The Oscars are just not a geek’s friend, and you know it as well as I do. Just look at the number of posts and people there are out there bitching that The Dark Knight wasn’t nominated for Best Picture, or that a movie like Wall-E just gets relegated to the Best Animated Feature Film cat...

I can still remember the first time I saw Clive Owen in a movie. It was around 2000 and the film was called Croupier , and Owen starred as a struggling writer trying to write a soccer novel, and ends up turning back to his old life as a “croupier,” or dealer, in a casino in London. It wa...

It’s been 18 years since Point Break premiered, which is hard enough to believe in itself, but what’s even stranger is the staying power this movie has. In fact, just this past weekend, two of my friends went to go see Point Break Live! in Los Angeles, which is a comedic take on the film...

It’s been Friday the 13th all day, can you tell? Here in Los Angeles, it’s pouring down rain and the forecast is calling for it to continue doing that for several days. I’ve seen two black cats this morning, narrowly avoided walking under a ladder, and nearly dropped my shaving mir...

It saddens me to think that there are going to be generations of kids soon who will think The Pink Panther refers to “those Steve Martin movies.” It’s enough to make Peter Sellers spin in his grave, and he would undoubtedly be none too pleased with someone else inhabiting one of ro...

Everyone poops. It’s a truism that you can’t deny, and there’s even an entire book on the subject. In fact, there’s a whole slew of books in that department, ranging from What’s Your Poo Telling You? to It Hurts When I Poop: A Story For Children Who Are Scared To Use Th...

Every evil genius needs a lair from which the run all of their daily affairs: everything from selecting the color of the company letterhead to plotting world domination. Usually these are hollowed-out mountain fortresses, secret inactive volcano lairs, or undersea secret bases. Because if you’...

Let’s face it. As far as superpowers go, the ability to move things with your brain is pretty awesome. Sure, flying is cool, turning invisible would have fun benefits, and super-strength could always come in handy. Plus it’s a lot cooler than all the “problem” superpowers, li...

Editor’s Note: This is the debut post by Kevin Kelly, who will be offering his expertise in geekdom in a new /Film daily blog feature called GeekBomb. Welcome Kevin to /Film! Neil Gaiman’s Coraline opens this weekend, and it’s directed by Henry Selick, one of the few modern masters...