It’s time for another Trailerrific Thursday! Which trailers have you seen this week? Which movies are you really excited for?

Rise of The Guardians

Australian Easter Bunny! I love the idea of having childhood mythical creatures as a sort of team of superheroes, and it looks like it could be a lot of fun. Hugh Jackman as the Easter Bunny and Alec Baldwin as Santa Claus both sound awesome and hilarious. The only one I’m not too sure about is Jack Frost; Chris Pine is doing his voice and I have a feeling they should have gone with someone younger. Release Date: 21 November (US), 30 November (UK)

Jack Reacher

This is based on the popular book series of the same name by Lee Child. I hadn’t actually of the books before this trailer, and to be honest I’m not that excited for this movie. Yes, it’s got Tom Cruise in it, but frankly it doesn’t look like fun at all. Release Date: 21 December (US), 28 December (UK)

The Man With The Iron Fists

“They put the F-U in Kung Fu”. This looks over-the-top and ridiculous, but I so want to see it! Release Date: 2012

LOOPER

Wow, this looks awesome. It stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Bruce Willis playing the young and old versions of Joe, a time-travelling assassin. I love twisty intelligent sci-fi movies and I’m really hoping Looper fits that bill. Judging by the trailer alone, I think this could be great! Release Date: 28 September (UK, US)

Total Recall

I love the look of this! I mean I loved the old version with Arnie, but that one also at times felt quite cheesy (although I should give it a rewatch and see how I find it now). This new version with Colin Farrell looks a little bit more serious, but seems to be following the same plot. My only problem is with this trailer: I suggest don’t watch it. It again is one of those trailers that gives too much away. If you really want to watch it to get a feel for the movie, I’d say stop around the 1:10 mark. Release Date: 3 August (US), 29 August (UK)

Epic

This is definitely more of a teaser trailer, I’m still not completely sure what it’s about. Tiny people in a forest. Fern Gully 2.0? It’s from the same creators as Ice Age and Rio, so I’ll keep an eye on it. Release Date: 17 May 2013 (US), 24 May 2012 (UK)

Wow, this etsy store has tons of cute geeky necklaces and rings! LicketyCut designs an awesome range of laser cut acrylic jewellery, referencing old Nintendo games to newer games, like Portal and Mass Effect. They do tons of different designs and I’ll only be featuring my favourites here, so make sure to check out the actual store!

Retro Batman Symbol Pendants $20 (a single one is $12)

Classic NES Controller $25

Portal’s The Cake Is A Lie $10

Mass Effect Paragon and Renegade Pendants $20 (single one is $12)

Pokemon Necklace $25

Cute, right? They’ve got a lot more designs in their store, including necklaces for DragonAge, Legend of Zelda, World of Warcraft, and more.

It was announced yesterday that Michael Fassbender (from Prometheus, X-Men: First Class and many more awesome movies) will be starring in and producing the Assassin’s Creed movie. It’s great news, and gives me hope that the movie version will actually turn out okay. I loved the Assassin’s Creed games, and Michael Fassbender is an awesome choice to play the lead. My question though is: which character is the lead?

The sort of protagonist of the games is Desmond, a guy in 2012, whose ancestors were Assassins, and he’s put in a machine by the Assassin’s arch-nemeses the Templars to relive the experiences of those ancestors. In the first game he relives the memories of Altair, an assassin during the time of the Third Crusade, and in the second (and its two sequels) he relives the memories of Ezio, an assassin in Renaissance Italy. Almost all of the game takes place in those memories and you’re mostly playing as Altair or Ezio.

So which of these characters will Michael Fassbender play? I think the most likely would be Altair (as the first game is mainly about him), but I wouldn’t be amazed if they end up having Fassbender play all three characters and slightly using CGI or makeup to alter his features to make each character look distinct. Whatever they decide he’s a great addition to the project and I think he’ll be great in whichever path they choose.

If they follow the games and have the first movie be only about the first game, I hope they’ll focus more on Desmond than the Altair one. Desmond is a much more likeable character, and much easier to relate to than the quiet Altair. However, a lot of Altair’s story is so essential to the main plot, and I wouldn’t want to see it disappearing completely. There’s a lot though, especially in the following games, that I’m not sure how they’ll translate to the big screen (like Subject 16 and the Truth). The games have a great sci-fi plot with a lot of detail and it’s going to be interesting to see how they handle the story!

So have you played the Assassin’s Creed games? What do you want from a movie version?

They announced a while ago that the London BFI IMAX would be closed from 22 June till 5 July to install a shiny new screen, new speakers and an IMAX 3D Digital projector (alongside the IMAX film-based 3D projector)! Someone kindly documented the entire process and it’s really awesome to see how it all looks behind the screens:

Awesome, right? I can’t wait to see The Dark Knight Rises there; I managed to get tickets for the Sunday afternoon screening. So excited!

