http://www.geekroar.com Film review, news and opinions Thu, 11 Jan 2007 15:31:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize winning documentary Why We Fight (2005) tries to shed light on the American drive to constantly be at war. At the heart of the analysis is president Dwight D. Eisenhower’s farewell address to the nation warning of the rise of the Military-industrial ... http://www.geekroar.com/2006/07/26/why-we-fight-2005/ Writer Barrie Keeffe in his only produced film script delivers an intelligent and engaging gangster film in The Long Good Friday (1980). The movie, best known for bringing film notoriety to then TV actor Bob Hoskins (Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), Nixon (1995), Felicia's Journey (1999)) spans a period ... http://www.geekroar.com/2006/04/04/the-long-good-friday-1980/ OK Serenity fans, time for another stupid timewaster this time it is the Which Serenity character are you? personality quiz. Which one did I get? Why You scored as Jayne Cobb. The Mercenary. You are in this for the money, plain as that. You like things simple that ... http://www.geekroar.com/2006/03/03/which-serenity-character-are-you/ Check out this rough footage of scenes deleted from Star Wars IV: A New Hope as well as some bloopers and outakes. http://www.geekroar.com/2006/02/18/star-wars-deleted-magic/ A documentary about kids going to the national spelling bee, how interesting could that possibly be? As it turns out: Very. Spellbound (2002) introduces and briefly follows eight kids as they obsessively train to become the regional spelling. Through interviews with the kids, their families, teachers ... http://www.geekroar.com/2006/02/09/spellbound-2002/ A news article in Dark Horizons reports that: The Jim Henson Co. has set animated series creator Genndy Tartakovsky ("Samurai Jack", "Star Wars: The Clones Wars") to direct "Power of the Dark Crystal," sequel to 1982 fantasy film "The Dark Crystal" The sequel will place the Brian Froud designed characters in CG ... http://www.geekroar.com/2006/02/01/dark-crystal-sequel-power-of-the-dark-crystal/ Apple has posted a movie trailer for The Notorious Bettie Page (2005). The lead role had originally been ear marked for Liv Tyler but went to Gretchen Mol. I have respect for Ms Mol and wish her success in the role, but I must admit disappointment at the ... http://www.geekroar.com/2006/01/30/bettie-page-trailer/ It has only been two days since Steve Jobs sold Pixar to Disney and the merger is already having healthy effects. Disney, which had previously announced they were going to make "Toy Story 3" without Pixar (read as in 'milk the franchise for all the money they could get ... http://www.geekroar.com/2006/01/26/thankfully-there-will-be-no-toy-story-3-at-least-not-without-some-artistic-merit/ An AP report states that the two minor TV networks, UPN and The WB will shut down this fall and programming from both will be used to launch a new network aimed mainly at young and minority viewers.. The move is not terribly surprising given the similarity in programming ... http://www.geekroar.com/2006/01/24/upn-and-wb-merge/ Here is a tasty little rummor from Yahoo! Finance: Pixar Animation Studios, creator of "The Incredibles," and The Walt Disney Co. are rumored to be on the verge of a deal -- either a new distribution pact between the longtime partners or the possible sale of Pixar to Disney. According to the ... http://www.geekroar.com/2006/01/06/tasty-rummor-disney-to-buy-pixar/