Rise of the new geeks: how the outsiders won
From superhero movies to techy sitcoms to captains of industry, geeks have been running the show for years.
September 3, 2013
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From superhero movies to techy sitcoms to captains of industry, geeks have been running the show for years.
From superhero movies to techy sitcoms to captains of industry, geeks have been running the show for years. But now that ‘geek chic’ is in the dictionary, and Topshop is selling ‘dork’ T-shirts, what is the future for nerd culture?
Movies are a fantastic art form, the paramount means of telling a story this century and last. Nothing beats sitting in your local theatre, the anticipation rising as the credits roll for the latest block-busting movie out of Hollywood…
Rent It Oh, Movie! You had me [click on the thumbnail to enlarge] at ” Frankenstein’s Army “.
PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Rentrak Corporation (NASDAQ: RENT) today announced the top ten movies-on-demand titles based on consumer transaction rate. Movies-on-demand are transactional …
‘The Story of Film: An Odyssey,’ which will air on Turner Classic Movies, focuses on international cinema. Hollywood is not the center of the cinema universe in film critic-historian Mark Cousins’ acclaimed 15-hour documentary, “The Story of Film: An Odyssey,” which has its U.S. television premiere Monday evening on Turner Classic Movies.
[Independent]Biola AlabiM-Net, a South Africa based TV company that also airs on DStv, has so far accepted more than 60 Ugandan movies to be screened to the whole world. Biola Alabi, the channel’s managing director in Africa, recently visited Uganda and spoke to Julius Businge about the prospects for Uganda’s film industry.
Longtime film reviewer Leonard Maltin summed up the feelings of many when asked about the 2013 summer movie season: “I’m glad it’s almost over.”
Highly Recommended It seems a bit odd reviewing a Blu-ray disc that sold out even before this reviewer received his own copy in the mail, but hopefully that’s an indicator of Columbia/Sony need to reissue movies like this on its own, or at least allow current distributor Twilight Time another print run. It’s also a sure sign that Body Double (1984), a Brian De Palma movie raked over the coals by …
JJ Abrams’s second Star Trek outing (a third is in the pipeline) is fine as long as you’re not too fond of Star Trek . Â Â Â Â