This week, Geekadelphia featured the Philadelphia Film Society's Development Director, J. Lansing Sylvia (affectionately known as Lansie) as their GEEK OF THE WEEK. What qualifies someone to achieve such an honor? Geekadelphia blogger, and resident movie buff, Dan Tabor finds out...

By Le Anne Lindsay

On Thursday February 16th PFS members got to see a preview screening of a new police drama starring Woody Harrelson, which actually is the second movie he's made with director Oren Moverman and actor Ben Foster, the first being 2009's The Messenger. In truth, Rampart isn't a crime drama or police exposé, it's a character study of a man who is both extremely articulate and seductive and at the same time, ridiculous and immoral.

Last night PFS members had a chance to see the new action comedy, This Means War. I was pleasantly surprised after seeing the film. The rom-com spy movie, originally scheduled to be released on Valentine’s Day, is clearly designed to be a date-night movie, which often end up falling flat. Although not the best rom-com to be released, the chemistry of the three lead actors (Tom Hardy, Chris Pine and Reese Witherspoon) puts the audience in the perfect mood to enjoy the comedic scenes while the action adds excitement, making it an entertaining film.

Having recently returned from my annual trip to the Sundance Film Festival, which marks the beginning of the programming season for the Philadelphia Film Festival (PFF), I wanted to share some of my favorite films.

All in all, over my roughly five days in Park City, Utah, I was able to check out 24 films, many of which I enjoyed. Coincidentally, I’m sure, a lot of my personal favorites had nice Philly or PFF ties.