Oh So Geeky

Photo Credit: Before Sunset / Warner International Pictures After a chance meeting on a train  nine years earlier , Jesse and Celine reunite in  Before Sunset  with an opportunity to catch up on an evening that defined both of their young lives. The former published a novel about their brief intimacy, while the latter committed to her humanitarian efforts and struggled to find meaning in lasting relationships. In film, a popular yet seemingly unrequited tale is how two people meet and fall in love by happenstance. The characters and circumstances run the gamut of cliches while also remaining monotonous and repetitive. Rather than feeling fulfilled by such movies, their endings are usually painfully ambiguous in leaving the audience to their imagination about whether or not such a chance encounter could have a happily ever after. As the  Before  series treks the path of storytelling brilliantly, it marvels not only over the chance encounter but its aftermat...

Photo Credit: Birdman / Fox Searchlight Pictures Is it the act of creation that gives us fulfillment, of living in the moment, or how big of an audience we reach?  Questions like this not only taunt artists but everyone to a certain extent. In such a media-based world, it's easy to wonder, obsess, or curiously peek into what is said of "the thing". So often we cross a line over living in the constant comparison of high notes to our accomplishments, the success of others, and past pinnacles of success held up by generational prestige. We all get lost in expectation and admiration. The whole world is striving to be relevant yet can't shake the state of mind that constantly questions how and which ways we truly matter. Best known for having starred in a fictitious  Birdman  franchise, Riggan Thompson's career (Michael Keaton) and his personal life has fallen into shambles. Trying to matter again, he is directing, starring, and producing in his own Broadway show...

Indie film "Hearts and Cash" is about to debut at Sundance film festival. Diva and lead actress Jill, slacker production assistant Dave, amateur director Jim, and ambitious producer Hannah Rosner document their raucous road trip from Santa Monica, California to Park City, Utah. Things start off on the wrong foot from the get-go; their car runs out of gas. If anything can happen, it does. Once on the road again and finally landing at Sundance, their obstacles only rev up. Ready for hard-earned success to finally pay off, their adventure takes a turn for the worst when their only 35mm film print is lost a few hours before their world premiere. Park City is a smart comedic exploration on a young filmmaker's attempt of trying to open their work up to more audiences and take friendly jabs at the chaotic world known as show business. It was in fact this approach that I was led to watch this through a private screening. The approaching premiere at Sundance and the film...

John Shearer/Invision/AP The red carpet season has come and gone, my friends. There were plenty of great moments these past two months (and well into 2014 too). Instead of just going for the usual award show season fan fare, I've sprinkled moments from movie premieres, Met Gala, and the film award show season. Hope you enjoy my favorite red carpet looks, photographs, instagrams, and all that jazz.

Photo Credit: Fifty Shades of Grey / Universal Pictures One of the most negatively panned and yet most talked-about series ever should have nowhere to go up but up when it's adapted to the big screen. Of course, pun implied, we're talking about  Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy by E.L. James, the literary, erotic, and controversial phenomenon. And yet for all the anticipation both by legions of devoted  haters and fans, the highly anticipated adaptation manages to coast between the lines to lack that something special the books achieved. BDSM billionaire Christian Grey (Jamie Dornan) recruits a young virginal graduate Anastasia Steele (Dakota Johnson) into "his red room of pain", aka a sexual contract where she becomes his submissive. He has rules. If she follows them, he'll reward her. If she fails them, he'll punish her. A chance encounter sparks a torrid relationship between the two, one that leaves Ana questioning if she wants a relationship where pai...

I love Twister - the 1996 action movie directed by Jan DeBont about competing storm chasers across Oklahoma. One of the perks of living in Florida is the occasional visit to Universal Studios Florida. An attraction that somehow has managed to avoid renovation is the Twister: Ride It Out Soundstage.  The "ride" is a walk-through set celebrating the movie that broke summer box office records and beat out other action films like Mission: Impossible . Guests enjoy watching pre-production footage introduced by Bill Paxton and Helen Hunt, and then "survive" a replication of a tornado sweeping through a drive-in.  Every time I go to Universal Studios, I'm not gonna lie: I have to do this attraction. My love for the attraction started out with simply enjoying the relief of air conditioning from the heat. But over time, I've been on it so many times, the film has become my one of my all-time favorites.  As early as summer 2014, rumors have begun that the attractio...

Sandy and Danny from Grease . Rhett and Scarlett from Gone with the Wind . Jack and Rose from Titanic.  The list of all-time swoon-worthy movie couples can go on and on. Yet it could be said that the pairings mentioned here are also a little overrated? The cinderella virgin changes her image for the high school jock. Gazillionaire Rhett Butler tries buying his way into spoiled Scarlett's heart only to say to hell with it all. Jack saves Rose in more ways than one and they end up at the bottom of the ocean together (sobs). For every favorite romantic duo, there are plenty more that deserved to make more hearts ache. Which is why for this day of love, I compiled a small list of underrated couples that deserve more ja'dore. Kat and Patrick - 10 Things I Hate About You Head over heels Cameron Jones (Joseph Gordon Levitt) vies for the attention of the selfish popular Bianca, who can't date unless her "heinous bitch" sister Kat (Julia Stiles) does. Matching up he...