May 19th, 2011
With THOR, summer comicbook movies are open for business. From Hopkins to Portman the cast was phenomenal, and Chris Hemsworth is officially perfect casting as the God of Thunder. But the big surprise was just how expertly Kenneth Branagh managed to direct a film that spans an Ice Kingdom, Asgard and New Mexico! What did you think?
~Matt + Nat
Posted in Action, Adaptation, Comicbook, Epic, Fantasy | 4 Comments »
May 10th, 2011
It’s taken some time, and a bit of externally-imposed radio silence, but we’re both back with the new YourGeekNews! We’ve made some changes because we’ve both made some changes, and we’re excited to continue rambling about our favourite geeky movies by any means necessary!
~Matt + Nat
Posted in Action, Review, Sci-Fi | 21 Comments »
May 5th, 2011
We’ve been worried about this one for a while… the first trailer looked like one quarter Dark Knight, one quarter Ironman and one quarter Van Wilder. Yep just three quarters. But now we get 100% epic intergalactic battle.
What do you think?
~Matt + Nat
Posted in Action, Comicbook, Epic, Sci-Fi | 8 Comments »
May 2nd, 2011
We honestly didn’t give a geek’s goddam about this movie until we saw Momoa in Game of Thrones. We know he was in Stargate, but after seeing him essentially play Conan for HBO on the small screen, we’re pretty sure he can do it for Lionsgate on the big screen, too.
But it’s not like you’d know that from this trailer that he’s hardly in.
What do you think?
~Matt + Nat
Posted in 80's, Action, Epic, Fantasy, reboot, remake | 3 Comments »
March 20th, 2011
It’s not a movie per se, but with six episodes in Darabont’s mini-series based on Robert Kirkman’s comics, AMC’s Walking Dead is definitely geeky enough to warrant a thread for us all to chat about it!
And once the DVD comes out in the Spring, we’ll be giving it a Matt + Nat review just like we would for any geeky/genre/comicbook movie!
~Matt + Nat
Posted in Action, Adaptation, Comicbook, Drama, Horror, TV Show, Zombie | 13 Comments »
December 21st, 2010
One look at the newly redesigned lightcycles in Tron, and you know this movie is going to be a wild ride. And it performs surprisingly well as a better-late-than-never sequel that takes advantage of new actors and technology (and pushes it a bit past where it can actually go). But for his first feature film, Kosinski made the most common kind of mistake: story.
~Matt + Nat
Posted in 80's, Action, Fantasy, Games, Sci-Fi, sequel | 17 Comments »
December 15th, 2010
After nearly three decades, a return to the virtual world of Tron has been promoted at Comic Cons around the world for more than a year. With an ‘evolved’ look from the 80′s classic, some Tron purists are up in arms about the redesign, but you can’t deny that TRON Legacy has a gorgeous production design. But what about this digital Jeff Bridges?
~Matt + Nat
Posted in 80's, Preview, Sci-Fi, sequel | 4 Comments »
November 24th, 2010
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 1 is easily the darkest film in the series, but as half a movie, it’s tough to judge on its own merit. We both loved it to death, but we’ve also BOTH read all the books at this point. What did you think?
And be sure to visit Matt’s Mo’ Space to donate to Matt’s mustache for Movember!
~Matt + Nat
Posted in Adaptation, Drama, Epic, Fantasy, Review | 10 Comments »