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Best Geeky Finds – A Look Back at Howard the Duck (1986)

Blog-BGFTrapped in a world he never made… trapped in a world he’s grown accustomed to… trapped in Cleveland. No matter where he’s trapped, Howard the Duck (or Howard: A New Breed of Hero for our UK readers) has fallen into oblivion as one of the worst movies ever made. I, on the other hand, feel differently. Continue reading Best Geeky Finds – A Look Back at Howard the Duck (1986)

Miss Dawn’s Musings – Rebooting the Busters

Blog-MDMNot surprisingly, I saw Ghostbusters over the weekend. I’m not going to make this a full on review or anything, but I will say it’s the most fun I’ve had at the movies in a long time (and that’s saying a lot, considering the kind of movies I typically see). One of the best aspects was the mix of old and new. Continue reading Miss Dawn’s Musings – Rebooting the Busters

Best Geeky Finds – House on Haunted Hill (1999)

Blog-BGFNo cheap thrills. Genuine journey to the brink of madness.

 

It begins with a scream… of excitement from people on a roller coaster. This actually happens about 10 minutes into the movie, but it isn’t until here when the movie appears to start loosely making sense.

In 1931, Dr. Vannacutt did cruel experiments on the patients at an insane asylum hidden on top of the hill. These experiments were so bad that when patients finally found a way to break out of their cells, they fought against staff, killing and maiming everybody who had harmed them. The asylum would become known as “The House on Haunted Hill” (please note that this name has yet to make sense in either version of the film, and I understand less why it is used in this way here).  Continue reading Best Geeky Finds – House on Haunted Hill (1999)

Best Geeky Finds – It’s Elementary

Blog-BGFBasil Rathbone. Peter Cushing. Tom Baker. Jonny Lee Miller. Benedict Cumberbatch. All of these plus more have played the great Sherlock Holmes. (That’s right, a 1982 production of Hound of the Baskervilles had Tom Baker as the Great Detective. If anybody can find proof of this, I so want to see it.)

And now Ian McKellen has taken on the role in the recent film Mr. Holmes (2015). Continue reading Best Geeky Finds – It’s Elementary