[Nerdspresso] Oak Street Finds Adventure at the Corner of Spielberg and Bradbury

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By Jeff Stanford, Special to Southpoint Access

My buddy Jimmy loves dinosaurs. For 75 episodes, he was my partner on the original Nerdspresso podcast (catch Phase II now on Southpoint Access and Spotify), but he became much more famous as the host of his own show, Dinosaurs Will Always Be Awesome.

Jimmy is a paleontologist and all-around cool guy who has now taken his love of dinos on the road. He travels all over, bringing fun and learning to museums, festivals, and movie screenings. 

When I got invited to a preview of the new suburban dino adventure, The End of Oak Street, I knew that Jimmy would be my plus one. No one else could appreciate the prehysteria with me like this guy.

We also saw this flick at the best place you could see a dinosaur movie: a preview at the Orlando Science Center, including playtime in the dino exhibit to set the mood beforehand! The theater there only seats about 200, and it’s got a gorgeous stage and velvet curtains, so watching a flick there feels like you’re in an old-time movie house. 

The fact that we both showed up wearing our dino shirts was just the cherry on top! And also a major coincidence. Honest! Dude, nerd knows nerd. Needless to say, Jimmy and I were ready for a dinosaur spectacular, and The End of Oak Street delivered.

This flick plays like Steven Spielberg directed a script by Ray Bradbury and Edgar Rice Burroughs in 1982.

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