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15 Twitter Parody Accounts to Keep You Sane in 2017
With all the craziness going on in our lives, sometimes we just need to take a break and lose ourselves in laughter. Thankfully there are plenty of comedians out there on Twitter, parodying everybody from real life people like Chuck Norris and Betty White to fictional folks like Willy Wonka and The Godamn Batman. There are also brands getting the satirical sword and career-types like academics and authors. Here are our picks for the fifteen best Twitter parody accounts out there to follow to make your life better, or at least funnier for a little while.
By Tai Freligh9 years ago in Geeks
Preeminent Among Gay Activists And Actors, Harvey Fierstein Discusses Career At The Harvey School
Last Friday, Harvey Fierstein entertained approximately 100 fans at the Harvey School and detailed his life as an actor, playwright and four-time Tony Award winner. But he admitted to Pat Collins, moderator and theater critic, that it was not by design.
By Rich Monetti9 years ago in Geeks
29/1/1967: Re-watching... The Death Game
My ongoing mission: to watch classic television fifty years after first broadcast... Simon Templar is walking along a foggy London street. There is the sound of a marching band which turns out to be a tiny procession of clockwork soldiers. He stoops down to investigate and a smoke bomb explodes in his face. Near a doorway a bullet narrowly misses him. The door opens and he goes in. It’s an old abandoned house. There’s another gunshot and this time a flag drops down from a light with the word ‘bang!’ printed on it. A voice over a speaker announces that he’s just been murdered.
By Nick Brown9 years ago in Geeks
Golden Age of Superhero Movies 1938 - 1988
There are more than the few and the proud as the genre is born with a KA-POW! Adam West's Batman's warm smile and the soaring theme of Christopher Reeve's Superman followed by a barrage of sequels were part of the birth of The Golden Age of Superhero Movies from 1938 to 1988.
By Patricia Sarkar9 years ago in Geeks
5 Comic Book Movies that Combined Two Characters into One
With the rise of Comic Book movies, film studios are granted access to an immense library of characters. More often than not, directors and screenwriters take the elements of some of these characters and implement them into another for their vision. Here are five examples that, intentionally or not, combined two characters into a single one for their cinematic debut.
By Joachim Heijndermans9 years ago in Geeks
'The East' Finds Balance Between Environmental Terrorism and Legally Holding Corporations Accountable
The East pits environmental terrorism against the corporations that fully deserve the wrath their actions engender. Caught in the middle, Jane (Brit Marling) is a freelance intelligence officer for the private intelligence firm Hiller Brood and is eager to make her mark. Although her journey can’t help but blur the lines between the letter of the law that protects the powerful and those willing to mete out justice as they see it.
By Rich Monetti9 years ago in Geeks
The Golden Age of Movies Teaches Us that Cary Grant Can’t Be Taught In 'The Philadelphia Story'
For you beginners out there – pay attention – Cary Grant has opened his playbook in another golden age movie. The Philadelphia Story provides more lessons for all of us trying to temper our heart’s palpations in pursuit of the joy and the pain, while making getting the girl look easy.
By Rich Monetti9 years ago in Geeks
xXx: The Return of Xander Cage Review
I am reviewing the action films xXx, xXx: State of the Union, and xXx: The Return of Xander Cage starring Vin Diesel. Eve, Academy Award nominee Samuel L. Jackson, Tony Hawk, Mike Vallely, Carey Hart, Mat Hoffman, Josh Todd, Rammstein, and Dario Argento's daughter star in this 2002 action film produced by Emmy Award nominee Neal H. Moritz with a budget of $70 million.
By Alejandro Guillú Mendoza9 years ago in Geeks
'The Bad News Bears' Remembers a Time When We Didn’t Smother Kids with Child Psychology
Picture this, a little league baseball team packed 10 deep in a convertible - three perilously hanging out the back. Add Walter Matthau pouring vodka into an open container, while jockeying back and forth in a manner befitting 10 year old boys, and you have The Bad News Bears. God Bless America, 1976-style.
By Rich Monetti9 years ago in Geeks
