Punch Drunk Nerd (Weekly Nerd Talk + Pop Culture Reviews)

Buckle up babies because this episode is JAM PACKED! With 2025 off to its start, the nerds get together and rank their TOP 5 most anticipated movies of the year! Did yours make the list?? Plus, news from the Marvel front. George Miller is being rumored to direct a Hulk movie and maybe the next Thor? Also, Marvel Rivals has gamers in a chokehold with no sign of letting up! They announce new charact...

We are in the thick of it now! That’s right, awards season is kicking off as nominees are coming in, winners are coming out, starting, of course, with the Golden Globes! Before we discuss the winners of the Globes, we go through the SAG nominees, snubs and all! And don’t worry, we’re totally aware of how tedious that sounds, so we’re having some fun with it. But it’s not all just awards goss.  We...

Things get messy in this episode. We move through time and space as we talk about The Batman 2 Delay, James Gunn, Chat GPT and of course Robert Eggers Nosferatu (Lily - Rose Depp, Bill Skarsagård, Willem Dafoe, Nicholas Hoult, Emma Corrin, Ralph Ineson, Aaron Taylor - Johnson) Sorry for the sound, we were flying free and blind.

Look up!  It’s a bird! No, it’s a plane! NO! It’s our first SUPERMAN trailer!!! That’s right, the much talked about and highly anticipated James Gunn tentpole project for DC is finally ready to be seen!  Will it be audience Kryptonite, or has Gunn given us something to Hope for?! We get deep into the trailer, discussing everything from the suit to the score.  Let us know your thoughts on the trail...

Chris Evans is returning to Marvel in Avengers: Secret Wars, are we happy about it?  Hard to say, you’ll just have to listen to this week's episode to find out! That’s not the only bit of casting news that has us buzzing this week as we talk about Jeremy Allen White’s curious Star Wars role and Austin Butler being in talks to join Luca Guadanigno’s American Psycho adaptation! Plus we have a new tr...

That is a wrap on 2024, Ladies and Gents! On Spotify that is… That’s right, Spotify has declared Wrapped for this year, so the nerds discuss and reflect on the music journeys they’ve taken, their top songs and top artists with some surprises thrown in… not to mention a little karaoke! Before we dive into music, however, we dive into some news, including a look at the winners of the NYFCC awards an...

It’s Thanksgiving week but that doesn’t keep the nerds from being the opposite of thankful for the latest entry in the Ridley Scott universe! That’s right, this week the nerds come together to talk R0M3 $H!T aka GLADIATOR 2! It’s got all the right ingredients so surely it’s gonna be a hit right? Listen and find out. Also, one nerd has turned into a musical theatre kid for the week and saw the hit...

The gates of Twitter have come crumbling down and there is a flood of users rushing to new platforms! This week a solo nerd tackles both Threads and Bluesky and breaks down what works and what doesn’t. Will one or both of these platforms survive into the future? Only time will tell.  Plus, a look at the latest news including the 97th annual Academy Awards host, a first look at the live action Moan...

Grab your top hats and kill your confidants because the nerds are BACK to talk the season finale of The Penguin!  Joined by special guest Erik Jue, who gives his thoughts on the show as a viewer as well as a member of the crew! (We have big deal guests now!) Did the show stick its landing? Do Luis and Miguel actually like The Batman in retrospect now? Listen and find out! And your mission, should...

22:25 - Fortnite It’s the OG duo this week as Luis and Miguel squad up to talk the newest season of FORTNITE! It’s an OG remix that has Luis nostalgic and gives Miguel a taste of what came before. Are the nerds having a good time? Listen and find out.  Plus they talk the latest footage from Marvel’s upcoming 2025 slate of shows. Lots of footage of Daredevil, Ironheart, Wonder Man and more!  And ha...

It’s Halloween!!!  Or is it Christmas?  Hard to say when stores have holiday items already hitting the shelves, decorations going up and the workplace is already playing christmas jingles!  Is this a sore spot and possible topic of discussion in this week's episode?   You bet your ass it is! Because it is all vibes this week!  With nought for news and feature discussion, one trailer - the latest f...

This week we have movie trailers and tv trailers galore! Before we get lost in the trailer-verse, though, we first dive into the latest buzz in the news, including the inevitable shelving of the MCU Blade project, details on the new Christopher Nolan movie, and we fancast for the role of Patrick Bateman in the new adaptation of American Psycho! Once we get into trailers, we hit on all sorts… from...

