Archive for the ‘Movies’ category

The Fifth Star Wars Celebration is happening this weekend right here in Orlando, Florida. It’s convening at the Orange County Civic Center. In GSB’s continuing search for new lifeforms, and new…oh, ummm, wait…channeling the wrong stars…..let me try a new strategy….er, uhhh, star system, that is….. Geek Speak Blog’s Geek Gyrl (that’s me!) will be [...]

Waiting for Superman, filmed by David Guggenheim, reminds us all that we can’t do enough for the next generation – that education is not a privilege, it’s a RIGHT in this country. Too many children in the US are not receiving the basic education anyone should have, much less the sort of education that goes [...]

The first look at SyFy’s forthcoming original movie, Red, starring Felicia Day. Can I get a w00t w00t? In spite of SyFy’s less than stellar reputation, to date, for producing shlock, they’ll have me tuning in just to see a gun-toting, werewolf hunting Felicia Day.

Entertainment Weekly is putting out their annual Comic-Con preview issue and are giving us our first look at Ryan Reynolds in costume from the upcoming Green Lantern film. My first impression: YUCK! I will say that it’s just a photo and that in the movie, with special effects and movement, the costume might work, but [...]

Many people will tell you lightning doesn’t strike twice. The fandom equivalent might be, “you never get to talk to one of your all time favorite genre performers twice (so make it good, if you get the chance.) I was recently presented with the opportunity to do just that, when I interviewed Brad Dourif for [...]

Universal’s Repo Men hits US theatres across the country, today. This undertaking was quite ambitious. The novel by Eric Garcia was originally known as Repossession Mambo; the name was repossessed by the film and replaced with the straight forward,”Repo Men,” although it does get recycled in the movie a couple times. Unfortunately, some of the [...]

This rabble-rousing runner sympathizer has uncovered an important document from Selleca Baynes, Director of Public Outreach and Media Suppression for The Union! Repo Men from all over the country will be gathering for special “advance showings” of a “training film” featuring The Union’s two best level 5 Repo Men! Here’s your chance to infiltrate their [...]

Eye: $345K ~ Heart: $975K ~ Kidney: $524K ~ Liver: $756K ~ Surviving Reposession: PRICELESS Many people have been following the exploits of four – well, two, now – intrepid individuals, running with their artiforgs from a bevy of body parts bounty men. Yes, they’re playing a real world, larger than life viral roleplaying game [...]