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Repo Men Movie Review: Jude Law Steals the Show but Not My Heart

Posted by GeekGyrl | Posted on March 19, 2010 at 10:42 am | 3 Comments

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 [...]

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Repo Men & Runners: Viral Reality Game Goes to Great Lengths

Posted by GeekGyrl | Posted on March 13, 2010 at 5:43 am | 4 Comments

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 [...]

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We’re Back!

Posted by GeekSpeaker | Posted on July 29, 2009 at 12:32 pm | No Comments

Sorry for the delay in posts, but I just finished up my 10-day tour of Southern California. Of course, my computer would wait until the start of Comic-Con to take a nose-dive into the world of computer death. I’ll be posting some pictures from Comic-Con in the next few days, so keep an eye out [...]

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It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s…free Superman comics!

Posted by GeekGyrl | Posted on July 9, 2009 at 1:35 pm | No Comments

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USA Today, through usatoday.com and in conjunction with DC Comics, will be presenting the 12 week run of serial Superman comics from the new Wednesday Comics series. (For details on Wednesday Comics, see Geekspeaker’s 7/8/09 Comics blog.) John Arcudi is penning the Superman installments, with gorgeous art by Lee Bermejo. My first thought on reading the [...]

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Harry Potter Fans Are Kickin’ Az in San Francisco

Posted by GeekSpeaker | Posted on July 6, 2009 at 11:23 am | No Comments

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Harry Potter fans from over a dozen countries and forty states will converge in San Francisco, CA for almost a week of discussions, analysis, movie viewings, parties, Quidditch matches, Wizard Rock (Wrock) concerts, lectures, crafting, writing and art workshops, and more. Guests like Time Magazine book critic Lev Grossman, Potter art expert Leslie Combemale, 20Q creator Robin Burgener, Eddie Newquist of Harry Potter: The Exhibition and Chris Rankin (Percy Weasley) will meet almost a thousand fans of J.K. Rowling’s best-selling series, and all will enjoy over 150 hours of Potter-centric programs, panels, discussions and meetings.

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