, one who knows no solace outside his own misery. Separated from his wife Catherine (Rooney Mara) and confused by humanity, and its social connections Theodore stays introverted.Even his best friend Amy (Adams) is stupefied by what exactly has happened to “theold Theodore” One day on his way home he spots a new computer operating system known as OS1, the most personal OS ever created, a few questions later we are introduced to his OS known as Samantha (Johansson). What ensues between these two can only be experienced as they try, and succeed in finding happiness within one and other, and surprisingly both end up learning about themselves more than each other.
By FilmSnob Reviews.com9 years ago in Geeks
'Alien: Covenant' Movie Review
Presenting one of the most iconic and recognisable monsters in film history, the Alien franchise has, for the most part, delivered some of the scarier sci-fi moments on the big screen. After two decades of absence, the Xenomorph takes centre stage once again in a prequel hell-bent on delivering what the fans have wanted.
By Robert Cain9 years ago in Geeks
Mass Effect Andromeda Review
Released: March 21, 2017 Genre: Third-Person RPS First Impression: "Jesus, are those the faces?" The first modern video game I played was the original Mass Effect, around ten years ago now. Since then the title's exploded, with sequels, books, merch, and the like following in the wake of its success. But the trouble with ongoing, consistent success is complacency--and you can see where that got the designers of Mass Effect 3, with its lame (original) ending barely bothering to acknowledge the amount of effort you put in to the entire damn game. That being said, I still played through Mass Effect 3 like... 4 or 5 times, one after the other, using different characters--and therefore different choices--each time. This, I thought, was the strongest point of the Mass Effect games: where its sister title Dragon Age abandoned the idea of carrying over choices and progress from previous titles at "Dragon Age 2: Errands in Town", Mass Effect kept with it.
By Such A Geek9 years ago in Geeks
Go Galactic With 'Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2'
Three years ago, Marvel Studios presented the first adventure of Star-Lord (Peter Quill), Drax the Destroyer, Rocket Raccoon, Gamora, and Groot. Together these heroes are known to the Marvel Cinematic Universe and fans around the world as the Guardians of the Galaxy. Their debut film grossed over $773 million worldwide, and fans wanted more adventures of this dysfunctional quintet.
By Jacob Elyachar9 years ago in Geeks
Gratuitous Excess: Baz Luhrmann's 'The Great Gatsby'
The greatest novel of the American dream (in my opinion) is F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. It's sad and sweet and gets read once a year as I sit on the shores of Long Island, beach chair in tow and getting roasted by the sun just to find out if it doesn't end the same way. (Spoiler--Gatsby still dies. I'd apologize for that, but if you haven't read it by now, shame on you).
By Marina Caitlin Watts9 years ago in Geeks
Why the Channel 'NowThis Nerd' is Doomed to Fail
I know a lot of people are angry about the launch of the "new" YouTube channel, NowThis Nerd, and I want to explain to those who don't understand why that is the case. In 2013, Philip DeFranco launched a channel called SourcefedNERD, where hosts Steve, Meg and Trisha spoke about everything nerd related. The topics ranged from TV shows to movies to comic books to board games, and over the years the lists of hosts and personalities grew. This past year SourcefedNERD celebrated their 1 millionth subscriber. Then on March 20th, it was announced that Group Nine Media decided that SourcefedNERD would be cancelled. The final video on the channel was released on March 24th and that was the end of it.
By Jason Schwartz9 years ago in Geeks
