Sentences with phrase «of film geek»

Not only was the British import one of the best movies of the year, but it also grabbed the attention of every film geek in the business.

Coming off of The Wolfpack's premiere at this year's Sundance Film Festival, there was a lot of excitement around Crystal Moselle's debut documentary as well as the lanky, longhaired clan of film geek Angulo brothers.

«It may not have done well at the box office but it broke the all - time record for the number of film geeks insisting it's genius.»

Over the ensuing years, however, a small coterie of film geeks, hipsters and Hollywood insiders discovered «The Room» and became fascinated with the film.

Thousands of film geeks, genre - film enthusiasts, and weirdoes have descended upon the Alamo Drafthouse's South Lamar location for a week - long celebration of the weirdest cinema in the world: Fantastic Fest 2011.

Not exact matches

The A / V Geeks» Skip Elsheimer will guide a fun night of trivia and tongue - in - cheek commentary on popular science - themed movies as well as samples from his vault of 24,000 + short films.

How could he leave out the wonderful Alec Guinness film The Man in the White Suit (about a chemist who invents a fabric that never gets dirty, never needs ironing, never wears out — and nearly causes a revolution because it is too perfect) Fortunately, Perkowitz does include The Day the Earth Stood Still (the film in which Patricia Neal delivers one of cinema's most famous geek catchphrases: «Gort!

«It's become more fashionable to be a geek in the past five or six years,» says Gough, citing the popularity of TV shows like The Big Bang Theory and the mainstream interest in the upcoming Star Trek film.

I'm tempted to write off the entire documentary as being solely of interest to nut - and - bolts geeks, except for the segment devoted to Oliver Reed, who died of a heart attack three weeks before principal filming wrapped, necessitating some CGI trickery to insert him into a crucial final scene of the film.

In this supposedly final episode, Jim proposes to his band - geek girlfriend Michelle, and not surprisingly the rest of the film explores awkward, sexual, and gross - out situations that arise on the way to the wedding.

With Beatriz at Dinner, the prolific duo confirm their talent for social commentary and incisive wit after more than a decade of close collaborations, including indie films (Star Maps, Chuck & Buck, The Good Girl) and TV series (Freaks and Geeks and HBO's Enlightened).

As it turns out, «'' Amy»» entrepreneur Banky Edwards (Jason Lee) has sold the film rights for his «'' Bluntman & Chronic»» comic book — which is loosely based on Jay and Silent Bob — to Miramax, and the studio greenlit a big - budget production.Before it even begins, though, the pending «'' Bluntman & Chronic»» film provides more than enough fodder for a new wave of hate - mongers who prowl the Internet, namely pimple - faced geeks who slam anything they can type about on a series of movie gossip websites.

The hugely prolific actor and film - maker James Franco started his career on TV's Freaks and Geeks and has also directed adaptations of Faulkner and Steinbeck.

I think it would be a great idea to have more diversity of content in this site (an early review of Beloved was a pleasant surprise some weeks ago) but right now the balance is definitely in favor of sci - fi, fantasy, horror, action, and some crime films created for a demographic probably best described as «geek».

Now there is a chance that Ebert is discussing the «New GEEKS Cinema» meaning, the folks that have just come into the world of film.

The catty competition between Annie and Lilly is the driving force behind Freaks and Geeks creator Paul Feig's film, and a sturdy one at that, allowing for a blend of sappiness and insanity that's similar to, and yet in at least one crucial area distinct from, The 40 - Year - Old Virgin and Knocked Up.

Just watch Scorsese's 100 years of American Cinema and you'll behold the true glory of a great film geek.

It's the film - geek event of the fest.

The documentary film follows five people as they descend upon the Mecca of geek culture, San Diego's Comic - Con Convention.

The U.S. trailer for Birdman (or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)- Alejandro González Iñárritu's upcoming film starring Michael Keaton as a washed - up actor once famous for playing a superhero - definitely put the showbiz dramedy / satire on the map for a number of movie geeks.

Stephen Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch), after trying and failing to match Ebony in wisecracks and firepower, gets sucked into the ship, and it's up to Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) to rescue him, with an assist from Spider - Man (Tom Holland), a pop - culture geek who wonders if he's in the middle of an «Alien» film, and who Tony outfits with anti-gravity armor.

Studio marketing, perhaps sensitive to, or even altogether unaware of, the perils of thrusting an abusive, vengeful nerd before a cadre of white male geeks, sidelines Stan in the promotional material for the film:

Steve Carrell is a sweet, shy middle - aged geek and the last American virgin in The 40 - Year - Old Virgin (2005), the feature debut of director Judd Apatow (who wrote the film with Carrell), an oddly sweet mix of romantic comedy and adolescent shenanigans, albeit with a slightly older cast.

As usual in the genre of the Tarrantino, Django is based upon the excellent characterisation of quirky characters and their snappy, ultra-cool dialogue — and the massive film geek doesn't disappoint.

Beach Boys fans will suffer uncontrollable geek - outs during the Pet Sounds studio session reenactments, but the real value of the film lies in the respectfully unkempt and fraught depiction of Wilson's legacy as both a musician and a man.

