If it's your Birthday today.......16 September 2010

We would like to offer you our Birthday wishes.

Some age well and some .....erm

You may also be pleased to know that you share this day with the academy
award nominated 'Mr Comeback' himself Mickey Rourke who turns 58 today.

Just one more thing.....

This day is also shared by the legend of television the great Peter Falk, you will probably know him better as Detective Columbo, he sees his 83 birthday on today

If it's your Birthday today.......

First and foremost HAPPY BORN DAY.

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If you are a sci-fi geek you may be please to know that you share this day with Mr Anderson himself Keanu 'monotone' Reeves he turned 46 today.

Aye Caramba

For those who don't care about a monotone, one facial expression having, time travelling dude, this is also the birthday of the delectable Salma Hayek

Films premiering on Sky Movies (3 September 2010 - 9 September 2010)

Hello all,

The summer is well and truly over so it's time you boys and girls keep yourselves at home, curl up on the sofa with a nice cuppa and enjoy what the boob tube has got to offer. With this in mind, every week we'll be detailing the latest films premiering on Sky Movies.

This coming week we have three diverse films premiering, there's a drama, a comedy and an action thriller.

L-R Damon Sr, Keenan, Damien, Shawn, Marlon

First of we have the latest in the 'lets take the mick of films in a particular genre' films, Dance Flick and as you can imagine one or more of the Wayans brood (pictured) are involved.

This time we have the up and coming Damon Jr -  whose father Damon Sr is most known for playing Michael Kyle from 'My Wife and Kids' - in the lead role of Thomas, with his love interest (Megan) played by the little known newcomer Shoshana Bush.

Sugar Bear

This "flick" directed by Damien Wayans sees the white suburban girl Megan move to the inner city in pursuit of her dream as a dancer, where meets the nerdy/streetwise Thomas who also has a passion for dance.
However Thomas is unable to fully immerse into the world of dance as he is stuck working for the ridiculously obese gang leader 'Sugar Bear',

As expected there are cameos by the other Wayanseseses, look out for Keenan, Shawn and Marlon. Of course there are parodies of many films both in and out of the dance film genre (we count 42) which we love, but you'll find that there are more misses than hits.

All in all, if you're not tired of the parody/mick taking genre this one would be right up your alley, but if you are you should avoid this one.


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Next we have the latest in the franchise that solidified Arnie 'the governator' Schwarzenegger as a box office monster, Terminator Salvation.

Bale as John Connor

It was on the set of this film that we heard the recording Christian Bale (pictured) going absolutely ape faeceas at the director of photogaphy Shane Hulrburt for walking into a scene.

This fourth instalment of the Terminator franchise sees Bale in the role of the lead and saviour of mankind John Connor, set in 2018 the much anticipated Judgement day has begun and mankind is fighting for its existence.

Conner leads a group of the humans on an attack of the Skynet headquarters, when he gets there he stumbles on human prisoners and plans for a new type of terminator using human tissue.

If you don't mind seeing some shooting and explosions we recommend catching this one, it does well in pulling together the plots of the previous three films. This is an essential view for those who love the previous instalments and want to find out what happens to Mr Connor. For this who wanted to see Arnie reprise his role, don't hold your breath although he does make a very brief cameo (come on the guy does have a day job you know).



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THE GEEK PICK

Lastly but by no means least, we have the touching and harrowing The Soloist.

Nathaniel Ayers

Directed by Joe Wright, the English gent who brought you 2005's Pride and Prejudice and the Oscar nominated Atonement, this film is based on a book, about a true story.

The book 'The Soloist: A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship and the Redemptive Power of Music' was written by American journalist Steve Lopez and was based on his column about his friendship with schizophrenic bassist Nathaniel Ayers (pictured).

With the history lesson out of the way, the film follows Lopez played by Robert Downey Jr who is an unhappy sod to say the least, recently divorced and working for his ex wife (then again that would make anyone an unhappy sod) this journalist hears a violin being played beautifully and goes to investigate.

Jamie Foxx as Nathaniel Ayers

He finds Nathaniel Ayers played by award winner Jamie Foxx, a homeless schizophrenic and during their conversation he learns that Ayers was a child prodigy and once attended the world famous (and super hard to get into unless you're a genius) Juilliard school. Lopez finding he had nothing better to write about for his column decides to write about Ayers and does some investigation to find Ayer's sister in order to find out more about the former child genius.

We'll stop there and leave the rest for you to watch and be touched by, we're sure you will  see why this was the Geek Pick. Once more Mr Foxx shows his ability to portray a real life character, you only have to see his work on Ray and Redemption: The Stanley Tookie Williams Story to see why he was the perfect choice.

So there you have it, a diverse choice of films to get your teeth into come back next week for a rundown of premiering films.


Happy Viewing


The Geeks

This Weeks Releases 3.10.10

Welcome to the first of our weekly releases post, every Wednesday/Thursday we will be announcing the movies set to open as of the coming Friday.

Deacon

Before we get to our chubby cousins from across the waters we thought we'd start on these shores, brought to you by the good folks at Revolver entertainment and directed by Sacha Bennett is 'Bonded by Blood'.

