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Welcome to the Mihmiverse!
What on Earth is the Mihmiverse? Well, first of all, it's not necessarily on Earth, but before I explain, let's harken back to the 1950s, when drive-in movie theaters were just becoming popular, especially with teenagers. It was traditional to run a double feature: the "A" movie, followed by the "B" movie.
By Michael Cook8 years ago in Geeks
Garbage Pail Kids
Oh the 1980s, what a time to be alive. Now granted I was born in 1985, so I missed half of it (only because I can't remember most of it). The movies that came out during this decade were classic. Back to the Future, Ghostbusters, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Empire Strikes Back, the list goes on and on. But you know which movie never gets mentioned on this list: The Garbage Pail Kids Movie, and you know why? Because this movie is the worst piece of crap that's ever been put on film. I never heard of this movie until a couple of years ago when I saw a couple of my favorite reviewers talk about this so I figured now works before I do Lifetime Movie month (yes I'm bringing it back!) to see how bad this movie is.
By Christine Clossey8 years ago in Geeks
How to Kill Your Filmmaking Ego
Back in 2006, I was one hell of an ambitious filmmaker with the belief, passion, and ego to boot that I was destined for big things. I was in a real rush to get somewhere other than where I was, so I set out to make a film on a £30k budget (that eventually ballooned to over £60k) via credit cards and didn’t look back.
By Mark Jeavons8 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'I Do Until I Don't'
Lake Bell is quickly proving herself as a jack of all trades. She started her career in the role of the slightly less gorgeous best friend in movies before taking a major U-turn from pursuing movie stardom. When her What Happens in Vegas co-star Rob Corddry pitched the idea of the then web series Children's Hospital, it was an unlikely choice, one I’m sure her agent wasn’t exactly excited about. Then the series became a cult hit, earning a place on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim lineup it showed Hollywood that Lake Bell was more than just the pretty face.
By Sean Patrick8 years ago in Geeks
Is it Ever Okay to Wear "Blackface" for My Cosplay?
When is "black-facing" okay? Personally, as a POC cosplayer, I go out of my way to find characters of color such as Static Shock, Yoruichi, Esmeralda, etc—to cosplay so I can potentially be "cannon" in my cosplay but I also cosplay fun characters like Natsu, Mizore, Raven, and others because my skin color doesn't dictate what I can and cannot cosplay. Not once have I ever thought, "I should lighten my skin" for a non-POC character, so why is the cosplay community suddenly a breeding ground for "black-face" cosplayers?
By Yarn Goddess Cosplay8 years ago in Geeks
'Tell-Tale Heart' by Edgar Allan Poe
The true meaning of sanity has been up for discussion the last few centuries, as the human race has become more self-conscious. The everlasting battle between life and death, right and wrong, and how to maintain a rational mind in a world of chaos have inspired countless of writers, artists, and musicians. Edgar Allan Poe is no exception to this fascination of the darker perspectives of the mortal life and his story "The Tell-Tale Heart” confronts and challenge the balance between lucidity and lunacy.
By Cecilie Birkshøj8 years ago in Geeks
30 Years of 'Amazon Women on the Moon'
One of the first movies I ever reviewed on my podcast, when it was still called I Hate Critics, now Everyone’s a Critic, was a disconcerting sketch comedy movie called Movie 43. The film was a series of appalling short films strung together with no narrative under a title that one could imagine it having been randomly assigned by a movie studio for storage purposes, not intended for theatrical release. That this series of short films starred such actors as Hugh Jackman, Kate Winslet, Richard Gere, Liev Schreiber, and Naomi Watts are the only reason Movie 43 ever saw the light of day.
By Sean Patrick8 years ago in Geeks
Playwrights vs. Directors
I blame the cinema for one of the more annoying problems in live theater today. Films are created in a unique way. Someone writes a script and sells it to a producer. The producer turns the script over to a director, who hires the actors, and makes the film.
By J.T. McDaniel8 years ago in Geeks
The Irrelevance of Birdman
I watched the film Birdman last night. Two years late and after two previous attempts to get past the first ten, very pretentious minutes. I would never have watched it at all, except that in the last two weeks I have seen Michael Keaton, an actor who might as well have been dead to me, turn up in two good films: Spiderman: Homecoming and The Founder. And so, I felt I should give Birdman another chance.
By Alexis D. Smolensk8 years ago in Geeks
