A-Z Cinema – Nerds on the Rocks

The A-Z of Geek Cinema: Q is for Quadrophenia

Growing up is hard. Especially with no direction, no prospects, nothing to tell you, "hey kid, it's going to be okay." Quadrophenia is about that type of situation; aimless youth…

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The A-Z of Geek Cinema: P is for Primer

Time travel movies are nothing new. They've been around for almost the entirety of the history of cinema. There's stories about time travel as far as back 700 BCE (the…

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Nerdcore: I Fight Dragons

Video games are what really allows many of us “nerds” to blow off steam either by owning people in “Call of Duty,” helping Link save Zelda, or using a batarang…

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The A-Z of Geek Cinema: B is for BRICK

High school can seem like hell, like the difference between life and death. Every moment is supposed to be leading to the "best years of your life," and every decision…

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A to Z Cinema

The A-Z of Geek Cinema: A is for ALIEN

So hi. I am Nicholas. You may know me as the really funny one from the Nerds on the Rocks podcast, or maybe from the best nerd-punk band around, Robots and Racecars. In any event, I am here to be your guide to the A-Z of geek cinema. Every week, I will be writing about a movie, going down the alphabet, starting this week with Alien.

And what IS geek cinema, you ask? Well, really, it’s anything I want it to be. I realized naming it as such allowed such a broad reach that I can basically justify writing about any movie I want, and it would fit. In other words: I’m going to write about movies, and you’re going to read them and comment, and then we’ll have a nice cup of hot chocolate.*

So sit back and remember: it’s only a movie. Anyway, without further ado:

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