Archive for the ‘Movies’ tag

What geek worth her NaCl doesn’t have a brick-shaped soft spot in her heart for Legos? Especially when you add the iconic Star Wars images into the mix? For Star Wars fans, this magic formula played out during Star Wars Celebration 5, in Orlando, Florida, earlier this month. Lego blocked out a huge area in [...]

Just a tip of the visual Hoth iceberg from my day at Star Wars Celebration V, yesterday…. Here’s a quick – and very low tech – film clip of one of the many fabulous R2D2 droids rolling amok at the convention, this weekend. I secured this covert footage using the iVideoCamera iPhone app. If it [...]

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.

Your favorite chatty geeks (yes, yes I do mean us!) introduce a new regular feature to the site later this month. However, knowing how geeks love their sneak previews, we present to you now, for your entertainment and titillation, a peak at attractions to come here on GSB over the next couple months. New Book [...]

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 [...]

This is one of the most original and incredibly well done – not to mention roll around giggling funny – Star Wars tributes I’ve ever heard. (And yes, I’ve heard a lot of them, don’t ask….) This was performed by Cory Vidal, with 4-part harmony vocals by Moosebutter. If you’d like to make this song [...]