Tagged: Specials

A-Z of Geek Cinema: H is for Hamlet

We need to talk about Shakespeare. Well, not really. I just liked using that as an opening line. Instead, let us talk about what many consider Shakespeare’s greatest work, Hamlet. Specifically, the adaptation of...

The A-Z of Geek Cinema: G is for Ghostbusters

Chemistry can be a funny thing. All it takes is the right combination of elements, and you have something new and wonderful on your hands. Film is no different. You can have the two...

The A-Z of Geek Cinema: F is for Fight Club

The A-Z of Geek Cinema: F is for Fight Club

“How much can you know about yourself if you’ve never been in a fight?” The cult of Fight Club is not one that sprung up over night. It was small at first, restricted to...

The A-Z of Geek Cinema: E is for Equilibrium

The A-Z of Geek Cinema: E is for Equilibrium

The ability to feel, to have emotions, is one of the things that makes a person human. Without it, one is just a robotic sociopath. Take away feelings, and what do we have left?...

The A-Z of Geek Cinema: D is for District 9

The A-Z of Geek Cinema: D is for District 9

I’ve cooled a bit on this film since I first saw it in theatres (when I called it one of the best movies of the last decade [hyperbole much?]), but I still think it’s...

The A-Z of Geek Cinema: B is for Blade 2

The A-Z of Geek Cinema: B is for Blade 2

The Grand Guignol approach to horror is an approach that has to be taken all the way, or else it will fail miserably. You either have to do your utmost to disgust and horrify...

The A-Z of Geek Cinema: A is for Adaptation.

The A-Z of Geek Cinema: A is for Adaptation.

IRIS OUT: Sitting at a laptop, Nicholas Reed types feverishly, strain and exhaustion from lack of sleep showing in his sunken eyes. “I must finish this,” he thinks, “deadline is today, and I don’t...

The A-Z of Geek Cinema: Z is for Zardoz

The A-Z of Geek Cinema: Z is for Zardoz

How does one even put Zardoz into words? I mean this quite seriously. The “arc words” of the film (to borrow a phrase from TV Tropes) is “The gun is good, the penis is...

The A-Z of Geek Cinema: Y is for Yellow Submarine

The A-Z of Geek Cinema: Y is for Yellow Submarine

POP QUIZ: what Beatles movie doesn’t even feature the Beatles for more than a handful of minutes? ANSWER: Yellow Submarine, the 1968 animated musical fantasmagoria based on the Lennon/McCartney song of the same name....