Category Archive: Movies

May 17

Nerds on the Rocks 132: Television Goes Hollywood

This week, Earl, Trent and Wesley sit down to talk about television shows that got the big-screen treatment in honor of the release of Star Trek into Darkness. We talk the good, the bad and the Canadian of it all. In addition, we move another feature onto the show as “Poll Position” has its debut …

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May 15

Man of Steelcast: Superman 2

The rag-tag team of superfriends reunite to tackle Superman 2! If the first film taught us that a man could fly, the second showed us he can have super breath, super strength and some magical chest shield! Superman 2 is an interesting movie, and we tackle both versions as much as we can. Join Earl, …

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May 14

The A-Z of Geek Cinema: W is for Watchmen

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Let’s get this out of the way right now: I loved this movie when it was first released. It’s one of my favorite graphic novel/comic stories, and I’d been heavily anticipating it since the first trailer was put out with The Dark Knight. I saw 3 times in the theatre, and for an almost 3 …

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May 07

The A-Z of Geek Cinema: V is for Vanilla Sky

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Pop culture is a funny thing. It invades almost every moment of our lives, to the point that now we compare our real lives to the fictional ones we’ve read/seen/heard. How many times a day do you quote The Simpsons, use a song lyric as a way to get across an idea, say something like …

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May 03

Nerds on the Rocks 131: Summer Blockbuster Preview Show

Today marks the release of Iron Man 3, and the official kick-off to the summer movie scene. We decided it was time to sit down and talk all the big movies of the summer from Iron Man 3 to the Man of Steel to Pacific Rim, we got your bases covered. Along the way, we …

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May 02

DC Film Universe: The Justice League

The Justice League We begin with a flash back thousands of years ago with a peaceful Martian race. They avoid violence at all costs. They have many “powers” including super strength, shape-shifting, invisibility, flight, and telepathy. Suddenly several meteors strike the surface of the planet, several white creatures emerge. These beings announce they are part …

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Apr 30

The A-Z of Geek Cinema: U is for Unbreakable

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An exercise in stillness, but within the genre of the superhero action film, M. Night Shymalan’s 2000 film Unbreakable is a strange amalgam of his own stylistic quirks with the demands of the chosen genre. Made right before Shymalan descended into his own massive ego black hole, it shows a director confident in his abilities, …

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Apr 28

7 & 7 Review: Superman Unbound

[7 & 7 Reviews take a look at 7 Core Aspects of any product in a neat review format.] The Man of Steel has his unpredictable cousin, Supergirl, by his side. Superman learns about the ruthless force known as Brainiac, who has seized and miniaturized Krypton‘s capital city of Kandor. Superman must liberate the captured Metropolis and protect his home planet …

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Apr 26

DC Film Universe: Green Lantern – Origin

Green Lantern: Origin I am relying a lot of this off one of my favorite story lines, Secret Origin. We begin where we have before, a young Hal waving to his father as he gets into his plane. Watching his father fly, seeing him lose control, only to steer the plane away from the crowd …

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Apr 25

DC Film Universe: The Flash – Fastest Man Alive

Flash: The Fastest Man Alive First off I know this wouldn’t happen because I want to take the show Arrow and use aspects of it, which could confuse people who don’t watch it or the none “hardcore” fans. Basically I would use the show for an episode or two to kind of set up the …

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