Also on board is an audio commentary from» 09 — Disney, alas, has dropped the picture - in - picture option that made this a full - blown «Cine - Explore feature» on the PE — teaming Leonard Maltin with Disney animator («and unashamed animation geek») Eric Goldberg and film historian J.B. Kaufman, who at the time was writing a book about the making of Pinocchio that finally got published in 2015.

Both films made a big introductory splash at San Diego Comic - Con last summer to the most hardcore of movie geeks and since then, have both had very intense, action - packed and downright cool movie trailers.

Neighbors, a new comedy from the director of Forgetting Sarah Marshall, may be the first film of its subgenre to acknowledge how old the freaks of Freaks And Geeks have actually gotten, and to express nostalgia for the days when they could still believably play overgrown adolescents.

On of the most direct influences on my becoming a film geek (not unusual for geeks of my generation), it made me want to go out and watch everything that influenced Tarantino.

Critically acclaimed for his comedic television ventures along with an enormously successful list of film credits, Apatow has produced such films as: The 40 Year Old Virgin, Knocked Up, Funny People, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Superbad, Pineapple Express, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Get Him to the Greek, The Cable Guy; and television series: Freaks and Geeks, Undeclared, The Larry Sanders Show and The Ben Stiller Show, among others.

The stars of Simon Pegg and Nick Frost's comedy tell Xan Brooks why geeks perform a vital service in making sci - fi films better

After the news of no Inherent Vice softly devastated me, I practically jumped up like a bona fide film geek when I heard that the other Andersson (the extra s means he's Swedish) will be coming to Toronto with A Pigeon Sat On A Branch Reflecting On Existence.

There seem a multitude of avenues through which to deconstruct the picture, if not class then gender, if not from a film geek perspective then through a technical appreciation — but at its heart, the film is a visceral experience.

But yeesh, how much happier will I be when someday Michael Cera ceases to be the go - to geek avatar for this type of film.

«Midnight Cowboy» remains one of my favorite films of all time, so just from a cinema geek perspective, I'm there.

With a little help of our in - house geek, a bunch of the YAMMag team dusted off their lists to rank our favorite Marvel Cinematic Universe films from 2008's Iron Man all the way to Black Panther, in celebration of the decade - long MCU and the release for Avengers: Infinity War.

In 2009, director Duncan Jones gave gaggles of geeks flaming nerdboners with his debut feature «Moon,» a film that dragged science fiction kicking and screaming back into the -LSB-...]

Justin's Review: Whenever the topic of conversation among geeks comes around to the question of «Which is the best Star Wars film?»

That film heralded a new era of PG - 13 action cinema, one that could be enjoyed equally by children, their parents, and young adult geeks looking to experience the innocent excitement many of us first felt while reading superhero comics.

The first film tracked the development of their friendship as their own high school experience was flipped upside down: Schmidt, the lonely geek, found himself in favor, while Jenko, the popular jock, found himself on the outside looking in.

I can only imagine how exhilarating this must be for them by imagining one of the few short - lived modern TV shows I care about («Freaks and Geeks», «Undeclared») getting passionately resurrected as a film with all personnel onboard.

What's left is this appreciation of a film that is delighted with cinema and experimental without being a jerk about it (very much like Lars Von Trier's Zentropa, specifically in a black - and - white rear - process cab ride with none of that feeling that Tarantino's trying to make a point as opposed to recognizing something that looks cool and feels right)-- a film that is Tarantino in all his gawky, hyperactive, movie - geeking, idioglossic splendour, fully - formed and trying only a bit too hard.

Scott registers a full 10 on the Todd Solondz scale, and it's a strength and weakness of the film that it identifies geek misanthropy so specifically, yet can't resist piling on the humiliations.

As the writer and director of the feature films Knocked Up and The 40 - Year - Old Virgin, the producer of the blockbuster comedies Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby and Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, and the creator of the acclaimed television series «Freaks and Geeks» and «Undeclared,» Apatow has developed a reputation for stories that are equal measures sentimental and unrefined.

The winter of 2015 will receive a lot of attention for big franchise additions like Avengers: Age of Ultron, SPECTRE, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part Two, and the crown jewel of geek anticipation, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, but the film I have circled on my calendar is Midnight Special.

«He's not exactly Mr. Popular,» one of the geek's fathers states early in the film about his son.

More than anything this film has me geeking out over the upcoming Superman: Man of Steel.

Despite serving as the film's helmsman, Donner tends to be shunted to the side in favor of Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, and Shane Black whenever the subject of Lethal Weapon is broached among movie geeks.

It's always fun to chat with him about almost anything, from making films to seeing films to the amusing life of a British geek, but that's why we all love Edgar as much as we do.

(While some have speculated that Ferris Bueller is Hughes through the looking glass, the speech from that eponymous film in which a secretary canonizes Ferris — «The sportos, the motorheads, geeks, sluts, bloods, waistoids, dweebies, dickheads... they all adore him: they think he's a righteous dude» — suggests that Ferris is nothing less than the personification of Hughes's cottage industry.)