The Great Geek Manual

Still haven’t finished, but here’s the beginnings of a round-up of all the “Best Movies of 2012″ floating around the web right now. If you can think of any that I’ve missed, feel free to drop a link in the comments!

AFI: 10 best movies

Alamo Drafthouse: top 10 movies
Andrew O’Hehir: 10 best movies
Badass Digest: 10 most underrated movies
Buzzfeed: 15 biggest flops
Cinema Blend: 10 best action scenes

ComingSoon: top 25

Complex: 25 best movies

CTV AM: 10 best and worst movies
Deadline: best unproduced scripts
E!: top 10 movies
East Valley Tribune: 10 genre films
Film School Rejects: 12 best horror movies

Film School Rejects: 12 best movies

Film School Rejects: 12 best soundtracks

Filmdrunk: very worst movies
Flavorwire: best movie moments
Flavorwire: biggest movie controversies
Fox News: must-see flicks

Gapers Block: best and worst
Geeks of Doom: 25 Best Films
Gotcha Movies: top ten movies
The Guardian: best films

IGN: top ten movies

International Business Times: 6 best critically acclaimed movies

io9: best and worst sci-fi/fantasy movies
John Waters: favorites movies
Movie Fanatic: top movie performances

MTV: top 10 characters

Pajiba: 10 most enjoyable supporting performances
Pajiba: forgettable films
Paste Magazine: 25 best performances

The Phoenix: the best and brightest

Post Gazette: best of 2012

RedEye: 12 overlooked movies
RedEye:12 underrated movies
Reel Life: 20 movies for grown-ups

Reelz: 10 Most Oscar-Worthy Movies

Roger Ebert: top movies
Rotten Tomatoes: top 100 movies
ScreenCrave: 5 best horror films
Screen Crush: best horror

Screen Invasion: best movies

Shock til you Drop: top 8 horror films

Short List: 10 best alternative film posters
Slant Magazine: 25 best movies
Slash Film: top 10 movies
Slate: 10 best movies
Television without Pity: top ten

TGDaily: top genre films
Time: top 10

The Times: top 50

Uproxx: best and worst sci-fi movies
The Washington Times: top ten movies

The Week: 10 best-reviewed
The Week: 10 worst-reviewed
WhatCulture: movies that summed up 2012

Wired: best movies you didn’t see

The Horror Portfolio is a video montage of the creepiest moments from sixty-four of the best horror movies out there. Watch it once to take in the atmosphere. Watch it a second time to see how many of the movies you can identify. Watch a third time with the list of clips and music open, to satisfy your own curiosity.

Try not to watch it alone at night!

The high school hallway fight between Spider-Man and the Lizard in The Amazing Spider-Man was created entirely with digital effects? Check out how they did it in the behind-the-scenes featurette.

William Shatner made a documentary about the Star Trek fandom. Called Get a Life, it is set to premiere at Comic-Con. Here is the trailer.

If you are a fan of anything this is a MUST WATCH documentary of passion and dedication, friends and family, heartache and triumph.

The EPIX Original Documentary William Shatner’s Get A Life! premieres on EPIX, EpixHD.com and on EPIX apps including Xbox, Roku players and more on July 28th at 8 PM ET

With Marvel’s new Avenger’s movie out, audiences are going blockbuster movie crazy, what with the dazzling shots and expensive special fx. For most no-budget independent moviemakers it would be an expensive feat to duplicate, but for Patrick A. Prejusa all he needs is a camera, a computer, some orange juice bottles, and a roll of duct tape.

Patrick is making his own blockbuster movie called REDD, an ambitious sci-fi / action / adventure project featuring what looks like expensive special fx. REDD uses no-budget tricks like building monsters out of cardboard and duct tape, space ships from orange juice bottles and coffee cans, and various other tricks to produce cinematic quality fx.
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The sole purpose of the latest clip from Prometheus seems to be to show off the movie’s titular spaceship.  It looks great and all, but I have my fingers crossed in the hope that this movie isn’t just an hour and a half of special effects.

I’m loving this new storyline, but that costume is a major downgrade from the Tobey Maguire version. It looks cartoonish. That’s not going to stop me from buying a ticket, though.