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

00:00 - Nerd News // 49:17 - The Last of Us Review // 01:41:00 - What We’re Into // Nerd News - Critic's Choice Award Winners, Ant-Man Trailer, Mandalorian Trailer, Netflix 2023 Movies What We're Into - Avatar 2, Banshee of Inisherin, Love is Blind, X-Men Comics, White Lotus Season 2

00:00 - Top 10 Movies // 01:32:41 - Miguel’s Games // 01:44:07 - Top 10 TV Shows // 02:16:32 - Top 10 Trailers // 02:28:44 - Lightning Round Rankings // We’re back at ranking again, but don’t worry darling, Miguel and Luis are back for this one.  2022 was a year that happened, good or bad, it happened and now we Nerds three embark on a journey of reflection, review and ranking.  We dive into what...

With Miguel and Luis Recovering from the Break, Ed takes the lead in this special episodes and just starts ranking a bunch of stuff.  Ed asked over Social media what you wanted him to rank and he did it.  Ranking Mustaches (on Movies and TV), Sword Fights, Villains, Cheeses, Tear Jerkers, Worst British Accents, Sequels with Kids, High Fives and Fruit!

01:22 - Golden Globes Nominations /// 52:38 - Don’t Worry Darling Review  /// 01:13:32 - What We’re Into  ///  ///// The Golden Globes have finally released their nominations and we are here to break them down for you baby!! DC Studios has some movie shake ups, we check out the latest Last of Us Trailer from HBO, as well as review Don’t Worry Darling, now available on HBO Max. Finally we talk abou...

00:00 - Trailer Talk (Indiana Jones & Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3) /// 00:12 - Our Reactions and the Themes of Phase 4 /// 34:30 - Top 10 Lists /// 02:31:00 - Phase 5 - Looking Forward  /// /// Marvel Studios has finally wrapped up Phase 4 and with it comes another Top 10 Ranking! We invite Francesca Rivera to talk about the state of Phase 4 of Marvel Studios as well as give our thoughts abo...

00:00 - News / / 45:59 - Andor // 01:25:49 - What We’re Into /// We are back from the Thanksgiving break and WE WATCHED A LOT OF STUFF!!! This episode is packed with so many reviews for so many movies (See How They Run, Bullet Train, Midnight Club, Black Phone, X, Pearl, Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio, The Menu, Bones and All, Glass Onion, Nope, White Lotus and God Of War Ragnarok)  but we are all...

00:00 - News 37:29 - Black Panther Wakanda Forever Review 01:38:33 - What We're Into This week we (and apparently the world) celebrate Chadwick Boseman as we review Marvel Studios Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (spoilers abound)!  We catch up on the latest gossip and news, including the failed Disney Pirates of the Caribbean project from Margot Robbie, the oo-la Lego Eiffel Tower, and that blue st...

00:00 - NEWS 56:55 - God of War Talk!! 01:31:38 - Weird: The Al Yankovic Story Discussion  SPOILERS: God of War Ragnarok is HERE! And yes we are SPOILING the first hour because we have to give our first reaction to the God Of War Ragnarok Gameplay. We are so excite to be Kratos again and bring the BOY along. We also talk about some nerd news like the Star Wars Acolyte Casting omn Disney Plus, West...

00:00 Nerd News 01:15:52 - House of the Dragon Episode 10 Review 02:21:22 - What We're Into The bambinos are joined by special guest and Game of Thrones Nerd, Stephen Escobar, to discuss the season finale of The HBO series, House of the Dragon! Did we all agree in this House of the Dragon Review. Did we all agree it’s the best show out right now or is there a civil war of our own brewing?? Listen...

This week the nerds three discuss not one, but two season finales! The Rings of Power revealed it’s true nature and She-Hulk went meta in SMASHING style and we go into spoilerific detail on both! But before we do, we catch up - having missed a week since our last recording - touching on the latest news in games, tv and movies, including the latest trailers for Creed III and the much maligned Super...

We celebrate Ed's birthday by talking about The Netflix movie by Andrew Domink, Blonde (Ana De Armas), but before all that we chat about the news of the week. Oh yeah did I mention it's Ed's Birthday!!!  In the news we chat about the Community Movie (Dan Harmon), Tom hanks 4 pretty good films, the new movie by Yorgos Lanthimos "And" (Jesse Plemmons, Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe, Margaret Qually), Robe...

This week the bambinos have a POWERFUL discussion and review  on the progress of The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power thus far (Amazon Prime Video). Plus they give their initial thoughts on the latest from a galaxy far, far away - ANDOR, the latest Star Wars show on Disney Plus. Couple that with HUGH(ge) Wolverine news for The new Marvel Deadpool movie with Ryan Reynolds and The Last of Us traile...