This film staring Danny Dyer's bezzie mate Tamer Hassan and Noel Clarke favourite Adam Deacon, is set in mid 90's Essex and charts the rise and fall of drug suppliers Tony Tucker, Patrick Tate and Craig Rolfe.

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Next up is the horror-thriller Cherry Tree Lane, which is directed by the director of 'The Cottage' Paul Andrew Williams.

This film centres around a young professional couple, Mike and Christine who are living a normal - if not mundane - existence when they find out their son Sebastian is in a little trouble with some local boys who proceed to camp outside the house waiting for their son to get home.

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Next Across the channel we have the French '22 Bullets' staring the legendary Jean Reno of Leon fame.

Known by our French friends as L'Immortel this film sees the main character Charly Matteï who is leaving his past as an outlaw behind devoting himself to his wife and two kids. However his old life comes back to haunt him when he is left for dead with 22 Bullets in his body.

I'm sure you know what happens next .......... that's right it's revenge time.

On to the bigger films and next is the release of Jennifer 'I lost to Angelina Jolie' Aniston and the sometimes funny Jason Bateman.

We don't want to give away too much of the plot for those of you dying to see this film so we'll try to tread carefully.

Wally (Bateman) is best friends with Kassie (Aniston) but has unrequited feelings for her but finds himself in the friend zone. Kassie is brooding and really wants a baby, so she enlists the *cough* produce of a charming fella by the name of Roland (Patrick Wilson).

However during her insemination party (we've never heard of those either) Wally gets super drunk and spills the cup of *cough* produce, so what do you think he does next?

Zach Galifianakis

Continuing with the laughs we have Dinner for Schmucks staring the 'i guess he funny' Paul Rudd, the ridiculously hilarious Steve Carell and the outstanding performer of 'The Hangover' Zach Galifianakis.

Financial executive Tim Conrad (Rudd) acquires a negotiation over special novelty lamps with wealthy a Swiss businessman and as a result he is invited by his boss to a 'dinner for winners'. Guests of this dinner are required to bring a guest who is eccentric and special and Tim soon realises his is a dinner to mock and belittle the so called special guests, however most "special" guest wins a trophy and the person who brought him/her gets glory.

A whole lot of fun any hilarity ensues, so we won't get into the story anymore so we don't spoil your viewing experience.

John Malkovich

Now we have another of the comic-turned-movie.... erm movies, this time coming from the stables of DC Comics. We have Jonah Hex.

Staring Josh Brolin (American Gangster, No Country For Old Men) as the title character who fights for the confederacy during the American civil war, he goes against his commanding officer Quentin Turnbull played by the talented John Malkovich by saving a hospital killing Turnbull's son in the process.

Filled with vengence Turnbull sends his right hand man to burn down Hex's home with his wife and son inside and brands his face with the initials QT. Hex is revived days later by Native Americans with mystical powers (oooooooooh) which makes Hex both living and dead.

Eli Roth

Finally we have The Last Exorcism (dum dum duuuuuuuuuuum). This film directed by Daniel Stamm(never heard of him either) is co-written by the Sylar look alike Eli Roth, the man behind the gruesome but ultimately pointless Hostel.

This horror mockumentary follows Reverend Cotton Marcus who has been performing exorcisms on countless individuals in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.


He suffers a crisis of faith when he reads of a child with autism (an illness his own son has) that is killed during an exorcism and comes to the realisation all the healing he previously thought came from God actually comes from science.

So as he decided to reluctantly undertake his last exorcism he allows a film crew to document the whole thing, and sees some things that makes him think twice about the newfound belief in science.


So ladies and gentlemen there you have it, there's a lil something for all this coming weekend.

Happy Viewing

The Geeks

Jesus Goes Bollywood

That's right, Jesus is set to get the Bollywood treatment.

Singeetham Srinivasa Rao

It has been announced that there is to be an - as yet untitled - Bollywood biopic of Jesus of Nazareth, veteran Indian film maker Singeetham Srinivasa Rao has seen reeled in to direct this bio pic.


Unlike previous biopics this film will focus on the early years of Christ's life and we know what you're thinking "will there be any songs", the answer is of course. What's a Bollywood movie without the singing.





With the issues that faced Martin Scorsese and Mel Gibson in their attempts we salute the bravery of Singeetham Srinivasa Rao and co.




Shooting will take place in India and Israel.

If it's your Birthday today.......

If today is you born day, we at Closet Geeks would like to wish you a very Happy Born Day.

The do say men look better with age

You may also be happy to know that you share this fantastic day with mr "Officer and a Gentlmen". The gracefully ageing and Shilpa Shetty loving Richard Gere (61)

Is that really Chris Tucker? Wow

If Mr Gere doesn't do it for you and you prefer you coffee darker, this day is also being celebrated by Mr Christopher 'Smokey' Tucker (38).




















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The Geeks

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Hello there,

We are the Closet Film Geeks and from this point on we will be providing you with the latest happenings from the film world.

There'll be news, reviews, opinions, discussions and many more.

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The Geeks.