Pop Culture Catch-Up: X-Men: First Class (spoilers)
Want to get excited about a new thing, but aren’t completely up to date on the fandom and don’t mind spoilers? We here at Geeking Out About are happy to help provide you with everything you need in order to stay current with your geeky passions in our new column, “Pop Culture Catch-Up.” X-Men: First […]
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First Night Flicks: 12 Years a Slave (2013)
12 Years a Slave (2013) Directed By: Steve McQueen Written By: John Ridley, based on the memoir by Solomon Northrup Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Benedict Cumberbatch, Brad Pitt Rated R for violence/cruelty, some nudity and brief sexuality Often times, directors (or studios) shy away from depicting the atrocities of our history in a way […]
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Bryan Singer comes back to the School for Gifted Youngsters with Days of Future past
The man who arguably made the superhero film genre relevant again is returning to the fold. According to Deadline, Fox has closed a deal for Bryan Singer, director of the first two X-Men films, to return to the franchise for X-Men: Days of Future Past. Originally slated to be directed by Matthew Vaughn as a […]
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Lincoln’s Movie Night: Haywire
Haywire Director: Steven Soderbergh Starring: Gina Carano, Michael Fassbender, Antonio Banderas, Ewan McGregor, Michael Douglas Haywire is not pretty. That’s a misleading statement. I’m not saying that it’s a bad film, or that it isn’t shot well. On the contrary, it’s a lot of fun, and the cinematography make for an extremely entertaining film. No, […]
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Graphically Speaking: X-Men: First Class review
WARNING: the Blu Ray version of this film has been known to lag on some Blu Ray players. If you experience this, remove the disc, disable the player’s internet connection and delete the “First Class” cache from the BD Data Utility. That should tide us over until Fox does a recall. X-Men: First Class Directed […]
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Trailer Watch: X-Men: First Class
With a slow burn, the trailer for X-Men: First Class has arrived. X-Men: First Class charts the epic beginning of the X-Men saga, and reveals a secret history of famous global events. Before mutants had revealed themselves to the world, and before Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they […]
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Quick Cuts: The Hunger Games gets a release date, Javier Bardem may be Roland in The Dark Tower and other stories
Get ready for the next big thing. Lionsgate has announced that the first film based on Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games trilogy will hit theaters on March 23, 2012. The young adult novels are the latest crossover craze, in the vein of Harry Potter or Twilight, and tell a story of gladiatorial games in a […]
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