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Happy Birthday to John Lasseter
Happy Birthday John Lasseter! We owe much that is great geeky entertainment in this world to John. He worked on the team that produced the first ever computer animated short, The Adventures of André...
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How to Play “Spot the Geek” (Classic Movie Edition)
It’s Cabin Fever week over at GeekMom, and we’ve got a slew of suggestions on how to weather the weary days geek style. First up is Kate Miller’s post on “Spot the Geek!” Recently my family endured a...
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Metropolis Reborn With Live Music
On Sunday, I took my oldest son to a movie. While this has happened before, Sunday’s movie marked a first in our relationship: he willingly went to see a black-and-white silent movie. It is only a...
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Is the Next Superman Film Getting It Right? Amy Adams Lands Lois Lane Role
Like many kids who grew up in the ’80s, the Christopher Reeves Superman movies were staple viewing in my household. Unlike the Batman I was familiar with (a la Adam West), Reeves’ Superman was complex,...
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Hoping The Hobbit Inspires My Kids to Read
My kids aren’t old enough for the Lord of the Rings films yet, but once they have read through Harry Potter I have it in mind to start them on Tolkien’s books. The problem is that these are quite a ...
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Send the GeekDads (and Moms) to South by South West
Once a year, a conflagration of techno, film, and music geeks descends on Austin (that’s in Texas) for a little thing we like to call “South By” (the short form for South by South West). The event...
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Empire Big Screen: A Great Weekend for Film Fans
This weekend saw the first annual Empire Big Screen film festival take place at London’s O2 complex, featuring three days of film premières, classic screenings, panel sessions and more. A number of...
View ArticleSend the GeekDads (and Moms) to South by South West (GeekDad Weekly Rewind)
Once a year, a conflagration of techno, film, and music geeks descends on Austin (that’s in Texas) for a little thing we like to call “South By” (the short form for South by South West). The event...
View ArticleVoting Ends Tomorrow! Send the GeekDads (and Moms) to South by South West
Once a year, a conflagration of techno, film, and music geeks descends on Austin (that’s in Texas) for a little thing we like to call “South By” (the short form for South by South West). The event...
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The Trilogy Is Complete (And This Time Without the Noooooo!)
It’s less than two weeks now until The Great Tinkerer, Mr. George Lucas, bestows upon us his latest “updated vision” of our beloved Star Wars movies on Blu-ray. If you’re one of the many of us for whom...
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Lost the Digital Copy Code For Your DVD? Here’s Where To Look
There’s a pecking order when it comes to movies around our house. A very few are worth seeing in a theater, some are definitely rentals, some are worth buying the DVD (or buying a copy on iTunes) and a...
View ArticleThe GeekDads & Moms Are Going to SXSW!
We have some exciting news! A few months ago, we asked you to vote to send the GeekMoms and Dads to SXSW, and guess what? It worked! Well, partially. SXSW is a massive event, attracting tens of...
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You Won’t Need Mother in Order to Decipher Alien Vault
Released in 1979, Alien was a film with a lasting impact for many young geeks. Hollywood was experiencing a mini-Renaissance of science fiction and the movie was grittier than most. Following the...
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Lost Movie Found: We Played D&D in the 1980s
Recently, I uncovered this movie — one that I hadn’t seen in probably 30 years. Yes, this is an actual (and silent) movie from a real Dungeons & Dragons session, shot by me, on a Super 8 camera, in...
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Diving Into The Making of Harry Potter Studio Tour
It is a good time to be a fan of the boy wizard right now. Earlier in the week, the eBook versions of all seven Harry Potter novels were finally made available through the pottermore.com website, and...
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Today’s MPAA Ratings Hold Little Value for Parents
Before letting their kids see a movie, there's one thing that almost every parent does: check the rating - that ubiquitous box on nearly every movie poster that gives parents at-a-glance data that...
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Fat Kid Rules the World – Kickstarter Film Review
Fat Kid Rules the World is a Kickstarter project to distribute a movie that's a terrific coming-of-age story from director Matthew Lillard.
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10 Things Parents Should Know About Prometheus
While it does not have any of the same characters as Alien and happens decades, if not centuries, before the events in Alien, it is most definitely a prequel to Alien. Most of the action in the movie...
View ArticleDear Mr. Watterson Explains Why Geeks Love Calvin and Hobbes
Exploring Calvin’s inner life with his pet stuffed tiger, Hobbes, is a foundational experience for geeks. Director Joel Schroeder spent five years trying to discover how a comic strip could have this...
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And the Winner Is… Reader’s Choice for Top 10 Fantasy Movies
Our readers nominated 50 films. They voted 3,814 times (and these votes represented 41 countries). Now, the results are in for the Top 10 Fantasy movies of all time. In the Number One spot, the...
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