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Thoughts on Stranger Things 5
Recalling cultural zeitgeists like HBO's Game of Thrones or the BBC's Sherlock, especially their lacklustre final seasons, gave legitimate reason for audiences to apprehend the quality of Netflix's final run of the hit series Stranger Things, released in three volumes over the last two months of 2025. The sense of finality has been undeniably palpable, given the show's success and decade-long run. Fans wanted to experience a proper conclusion to a story many around the world have grown up with. And like Benioff and Weiss, or Moffat and Gatiss, Stranger Things' creators - the Duffers - have irrevocably and indisputably proven themselves to be... well... just another pair of hack writers.
By Andrei Babanin3 months ago in Geeks
Stranger Things Season 5 Review
**There may be spoilers ahead! After waiting for so long, we got what we were all waiting for season 5 of Stranger Things. Theories were made, declarations of who will die were cast, and the hope of Hawkins laid out. Given to the people in three sections, we had to wait even longer still to find out what would happen to our D&D kids.
By Rich Burton3 months ago in Geeks
5 Pieces Of 'X-Men' Content Worth Revisiting Before 'Avengers: Doomsday
It's an exciting time to be a fan of the Fox X-Men films. While 2024's Deadpool and Wolverine initially seemed to act as a love letter/goodbye to the Fox-verse, fans were delighted earlier in 2025 with the reveal that some of the Fox-verse X-Men were set to appear in Avengers: Doomsday. Doomsday's third teaser focuses on a few of these returning characters, including Patrick Stewart as Professor X, Ian McKellen as Magneto, and James Marsden as Cyclops.
By Kristy Anderson3 months ago in Geeks
Jay Kelly - A Netflix Movie Review
Are you running to something or from something? Jay Kelly is a 2025 film about a famous movie actor who is beginning to have doubts about his career. While on the train to his next job, Jay reflects on his life, confronting his past and present.
By Marielle Sabbag3 months ago in Geeks
What if the Inhumans Were Never Missing?
The Marvel Cinematic Universe has never suffered from a lack of ideas. What it has suffered from, increasingly, is congestion—too many concepts competing for narrative oxygen, too many histories forced to coexist without the space to breathe. Few properties exemplify this problem more clearly than the Inhumans, a civilization introduced with enormous mythological potential and then effectively abandoned, left dangling somewhere between canon and apology.
By Jenna Deedy3 months ago in Geeks
2026 Hollywood: The Year of Frankensteined Franchises
A quick Google search on 2026 Western movie releases will provide one with a very curious list: The Odyssey, The Batman Part II, Blade, Masters of the Universe, The Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender, Aladdin 2, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, Scream 7, Fantastic Beasts 4 (really? another one?), Shrek 5, Toy Story 5, Jumanji 3 (which should be the fourth one, but people seem to have forgotten about Robin Williams' (R.I.P.) film), The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping (what more of this franchise could there be to tell?), Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu (people will only show up for Grogu), Spider-Man: Brand New Day...
By Andrei Babanin3 months ago in Geeks
Inside the Life of James Lipton
James Lipton was a legendary host on Bravo before Andy Cohen took over the late night on Bravo. James created and hosted a television called Inside the Actors Studio. Inside the Actors Studio is more than a talk show it is a seminar for actors in training getting to know film and television actors to share their experiences.Unlike standard celebrity interviews, the show explored Acting technique, Creative struggles, Professional training, Emotional preparation, and Directorial choices.
By Gladys W. Muturi3 months ago in Geeks
Fantasy Cast for The Challenge: Battle for a New Champion 2
Battle for a New Champion was a great idea, but casting did not do a good job. We needed to see more vets, and this hypothetical season will have a lot of veterans. We need someone who has been on multiple seasons to finally get that win.
By Dylan Deckard3 months ago in Geeks
One Battle After Another
Okay full honesty here; I was not looking forward to watching this movie. I HATED Killers of the Flower Moon and that was the last time I saw Leo DiCaprio’s face. I think the writing better be damn good to warrant a nearly 3 hour film, and that is almost never the case. And almost every time a film gets touted “film of the year” it's actually nowhere near the best film that came out that year. So this film had an uphill battle with me before I ever pressed play. But I am nothing if not incredible at objective analysis. So I fought through it anyway.
By Alexandrea Callaghan3 months ago in Geeks
Jay Kelly
Jay Kelly is one of the movies that slipped through my fingers last year but we are getting to it before Oscar nominations so it's a win I guess. I am a fan of Adam Sandler as a person but not as much as an actor and I never understood the fascination with George Clooney so I didn’t have a strong inclination toward this movie. That said, it was on the to do list so here we go.
By Alexandrea Callaghan3 months ago in Geeks
How Alice Walker's novel "The Color Purple" became an Oscar-nominated film to a Tony Award-Winning Musical
Before "The Color Purple" was an Oscar-nominated film to a Broadway musical to a successful musical film, it was based on a best-selling novel written by Alice Walker. The novel was published and became a success.
By Gladys W. Muturi3 months ago in Geeks
