The Geekteller, Author at Geekteller

Review: Captain Marvel [2019]

March 9, 2019March 9, 2019The Geekteller10 Comments

Surprisingly, I really enjoyed Captain Marvel. I came into it with low expectations for the movie and even lower ones for Brie Larson, but both proved me wrong. It’s a fun movie, it has great action sequences and it sets up nicely Avengers: Endgame. My main concern about this film was Brie Larson. I…

Review: First Reformed [2018]

March 5, 2019March 5, 2019The Geekteller6 Comments

“First Reformed” is one of the weirdest movies I have ever seen. It tells the story of a pastor’s quest to understanding himself and the connection between the church and the climate change. It started OK, but from the mid point on there wasn’t a scene were I wasn’t muttering to myself WTF?! And I…

[Blind Spot 2019] February: The Royal Tenenbaums

March 1, 2019March 1, 2019The Geekteller9 Comments

My February pick for the Blind Spot challenge was “The Royal Tenenbaums“. A Wes Anderson classic and a cult movie, the film tells the story of the Tenenbaums and the estranged father’s quest to reunite and reconcile with the family. It was a fun, sweet movie, that kind of bored me in the beginning, but…

Review: Cold War [2018]

February 26, 2019February 26, 2019The Geekteller6 Comments

I’ve been meaning to see “Cold War” for a long time, and finally I did it on Saturday, just in time before the Oscars. It tells the bittersweet love story between a musician and a singer, and their on and off relationship during 15 years and 4 different countries. Wiktor (Tomasz Kot) recruits Zula (Joanna…

Review: The Umbrella Academy- season 1 [Netflix TV Show]

February 19, 2019February 19, 2019The Geekteller8 Comments

“The Umbrella Academy” is one of the new shows that Netflix is pushing forward right now. It’s a story based on comics written by Gerard Way (My Chemical Romance) and Gabriel Ba about a group of special children who are adopted by an eccentric billionaire and trained to become superheroes. The catch is that each…

Review: The Favourite [2018]

February 14, 2019February 14, 2019The Geekteller10 Comments

I’ve been putting off writing the review for “The Favourite” for almost two weeks because I can’t wrap my head around it. I mean to say I don’t know if I loved it or not. Acting-wise, I can’t fault it, I loved it, but the story structure, the direction and editing was weird. Let’s discuss. …

[Childhood movies] “Cry Baby” and the tale of 100+ views

February 6, 2019February 6, 2019The Geekteller4 Comments

I have seen Cry Baby at least 100 times. Minimum. I can’t say a number exactly because there was a time in my childhood where I insisted on seeing this film on VHS every day…at least twice. If not this one, then Dirty Dancing, but that’s a different story. If you would have asked me then…

[Blind Spot 2019] January: LA Confidential

January 29, 2019January 29, 2019The Geekteller17 Comments

My first Blindspot entry for 2019 is LA Confidential, a movie I’ve heard everyone rave about and that I know won Oscars. Before watching it, I only associated this movie with an image of a sultry Kim Bassinger, and nothing else. One of the most notable things about it is that “LA confidential” is a…

Review: Boy Erased [2018]

January 25, 2019The Geekteller9 Comments

“Boy Erased” is a hard hitting drama about a young man forced to go to conversion therapy in order to “be saved”, but also to please his parents. It stars Lucas Hedge, Nicole Kidman, Russel Crowe and it’s written & directed by Joel Edgerton, who also plays the camp teacher in the movie. It’s one…

Review: Crazy Rich Asians [2018]

January 21, 2019January 21, 2019The Geekteller8 Comments

“Crazy Rich Asians” is probably one of the best romantic comedies I’ve ever seen, and I’ve seen a lot in my teen years. I finally got around to watching it last week with my sister and she loved it, as well. It’s an almost Cinderella-type of movie, in which a 20 something year old travels…