I ended up buying some gorgeous bags last week at the Knomo sample sale, but now I realize I have too many of them… and not enough space to keep all of them. So I’ll be selling three of them here for my lovely followers! If you’re interested in one of the bags, email me at melinda@missgeeky.com.

Lovely yellow Knomo Thala shoulder bag for a 15.4″ laptop. It’s got two pockets on the outside, one side of which has two mini pockets within it suitable for Oyster cards or gadgets. Inside it, one side has a laptop pouch, which is meant for a 15.4″ laptop, although a 13″ MacBook also fits nicely in it and doesn’t feel too loose. The other side has a big zipped pocket and a couple of smaller pockets for gadgets. £30

Red Silvi messenger bag for an 11″ laptop or iPad. Small pocket on the outside for an Oyster card or something else small and flat. On the inside there’s a padded laptop compartment on one side, and a zipped pocket on the other. The pouch fits an 11″ MacBookAir or an iPad. The main compartment does fit my 13″ MacBookAir, but it isn’t as padded as the pouch. £25

Unique 13″ laptop shoulder bag. It’s a sample bag of the Rubi design (I think), but it’s in a color scheme that as far as I can tell never got picked up as an actual line. So it really is one-in-a-kind. I’ve had this bag for over a year now, but I’ve barely used it (I think I’ve used it like 3 times in total). It’s got thin pouches on both sides, handy for your Oyster card and small flat gadgets. Inside there’s a padded laptop pouch on one side, and a handy wall of pockets on the other. £40 Sold

If you’re interested in any of the bags, email me at melinda@missgeeky.com. I’m fine with shipping to anywhere you want, but you’ll have to cover the deliver costs (if you’re in London, I’m happy to meetup).

Staying in the realm of dresses I’ll never get to wear, today’s Dress of the Day is this gorgeous black lace dress from Ellie Saab:

This is a cool idea: a bean bag for your book. I must admit I sometimes have difficulty finding the right position to comfortably read a book, and this seems like an interesting way to solve that.

The store describes the book rest bean bag as:

Shakespeare, Hemmingway, Kipling: their words deserve our full attention. The hands-free Book Rest,designed by sisters Angela and Ursula Hartig, lets you park your paperback so that you can concentrate on getting comfy. Made up of a book cover and a small bean bag, and held together with Velcro-strips, this helpful design will take unwinding to the next level.

Paperback?  I somehow imagine this being more useful for hardcovers. I also don’t think velcro strips will keep a paperback open that easily. It’s a cool idea though. If you want one of these bean bags for your books, it’s on Fab for the next 23 hours for €29.50. They also do a cute design for a mug bean bag (which is €19.70):

Wow, I can’t believe we’re already halfway through the year! I haven’t been that great with reviews the past few months though, so I thought I’d catch up at the halfway mark covering all the things I’ve watched/played/read but hadn’t had time to blog about. In the next days I’l be posting the different mini reviews for movies, games and books!

The Cabin in The Woods

If you haven’t seen Cabin In The Woods yet, go and watch it when you can (the DVD is out on September 24th). It’s a horror about a bunch of college students who drive out for a vacation to a remote cabin in the woods (obviously). It’s co-written and produced by Joss Whedon, so it’s not your typical horror movie. It was shot in 2009 and then got stuck in limbo for 2 years, and it’s funny watching some actors we now know before they were popular (Chris Hemsworth from Thor and The Avengers, Jesse Williams from Grey’s Anatomy). I really enjoyed it and it’s definitely in my Top 5 of this year so far.

Men In Black 3

I still can’t quite believe that the first Men In Black came out when I was 13… that’s more than half my lifetime ago. I loved that first movie though and it was great to see the characters return to our screens. This time around K (Will Smith) has to travel back in time to save his partner J (Tommy Lee Jones, and Josh Brolin as his younger version) from the evil alien Boris (Jemaine Clemant). Even though the time travel doesn’t completely make sense (but let’s face it: when do movies ever get time travel right?), it’s a fun story with a couple of entertaining actions scenes.

Snow White and The Huntsman

I should have known what I was getting into with this movie, when I found out one of the tag lines for it was “From the producers of Alice In Wonderland”. I feel quite similar to Snow White and The Huntsman as I did with that movie. Visually it’s gorgeous: the set design, the costume design and the awesome special effects, it all creates a magical and slightly creepy world. Plot wise though it’s lacking emotion; you never get to connect and feel for any of the major characters. With the movie being called Snow White and The Huntsman I was expecting for it to, you know, actually be about these two central characters, about their relationship and their journey. Instead their relationship never amounts to anything satisfying or meaningful.

