Movies you need to see at Sundance: Part 1
Posted by Scott on January 7, 2009 4 Comments

Since I am heading down to Sundance Film Festival in 2 weeks I thought it would be important to prepare myself and try to figure out what movies were important for me to see. Here …

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‘Basterds’ Gets an Official Release Date
Thursday, 1 Jan, 2009 – 15:42 | One Comment
‘Basterds’ Gets an Official Release Date

Let’s get to it!  Quentin Tarantino’s WWII film ‘Inglourious Basterds’ will be released on August 21, 2009.  Harvey Weinstein and David Linde, co-chairman of Universal who is partnering with the Weinsteins on the film, made …

Local Flavor: ‘Rhineland’ brings WWII to Saint Louis!
Wednesday, 31 Dec, 2008 – 8:13 | No Comment
Local Flavor: ‘Rhineland’ brings WWII to Saint Louis!

Director Chris Grega
presents a work in progress
version of “Rhineland”

When: Sunday, January 4th, 7pm
Where: Tivoli Theatre, 6350 Delmar
Cost: $10, $8 for Cinema St. Louis members
[news courtesy of Cinema St. Louis]
Director/Writer: Chris Grega
Producer: Andrew Byrd, Robin Garrels
Cinematographer: …

Thomas Jane Directs ‘Devil’s Commandos’
Tuesday, 30 Dec, 2008 – 6:35 | One Comment
Thomas Jane Directs ‘Devil’s Commandos’

Is there any cooler movie geek than Thomas Jane?  The guy has the look of a leading man, but he’s got all the sensibilities of Comic Book Guy on The Simpsons.  Jane’s latest endeavor, of …

Review: ‘Valkyrie’
Thursday, 25 Dec, 2008 – 10:26 | One Comment
Review: ‘Valkyrie’

Jeremy:
Let’s just get this out of the way. The accents, or lack thereof, found in ‘Valkyrie’ are not distracting. The fact that every character in the film is German, yet only Thomas Kretschmann speaks with …

Two New ‘Inglourious Basterds’ Pics
Thursday, 11 Dec, 2008 – 17:26 | One Comment
Two New ‘Inglourious Basterds’ Pics

Anything from Quentin Tarantino’s new WWII film is considered an early Christmas present around the We Are Movie Geeks site.  Today, we give you two new pics.  The first one features Mr. Brad Pitt, mustache …

Get ‘Band of Brothers’ for only $25.99!
Wednesday, 10 Dec, 2008 – 9:18 | No Comment
Get ‘Band of Brothers’ for only $25.99!

If you haven’t already purchased this, it will make a great gift for yourself or someone else. This is normally $80 bucks, and you can get it today on Amazon for only $25.99! Yes, that’s …

S.L.I.F.F. Review: ‘The Boy in the Striped Pajamas’
Tuesday, 11 Nov, 2008 – 11:00 | 2 Comments
S.L.I.F.F. Review: ‘The Boy in the Striped Pajamas’

Ram Man:
This is the most unique look at the genocide that went on in Nazi Germany during World War II. Mark Herman’s new film ‘The Boy In The Striped Pajamas’ looks at the war and …

Will Ennio Morricone feel the need to be ‘Inglorious’?
Tuesday, 11 Nov, 2008 – 7:44 | No Comment
Will Ennio Morricone feel the need to be ‘Inglorious’?

Legendary composer Ennio Morricone (Man With No Name  trilogy, etc.) has been indirectly connected with Quentin Tarantino in the past, sort of… Tarantino had hoped to work with Morricone on ‘Pulp Fiction’ but Morricone turned …

Sam Jackson Finally Becomes a ‘Basterd’
Friday, 31 Oct, 2008 – 8:36 | No Comment
Sam Jackson Finally Becomes a ‘Basterd’

You knew it was only a matter of time before this news broke.  In fact, I’m shocked it took this long to come to fruition.  It seems Samuel L. Jackson has signed on for a …

New ‘Valkyrie’ Stills and Trailer
Friday, 31 Oct, 2008 – 8:30 | No Comment
New ‘Valkyrie’ Stills and Trailer

United Artists has released some new images from the Tom Cruise vehicle, ‘Valkyrie’.  The film was directed by Bryan Singer and features a rather large cast including Kenneth Branagh, Bill Nighy, Tom Wilkinson, Terence Stamp, …

Daniel Craig in ‘Defiance’
Saturday, 11 Oct, 2008 – 10:57 | No Comment
Daniel Craig in ‘Defiance’

You can say it ladies Daniel Craig does look pretty darn good. In his new movie ‘Defiance’. “Defiance is an epic tale of family, honor, vengeance and salvation in World War II. The year is …

MGM has released a ‘Valkyrie’ featurette…
Thursday, 2 Oct, 2008 – 8:53 | One Comment

Apparently MGM has been doing some research on the Internet(s) and has heard what we have all been saying. They decided to release a 3 minute featurette on the movie which you can watch below.

I …

Review: ‘Miracle at St. Anna’
Friday, 26 Sep, 2008 – 12:50 | 3 Comments
Review: ‘Miracle at St. Anna’

Scott:
This Spike Lee joint is filled with emotions that we haven’t seen from a war movie lately, and left me wanting more. The story follows 4 black soldiers in WWII that are part of a …

‘Inglorious Bastards’ teaser …
Friday, 5 Sep, 2008 – 7:38 | No Comment
‘Inglorious Bastards’ teaser …

This could be fan made, but who cares… its bad ass and it makes us even more eager for this upcoming Tarantino war flick.
There is also some news about the director of photography for the …

Viggo Mortenson is ‘Good’ in first trailer
Tuesday, 26 Aug, 2008 – 7:01 | No Comment

So, I think we have another candidate for Oscars with this one. ‘Good’ stars Viggo Mortenson in a dramatic story about a professor that’s conflicted over the rise of the Nazi party’s power and with …

Cruise and Singer’s ‘Valkyrie’ finally has a Release Date!
Thursday, 14 Aug, 2008 – 10:23 | One Comment
Cruise and Singer’s ‘Valkyrie’ finally has a Release Date!

December 26th, 2008 … see you there!
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Brad Pitt confirmed for ‘Inglorious Bastards’
Thursday, 31 Jul, 2008 – 11:54 | One Comment
Brad Pitt confirmed for ‘Inglorious Bastards’

Entertainment Weekly has received confirmation from Pitts reps that Brad Pitt is officially on for Tarantino’s ‘Inglorious Bastards’. Think of what a bad-ass Tarantino will make Pitt! This is very exciting news.
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Review: ‘Mongol’
Friday, 20 Jun, 2008 – 6:42 | No Comment
Review: ‘Mongol’

Instead of having to read separate reviews of what each of our geeks thought … we combined them! Read what the geeks thought of this movie below:
Ram Man:
Mongul is the new film by Sergei Bodrov …