Category Archives: POP CULTURE

Kodak Making a Comeback With Help From A-List Directors

Kodak rang in the New Year with some promising news. Thanks to movies like Star Wars: The Force Awakens and The Hateful Eight, film, and I mean real 70mm film, has begun to make its comeback.

For those of you unaware, big name directors banded together back in 2013 to re-amp the dying medium, promising to buy Kodak film; and thankfully it looks like it’s working as the CEO of Kodak, the only remaining motion picture film manufacturer, says the company will actually turn a profit in this new year. After going from losing $100 million a year in the film division, to breaking even the last 3 quarters of 2015, things are really starting to look up for Kodak.

Now, love him or hate him, Quentin Tarantino was loud and proud about using film in his latest movie The Hateful Eight. He even made an in-depth video that screened at Comic-con, explaining how important the film itself is. Check it out here.

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Celebrate 2015 With Some Of GB’s Favorite Mash-Up Videos

As we come to the end of this cinematic year, we have a chance to reflect and to look at what awesome movies came out and what are still to come in 2016. 2015 was certainly a great year for one thing, the mash-up movie.

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The Beatles Finally Join the Streaming Community

Rumors have been floating around for a while now that the world’s most famous band, who has been mostly missing from major streaming services, would join the fray come Christmas Eve. Well, last night announcements confirmed the rumors and this morning, as a result, my Spotify playlist made like the Grinch’s heart and grew several sizes.

grinch heart

Anyhow, to celebrate this news, here are five of my favorite Beatles pieces, in no particular order. Enjoy.

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Lee Hardcastle Creates Most Disturbing Simpsons Couch Gag Ever!

The Simpsons couch gag is an iconic piece of television culture. From the Halloween spooky specials, to the star directed creations from the likes of Banksy, Rick and Morty, and others, it always starts off a Simpsons episode just right.
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Passing the Saber

Tonight’s the night. After years of waiting, after the stress of getting tickets for opening weekend when the geekoshpere went on a bender, it is finally here.

For me it is so much more than a chance to see a return to the biggest movie franchise in the galaxy, it is about family, it is about tradition.

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