Tagged: Specials

The A-Z of Geek Cinema: Q is for the Quiet Man

The A-Z of Geek Cinema: Q is for the Quiet Man

John Wayne versus Victor McLaglen in a fist fight which ranges over a good chunk of landscape and has an intermission for a drink built-in. This is The Quiet Man, an American version of...

The A-Z of Geek Cinema: P is for Prometheus

The A-Z of Geek Cinema: P is for Prometheus

Anticipation can be a killer. On one hand, your excitement can be built up so much for something, can be hyped up so high, that there is no way your expectations will be met....

The A-Z of Geek Cinema: O is for Once

The A-Z of Geek Cinema: O is for Once

The beauty of Once is not necessarily in the music. The music is there. It is beautiful. What became The Swell Season perform song after song (sometimes Markéta Irglovå and Glen Hansard together, sometimes...

The A-Z of Geek Cinema: M is for Memento

“We all need mirrors to remind ourselves who we are.” You’ve heard of this movie. Haven’t you? It’s the one that goes backwards, made by the guy who did The Dark Knight. Except that’s not...

The A-Z of Geek Cinema: L is for Les Miserables

The A-Z of Geek Cinema: L is for Les Miserables

Tom Hooper is an Academy Award-winning director (for The King’s Speech in 2010). He’s directed television for HBO and the BBC, as well as numerous television commercials and some theatrical productions. So why does...

Top 7: Movies That I Saw This Year

Top 7: Movies That I Saw This Year

So, everybody and their mother is falling over themselves to do a Top Whatever list of Movies for 2012. The problem is, a lot of really good ones came out in a short period...

The A-Z of Geek Cinema: K is for Kick-Ass

The A-Z of Geek Cinema: K is for Kick-Ass

So I’m honestly not sure I can write anything about this film. It was over-the-top, violent, and seriously INSANE. I’ve read the book, and I quite honestly hated it. There was a vile racist...

The A-Z of Geek Cinema: J is for Josie And The Pussycats

The A-Z of Geek Cinema: J is for Josie And The Pussycats

Very clever commentary on product placement indoctrinating the young, or blatant use of product placement to indoctrinate the young? It’s hard to tell with this film. Josie And The Pussycats was a film I enjoyed...

The A-Z of Geek Cinema: I is for In The Loop

The A-Z of Geek Cinema: I is for In The Loop

Vulgar, funny, and poignantly trenchant, Armanda Ianucci’s 2009 film In The Loop is not only one of the most quotable films I’ve ever seen, it’s also the scariest.