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Reviews of the top geek movies, tv, and books in the industry.

The Housemaid: Movie Review
As so many others, I have been a huge fan of Freida McFadden's book The Housemaid since it was published in 2022. Over the past few years, I have read it at least six times, so when it was announced that they were turning it into a movie, I was very excited. Yesterday, I finally had the chance to sit down and watch it.
By Kaiya J27 days ago in Geeks
One Battle After Another
Okay full honesty here; I was not looking forward to watching this movie. I HATED Killers of the Flower Moon and that was the last time I saw Leo DiCaprio’s face. I think the writing better be damn good to warrant a nearly 3 hour film, and that is almost never the case. And almost every time a film gets touted “film of the year” it's actually nowhere near the best film that came out that year. So this film had an uphill battle with me before I ever pressed play. But I am nothing if not incredible at objective analysis. So I fought through it anyway.
By Alexandrea Callaghan28 days ago in Geeks
Jay Kelly
Jay Kelly is one of the movies that slipped through my fingers last year but we are getting to it before Oscar nominations so it's a win I guess. I am a fan of Adam Sandler as a person but not as much as an actor and I never understood the fascination with George Clooney so I didn’t have a strong inclination toward this movie. That said, it was on the to do list so here we go.
By Alexandrea Callaghan28 days ago in Geeks
Eternity
My wife was in a new film last year! For those of you who don’t know me personally I am referring to Elizabeth Olsen whom I love with my whole heart. She finally got herself into an A24 film so we are combining all the things I love for this.
By Alexandrea Callaghan29 days ago in Geeks
Blue Moon
Okay so honestly I hadn’t even seen a trailer for this film before deciding to watch it. The synopsis was enough for my little theatre nerd heart. Also seeing the cast list was enough to hook me. Blue Moon is about Lorenz Hart dealing with Richard Rodgers Oklahoma! opening. As a certified theatre kid who watched Hugh Jackman in Oklahoma! so often my brother knows the words, I was truly looking forward to immersing myself into the lore of the relationship before Rodgers and Hammerstein took over musical theatre.
By Alexandrea Callaghan29 days ago in Geeks
“Bugonia”: A Review
Grade: D+ Bugonia (2025) is a hell of a ride. That’s the “+” in the D+ grade above. The rest is Hollywood schlock and nonsense that delivers no savory ending.
By Skyler Saunders29 days ago in Geeks
The Day Everything Changed
I missed the last bus on purpose. Not because I wanted to be stranded, but because I couldn’t face going home. That day had been one long unraveling—work mistakes, a call from my sister about our mother’s health, the kind of exhaustion that lives in your bones. The bus stop bench was cold, the sky bruised with storm clouds, and I just… stayed. Let the schedule pass. Let the world move on without me.
By KAMRAN AHMAD29 days ago in Geeks
Belén
Movies are a wonderful form of entertainment, but more importantly they are perhaps the best vehicle for social and political commentary there is because they are so accessible to the masses. This year we have gotten some excellent commentary from films like Sinners and Mickey 17 and now Belén.
By Alexandrea Callaghan30 days ago in Geeks
Mickey 17
Mickey 17 was on the must watch list for last year but time got away from me. We are once again playing catch up before awards season, I promise I will start doing these in a timely manner this year! This was a film we knew we wanted to see. Robert Pattinson is actually an incredible actor who sometimes still gets caught up in Twilight discourse in an attempt to discredit his skills. That combined with it being a Bong Joon Ho movie made it highly anticipated.
By Alexandrea Callaghan30 days ago in Geeks
Guillermo del Toro's Stellar Gothic "Frankenstein" (2025)
Now I tell my tale. Based on Mary Shelley’s classic story, Frankenstein is a 2025 Netflix film directed by Guillermo del Toro. The brilliant scientist, Dr. Victor Frankenstein, brings a creature to life in a monstrous experiment. His bias on the creature’s intelligence leads to tragic outcomes as he wanders into the world.
By Marielle Sabbag30 days ago in Geeks
'Vanilla Romance' on “Beyond the Gates”
There are many kinds of relationships on the popular soap opera Beyond the Gates that is now in its second season. However, one was described as a “vanilla romance.”
By Margaret Minnicks30 days ago in Geeks
John Cena's retirement
Happy New Years to all my readers! I know it's been a while. I do apologize and I want to start writing again. I promise I'll try my best, so here we go. It's been quite a while since John Cena's final match. Truthfully I'm still in denial that it's finally over. As a friendly reminder, like all kids around my age John Cena was one of my favorite wrestlers growing up. Batista was my absolute favorite but John was definitely up there. I had stopped watching wrestling once the PG era started, but deep down and as I'd gotten older I've always had an affinity for wrestling. But when John announced his retirement. I decided to follow a little more closely, as shown by my previous articles both simply thanking Cena and my 2024 prediction as to how it would go down and what I'd like to see from his retirement tour.
By Dyllon Rodillonabout a month ago in Geeks