It’s been a long week for the nerds so they’re keeping it light and tight! They’re bringing back your FAVORITE format and RANKING the upcoming movies of 2024!Will the final stretch before the new year yield some great movies? Who knows! But that’s not going to keep the nerds from ranking them. Did your most anticipated movie make the list? Be sure to leave us a review and like and subscribe! Also!...

Joker 2 Review - 19:29 /// What up, CHUCKLE HEADS! This week the nerds sat down and watched the infamously bad (or good?) JOKER: FOLIE A DEUX! Is Joker 2 ACTUALLY a bad movie? Or did the internet get this one wrong? Listen to our Joker 2 breakdown Plus the nerds talk the insane idea of having an Abbott Elementary and It’s Always Sunny crossover! As well as discussing some previous crossover events...

We have no idea what we’re doing this episode so it’s ALL VIBES! We start off with BREAKING NEWS that THE best actor,  Daniel Day Lewis, is officially out of retirement as he is spotted filming his new movie! Plus we have a full TRAILER TALK segment for you bbs!  We spend some time talking about that sexy ass movie Babygirl starring Nicole Kidman and Antonio Banderas.  Then John Williams is finall...

The tides are shifting in Gotham this week as the nerds review the first episode of The Penguin that aired on HBO. Does it live up to the hype and is it a worthy follow up to the massive hit The Batman?  Plus the nerds are joined by a very special guest, Erik Jue, who worked on the production of The Penguin!  Also, Miguel and Luis talk about Playstation and its State of Play and some of the big an...

Grab a pillow and a blanket because this episode is DREAMY! With Luis winning the Summer Movie Wager he got to choose a special movie for the crew to watch and this year it’s DREAM SCENARIO! How did this movie fair with the nerds? Is it Nic Cage’s best performance? Listen and find out! Plus they talk about the recent Emmy winners and get some education on why it seems like this award show happens...

The juice is, indeed, loose on this Pod! That’s right, this week we review our highly anticipated BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE! Does it mark a return of classic Tim Burton? Does Michael Keaton still got it in him? Is the film actually good…. Or does it fall in with the rest of the legacy sequels? These are the questions we ask (and hopefully answer) this week, but before all that we find out what’s so...

Well folks the summer has come to a close but not before the n3rds tally up their box office scores in their SUMMER MOVE WAGER! Who took home the top spot and did the right movies make it into the top ten? Listen and find out! In addition to the momentous occasion, the n3rds talk news, rumors, and trailers! First up, there have been rumblings of a Ridley Scott Director’s Cut of NAPOLEON and the n3...

What is the state of social media?  Which is the better delivery app?  What’s in Ben Affleck’s Jack in the Box bag?! These are the kind of life-altering questions that we ask ourselves this week on the podcast, and to get some real wisdom we welcome special guest and friend of the show, Sean Evans! We get down and dirty with all the social media sites in our lives, our firsts, our favorites (our l...

57:00 - Alien Romulus Review /// Is Alien: Romulus a return to form for the franchise, or is it another in a long series of duds?! Does it bring back the scares, as well as the substance?! The Xenomorph returned to the big screen last weekend and the team of nerds saw it in all its IMAX glory for this week’s feature discussion!  Does it live up to expectations? Is there hope for the franchise yet?...

D23 has come and gone and Disney dropped SOOOOO MAAANNY UPDATES for Marvel, Star Wars, Pixar, Disney Animation, Fortnite, Disneyland, Disney World, and other things that I forgot to mention. We are hear to cover it all and then get distracted right after talking about it. We dive into the return of Daredevil to Disney Plus, the Agatha Harkness spin-off series, the leaked footage of Red Hulk in Bra...

29:11 - House of the Dragon Season 2 Review// What in the seven hells is happening in Westeros?! The whole world was watching the season finale of House of the Dragon so you KNOW we had to have our friend, Stephen Escobar, on to chat the latest standings between team Green and Black! Did the finale and season overall live up to our expectations and what can we expect moving forward with only two m...

02:10 - Robert Downey Jr is Back?! // 20:30 - Deadpool and Wolverine Review// 01:26:10 - House of the Dragon 207 // 2:00:10 - Longlegs // Roll up your chimichangas and let’s build a snowman, because we are DIVING into this Deadpool and Wolverine Spoiler Review. We are joined with special guest Benny Watts as we not only review Deadpool and Wolverine, but also chat about the return of Robert Downey...

Were we blown away by Twisters, or was it… a disaster?!  Find out in this week’s episode where two of our three nerds get into a spoiler-filled discussion on the highly anticipated, stormy sensation - Twisters in our Twisters Review.  We get into our Twisters review and reflect on the original movie Twister (Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton)  - does the new one compare?  Our heads are absolutely spinning. ...