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Character Lessons
Character Lessons Maya Angelou said, “Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently.” Atticus Finch in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, strives to teach his young children, Jem and Scout, to courageously look at life from others perspective. One instance occurs when Jem and Scout read to Mrs. Dubose. Mrs. Henry Lafayette Dubose, an old woman who designates the Finch family as her prey, criticizes Atticus and his children regularly for defending a black man in court. Her insults varying from rude to obscene. In response to the numerous attacks, Jem cuts down Mrs. Dubose’s camellias with Scout’s baton in a fit of rage. Mrs. Dubose requests that Jem and Scout read to her as their punishment, and Atticus obliges. Atticus knows that Mrs. Dubose has a morphine addiction that clouds her mind when she insults his family, but his children do not. He also knows that she wants to overcome her addiction with the help of Jem and Scout reading to her. Did Atticus make the right decision to not tell his children about Mrs. Dubose’s addiction and physical condition? Atticus made the right decision to not tell Jem and Scout about Mrs. Dubose’s up coming death for three reasons: Jem and Scout would have treated Mrs. Dubose without respect, Mrs. Dubose did not want them to know about her coming death, and Atticus could not have taught his children as great a lesson about courage.
By Jack8 years ago in Geeks
'It' Proves Humans Are Just as Terrifying as Killer Clowns
Clowns. Why did It have to be clowns? Okay, so maybe that isn't an original hook. However, what is original is the concept that lives in the underbelly of It, the 2017 remake of the Stephen King adaptation.
By Tina Daquilante8 years ago in Geeks
5 Things I Love and 5 Things I Hate About: 'Dragon Ball'
Dragon Ball is one of those things that I feel a lot of 90's kids like me grew up with, or at the very least, were aware of, like Pokémon, Digimon, and Sailor Moon. It came to the U.S. around the same time that those other anime did, and I remember knowing a lot of kids who liked it, just as I did. Looking back, I can see why, since it had a lot of humor, but more than that, it had a lot of great action scenes, filled to the brim with long staredowns, big explosions, and lots of screaming - sort of like Michael Bay Transformers movie, only it was the characters screaming while they powered up, and not the viewer screaming at the movie for being boring beyond comprehension.
By D.A. Baldwin8 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Lipstick Under My Burkha'
“You know what our problem is? We dream too much?” That quote is devastating. It comes from the movie Lipstick Under My Burkha from writer director Alankrita Shrivastava. It’s a remarkable film about four wonderful characters staring into the face of oppression and still trying to live their dreams. Lipstick is only Shrivastava’s second directorial feature and yet she directs with the surety and beauty of a veteran filmmaker. Her eye and ear are perfectly in tune to her characters, who each have big beautiful beating hearts.
By Sean Patrick8 years ago in Geeks
'Ghost in the Shell'
Ghost in the Shell is a cyber punk classic released in 1995. The original anime classic was based on the manga by Shirow Masamune and since its release, it has become one of the most popular anime films of all time. This year, it has had a live action remake starring Scarlett Johansson. Live action remakes have had a very bad name in the past but the Disney action remakes like the global smash hit Beauty & The Beast starring Emma Watson has started giving them a good name again.
By Chloe Gilholy8 years ago in Geeks
8 Movies to Watch if You Like 'Silent Hill'
If you're disappointed by the official Silent Hill film adaptations, you're not the only one. But we've got your back. These eight films come very close to the classic survival horror franchise without incurring legal action from Konami. So get out those melee weapons, turn your radio on to static, and let's see what terrors we can uncover.
By Eden Roquelaire8 years ago in Geeks
Classic Movie Review: 'Mauvais Sang'
Mauvais Sang or Bad Blood, the English title, stars Dennis Levant as Alex, a small time criminal about to break into the criminal big time. After the death of his father, Alex is sought by his father’s former associates, Marc (Michel Piccoli) and Hans (Hans Meyer) to be part of a heist that will require his quick hands. The heist involves stealing the cultures of a dangerous virus that is ravaging France, a plague that affects those who make love without being in love.
By Sean Patrick8 years ago in Geeks
'Twin Peaks' 2017: Laura Is The One. Top Story - September 2017.
It's been a hell of ride since the finale of Twin Peaks: The Return. Watching the two-parter live was unforgettable, a bracingly raw emotional experience that ran the gamut of thrills, laughs, unbearable tension, heart-warming resolutions, head-fucking narrative turns, and a horrifyingly fatalistic ending. I was so bewildered and overwhelmed, I could hardly speak for hours afterwards. There was so much to take in, to try and make sense of; much of Part 18 in particular was very open to interpretation, and what I felt was being implied was pretty tough to swallow. After everything he'd been through, why did Coop suddenly feel he needed to 'save' Laura? Did he break reality in the process? And what did those closing moments mean - with Coop seemingly lost and Laura more traumatised than ever, had the Black Lodge attained some nightmarish victory?
By James Giles8 years ago in Geeks
Top 10 Pokémon Designs: Gen. II
The first generation of Pokémon is probably the most nostalgic for a lot of people. Back then, things were a bit simpler. Battles were more straight forward, there weren't any crazy methods of catching or evolving wild Pokémon, and more importantly, there were only one hundred and fifty Pokémon to catch overall. But nothing as popular as this franchise was going to stay small forever, and thus, Gen. II was soon born, bringing with it a whole lot of new Pokémon - including a handful of pre-evolutions and evolutions for existing 'mons - and with them, some more awesome designs. As with anything, some people latched onto a handful when it came to the ones they liked most, while others were ridiculed or forgotten.
By D.A. Baldwin8 years ago in Geeks
Culture Vulture: 'Certain Women' (2016)
Written and directed by Kelly Reichardt, Certain Women is based on short stories from a collection by Maile Meloy – titled Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It, published in 2009.
By Gareth Johnson8 years ago in Geeks
Classic Movie Review: 'Rosemary's Baby'
Rosemary’s Baby is one of the most sneakily ingenious psycho-dramas ever made. Director Roman Polanski, a quite correctly demonized figure today, was a masterful director in his day. In Rosemary’s Baby, arguably his finest film, Polanski uses film technique and his unique sensibilities to take seemingly normal and mundane things and use our perceptions of those things against us. The most obvious and blatant of these mundane things is using the elderly as the film’s villains, especially the grandmotherly Ruth Gordon.
By Sean Patrick8 years ago in Geeks
Carousel's Return to Broadway
The 2018 revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel is, for many theatre fans, a dreamy idea. With a cast of Broadway favorites – Jessie Mueller, Joshua Henry, Betsy Wolfe, and opera legend Renée Fleming – and a stunning score by Rodgers and Hammerstein, the production is sure to be a strong contender for the Best Revival Tony Award (and maybe add a second Tony statue to Jessie Mueller’s personal shelf as well). But the show itself, about an unlikely couple who both lose their jobs as a result of their relationship, relies on some pretty outdated ideas of marriage and loyalty; some might even call it an “ode to domestic violence.”
By Em DiMonaco8 years ago in Geeks