Tagged: Gran Turismo Sports

The A-Z of Geek Cinema: X is for X2: X-Men United

The A-Z of Geek Cinema: X is for X2: X-Men United

The opening scene of a film is super-important. Like the opening paragraph of a book, or the cold open of a television show, its purpose is two-fold: to grab the audience’s attention, and to...

The A-Z of Geek Cinema: W is for the Wrestler

Let us now sit in praise of Darren Aronofsky. One of my favorite directors working today,  and one whose (still growing) film oeuvre is extremely varied, while showing a remarkable amount of consistency, in...

The A-Z of Geek Cinema: V is for Videodrome

The A-Z of Geek Cinema: V is for Videodrome

David Cronenberg’s scifi/horror film Videodrome plays in the fields he often did early in his career: body horror, flesh mechanics, the external reflecting the internal. But in Videodrome, he did so with a larger...

The A-Z of Geek Cinema: U is for the Untouchables

The A-Z of Geek Cinema: U is for the Untouchables

This is a manly goddamn movie. Brian de Palma’s film of David Mamet’s script is, and I don’t use this word often, epic. The operatic sweep of the cinematography and the extremely quotable screenplay...

The A-Z of Geek Cinema: T is for the Third Man

Music in film is important. It can define a mood. It can provide counterpoint. It can even, in the case of musicals, provide plot. At its best, a film’s score enhances the rest of...

The A-Z of Geek Cinema: S is for Speed Racer

Let us speak now in praise of Speed Racer. No, I’m serious. 2008’s Speed Racer, written and directed by the Wachowskis. Fresh off the Matrix films, the (then) brothers took ahold of the long...