The Avengers

I’ve been waiting for this movie for 4 years and it’s lived up to its high expectations! The Avengers is a great action-filled movie finally uniting the Marvel movie superheroes from the last few years: Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Black Widow, Hawkeye and The Hulk. It was great to finally see them working as a team, and the action scenes really highlighted each of their skills and how they could be combined. I wasn’t expecting there to be so much funny dialogue though, but with Joss Whedon writing/directing I should have seen that coming; there are so many great one-liners, I was laughing throughout most of the movie!

Battleship

Ehm, yeah… before you start, let me explain myself: I’ve got a Cineworld pass. I was already at the cinema having watched Cabin In The Woods and Salmon Fishing In The Yemen and thought: why not? And it’s not as bad as I thought it would be. Yes, the acting sucks. And the story doesn’t make sense at all. And the characters aren’t likeable at all. Hmm, it doesn’t have a lot going for it, I’ll admit. However I really liked most of the action scenes with the battleship sequences and ship maneuvers, and for me that was fun though to sit through the rest of the movie.

Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey

I finally got around to seeing this documentary last week. It’s a look behind the scenes of the Jim Henson studio, specifically about the guy who “created” Elmo, Kevin Clash. I grew up with Sesame Street and all the other Jim Henson TV shows and movies, but I was young enough to never know that Elmo wasn’t originally part of the main puppets. Elmo was never one of my favourite characters; in fact after my ex Spanish housemates decided to get a Tickle-Me-Elmo (and would play with it for HOURS and giggle in the most annoying way) I really started disliking the character. The documentary really shows the story behind Kevin Clash’s journey into puppetry and made me appreciate Elmo in a way I hadn’t before.

Salmon Fishing In The Yemen

This was a cute little movie about a salmon expert (Ewan McGregor) who gets hired by consultant (Emily Blunt) to help a sheikh fulfill his vision to introduce salmon to the desert country of Yemen. I’d sort of describe it as a romantic comedy-drama; it doesn’t have all the usual cheesy romantic comedy suspects, plus it also has its serious dramatic moments.

The Hunger Games

I read and loved the books (well, I loved the first one, the rest were a bit meh), so I was curious to see what they would do with the movie. If you’ve been living under a rock and don’t know what the movie is about, think Battle Royale meets American Idol: a reality tv show about teenagers fighting to the death. It’s been done before, but the unique thing in The Hunger Games was how you get to see (== read) Katniss’s ideas and thoughts on how to survive and how she needs to manipulate people. I thought it was going to be tricky to express those emotions and motivations on screen, but I think they succeeded quite well in that. Katniss is such a complex character and it was great seeing Jennifer Lawrence in that role.

Fright Night

If it wasn’t for David Tennant, I don’t think I would have given this movie a chance. But he’s in here as the over-the-top stage musician Peter Vincent who helps teenager Charley (Anton Yelchin) deal with his vampire neighbour (Colin Farrell). It’s cheesy as hell, but, hey, it’s got a shirtless David Tennant, what more do you want?

The Muppets

As I said above, I grew up with all the things that came out of the Jim Henson studio. My absolute favourites still remain Labyrinth and The Dark Crystal, although The Muppet movies all come a joint third behind those. I was really happy to see them bring back The Muppets this year and I enjoyed most of it. Our protagonist is a new muppet character Walter and he basically represents all the muppet fans: he’s the ultimate muppet fan and wants to see The Muppets all together again, performing as they used to. The Muppets have all gone their separate ways and it’s both funny and depressing to see where some of them end up. I also loved the new and the old songs they performed in here. What I thought didn’t work though were the human characters; I normally love Jason Segal and Amy Adams, but I didn’t like their characters at all and I thought their story didn’t contribute much to the overall movie.

Attack The Block

I finally got to see this movie a few weeks ago and it’s so much fun. Set on a council estate in London, it follows a bunch of kids in a street gang who need to defend their “block” from aliens. I liked the design of the creepy aliens (even though I’m pretty sure they used adapted gorilla suits, which makes them slightly less creepy); they’re not your usual movie aliens. The story is a bit simple, but it’s definitely quite enjoying to watch.

I came across these cool bookcases a while ago, but couldn’t figure out where you could order them. Fab has them now on sale though… well, “sale”. Even with the 25% discount the “Read Your Book Case” one is still a pricey $4700. Another item to add to my “When I’m rich and famous” wish list.

I love the XO design. The three x’s in red are just so cute! Each box is 51 cm high and wide, so I’m pretty sure the X shape would be the most optimal one for the size of my paperbacks.

I think the Fab sale only is for those specific letter combinations, but you can also order from the designer’s site directly. They offer all letter and number combinations! What would you make your book case spell out? I’d love to have one spelling out “Miss Geeky” to hang on my wall!

This is such a cool idea: a Peter Pan shadow on your wall. I came across it on Pinterest, but I can’t for the life of me figure out where it’s originally from (if anyone know who I can credit let me know). Can you buy this somewhere or did someone just make it for themselves?