Beyond 'Iron Man': Geeky summer movies

March 21, 2008 12:47 PM PDT – Posted by Emily Shurr

Writers over at CNET News.com's sister site TechRepublic have a highly developed sense of sass, which they're gleefully applying to movie reviews and in-depth commentary on the cultural thicket surrounding tech producers and IT types.

This week they've rounded up remarks on the summer's best movies for geeks. Technologically-updated nostalgia (Speed Racer), favorite video games (Hellboy 2), and adorable post-apocalyptic robots (Wall-E) are all contenders.

Make your own forecast at "Rundown: Geek movies of summer 2008"

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by goat77 March 21, 2008 1:52 PM PDT
Hellboy is based on the Dark Horse comic of the same name; not a video game. Any Hellboy video games were similarly based on the comics. Check your facts: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellboy
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