The 2018 Oscar® Nominations were announced at Ungodly O’clock this morning and there were a few surprises. More than a few, actually – but some really big ones.
Here is the list of nominations with my thoughts included:
Continue reading The 2018 Oscar® Nominations – A Few Thoughts!
On this episode, the GeekScholars host a spoiler-free discussion and review of Get Out, one of 2017’s most-buzzed about horror films (and rightfully so, it’s fantastic) about a young black man who goes to meet his white girlfriend’s family and the unusual encounters and events that occur.
What to Watch This Weekend is a weekly podcast from GeekScholars Movie News. Each Friday, the GeekScholars present a spoiler-free review of a film that has just become available in the past week to watch by renting, streaming, or purchasing.
Jordan Peele’s first effort as a writer/director fairly simmers with rage – not at the clichéd southern-fried racist rednecks of most horror movies that have discrimination at their root, but at white liberals who have all the right friends and say all the right things (or what they think are the right things).
Continue reading Get Out – Meeting the Parents Is No Fun At All!!
In Get Out, a speculative thriller from Blumhouse (producers of The Visit, Insidious series and The Gift) and the mind of Jordan Peele (Key and Peele), when a young African-American man visits his white girlfriend’s family estate, he becomes ensnared in a more sinister real reason for the invitation.
The first trailer for Get Out follows the break.