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Tomb Raider is a 2018 American action-adventure film directed by Roar Uthaug and written by Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Alastair Siddons, from a story by Evan Daugherty and Robertson-Dworet. It is based on the 2013 video game of the same name, with some elements of its sequel by Crystal Dynamics, and is a reboot of the Tomb Raider film series. The film stars Alicia Vikander as Lara Croft, in which...

This week on The Nerdpocalypse Podcast, the guys are back to discuss odd pillow designs, Green Lantern Corps rumors, Ghost Rider, the Highlander reboot, Fred Durst, Top Gun sequel, The Expendables, Eli Roth's defense of "Death Wish," casting for the new Terminator movie, and much more. CHECKED OUT The Push aka this shit is mad fake, yo. A Wrinkle in Time Gringo SCIENCE & TECH NEWS Gold Nanopar...

Movie Review: Gringo (2018) Harold Soyinka (David Oyelowo) is an average businessman who works for Cannabax Technologies Inc, a company that has developed the "Weed Pill", medical marijuana that has been simplified into a pill. Harold's bosses, Elaine Markinson (Charlize Theron) and Richard Rusk (Joel Edgerton), send him to Mexico to handle the manufacturing of the product, but while out partying...

After learning her astrophysicist father, Alex (Chris Pine), is being held captive on a distant planet deep in the grip of a universe-spanning evil, Meg Murry (Storm Reid) works with her highly intelligent younger brother Charles Wallace (Deric McCabe), her new friend and fellow student Calvin O'Keefe (Levi Miller), and three astral travelers, Mrs. Which (Oprah Winfrey), Mrs. Whatsit (Reese Wither...

This week on The Nerdpocalypse Podcast, the guys are back to discuss new Wonder Woman sequel casting, The Purge TV show, first look at Shazam, Fresh Prince of Bel-Air reboot, Valiant's launch into the movie cinematic universe battle royale, Silver Surfer solo movie, the so-called differences between DC and Marvel on the big screen and much more. CHECKED OUT Death Wish A Futile and Stupid Gesture S...

In 1974, Charles Bronson took on the role of Paul Kersey, an innocent man who is set over the edge into a sea of violence when his wife and daughter are attacked. the film sparked a five-film long series. Now in 2018, director Eli Roth attempts to put his gorry stamp on his own version of the series. This time starring the aging action icon Bruce Willis who plays Kersey, this time re-imagined as a...

When a newly recruited Russian spy named Dominika Egorova (Jennifer Lawrence) is set to search for a mole but instead falls for a CIA officer (Joel Edgerton) the stakes become incredibly high in this cat and mouse spy thriller directed by Francis Lawrence. The Nerdpocalypse is a weekly podcast covering the latest movie news, TV show news, trailer reactions, and pop culture commentary. We break dow...

Director Alex Garland takes another ambitious shot at the sci-fi genre with his latest film, Annihilation. The film follows Natalie Portman as a research biologist who's husband has been missing for over a year while he was on a covert military operation. His return thrusts her into a connected assignment. She alongside several other military research experts must explore an alien entity called Th...

This week on The Nerdpocalypse Podcast, the guys + Carrie are back to discuss casting ideas for Marvel's new "reboot," Call of Duty, a Sonic the Hedgehog movie, more Transformers news, Rush Hour 4, DC's Batgirl, Jennifer Lawrence's "retirement," The Flash movie, and much more. CHECKED OUT Game Night Annihilation Black Panther - Quick 2nd thoughts COMIC NEWS Marvel announces line-wide overhaul QUES...

Movie Review: What happens when you bring two competitive people together to make a married couple? What happens when that couple is forced into an unwittingly dangerous real-world kidnapping situation when they think its a game? "Game Night," asks these questions and with John Francis Daley in the director's chair, answers them in hilarious fashion. The film follows a group of friends who meet re...

This week on The Nerdpocalypse Podcast, the guys are back to discuss the Call of Duty live-action film, Den of Thieves sequel, big screen version of Kung Fury, Ryan Murphy's move to Netflix, Fox shifting more of their big movies around, "The Kitchen" adaptation, status of Lobo, Swamp Thing, the odd trajectory of The Rock's action movie career, and much more.   SHOW NOTES: CHECKED OUT Black Panther...

Making his big onscreen debut in Captain America: Civil War, the character of Black Panther/T'Challa (Chadwick Boseman) gets to finally step out on his own solo adventure. While the wait was long, it was more than worth it. Director Ryan Coogler manages to deliver Marvel's most diverse and unique adventure to date. Taking place in the fictional country of Wakanda, a hidden gem of Africa with techn...

