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Friday, March 28, 2008

God movie of the week (random thoughts)

wrapping up this week's look at post apocalyptica, hollywood style, i thought i'd try something a little different. Rather than blogging about a particular apocalyptic movie, movie geek will attempt to take it in a more personal direction and explore what's up with my fascination with such films.... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, March 27, 2008

b movie of the week (death race 2000)

i know you were all promised a waterworld blog for today's b movie pick, but the more i thought about it- the more i decided Waterworld isn't really a pure b movie. One of the great box office flops of all time, but it's really more of a low grade limbo film (neither good nor bad) whose rotten rep... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

limbo pick of the week (postman)

The apocalypse (or post apocalypse) continues... and in the magical nether world between great movie making and bad movie making we find today's limbo pick, Kevin costner's "epic", the Postman. If you're thinking to yourself, "gee, doesn't that belong in tomorrow's b movie category?" well- you've... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

artsy pick of the week (children of men)

movie geek again has the morning off, thus creating another chance to blog in Muddy's coffeehouse. so here, in this idyllic setting, sipping cafe Au lait, doing crosswords and chilling in general, we shall delve into movie land apocalypta. Sweet! for an artsy take on apocalyptic events, i couldn't... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, March 24, 2008

current release of the week (doomsday)

monday evening finds movie geek in rare form; we got us a current release to discuss, AND an extremely viable theme for the week. Your current release: Doomsday. Your theme: also doomsday, or to be more exact, hollywood's take on the concept of doomsday. and to be clear (since movie geek is of the... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, March 21, 2008

God movie of the week (simpsons)

Today movie geek comes to you live from Muddy's coffeehouse, located directly west from the lovely campus of UMKC. ah, truly la dolce vita- or at the very least, la vida loca. after picking the theme for the week (animation) movie struggled mightily the last two days, trying to pick a limbo animated... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, March 20, 2008

b movie of the week (misc animated features)

today finds movie geek in a similiar predicament as yesterday: struggling to latch onto a b movie in the way of animation. and again- just as the recent glut of animated features has produced more than it's fair share of so so limbo worthy picks, it's also produced a few that were big enough duds to... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, March 19, 2008

limbo pick of the week (titan a.e.)

we find movie geek less distracted today than yesterday- but majorly struggling with what animated flick to pick for today's limbo movie. it really shouldn't be that difficult- right now, it seems like studios are cranking out fair to middling animated features on a monthly basis. but, since movie... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, March 18, 2008

artsy pick of the week (miyazaki)

reminder: we continue today with the theme of animation. in the artsy category, movie geek felt like going with the films of Hayao Miyazaki. To be a little more specific, Spirited Away. movie geek is also fond of Princess Monoke, but, like so many others, it was academy award winner Spirited Away... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, March 17, 2008

current release of the week

movie geekess at the screenland... a confession- though i am (as the title suggests) a genuine movie geek in the first degree, the limbo region between oscar movie season and summer blockbuster season has indeed taken it's toll. it's actually been a good 2, 3 weeks since i've actually seen anything,... Sign in to see full entry.

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