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How 'The Grinch' Became an Icon
He was the cruel, evil green-animated Ebenezer Scrooge of our childhood props to author Dr. Seuss for making the Grinch a Christmas icon. The Grinch is based on the 1957 children's illustrated book How the Grinch Stole Christmas introduces the Grinch, a green, furry, Pot-bellied, pear-shaped, snub-nosed humanoid creature with a cat-like face and cynical personality who hates Christmas and decides to rob everybody's gifts and holiday decorations down in Whoville to make them feel sad. The story would be adapted in a 1966 short television special, a television series, a 2000 live-action film, a 2018 animation film, musicals, and a song written by the author himself that would be the theme song fitted for the Grinch.
Gladys W. MuturiPublished 4 months ago in GeeksWe Wish You A Marvel Christmas!: The 5 Best MCU Christmas Moments
Christmas is almost here! While the Marvel Cinematic Universe has only one official Christmas special, there have been plenty of smaller Christmassy moments along the way, and we are soon to get another when the season two What If..? episode, 'What If Happy Hogan saved Christmas?' begins streaming on Disney Plus on Christmas Eve 2023.
Kristy AndersonPublished 4 months ago in GeeksThe Night Before - A Movie Review
Congratulations, you are about to have the best Christmas ever! Heading out for its Annual Christmas Eve festivities, The Night Before hit theaters in 2015. Three best friends go out on the final annual Christmas Eve adventure before they head into their adult lives. In this night of over-the-top incidents, will they remember any of them?
Marielle SabbagPublished 4 months ago in GeeksFour Christmases - A Movie Review
Better get moving - this is going to be a busy Christmas. After making several visits, Four Christmases arrived in theaters in 2008. Kate and Brad’s Christmas plans are ruined when their flight is canceled. Since both of their parents are divorced, they travel around to each family. It’s an exhausting and festive time for each visit.
Marielle SabbagPublished 4 months ago in Geeks- Top Story - December 2023
2 years of Spider-Man: No Way Home
Firstly, I know it was fan service at its Best but I will always treasure the memory of seeing No Way Home on its premiere night during the chilly winter. yelling with joy and excitement when all 3 generations of live-action Spider-Men were on-screen together!
65
Ya know how sometimes you see a trailer for a movie and you think to yourself, “wow this is going to be terrible, I can’t wait to see it”? Well that was my exact thought process when I saw the trailer for 65 starring Adam Driver. We never got around to seeing it in the theaters but now that it's on Netflix we are finally diving in. Doing any dinosaur movie after the existence of Jurassic Park is super bold but here we go, my review of 65.
Alexandrea CallaghanPublished 4 months ago in Geeks- Top Story - December 2023
The Boy and the Heron
Ever since watching My Neighbor Totoro with my husband I have been in love with Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli movies. When we heard that Miyazaki would be coming out with (yet another) final movie we both got very excited. The Boy and the Heron is a truly horrendous title for this movie but other than that it feels like the ultimate culmination of Miyazaki’s career and legacy.
Alexandrea CallaghanPublished 4 months ago in Geeks Infinity Pool
There is a history of horror movies getting undervalued by awards season. Last year one in particular that drew attention was Mia Goth and her performance in Pearl. The movie as a whole was absolutely snubbed as its quality could most definitely go toe to toe with anything nominated last year. But we will have a more in depth discussion on that later. Pearl won me over and I will now watch anything that stars Mia Goth. Which brings me to Infinity Pool. I am now presenting my formal review for Mia Goth’s latest appearance, Infinity Pool.
Alexandrea CallaghanPublished 4 months ago in GeeksMiracle on 34th Street - A Movie Review
How are you sure that he is the real Santa Claus? Miracle on 34th Street is a 1947 film. A man named Kris Kringle claims that he is the real Santa Claus. After an incident, he is on trial arguing his identity. The people he meets also decipher the truth and challenge skepticism regarding the holiday season.
Marielle SabbagPublished 4 months ago in GeeksSuperman and Batman: Public Enemies (Graphic Novel)
Superman and Batman: Public Enemies is a graphic novel adaptation of an animated film. I haven't seen the film yet, but I picked up the book at Goodwill, and it was in surprisingly good condition. The artwork was dark and swirly, sometimes hard for the eye to take in, or discern exactly what was going on, panel for panel (and the artwork often broke free here and splashed across the page). No one in the comics industry seemingly thought about the plight of the nearsighted when creating their books; at least not in this era, and they really should have. All of their fans are bespectacled, pre-diabetic Simpsons characters who opine that this, that, and the third is the "Worst [fill in the blank] ever!"
Godzilla Minus One
So we went to see Godzilla Minus One. Now this was my first Godzilla movie ever, I was going in with absolutely no context or history. I went into this movie the same way I’m sure a lot of Americans did, ready for a monster movie. The trailer also kind of hyped up that angle. So I went in ready to watch Godzilla tear some shit up. What I was not ready for was a heartfelt story about a man finding the will to live, commentary on survivor's guilt and the devastations of war and the power of forgiveness.
Alexandrea CallaghanPublished 4 months ago in GeeksMixed Nuts - A Movie Review
This is a Christmas Eve we’ll never forget. Mixed Nuts is a 1994 comedy film. A crisis hotline is busy during the Christmas holidays. As they strive to maintain the holiday spirit, employees and guests try to keep their heads together on one crazy evening.
Marielle SabbagPublished 4 months ago in Geeks