The FilmGeeky Star Wars Factoids!
With the 9th Episode of the Star Wars ‘Skywalker’ saga still going strong in cinemas around the world, the boffins in FilmGeeky HQ have assembled some interesting facts about the franchise…
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Breaking News : Box Office: ‘Joker’ Becomes The Most Profitable Comic Book Movie Ever
The most profitable comic book movies are Venom ($854 million on a $90 million budget), Batman ($411 million/$35 million), Deadpool ($783 million/$58 million), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ($200 million/$13.5 million), The Mask ($351 million/$23 million) and now Joker ($956 million/$62.5 million). — Read on http://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2019/11/08/box-office-dc-films-joker-tops-955-million-to-become-more-profitable-than-deadpool-venom-and-batman/amp/
Read moreThe 2017 Geeky’s…
Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to the 1st Annual presentation of the Geeky’s – the prizes awarded by us at FilmGeeky for the top achievements in cinema over the last twelve months. Firstly I hope you enjoyed the reshow entertainment – and our thanks again to Mark Hammil for his Frank Sinatra medley – it was quite something and very unexpected.
Read moreOscars : 2017 Nominations
Best picture Arrival Fences Hacksaw Ridge Hell or High Water Hidden Figures La La Land Lion Manchester By the Sea Moonlight Best cinematography Arrival La La Land Lion Moonlight Silence Best supporting actor Mahershala Ali (Moonlight) Jeff Bridges (Hell or High Water) Lucas Hedges (Manchester By the Sea) Dev Patel (Lion) Michael Shannon (Nocturnal Animals) Best documentary Fire at Sea
Read moreAn Analytical Assessment of Tom Cruise’s Career – The Most Consistent Box Office star in Hollywood?
Lets graph some stuff! Firstly – I must offer my thanks to the data site http://www.BoxOfficeMojo.com – These guys are amazing and I could spend hours on their website looking at the data on there. #DataGeek As a baseline though, Im using domestic box office performance here rather than worldwide, based on what is available on the site. So –
Read moreIs Die Hard REALLY a Christmas Film?
Tonight, I was enjoying a read of some other bloggers and came across an entry on another site. The entry was debating whether Die Hard is really a Christmas film. To be honest, I didn’t even realise that was a question… I guess the argument that it isn’t, is based on someone thinking that it is an action film about
Read moreAn early glimpse of Tom Cruise’s ‘The Mummy’ and his next potential franchise…
Do you remember when Tom Cruise ‘didn’t do sequels’? Before Mission Impossible 2, it was something he’d never done. Since that point though, there is an increasing sense that the actor is looking to franchises as the basis for his box office strength. Not only has the mission impossible series now delivered over $2 billion, the most recent two films
Read moreMarvel Cinematic Universe – Budget vs Box Office
So the MCU has been a money making machine, we all know that… But which films have been the big winners and losers in the context of their budgets and when compared to other films? So, to try and look into this, I’ve taken all of the films and plotted their positions in terms of budget and gross revenues. In
Read moreMarvel Cinematic Universe -Sub Genre’s
So, as we rapidly approach the end of the Marvel theme month, I’ve been thinking about the different films and how they hang together. There’s been mention in the past of the strength of the series partly being based on the different styles to the films keeping them relatively fresh and to an extent I agree. For me their strength
Read more#100 – The 100th FilmGeeky Post
Wow. That went quick. Since 30t November, I’ve been using FilmGeeky as my outlet for my thoughts and observations on the films that I’ve been watching. And I’m loving it. I’ve found it more challenging that I’d been expecting beforehand with shaping my views and forming them into some attempt at coherency rather than ‘I just didn’t like it’ which
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