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[Nerdspresso] Novocaine: Battle of the Nepo Babies

You will hide your eyes even while you’re laughing at some of this movie’s most excruciating moments. Novocaine is the most fun you’ll ever have wincing. It plays like Die Hard as body horror.

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[Nerdspresso] This Is the Way - to Enjoy Star Wars Without Expecting a Time Machine

The Mandalorian and Grogu is entertaining and more authentic than The Force Awakens and The Rise of Skywalker. Those flicks always felt to me like they were more a product of corporate synergy than storytelling. You can tell that this new flick was made by fans

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[Nerdspresso] Rachel McAdams Bloody Good in "Send Help"

Fans of The Evil Dead will appreciate Send Help’s more extreme moments and devilish twists. McAdams and O’Brien are both all in for this mayhem. The energy of their love/hate connection crackles throughout the movie.

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[Nerdspresso] Bat Nipples and Bad Jokes: Embrace the Cheese of Batman & Robin

There’s a reason this movie totally changed his career, and it’s not because it was a huge hit. Clooney has self-deprecatingly confessed that he feels personally responsible for torpedoing Batman’s movie mojo for nearly a decade. This experience taught him to be more selective.

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[Nerdspresso] Devil Wears Prada 2 Avoids Tripping in Latest Runway Walk

While this flick wouldn’t exist if the first one hadn’t been adored, there seems more motivation here than just a cash grab. The story feels relevant with a few winking asides to socialites, tech billionaires, and the state of media today.

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[Nerdspresso] Young Ones: A Sci-Fi Western Lost on the Cinema Trail

I went in expecting a cool Neo-Western with sci-fi energy, but got Sad Max: Dreary Road.

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Tom Cruise Hugs Unicorns: A Legendary Fantasy Flop Turns 40

When the movie was over, we were left speechless, clutching our half-eaten popcorn. Not because we had just been immersed in a majestic fantasy, but because we'd been overwhelmed by nonsense.

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Thrash: A "Just Fin" Entry in the Catalog of Jaws Imitators

In real life, I don’t think they transport meat in tankers full of blood, but sometimes you have to turn your brain off and just let art flow over you.

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Star Trek III: Spock 2.0, Klingon Doc Brown, and Sad Starship Porn

These movies are my jam even when Kirk asks: “Why does God need a starship?” While some of the new shows aren’t my cup of Romulan ale, I’m not going to trash other folks for enjoying them.

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Pixar's Hoppers: An Animated Delight for Me and My Kid

For me and my kid, Pixar is the A Team. Not every flick they make is a classic, but they’re usually immensely watchable.

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Project Hail Mary Connects Sci-Fi with Heart

A personal connection to 2010 sets the stage for why Project Hail Mary feels like the rare sci-fi epic that is both emotionally grounded, and genuinely wondrous.

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Back to Da Choppa with The Predator Onscreen

Predator: Badlands is a rollicking sci-fi adventure that gives us the deepest dive into this character’s lore than any movie so far.

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