The Fangirly Diary of a Geek Girl: From basement to mainstream
This week begun the New York Comic-Con! Which is even geekier than San Diego Comic-Con, if only because that city is so important to so many fandoms.
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Park Chan-wook’s Stoker Trailer
‘Personally speaking, I can’t wait to watch your life tear you apart.’ The long-awaited trailer for Park Chan-wook’s English debut film Stoker is finally out. And despite the spoiler, it still looks quite fantastic.
Beyoncé – I Was Here
Beyoncé celebrates World Humanitarian Day with the music video of “I Was Here”, performed live at the United Nations General Assembly on August 10th.
Godin & Barquin’s Cinephile’s Choice: Top 50 Greatest Films of All Time
YAM writer Juan Barquin & his good friend Derek Godin — stars of the podcast Derek & Juan Agree About Movies — poll a ton of their fellow film lovers in order to decide on the top fifty greatest films.
In Latin America, The Dark Knight fears Brave?
Lima Rises against the third Batman film being released on July 26. However, Brave hogs the Peruvian theaters on the same weekend that The Dark Knight Rises premieres worldwide. Batman fears Brave?
May & June 2012
My entire list of new-to-me films for the months of May and June, as well as a decade breakdown and a few words on a few new favorites.
Kingdom of Heaven
Ridley Scott’s delivers a great historical epic that proves to be one of the best depictions of the Crusades to date.
Around the World: It’s All About Japanese Cinema at the Shanghai Film Fest
The event of the week is the beginning of the Shanghai International Film Festival, starting on June 16th and ending the 24th, showcasing a broad variety of films… including A LOT of Japanese films in its different programs.
Prometheus (2012)
Prometheus, the long dormant project in the Alien franchise, finally came to pass. Although not exactly an Alien movie, it does happen in the same universe. That said, Prometheus stands well on its own.
The Fangirly Diary of a Geek Girl: Do not go gentle against that bad fan
I find myself misquoting a British writer, this time it’s Dylan Thomas. And the reason concerns one of the nicest men in showbiz and something not so nice that happened to him. But I digress. Let me tell you how my week began.
