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Reviews of the top geek movies, tv, and books in the industry.
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
A Review of Chris Rock's 'Tamborine'
The last two years or so have been enriched with black comedy. From Dave Chappelle's previous work with Netflix and his time at Radio City Music Hall to Trevor Noah's brilliant job on The Daily Show, black comedy has not been this prominent in pop culture in years. When I saw that Chris Rock was going to have a new comedy special on Netflix, I was extremely excited, and of course, Rock did not disappoint.
By Azaria Brown8 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Black Panther'. Top Story - February 2018.
I don’t want to confine Black Panther to the fact of its nearly all-Black cast. However, as I sat to enjoy the latest addition to Marvel’s cinematic universe, the genuine importance of Black Panther’s identity washed over me and I felt a surge of excitement. Yes, there have been Black superheroes before; Blade especially stands out. But this is an entire universe of dark-skinned people portrayed with complexity and humor.
By Sean Patrick8 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: '15:17 to Paris'
15:17 to Paris is an epically misguided attempt at honoring three people who did something extraordinary. On August 21st, 2015, three Americans, Spencer Stone, Anthony Sadler, and Alec Skarlatos, were traveling on a train from Germany to Paris when a man with a gun began threatening passengers. Stone and Skarlatos, being military members on vacation, decide to charge the man and they prevented him from killing a lot of people.
By Sean Patrick8 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'The Ballad of Lefty Brown'
The Ballad of Lefty Brown is a rough and tumble, old school western, directed with love and reverence for the genre. Writer-Director Jared Moshe in his second feature, and his second western, following his debut feature Dead Man’s Burden, clearly loves and respects westerns. The Ballad of Lefty Brown, while entertaining in its own right, is a tribute to westerns dating back to the 30s and 40s all the way through the Eastwood era of the 60s and 90s.
By Sean Patrick8 years ago in Geeks
Oscars Countdown: 'Phantom Thread'
Phantom Thread is one of those movies that makes over half its box office earnings from people doing their Oscars homework, myself included. Seeing this one was more of a requirement than anything else, just to end up saying I went 9/9 on Best Picture nominees. And of course, Phantom Thread ends up being great. Homework or not, I loved this bizarrely beautiful movie. It’s important to note how I went in blind as can be. I knew literally nothing about Phantom Thread, outside of Daniel Day-Lewis allegedly retiring after the production. And I strongly recommend seeing this film knowing as little as possible. That’s an odd way to lead off a review, as I’d certainly like you to stick around, but Phantom Thread’s delightful oddities most strongly impact the unsuspecting.
By Mike Charest8 years ago in Geeks
Anime
Death Note is a sci-fi horror show. In this show you meet a boy named Light. One day Light was at school when he saw a book drop from the sky and land in the courtyard. Curiosity took over him and he took the book home. Light then realized the book called the death note was not a joke. The death note gives you the ability to write someone's name in it and it will cause them to die. Light then decides that he would rid the world of criminals. There is one problem, though. The world's greatest detective, L, is trying to stop him. L believes that what Light is doing is wrong and he is more of a criminal himself.
By Jillian Kostrab8 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Peter Rabbit'
Peter Rabbit is the latest in a long line of kids movies based on dignified and beloved works of children’s fiction that replaces the dignity with shrill, unfunny modernity. Peter Rabbit takes Beatrix Potter’s lovely rabbit stories and wipes it’s furry feet on them with a terrible pop soundtrack and sub-Home Alone style gags so jarringly violent you begin to wonder if they belong in a kid's flick.
By Sean Patrick8 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Becks'
Becks is a wildly charming romantic drama about a woman who goes back to her hometown following a bad break up. Lena Hall stars in the film as Becks and while her story is familiar, her character is wholly original. Hall is funny, smart, sexy and original and if you can get around the familiarity of the storytelling tropes, you will really love this character and her journey.
By Sean Patrick8 years ago in Geeks
