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Director David Ayer's latest film, Bright, teams Will Smith and Joel Edgerton as two cops trying to survive in Los Angeles after finding a powerful artifact. The generic survival premise is flipped on its head when we are introduced to a world much like our own that is uniquely filled orcs, fairies, elves, and sometimes even dragons flying overhead in the distance. Joel Edgerton plays Nick Jakoby,...

The story of the so-called "Poker Princess" Molly Bloom has been put into the Aaron Sorkin slick fast dialogue machine and come out the other side looking good. Sorkin, in his directorial debut, turns actress Jessica Chastain into the former skier turned illegal poker gamer runner. Jumping between dishing her information to her reluctant lawyer, Charlie Jaffey, played by Idris Elba and the full ba...

This week on The Nerdpocalypse Podcast, the guys return for the last show of 2017. The hosts talk new Ghost Rider comic series, an invincible family, remake of 48 hours, Hasbro universe, listeners' top five movies of the year, our thoughts on movies coming in 2018. CHECKED OUT Star Wars: The Last Jedi - Spoiler Talk SCIENCE & TECH NEWS Family that feels no pain COMIC NEWS New Ghost Rider comic...

Guillermo del Toro's (Pan's Labyrinth) latest film that he both wrote and directed, The Shape of Water is a dark fantasy drama about a mute janitor that gets a job at a secret government laboratory. While working there she meets the "asset," an amphibious creature not unlike the classic monster movie "The Creature from the Black Lagoon." The janitor, Elisa (Sally Hawkins), and the asset (Doug Jone...

This week with the massive breaking news about the Disney/Fox deal, The hosts of The Nerdpocalypse are back! The crew discusses the renewal of Punisher, Spider-Man: Homecoming's director returns, Lethal Weapon 5, DC's updated movie slate, live action He-Man movie, Netflix's The Witcher series, and much more. CHECKED OUT The Shape of Water Bushwick The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Voyeur Lore SCIENCE &amp...

Picking up where Episode VII left off, a newcomer to the Star Wars universe, Rian Johnson, takes the helm with Star Wars: Episode VIII: The Last Jedi as both its writer and director. Produced by Lucasfilm, Episode VIII once again stars Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, with returning classic characters played by Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher. We find Rey (Ridley) working despera...

This week on The Nerdpocalypse Podcast, the guys are back to chat during this very heavy news week in the film and TV industry. The hosts discuss The Punisher series in depth, an upcoming Wolverine podcast, newly announced Marvel animated feature, potential Batman in John Hamm, Tarantino Star Trek idea, Taika Watiti having the keys to the castle, X-Men: Dark Phoenix, the DCEU restructuring yet aga...

Spike Lee revisits his famous drama/comedy 1986 film, She's Gotta Have It, but this time as a TV series that is updated for a new era and available as a Netflix Original Series. The general story is the same, but with needed tweaks to bring the series on Black polyamory into 2017. The series still follows Nola Darling, a "single" Black woman who has open sexual relationships with three men that ar...

This week on The Nerdpocalypse Podcast, the guys are back after the Thanksgiving break to discuss their in-depth thoughts on Justice League, The Problem with Apu, adapting a crime podcast, Bryan Fuller creative ADD, remake of a blaxploitation classics, the MCU's introduction to the multiverse, the future of the MCU after Avengers 4, The Runaways, Disney and Fox are back at the negotiation table, t...

Movie Review: Roman J. Israel Esq. The legal drama starring Denzel Washington as Roman J. Israel Esq., a lawyer who has spent his career as the man behind the curtain so to speak. An eccentric legal savant, Israel must confront his hardline views of helping the poor and the disaffected when he is thrust into a world of money and power that he's only seen from a safe distance. When an opportunity f...

Jon Bernthal returns to the role of Frank Castle aka The Punisher for his solo series. Marvel's Netflix shows have run the gamut of quality and I am happy to say that 'The Punisher' has now climbed to the top of my list. Taking on the story of a murdering sociopath anti-hero isn't an easy task but showrunner/executive producer Steve Lightfoot seemingly handled it with ease. The Punisher focuses on...

This week on The Nerdpocalypse, the guys are back with some technical issues as they recorded their 300th episode on Youtube live. Apologies for the echo that exists in the episode. The guys discuss the news of a Multiple Man solo movie, a Morbius the Living Vampire film, the new Kick-Ass, Galaxy Quest the TV show, a new Batman rumor and much more.   CHECKED OUT The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Sel...

TV Review: Welcome back to Hawkins, Indiana for the second season of the Netflix runaway hit, Stranger Things. We find ourselves back with Mike, Will, Dustin, and Lucas as they are living their normal lives after the events of Will going missing, meeting Eleven, and their battle against the dreaded Demogorgon. Season 2 picks up a few months after the original and we find Will not doing so well and...

