Geek News Weekly is making a comeback! Welcome back to our third Geek News Weekly, where we collect the hottest geek news from last week. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 premieres around the globe The long awaited movie is finally there. It premiered in most of the world around April 27-28 th. USA will need… Continue reading
Category: Movies
The King is back! Kong: Skull Island Review
As soon as Legendary announced their plans for a King Kong movie, I was in. It was supposed to be set entirely on the mysterious Skull Island and feature the big gorilla’s origin story. Great. Then, it turned out the movie would be a part of the newly built cinematic universe centered around various big… Continue reading
Authentic geeks and where to find them: “Hidden Figures”
Who says that superhero films don’t snag awards?! As savvy moviegoers already know, “Hidden Figures” depicts the true story of three fearless, female African-American mathematicians at the forefront of the 1960s space race between the USA and Russia. Commercially and critically, the film is every bit as gripping as the clutch of Darth Vader. The… Continue reading
Star Wars went Rogue – and it paid!
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is a movie many fans waited for. It’s basically the first stand-alone cinematic live-action entry in the Star Wars series. And although the Force plays a role in the story, the movie focuses on the less mystical part of the Star Wars lore: the Rebellion and their fight to… Continue reading
Big Geekified 2016 Summary. Part 5/5: Movies
And finally it’s time for the last part of our big 2016 summaries and we wanted this series of articles to end on a big note. And so, we looked back at 2016 movies. Ready? The Best Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them It was a pleasure to see a new movie based on… Continue reading
Wonder Woman gets another trailer
A few weeks ago Warner Bros. released the second trailer for the upcoming Wonder Woman movie – her first solo flick ever. The video is purely magical and has a lot of hints as to the plot of the movie. It took me a little time to write a proper analysis of the trailer, but… Continue reading
Dissecting latest trailers and teasers
During these last few weeks, Hollywood spoiled us with tons of delicious goodies. I took a look at the most promising ones and decided to share my thoughts and expectations. Are you ready? Here we go. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story First off, the freshest one. I really can’t wait for the Star Wars… Continue reading
‘The Standoff’ straight up: an interview with Ilyssa Goodman
The (Hollywood) hills are alive with the sound of standoff . . . and this one ain’t the Brangelina breakup! The stalemate in question relates to the September 20 digital release of the new film entitled “The Standoff.” It’s a veritable teen-influencer fest that stars Olivia Holt, Ryan McCartan, the Merrell Twins (Vanessa and Veronica),… Continue reading
Are WB and DC taking the squad goals to a whole new level? A “Suicide Squad” review.
After Man of Steel, which had a mixed response, and Batman V Superman, which was panned by critics (although I liked it very much and here’s why) and underperformed in box-office, came the third DC Extended Universe movie: Suicide Squad. Written and directed by David Ayer, it wasn’t liked by critics either, but it has… Continue reading
SDCC 2016: Warner Bros. Panel
This year’s San Diego Comic-Con has ended more than a week ago. It certainly was very emotional, and now that we dealt with these emotions we can write a few words about the most important panels. We won’t be going over the trailers and goodies posted on the Internet, but we’ll also look at what… Continue reading
Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice’s Ultimate Edition Trailer is out
Warner Bros. has just released a first trailer for the Ultimate Edition of Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice (we reviewed the cinematic cut here) via Collider. You can see the trailer below (there are some new scenes, so make sure to watch closely!). According to Collider (and the trailer itself), The Ultimate Edition (with… Continue reading