This week on The Nerdpocalypse Podcast, the guys decided to do a LIVE show on Youtube for fun! The hosts discussed Altered Carbon, Falcon Heavy, AR glasses for police, a few new shows coming to Amazon, Game of Thrones creators working on Star Wars movies, Joker origins movie, possible 'Get Out' sequel, Michael Bay possibly joining the DCEU, Sony Entertainment trouble, and much more. SHOW NOTES: CH...

The latest, and hopefully last, film in the Fifty Shades film series, "Fifty Shades Freed" has officially arrived. The film follows a newlywed couple of Christian Grey and Anastasia Steele-Grey played by Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson respectively as they must deal with the sins of their past. The Nerdpocalypse is a weekly podcast covering the latest movie news, TV show news, trailer reactions, a...

This week on The Nerdpocalypse Podcast, the guys are back to discuss Starz' Counterpart, Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams, "talking" Orcas, Mister Rogers, Passion of the Christ 2, Metropolis, Men in Black reboot, Super Mario Bros., Ant-Man and The Wasp, and much more.   SHOW NOTES CHECKED OUT Ready Player One (Book) Counterpart Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams It SCIENCE & TECH NEWS Orca Recor...

This week on The Nerdpocalypse Podcast the hosts are back to discuss new breakthrough in cloning, Big Little Lies season 2, Murphy Brown coming back to TV, Gary Oldman wants to join the MCU, Oscar and Razzie nominations, Mo'Nique's call for a Netflix boycott, Duke Nukem, another Robocop sequel, and much more. CHECKED OUT Corporate Mom and Dad SCIENCE & TECH NEWS Monkeys successfully cloned QUE...

This week on The Nerdpocalypse Podcast, the guys are back in the dead zone of movie news that is January to create some magic. This week the hosts discuss The Post, the first episode of Black Lightning, Fire and Fury becoming a TV show, Amazon canceling some of their original programming, potential box office for Ant-Man and The Wasp, ridiculous Star Wars "fans," the Dark Universe's future, and mu...

Den of Thieves is the latest action film from director Christian Gudegast starring Gerard Butler, Pablo Schreiber, 50 Cent, and O'Shea Jackson Jr. The film works as almost an exact retelling of Michael Mann's 1995 masterpiece, Heat. This time we get the more meathead version of that story but the outside framing is much the same. The movie pits a group of ex-military bank robbers who work with ext...

Taking place in the middle of the Fox X-Men universe, The Gifted is a 13 episode season that explores the adventures of a family as they are thrust into the battle between humans and mutant-kind. When a brother and sister publicly display their mutant abilities by accident in high school they are immediately put on the run alongside their parents from the evil Sentinel Services, who are tasked to...

This week the guys are back to discuss some TV tech news from CES, Freeform's Grown-ish, Black Panther advance ticket sales, Snowpiercer TV show, Gambit losing yet another director, Fox's shifting dates of their X-Men movies, a Kitty Pryde solo movie, Altered Carbon, and much more. SHOW EPISODES CHECKED OUT Marvel’s Runaways The Commuter I, Tonya The Shape of Water Molly’s Game Jigsaw Grown-ish SC...

Liam Nesson is back in yet another action movie based on a type of conveyance. This time he finds himself on a daily commuter train being approached by a stranger to do the unthinkable for money. The former cop turned life insurance salesman must make a race against time to find out what his true mission is and save everyone on this train before things go "off the rails." - Pun very much intended....

Back before Iron Man was leading the Marvel Cinematic Universe to massive success, there was Brian K. Vaughn's Runaways. Originally planned to jumpstart the MCU the teen-focused series has finally made it to live-action. Telling the story of a group of high schoolers who happen upon their parents performing a secret ritual that leads them to discover their parents are actually villains. The teens...

The guys are back on the first episode of The Nerdpocalypse Podcast for 2018! Topics this week on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Black Mirror - season 4, in-depth conversation on Bright, the status of the Alien sequels/prequels, Jodi Foster's movie views, China competing with the US in film, Apple possibly buying Netflix, and much more. SHOW NOTES CHECKED OUT The Marvelous Ms. Maisel Black Mirror - Se...

Imagine if the Twilight Zone and Google had a baby, well that would be Black Mirror, and the Netflix exclusive show is back for its fourth twisted season. Covering topics from a Star Trek parody to an episode that everyone is describing as just too much. Black Mirror is a show about blurring the lines of fear, anxiety, and technology into a modern freak out. Micah and Terrence sit down and discuss...

Amazon Studios gave a two-season order for their period comedy show, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel starring Rachel Brosnahan and created by Amy Sherman-Palladino and they shouldn't stop there. The show follows Midge Maisel as a 1950s Jewish Upper Westside in NYC housewife who through some tragic circumstances in her marriage finds herself single and back living with her parents with two young children...