Category Archive: Geek Rant

A Long Winded Rant About the ‘Minions’ Movie (and the Trend They Represent)

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The sheer amount of laziness and pointlessness behind this movie pisses me off more than it reasonably should. Yes, it’s just a kids movie and who cares, but I really hate what this… Continue reading

Why Does Everyone Hate ‘Pixels’?

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The new Chris Columbus directed Adam Sandler vehicle, an ode to arcade games of the 1980s called Pixels, has been released and the response has been pretty poor. In fact, publishing the most… Continue reading

‘Unfriended’ Is Unexpectedly Great

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Yes, that haunted Skype movie. Where a bunch of friends are tormented by an unseen figure via the internet, leading to murder and whatnot. Let’s get this out of the way now: Unfriended is a… Continue reading

Why Every New ‘Terminator’ Movie Is Failing

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So we got around to watching Terminator: Genisys and…well…it was not a good movie. It recycles chunks of the old films and the plot is a confused mess, with 90% of it being exposition. And… Continue reading

Is ‘Inside Out’ for Kids?

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With the release of any new Pixar film the internet bubbles over with excitement. Even if it’s one that doesn’t pull in record-breaking box office it will find a niche in our collective… Continue reading

Movies They Need to Stop Making Sequels To

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Why does Hollywood keep making sequels? Because we keep going to see them. The audience requires less convincing to see it, the development time is less…all in all they’re a better investment. Studios… Continue reading

Movie Review: Why ‘The DUFF’ Does Everything Wrong

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Whenever we wanted to point out everything about teen/high school movies that are stupid we looked to She’s All That. It was full of cringe. It’s begun to fade from the collective consciousness, being… Continue reading

Another Talk About the ‘Game of Thrones’ Rape Controversy

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We’ve already posted one article about this topic. I was a bit relieved when Darth Gandalf said he was writing a piece because it felt like it should be addressed but I had no… Continue reading

The Scene That Shook The Iron Throne: The Rape of Sansa Stark

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This is one of the more difficult and uncomfortable articles I’ve ever chosen to write about.  I struggled for several hours whether or not to even broach this topic because the subject of… Continue reading

‘Mad Max’ Has Given Us the Most Feminist Action Movie this Decade

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I saw Mad Max: Fury Road the other day and it was FREAKING AMAZING. Miller has reminded us that visuals and story should go hand in hand in the cinematic medium, not separated… Continue reading