It’s no stretch of the imagination to profess that it’s a great time to be a nerd. The debut of Iron Man in 2008 heralded a veritable explosion of genre movies, both in quantity and quality, and unofficially kicked off a renaissance for sci-fi, fantasy, and superhero fans. At the close of the 2010s, your… Continue reading Top 10 Movies of the Decade
Director Patty Jenkins and star Gal Gadot showed off the first trailer for Wonder Woman 1984 during a presentation at the Comic-Con Experience in Brazil on December 8. The trailer did what every good trailer should do - it got us excited about the movie while making us try to predict what's going to happen.… Continue reading Wonder Woman 1984 Trailer Shows Off Awesome Footage and Raises Lots of Questions
Welcome to the newest episode of TGE Watches! This was recorded after we'd been away combating a wave of sickness that somehow hit nearly everyone on the site despite us all living in different places. (Editor's note: And Isabela forgot to edit the episode and lost the audio for a while... I'm sorry! - Isabela)… Continue reading TGE EP 73 — Watches: The Lost Episode
Welcome to the latest installment of The Geek Embassy Watches! This month we tackle the unquestioned most anticipated movie of the year - Avengers: Endgame. Spoilers abound, and we tackle a bevy of topics surrounding the plot lines that wrapped up, favorite moments, and shortcomings. We discuss the character arcs, the fate of some of… Continue reading TGE Ep 71 — Watches: Avengers: Endgame
This article contains Endgame spoilers. Hello, friends! As I write this, Avengers: Endgame continues to dominate theaters, heartstrings, and tear ducts. However, on May 6th, the sky parted and from the heavens descended the full trailer for Spider-Man: Far From Home. This is the first movie (we presume) in the next saga of films from… Continue reading Spider-Man: Far From Home Trailer Breakdown
Hello, geeks! I hope you all have watched Captain Marvel by now! I... sure haven't. (Buying a home for the first time and moving when you planned to do neither at the beginning of the year will sure eat up all your free time.) Nevertheless, Dante, Regina, Nicole, and Evan had a great discussion of… Continue reading TGE Ep 68 – Watches: Captain Marvel
We are only a few days away from Avengers: Endgame, the 22nd movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. This is the culmination of an epic, universe-spanning story about the nature of power that began in 2008 with the release of Iron Man. The Avengers are now a cultural touchstone and promise to end this story… Continue reading Marvel Cinematic Universe Super Short Recap
Welcome to the first episode of TGE Watches in 2019! New year, new format with the same people that you know and love already. Join us as we discuss what they've been watching recently. We hit Netflix's new Carmen Sandiego cartoon, Christmas season sleeper hit Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, the second (and final) season of Marvel's The Punisher, the highly anticipated second… Continue reading TGE Ep 66 – Watches: February 2019
Hey, Geeks. Welcome to Your Favorite Thing Sucks, where I get to talk about all the worst parts of your favorite things. The Nightmare Before Christmas has steadily moved its way out of Halloween/Christmas “cult classic” status and into an annual Halloween/Christmas tradition for millions of people. But when you really look at the film… Continue reading Your Favorite Thing Sucks: The Nightmare Before Christmas
It's that time of year where many people find themselves shopping outside their comfort zones in order to get the perfect (or at least acceptable) gift for that one nerdy friend. Whether it's a coworker you got assigned for Secret Santa, a grandchild who won't stop talking about... something (you're not sure what), or one of… Continue reading Shopping for That One Nerdy Friend
