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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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Review Shooter: TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON (3D)
Plot: In the 1960’s, an Autobot weapon, escaping from Cybertron, landed on the moon. Now, it’s up to our heroes to find the weapon, and use it to finally end…
