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Reviews of the top geek movies, tv, and books in the industry.
'Your Name' Review
Introduction In summer of 2016, Japanese filmmaker Makoto Shinkai released a film that put tears in the eyes of audiences all over the world. Your Name, or Kimi no Na wa as it’s called in its native tongue, is an animated, supernatural, romance story about two young strangers who mysteriously switch bodies. Since the film’s release over a year ago, it’s been distributed in countries across the globe and has been translated from Japanese into others languages including English, Spanish, Italian, Mandarin, German, and Brazilian. Not only has it been praised to death by audiences and critics, but people have even gone so far as to call Shinkai “The Next Miyazaki” (and in case you don’t know who that is, Miyazaki is basically Japan’s Walt Disney… a household name, kind of a big deal)! I saw quite a few articles online talking about how great this film is when it first came out, yet I avoided it for the most part because romance movies were never really my thing. But after all this time, curiosity finally got the best of me. I decided to watch it for myself and here’s what I observed (I’ll avoid any major spoilers)...
By Gary Johnson8 years ago in Geeks
'Black Panther': Believe the Hype
Marvel continues to test fans with another three-movie year on the way. Superhero fatigue wants to be a thing, but the movies are just too good to let it happen. The MCU has become more of a genre than it is a finite franchise so, much to our benefit and the dismay of others, it seems this first decade was only the beginning. Black Panther ushers in a next ten years, and does so with style.
By Mike Charest8 years ago in Geeks
'The Greatest Showman...'
"Men suffer more from imagining too little than too much." This film has spent over six weeks at number one in the UK box office, so it's clear that it appeals to the masses. Altogether, this fantastic film cost 84 million USD to make. It was one of Hollywood's biggest projects and unbelievably, it was a directorial debut for Micheal Gracey, who had previously worked in the visual effects side of the industry.
By Melissa Stafford8 years ago in Geeks
Book Review: 'Trafficked'
The Sunday Times Bestseller, Trafficked, by Sophie Hayes, is a beautifully written biography. “The terrifying true story of a British girl forced into the sex trade.” Trusting a friend ended up being her most significant and scariest mistake. Torn away from her home, beaten and forced to sell herself for money, this biography grabs you right from the beginning. I found myself unable to stop reading and turning page after page. This is my review and why I would recommend you read it.
By Dagny Desiree8 years ago in Geeks
'Black Panther' Movie Review
Released: 12 February 2018 (UK) Length: 134 Minutes Certificate: 12A Director: Ryan Coogler Starring: Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong'o, Danai Gurira, Martin Freeman, Daniel Kaluuya, Letitia Wright, Forrest Whitaker and Andy Serkis
By Robert Cain8 years ago in Geeks
Review: Batman - Gotham By Gaslight
“What if?” stories have always been popular with the chance to re-imagine events or people in a different light. Comics, in particular, have made much use of the idea with DC dedicating an entire range to it known as Elseworlds which put its character such as Batman and Superman into new settings in the past or turned the characters fundamentally on their head. It's not surprising then that the most recent DC Universe animated movie would take the very first Elseworlds tale which takes the Dark Knight into steampunk territory as he takes on Jack The Ripper. It's safe to say that expectations were high for this particular animated movie but does it live up to them?
By Matthew Kresal8 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Samson'
The biggest success for the movie Samson is that it isn’t completely terrible. That is not something that can be said of most Pureflix movies. The Pureflix brand of pandering, hateful, choir preaching religious entertainment tends to be terrible as both a movie and as a piece of religious propaganda. Samson is, at the very least, moderately entertaining. The makers of Samson stick to closely to the biblical legend and leave the propaganda to the hateful likes of the God's Not Dead franchise.
By Sean Patrick8 years ago in Geeks
