Peter O’Toole (1923-2013)
This past Saturday, legendary actor Peter O’Toole died in London at the age of 81. O’Toole’s later life roles displayed a man of refined character and peace, yet in the […]
Category Archives: Film
12 Days of Christmas Movies: Scrooged
Okay, so this one is kind of a classic. In 1988’s Scrooged, Richard Donner directs Bill Murray at the height of his ‘first’ film career in comedy (The post-SNL, pre-Rushmore […]
12 days of Christmas Movies: The Ice Harvest
We are 12 days away from Christmas and we here at Refined Geekery thought it would be fun to count down what we thought were the greatest Christmas films to […]
Short Film Friday: PROXiMITY (dir: Ryan Connolly)
This week’s short film is an intense action thriller with a Twilight Zone inspired plot. PROXiMITY begins with a man who is tied up with a burlap bag over his […]
The 2014 Golden Globe Nominations Are Here
Earlier today, the Hollywood Foreign Press announced the nominees for the upcoming Golden Globes celebration. Interesting takeaways, Gravity, 12 Years a Slave, and American Hustle seem to be the titles […]
Paul Walker (1973-2013)
This past Saturday movie lovers everywhere were shocked by the passing of Paul Walker, only 40 years old, after it was revealed that he had been victim of a car […]
Short Film Friday: Status Update – A Facebook Fairytale (Dir. Daniel Reisinger)
This week for SFF we have a beautifully shot dark comedy from Australia, Status Update: A Facebook Fairytale. The premise is somewhat of a cliche now, a character study on […]
Happy Thanksgiving from Refined Geekery!
There’s just no better way to say thanks to all our American friends and readers than with a giant meat monster courtesy of Mike’s personal favourite book and Refined Geekery’s […]
Top 5 Spike Lee films
Spike Lee’s remake of the Park Chan-wook classic Oldboy hits theatres today. The decision to remake Old Boy has not been without controversy, but controversy is something Lee has courted […]
“No Animals Were Harmed”… Yeah, about that…
I have long been an avid film lover. My tastes range from the epic classics of Cecil B. Demille to the schlock and abundance of an Avengers or Man of […]
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