Jumping the shark is the ultimate death knell for any television show, the surefire, single-phrase description that lets everyone know the expiration date on the milk carton has come and gone. For those few who don’t instantly recognize the phrase, it was born decades ago from Happy Days when Fonzie was on waterskis and literally […]
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Can Any Show Survive Jumping the Shark?
January 15th, 2012 
Geoffrey Geib 
Posted in CABLE, Geoff Geib, NETWORK, RANTS & REVIEWS, T.V., TELEVISION & CABLE, Uncategorized 
1 Comment »Documentary: “Surviving Japan” is a Real Eye-Opener on the Fukushima Disaster
January 7th, 2012 Beyond the Marquee A new documentary video by Chris Noland (a Tsunami Relief volunteer and Independent Director) has been taising eyebrows on the International front as he poses questions about the Japanese government putting the interest of the nuclear power industry before the lives of Japanese citizens.
Guilty Pleasures and the Films of Robert Rodriguez
January 2nd, 2012 Geoffrey Geib Film critic Pauline Kael famously once wrote/said[1], “Movies are so rarely great art, that if we cannot appreciate great trash, we have very little reason to be interested in them.” One man’s treasure is another man’s Indiana Jones and the One With the Alien Ending, and so in honor of all the great trash […]
Steven Spielberg’s WAR HORSE Film Review – Above the Bit
December 21st, 2011 Kevin Stern “This is what quiet confidence looks like.” – Captain Nicholls, War Horse To say that Steven Spielberg’s film, War Horse, is a modern-day cinematic masterpiece would be an understatement and finding the right words to fully describe its brilliance is quite a daunting task. The above quote seems to work best to sum up the […]
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Women Playing Men
November 23rd, 2011 baeby When I first saw the pictures of Glenn Close as Albert Nobbs, I did not think anything of them other than the lack of makeup shows her true age, and kudos to her for being so bold to show it in this world of plasticized women on a mission to retain their youth as long […]
Something looks familiar…
November 18th, 2011 DaveWill In my last post I put forward the argument that modern day posters just don’t cut it anymore. So many movie posters released lately have really wasted their potential and missed out on an opportunity to stand out from the crowd . They could potentially have been timeless works of art, but instead they often […]
Clooney’s Payne-ful Decisions
November 17th, 2011 baeby The Descendants arrived in theaters yesterday – 5 to be exact – and will expand tomorrow to 27 more. Depending on the reception, the movie will continue to expand to markets, maybe even making it possible for my parents in the Midwest to see it if they so desire this holiday awards season. The newest […]