Yes, we are back in Westeros for a mid-season review of HBO’s House of the Dragon, as we dive into Episode 5, “We light the way” and are joined by Game of Thrones expert and avid book reader AND fellow groomsman, Stephen Escobar.  But, before all of that we dive into the latest news and trailers, including Rogue Squadron’s removal from the Disney theatrical schedule, Jeremy Allen White’s casting i...

This week: Miguel is back and kicking as we get into a BOATLOAD of news - discussing every little thing that happened at D23 with Disney Plus, Marvel, Star Wars, Pixar, as well as 74th Emmy Awards winners, along with the prize winners of the Venice film festival. We explore a slew of new trailers, including the first look at Damien Chazelle’s Babylon, whilst prying a shameful confession from La La...

The fellowship returns, but one of comrades, alas, has fallen… into a work obligation, so this week Luis and Ed jump from the horny shores of Westeros to the realms of Middle Earth as we review Episodes 1 & 2 of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power! In news, we take a look at the long and oddly specific list of Creative Arts Emmy winners, the deets on the new Apple iPhone 14 (iPhone 14 Pr...

The Summer Blockbuster Seasons is sadly over and so it is time we reveal who won in predicting the biggest movies of the summer. Inspired by Slash Film cast’s Summer Movie Wager, we predicted which summer box office movies would be in the top 10 and where EXACTLY they would be placed on the list. We made our bets earlier this year and now its time to find out the winner. (SEE BELOW FOR THE DETAILS...

We return to Westeros (for better or worse) to review the new HBOMax series House of the Dragon AND we discover Steve Roger’s sexually active past as we review Marvel’s latest show, She-Hulk: Attorney at Law!  But before we smash into all of that we discuss the News of the Week where we discuss further show removals from HBOMax, the new movie/show deal between director Matt Reeves and Warner Bros,...

Prey has landed on Hulu and we are here for it. We give our review of the new Predator Sequel, Prey (Hulu), but before all that we chat about the Nerd News of the Week! We talk about the new Wednesday Trailer (Netflix), a new girl scout cookie, Rogue One’s return to IMAX, Robert Deniro’s new movie, John Wick’s Prequel Series, CW’s new boss, Ezra Miller’s Apology, Amazon’s new Payment system (amazo...

It’s Miguel’s birthday and we are celebrating by being chill, lazy and going on tangents after tangent after tangent. We talk about our favorite Bluey episodes, our predictions for the next Batman Villain as well as a bunch of other trailer drops, just in time for the Oscar Season. The trailers include The Banshees of Inisherin, Triangle of Sadness, Mo, The Menu, and Bones and All. We also give yo...

What the What? Batgirl is cancelled! With the merger of Warner Bros and Discovery a lot of things are about to change. We also chat about Jordan Peele’s Nope and a bunch of nerd news! We celebrate Everything Everywhere All At Once crossing the $100 Million line, Jared Leto is in Haunted Mansion, new suits for Gotham Knights, Pokémon Scarlet and Violet news as well as breaking down the Summer Block...

With Marvel Studios Phase 4 Coming to an end with Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Kevin Fiege and everyone at Marvel Studios is prepping for Phase 5 and Phase 6 of the Multiverse Saga. A lot of the movies and Disney Plus shows were announced at San Diego Comic Con 2022 (SDCC) in Hall H. We also talk about all the new trailer drops that happened in San Diego Comic Con 2022 (SDCC), trailers like The...

It’s been 10 years since the Dark Knight Rises and we are ready to revisit that movie, because we have some thoughts. But we also have nerd news! Like the cancelled remake of GTA 4, the shelving of Red Dead Online, the new Lego Dunder Mifflin “The Office” Set, Wes Anderson’s new Movie “Asteroid City”, the God of War: Ragnarok storyline, Joaquin Phoenix’s pay bump, Pixar Lightyear Disney Plus drop,...

It’s Reviewing TIME! Marvel has finally released Thor: Love and Thunder and the final episode of Ms. Marvel and we are ready to finally let out our feelings about them. Aside from a quick story from Ed about his back pains, we talk about the 74th Emmy Nominations, the pain that Marvel VFX artists are going through, the new Captain America 4 director, chat some trailers, and review the Blockbuster...

The Gentleminions are ready for the movie event of the season, The Minions: Rise of Gru (Steve Carell). And James Cameron doesn’t care if you are ready for Avatar 2 (Way of the Water), he wants you to see it!!! Doesn’t matter how long it is. You go and pee and come back and watch it! George Clooney’s Batman Nipple Suit goes on Auction and we want it! In other news…Star Wars Andor (Disney Plus) has...

Taco Bell is at it again innovating the future! We also dive into Rowan Atkinson’s (Mr. Bean) Netflix Show “Man Vs Bee”, and get into a heated debate on FX/Hulu “The Bear”, starring Jeremy Allen White (Shameless). We also recapped the summer’s biggest movies box office numbers, talked about some upcoming movies and shows, as well as some shows we are into like Weeds, Ms. Marvel, Sonic 2, and Worki...