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

Twitter or Threads? Why haven't we moved over to the new social media yet and we check out who is winning in big in the Summer Box Office Battle!! Ahhh!!

It’s that time of the year again. THE EMMYS!! Luis tries to guess some of the Emmy Nominations and Ed corrects him. The 75th annual Emmy nominations is just the beginning, we also talk about the Summer Box Office Numbers, Trailers (Wonka, Ahsoka, Napoleon) as well as talking about that sweet sweet Wolverine outfit… oooh thats clean bb.  Then we wrap it all up by talking about what we’re into: Elem...

02:57 - Summer Box Office Update // 11:49 - Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny // Indy’s back for one last adventure, but can it deliver for the legendary hero? Is it better than Kingdom of the Crystal Skull?! Take a listen as we take a deep dive into Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny with a lengthy (and spoilerific) review for Indy’s final theatrical farewell! Plus we get our latest update...

00:00 - (Summer Box Office, Superman Legacy Casting, Trailers) // 32:45 - Asteroid City Review // 01:01:47 - Ranking Wes Anderson Movies // 01:38:44 - What We're Into (Secret Invasion, Indiana Jones, Mission Impossible) /// What did we think of the latest Wes Anderson film and where do we rank it amongst his work?  Take a listen for our feature discussion as we review Asteroid City and give our of...

00:32 - Trailer Talk 14:53 - The Flash Review After months of good buzz, bad buzz, controversies, release shifts, and spoiled cameos… The Flash has finally arrived! But can it overcome it all? Is it any good?  PLUS we dive into the new trailers for Sony’s Kraven the Hunter and Challengers from Luca Guadagnino!  Check it out!

42:43 - Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse Discussion 01:35:09 - What We're Into We’re back with business as usual for episode 61 where we review Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse! Does it live up to its ground-breaking predecessor? Check it out for our thoughts, breakdowns and theories for the final installment! PLUS we get into latest news including the recent release date shake up at disney (...

We’re loaded with news this week and we discuss absolutely none of it as we, instead, celebrate the birth of our beloved leader, Luis Gonzalez!!! But wait! There’s a disturbance in the multi-verse… we have a whole bunch of variants swinging by to join in the celebration! This is a goof around episode, so sit back, crack one open and enjoy! Shout out to (in order of appearance, as they say in the m...

00:54 - Summer Box Office Numbers / TMNT Trailer // 12:51 - Succession Review // 01:16:19 - What We're Into // F*ck Off! It’s time for the N3RDs to say goodbye to one of the greatest television shows of all time, Succession. We talk our favorite moments and characters as well as the series as a whole - and that surprise Successor 👀 We also chat about the new TMNT trailer which has one of the nerd...

2:00 - Trailers + News (Killers of the Flower Moon + Spider-Man 2) // 54:30 - Ranking Disney Villains /// This week we discuss the big announcements from the Playstation event, especially that new Spider-Man 2 gameplay trailer! Then we go through the latest movie trailers, including the new musical adaptation of The Color Purple and Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon! And to round it off...

We’re vibing and mucking about this week, with no feature discussion, alas, BUT plenty of everything else to discuss! First with the latest trailers for Poor Things, The Creator and, of course, the latest for Mission: Impossible 7!  Then we get Miguel’s take on Guardians 3, along with everything else we’ve been into from Cunk on Earth to Dune, to lightsabers and skins with Jedi Survivor! Top that...

00:51 - The Writer’s Strike // 25:40 - News + Trailers // 43:08 - Guardians of the Galaxy Review // 01:16:21 - Succession Season 4 Episode 7 Review (HBO) // 01:30:52 - What We’re Into (Evil Dead Rise, Peter Pan & Wendy, Renfield, Barry) // 02:06:57 - Beau is Afraid Review /// This week we’re hooked on a feeling, and our feelings towards Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.3!  Yes, we review not only t...

It's the Summer, which means a ton of Big Blockbuster movies! Which one will make the most money? We are here to predict what we think will be the biggest blockbuster winners. Last year Ed won, who will win this year? Join us for the Summer Movie Wager! Summer Movie Release Schedule May 5 - Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (Marvel Studios / Disney) May 19 - Fast X (Fast Saga: Fast and the Furious) (...

It's trailer week! We discuss and react to all the brand new trailers that have come this past week. It’s a shorter one.  Trailers! The New Flash Trailer has dropped with Batman, Supergirl, and The Flash himself, from DC Studios (Ezra Miller, Michael Keaton, Sasha Calle) A Haunting in Venice (Branagh reprises his role as Hercule Poirot , alongside Kyle Allen , Camille Cottin , Jamie Dornan , Tina...

