Tag Archive: geek

‘Across the Universe’ Retro Review

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Director: Julie Taymor Starring: People who can’t sing. Plot: Some talentless fuckspods butcher classic pop music. Review: With the massive range of songs available in The Beatles library, and their ingraining into pop-culture over the… Continue reading →

Comics Worth Reading: ‘Arkham City’ Tie-In

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A comic that ties into an existing story from a different medium would normally set off a warning bells for the discerning reader. Tie-ins for video games are becoming increasingly popular with ‘God… Continue reading →

‘Water For Elephants’ DVD Review

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Director: Francis Lawrence Starring: Christolph Waltz, an elephant. Plot: Following a family tragedy, a young vet student winds up working for a roving circus during the Great Depression. He become infatuated with the… Continue reading →

The Ten Video Games Not Helping My Argument

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Yesterday I made an argument about gamers being the victim of negative public perception. And whilst I am totally on the money I do concede that some games make us look like a… Continue reading →

Why Gamers Have a Public Image Problem

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I want you to imagine what a person who plays video games looks like. Like this, right? This is the problem with gamers. This certainly seems to be how the general public and,… Continue reading →

Top 10 Most Over-Rated Movies

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The popularity of movies can be driven by many things beside the entertainment value of the movie. Sometimes its the popularity of a star, sometimes it captures a trend at the time and… Continue reading →

Classic (Terrible) Scene #4: “Go Anny!”

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A scene doesn’t have to be fantastic to stand out…sometimes it can be terrible. Here’s a scene that goes down in cinema history as moment ‘Star Wars’ turned to the Dark Side. Go… Continue reading →

Ten Stops in the TARDIS

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I’ve recently begun watching a little show called Doctor Who (you may have heard about it). The central focus of the show are the adventures of an alien traveler in the TARDIS, which… Continue reading →

‘Jersey Girl’ Retro Review

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Director: Kevin Smith Starring: Ben Affleck, Liv Tyler, George Carlin, Jennifer Lopez, Jason Biggs Plot: Single parent Ollie has never been able to put his life back together after the death of his… Continue reading →

Comics are Racist

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Are comics racist? There is a massive imbalance between white-as-the-driven-snow characters and non-Caucasians. To rub salt in the wound, those who aren’t white are often shocking stereotypes. I know what you’re thinking: Storm,… Continue reading →