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PRINCE OF PERSIA REVIEW: Huh. Whaddya know? Jake’s an Action Star!

Geeks — Sat, 29 May 2010 23:10:02 +0000

The difference between a successful yet soulless blockbuster and a well-crafted film that’s marketed blockbuster is sometimes ignored by movie studios with dollar-signs in their eyes. But in the case of Prince of Persia, Disney and Bruckheimer actually created a piece of entertainment with some heart, a strong story and some great characters to go along with a heaping serving of action-packed video game inspired eye-candy!

~Matt + Nat

PRINCE OF PERSIA PREVIEW: Looks Fun… But as Fun as the Game?

Geeks — Fri, 21 May 2010 18:37:58 +0000

After 14 video games and over two decades, the Prince of Persia is getting his own movie starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Ben Kingsley and Alfred Molina. And with Pirates of the Caribbean producer Jerry Bruckheimer on board, the bar is set pretty high for action, comedy, romance and adventure. But will it bring us all the elements that have made two generations of gamers fall in love with the source material? Watch our preview and let us know what YOU think!

~Matt + Nat

ROBIN HOOD REVIEW: Hold on… That Wasn’t Robin Hood!

Geeks — Tue, 18 May 2010 20:23:36 +0000

Ridley Scott and Russell Crowe make a great team. Just look at Gladiator. Really. We mean it, skip Robin Hood and just go watch Gladiator. This movie is so BARELY a story of Robin Hood, it hardly deserves the name, and winds up being little more than a re-tread of Scott’s previous epic work. Everyone phoned it in on this one, folks; don’t waste your time.

~Matt + Nat

THE WOLFMAN REVIEW: Improve Upon A Classic? Oh Yes.

Geeks — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 07:36:40 +0000

Let’s preface this review with the fact that Matt is quite possibly one of the biggest werewolf aficionado’s on the planet, having watched any and every lycanthropic-film in the last hundred years. And nothing but nothing compares to The Wolf-Man. Except, of course, The Wolfman. Faithful in all the right ways, and yet unafraid to weave a more complex storyline with more extreme Werewolf rampages, an even more foreign origin story, and an ending that will knock your socks off. Yes, that’s right, there’s a new Wolfman in Blackmoor, Chaney, and he can howl with the best of them.

~Matt + Nat

THE WOLFMAN PREVIEW: 70 Years and Still Scary

Geeks — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:34:48 +0000

Nearly 70 years after Lon Chaney Jr. first howled at the moon, Benicio Del Toro is slipping into his signature hair, ears and underbite to bring the classic Universal monster to life in Joe Johnston’s remake of The Wolf Man. With Anthony Hopkins, Hugo Weaving and Emily Blunt along for the ride, and the visual effects make-up artist behind The Howling and An American Werewolf in London, it looks like this remake has got some serious teeth.

~Matt + Nat

SHERLOCK HOLMES REVIEW: A Modern Period Piece

Geeks — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:15:24 +0000

Guy Ritchie certainly did not let directing a period piece take away from his signature style and flair, because somehow he’s made a historical film feel relevant and modern to an audience today. With a magnificent cast, amazing characters and a story worthy of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle himself, Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock is a new incarnation that will make Downey at home in the ranks of Michael Caine, Chistopher Plummer and Peter O’Toole.

~Matt + Nat

SHERLOCK HOLMES PREVIEW: Victorian Street Elementary, My Dear Watson

Geeks — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 23:49:57 +0000

If you’re looking for a director who can completely erase stuffy, old British boredom, you don’t have to go any further than Guy Ritchie. And so giving him the reigns to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous Victorian detective seems like something of an inspired gamble. With Robert Downey Jr and Jude Law taking the roles of Holmes and Watson, and Canadian starlet Rachel McAdams playing a deliciously villainous love interest, the cast is as strong as the source material, but we’ll have to wait until Christmas to see what’s inside the packaging.

~Matt + Nat