01:00 - Star Wars News + More Nerd News // 30:32 - Super Mario Bros Movie Review // 56:13 - Succession S4 Episode 3 - Luis Review // 01:08:52 - Succession - Miguel and Ed Review // What a crazy busy week for the N3RDS! Luis is traveling and can only pop by for our featured discussion of the Super Mario Bros movie. However, Ed and Miguel do their best to keep this train on the tracks (spoiler alert...

01:14 News (Moana Remake, WWE Merger + Lots of Trailers) // 46:14 - Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves Review // 01:02:24 - Succession S4E2 // 01:12:08 - What We’re Into // This week Ed and Luis review the surprise box office and critical hit, Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves!  And of course, we can’t help but get into that second episode of Succesion’s fourth and final season!  BU...

01:11 - NEWS // 30:37 - John Wick 4 Review // 01:32:36 - Succession Season 4 Episode 1 Review // 01:58:07 - What We’re Into // This week with the PDNs: we got stacked news with a release date for Killers of the Flower Moon, AMC theaters’ acquisition by Amazon, Apple’s new investment in the picture business, AND a trio of new trailers for Pixar’s Elemental, HBO’s Barry and Wes Anderson’s Asteroid C...

01:35 - News // 36:27 - The Last of Us - Season 1 Review  // 01:50:48 - What We’re Into (Stocks, Scream, Shazam 2) // We’re BACK! This time we trade out our resident wanker RANKER for the ever knowledgeable and unofficial fourth N3RD, Stephen Escobar. He helps us breakdown the finale of HBO’s massive hit The Last of Us and give us some of his favorite moments throughout the first season. And we se...

00:58 - Tarantino’s Last Movie + News //  29:15 - The Oscars // 01:06:15 - What We’re Into // The Movie Calender comes full circle with the 95th Oscars! Yes, this week Luis and Ed dive into everything (everywhere all at once) from the Academy Awards, from our favorite winners, sorest losers, biggest surprises, and the stupidest dresses!  Before our feature discussion, we catch the newest trailer f...

05:32 - Writers Strike + News // 37:03 - The Mandalorian Season 3 EP1-2 // 01:15:00 - The Last of Us Ep 8 // 01:34:47 - What We’re Into // We blast into hyperspace and season 3 of The Mandalorian as we discuss and review Episodes 1 & 2 of the Disney plus series, with a guest appearance of the Child himself, Grogu!  But not before we get into all the latest news and trailers, including the new...

00:00 - News  30:27 - Cocaine Bear Review 01:03:20 - What We're Into (Last of Us, Succession, God of War Rangarok + More) Cocaine Bear has arrived and the world will never be the same. We cover the SAG Award Winners, New Trailers and.... (of course).... The Last of Us. SPOILERS for Succession and God of War Ragnarok

04:20 - News // 23:16 - Antman and the Wasp Quantumania // 01:22:24 - Last of Us Episode 6 // 01:48:38 - What We’re Into // Marvel Phase 5 is here and we here at Punch Drunk Nerd and Special Guest Francesca Rivera returns to talk about Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. But before we dive into our Antman and the Wasp Quantumania review, we chat about the Playstation Plus updates, Boston Strangler...

00:00 - Trailers //  53:54 - The Last of Us Mid Season Discussion (HBO) // 01:41:00 - What We’re Into // Super Bowl 57 happened and, being the massive sports ball fans that we are, we of course discussed the vast array of trailers that dropped during commercials, from Fast X to the highly anticipated The Flash and everything in between From there we have a catch-up on the latest episode of HBO Ser...

01:45 - AMC Seat Price Change // 22:36 - Showtime is Changing // 38:57 - Quick News // 51:34 - What We’re Into // Luis and Ed stand alone this week and question the new seating system that AMC theaters plans to impose!  We discuss Showtime’s revival and merging with Paramount+ along with the current state of streaming services, which leads us to a horrifying realization of a conspiracy right in fr...

01:07 - DC Chapter 1 Announcement // 30:37 - Ranking Our Most Anticipated Movies of 2023 // 01:13:18 - Poker Face Review // 01:33:30 - What We’re Into // Big news this week as James Gunn unveils his grand plan for chapter 1 of the new (or renewed) DCU, “Gods and Monsters”!  We discuss each of the upcoming projects (tv and movies alike), complete with predictions and, of course, criticisms.  Then w...

00:00 - Oscar Nomination Reactions // 01:17:41 - The Last of Us Episode 2 // Luis has no idea what movies got nominated so it's up to Ed to break down every single category. We chat about the good, the bad and the snuuuubs. Also we chat the HBO show The Last of Us Episode 2, because well… its the The Last of Us (HBO).