The ultimate culmination of DC comics superhero build up is finally here. Bringing together Batman (Ben Affleck), Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot), Superman (Henry Cavill), The Flash (Ezra Miller), Aquaman (Jason Momoa), and, Cyborg (Ray Fisher) to form the heroic Justice League. When an otherworldly rampaging tyrant named Steppenwolf (Ciarán Hinds) comes to Earth to find three "mother boxes" that he want...

Mindhunter is the latest Netflix original series based on the true crime book, 'Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Crime Unit' written by John E. Douglass and Mark Olshaker. The series depicts the FBI's slow growing serial killer unit in 1977. Surpassing the standard viewpoint on the criminal element of the past, FBI agents Holden Ford (Jonathan Groff) and Bill Tench (Holt McCallany) interview imp...

This week on The Nerdpocalypse Podcast, the guys are back to discuss their thoughts on Thor: Ragnarok, the science of organoids, a dangerous stupid tech idea, Netflix's first comic book series from Mark Millar, Metal Gear Solid's film adaptation and it's potential insanity, a Lord of the Rings TV series possibly from Amazon Studios, Universal's Dark Universe status, more CBS All-Access nonsense, D...

Based on the famous 1934 Agatha Christie novel, Murder on the Orient Express attempts to tell a classic close quarters murder mystery with intriguing characters, setup, slowly revealed backstories and a sense of prolonged inquiry. Kenneth Branagh takes his hand at directing and starring in this remake. A powerhouse cast including Tom Bateman, Penelope Cruz, Willem Dafoe, Judi Dench, Johnny Depp, J...

This week on The Nerdpocalypse Podcast, the crew is back to discuss Suburbicon, Bret Ratner's sexual harassment allegations, Black Adam solo film, Shazam, another 24 reboot, Marvel's New Warriors, Kevin Spacey, Flashpoint, and much more.   SHOW NOTES: CHECKED OUT Thor: Ragnarok Suburbicon STUPID / WEIRD TECH Joli Buro QUESTION OF THE WEEK Responses LIGHTNING ROUND Playboy thinks Bret Ratner is too...

"Third time's a charm" is the aptest phrase that can be used for Marvel's latest entry into its cinematic universe, Thor: Ragnarok. Returning once again to lead this voyage is Chris Hemsworth, who of the top three characters in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, has had the roughest go at it in his solo adventures. However, with Taika Watiti in the director's chair, Thor: Ragnarok is not only the best...

In 1922, a farmer conspires to murder his wife for financial gain, convincing his teenage son to participate. The film is based on the novella by horror writer, Stephen King. Wilfred James (Thomas Jane) is a grumpy farmer who refuses to give up his life living on the farm with his wife, Arlette (Molly Parker), and son, Henry (Dylan Schmid). His wife proposes that they sell their land and move into...

This week on The Nerdpocalypse Podcast, the guys return to discuss The War of Jokes and Riddles, Daredevil season 3, Venom, Captain Marvel's potential cast, Shazam release date, Deathstroke solo film, X-23 solo film, Suicide Squad 2, Justice League, Demand-based movie ticket prices, and much more. SHOW NOTES: CHECKED OUT The Babysitter Wheelman Baby Driver Battle of the Sexes A Mountain Between Us...

Movie Review: Wheelman (2017) Written and Directed by Jeremy Rush Frank Grillo (Captain America: Winter Soldier) stars as a man forced to be a getaway driver for criminals after owing the local mob for protection. Only known as "Wheelman" to the other criminals, he is caught between a rock and a hard place when forced to betray some bank robbers in the middle of a heist and steal their money. So b...

The Babysitter is a 2017 American teen horror-comedy film directed by McG and written by Brian Duffield. The film stars Samara Weaving, Judah Lewis, Hana Mae Lee, Robbie Amell and Bella Thorne. It was released by Netflix on October 13, 2017. 12-year-old Cole (Judah Lewis) is the classic kid who suffers from bullying in school, but his one solace is his beautiful babysitter that he has fallen head...

This week on The Nerdpocalypse Podcast, the guys (plus special guest) are back to discuss Netflix's "Atypical," a new streaming service, Netflix's bold idea for 2018, Josh Brolin as Cable, Tron 3, X-Men: Dark Phoenix, Roswell TV show reboot, Venom movie possible details, The New Mutants, the new Black Panther trailer, and much more.   SHOW NOTES: CHECKED OUT Atypical The Snowman STUPID / WEIRD TEC...

Jay and Terrence sit down to discuss the newly released crime thriller, The Snowman. Based on the novel written by Jo Nesbø, the film follows a drunkard detective named Harry Hole (Michael Fassbender) as he tries to figure out why women are ending up dead in Oslo, Norway by someone who goes by the name the Snowman killer. Leaving small clues and snowmen in the wake of his murders, Hole races to pu...