Well known music composer Hans Zimmer was out promoting his online master class in musical composing and he drop a bit of info on why he’s leaving the superhero genre behind. Hans Zimmer’s biggest superhero genre splash was in Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight Trilogy but when he was brought in to write a new Batman theme for Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice, Zimmer decided to bring in composer Junkie XL instead. Zimmer gave his reason for wanting to leave the superhero genre in an interview with Inverse: “I keep thinking about new styles of music and new ways of…
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Senior Editor, Writer Lifelong film fanatic, Mark Salcido was discovered frozen in carbonite by C.H.U.Ds. He was released to the surface level to spread his rants and opinions on anything of film and digital. Batman calls him for advice.
Hello hello again, Screen Geek readers. If you have just come back from watching Kong: Skull Island or are just in the mood for some monster like films, do we have a list for you. We got the classic Godzilla (updated), the inner monsters of humanity, a balls to the wall action kaiju style flick, a comedy that will make you hoot and howl like a monster, and a few selections of monsters from other parts of the country. You hear that rumble in the background? It’s the Kaiju edition of “What To Stream This Weekend”. Godzilla (2014) https://youtu.be/vIu85WQTPRc Sci-Fi…
*Heads Up: SPOILER WARNING for some of the X-Men Films including Logan* Comic book films have graced our TV and theater screens dating back to the early 50’s and have been thriving for the past 20 years. With many actors taking the roles of superheroes, like Superman, Batman, Bruce Banner/Hulk, Captain America (there were two before Evans), and Doctor Strange (yes there’s a Doctor Strange film from the 70s), one actor has been a constant; Hugh Jackman. Since the first X-Men movie was released in 2000, Jackman has taken the antihero known as Wolverine, and made him the centerpiece in…
Logan was recently released in theaters and all though the film has garnered rave reviews from fans and critics, some may have missed a few hidden Easter eggs for comic fans. Minor Spoilers for the first 15 minutes of Logan. In the film we get an introduction of what Logan has been doing in his spare time. One scene in particular is when Logan has taken a job chauffeuring for a funeral. Now you if you blink, you might miss it and if you did, Logan finds a nice cozy spot by a tree and takes a few sips of…
If you haven’t been on the latest upkeep on what everyone is talking about, the horror film hit ‘Get Out’ had reached the rare level of 100% on Rotten Tomato. Things were looking great for the freshman film from first time director Jordan Peele when well known critic and all around asshole Armond White had something to say about that. The former credible critic decided to put his incoherent two cents in on the film and drop the well deserved score for ‘Get Out’ down to 99%. In White’s review for the conservative National Review, White labeled ‘Get Out’ as…
With the lost of Bill Paxton still shocking many of fans, people are trying to find ways to cope with the actor’s death. With his many iconic rolls that people like to bring up as they mourn, ranging from Near Dark to The Terminator to Aliens, some also loved Paxton’s roll as storm chaser Bill “The Extreme” Harding in the 1996’s film ‘Twister’. So what do real storm chasers do to pay their tribute to the actor? Well they combine their efforts to draw a massive “BP”. https://twitter.com/severestudios/status/835936801021911044 Gizmodo reports that dozens of storm enthusiasts groups decided to us their…
We are still in the early months of 2017 and that means the Oscars are just around the corner. With that being said, Screen Geek likes to take a small break from the latest superhero, sci-fi, horror, action, and other pop culture film news to take a look at the nominees. 2016 had a great run of films that really provoked discussion between film goers and critics, so much so that I decided to give some sound predictions on who should win and what films could take home that well deserved famous golden statue (insert golden-something joke). So as not…
Mainstream horror is in a funk. Let’s just admit it. There are other options in the horror market that doesn’t rely on the tired trope of jump scares or shock value, but those are mostly in the indie/underground area that you only hear about through word of mouth. Jordan Peele is a well known comedy writer and actor that had his television presence felt on Fox’s ‘Mad TV’. From there, he and his best friend, Keegan-Michael Key, created the widely successful show ‘Key and Peele’. After that show ended, a lot of people wondered what would be Peele’s next move.…
Jurassic World was a hit when released but no one expected to be the monster hit that it turned out to be. Almost no news has come out about the plot of the sequel only that Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, and B.D Wong would be returning. Well fanatics of the Jurassic Park variety, we have news for you. Not too long ago, the people of the fan site Jurassic Outpost found out that Universal recently purchased two new domain names that may be related to Jurassic World 2. The domain names go by IslaNublarRescueMission.com and AllCreaturesHaveRights.com (also .org) which…
For going on 90 years, the zombie genre has been a fixture in the world of cinema. Zombie films have changed over time but generally fall in the realm of horror. It has had no problems crossing into science fiction, thriller, romance, or even comedy as the genre evolved. You might cringe at the idea of slapstick humor when it comes to a zombie flick, but there have been many exceptions to the idea that those two wouldn’t mix. There are others that could be seen as a complete abomination. Let’s take a trip down zombie memory lane and analyze…