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Anyone who discovers their love for a series of novels, movies, or a television show is a very fortunate nerd indeed. There is, however, something very exciting about the maddening anticipation about waiting for new content from franchises such as Game of Thrones. It’s hard enough to wait for the episodes to come out every…
As of June, NBC‘s Hannibal series has finished it’s second season and with quite a shocking finale. This chilling and fascinating show stars Hugh Dancy and Mads Mikkelson as Will Graham (a consultant for the FBI) and the infamous titular cannibal, Hannibal Lecter, as the main protagonist and antagonist. If you haven’t heard about this…
In light of the premiere of The Fault in our Stars, the movie adaptation of John Green’s YA novel, and the inevitable outcry of fans proclaiming, “The book was better!”, I have a confession to make. If any of my friends or family reading this go into cardiac arrest as a result of this unexpected revelation, I…
Let’s face it, the superhero movie multiverse is expanding. Each new success opens up more possibilities for studios to extract our favorite heroes for the silver screen. And each year we are force fed an array of new characters portrayed by new or old faces in Hollywood that don’t live up to fan and critic…
It’s all the Wall, all the time this week on “Game of Thrones.” So we have to wait until next week’s season finale to learn about the aftermath of the duel that left the Red Viper as the red pancake (tear) and put Tyrion on death row. This week’s episode is titled “The Watchers on…
There are still a couple of months to go before Doctor Who returns to our screens with new episodes, so what’s a Whovian to do? This is a great time to check out the classic series and to become acquainted with the older Doctors while you wait for Peter Capaldi to begin his adventures. Sometimes…
Netflix is available to stream movies and television shows on nearly every single device that can connect to the Internet. Be it on a computer, a phone, or a tablet; Netflix is all over place and it is certainly here to stay. Another major company that is just as ubiquitous is Verizon. Almost everyone is…
How accurate were these flicks at predicting our technology, government conspiracies, and entertainment? 1. Back to the Future Part II (1989) We all know this one: by 2015 we should be dressing like the kids from the Disney channel Xenon movies—spandex is becoming suspiciously popular on college girls. We should also have hover boards and street…
You would have to be living pretty ignorantly to not notice that media has hit an age of reboots and adaptations. No source material has been deemed to too sacred and better left alone. While this trend may have started with the best intentions, and given us some genuinely wonderful additions to our media across…
Marvel have recently announced they will be killing off a major player in the Marvel Universe, everyone’s favourite Canadian, James Howlett aka Logan, aka The Wolverine. With the impending doom of Wolverine, we at Geek Insider decided to share a tribute to Wolverine, our 5 favourite Wolverine deaths… Or, things that should have killed him……
For the first time ever George RR Martin is offering to write in – and kill off – two lucky people. Martin is raising money for a charity, and the honour of dying to his pen goes to those who donate $20,000. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdrxBbrUjZ8] The 65-year-old has announced this week that he is raising…
No one on this website needs to be told who Joss Whedon is. The 49-year-old writer/director is famous in the fanworld for creating beloved television shows such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Firefly, and Angel. He’s also responsible for some awesome independent projects like Dr. Horrible’s Sing-a-Long Blog, but after he helmed 2012’s The Avengers (which became the third-highest…
So, May was awesome. Spider-Man, X-Men, Godzilla, it was summer cinema at its best. The franchises outdid themselves and each title had its own originality while still appealing to fickle moviegoers. June is not quite as stacked. We still have big genre fare and franchises, but it just doesn’t quite get me as pumped as last…
What is it about goggles that makes them so aesthetically pleasing? They’re everywhere from cartoons to video games, to live-action movies. They’re a staple of the Steampunk movement. So, what’s the draw? Is it that they cover up the forehead? Is it that you can pull them down when things get serious? Goggles today are…
The first season of Silicon Valley came to a close this weekend with its eighth episode this season, chronicling the trials and tribulations of a small startup surrounded by money and fame as well as mediocrity and failure. Did it stick its landing? It’s Showtime! On the last episode of Silicon Valley, the Pied Piper…