Archive for November, 2008
Episode 41: Troll 2
In this special brief episode of the Cinegeek Podcast Brian and I were able to attend a special screening of the horrible and awesome Troll 2. This is a film that must be seen to be believed. Brian and I also eat corn and bologna.
On DVD: Too Tough to Die: A Tribute to Johnny Ramone
Directed by: Mandy Stein
Featuring: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Eddie Vedder, Rob Zombie, Deborah Harry, Joan Jett, Thurston Moore, Tommy, Marky, and C.J. Ramone, and more
The Ramones are punk rock, end of story. Their music changed the face of punk as well as rock and later metal. Sadly, Joey, Dee Dee, and [...]
On DVD: Gamer
Directed by: Patrick Levy
Starring: Said Taghmaoui, Camille DePazzis, Alexis Loret
Since their creation, video games have had a working relationship with film. From the early days of Joysticks (oh do I miss USA Up All Night) and The Wizard( “I give you Super Mario Brothers 3″ and “I love the powerglove, its so bad”) to [...]
On Blu-Ray: Black Christmas (1974)
Directed By Bob Clark
Starring Margo Kidder, Andrea Martin, John Saxon, Olivia Hussey
Black Christmas is a little known film by this generation of slasher film fans and that’s a mistake. Everyone knows Friday the 13th and Halloween, but before those films there was this little Canadian film. Now, the film is over 30 years old so [...]
Episode 40: We try a healthy snack, talk Robotech, Thor, and Star Trek!
This week we’re talking about a Thor animated series, we go in depth on Star Trek and a Robotech live action film and we check out a healthy snack that we actually like. The above image is an example of the XBOX version of a Mii on the Wii. Check out the full episode to [...]
On DVD: Scrubs: The Complete Seventh Season
Created by: Bill Lawrence
Starring: Zach Braff, Sarah Chalke, Donald Faison, Neil Flynn, Ken Jenkins, John C. McGinley, Judy Reyes
The gang is back for a seventh season at Sacred Heart. There’s another crop of interns to humiliate and a new bunch of patients to cure with there unique brand of surreal humor and poignancy. [...]
On Blu-Ray: Wall-E: 3 Disc Edition
Directed by Andrew Stanton
Starring voices by John Ratzenberger, Kathy Najimy, Fred Willard, Jeff Garlin
Is this another masterpiece from the geniuses at Pixar? If you missed this in the theater, Walt Disney Home Video just released a 3 disc Blu Ray edition and I gave it a go.
The Movie:
The film opens as the audience [...]
On Blu-Ray: Kung fu Panda
Directed By John Stevenson Mark Osborne
Starring Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman, Ian McShane, Seth Rogan, Lucy Liu, David Cross, Michael Clarke Duncan, Jackie Chan
I wasn’t too thrilled to be seeing this film when I attended the screening when it premiered in the IMAX Theater. After seeing the film I was pleasantly surprised at just [...]
On Film: Quantum of Solace
Starring Daniel Craig, Judi Dench
Most of the people I know who are hardcore James Bond fans universally agree that Sean Connery is the superior Bond. I, being the weirdo I guess, have always preferred Roger Moore. The reason for this is primarily because I grew up with Moore in the role and [...]
On DVD: Shaun the Sheep: Off the Baa!
Created by Nick Park
Featuring voices by Justin Fletcher, Kate Harbour, John Sparkes, and Richard Webber
Ok, I love anything and everything Aardman Animation. As I am writing this I am wearing a Wallace and Gromit watch. So, my geek cred is strong. Shaun the Sheep: Off the Baa was recently released on DVD by Hit Entertainment.
The [...]
