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Neutered “Wolf Man” Has No Bite

"The best werewolf movies show that struggle between man and beast. The worst ones at least have a cool transformation scene. The new Wolf Man flick that just dropped on Peacock has neither."

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[Nerdspresso] Shocking! No Buzz These Days for “The Electric Horseman”?

If you want to see what big time Hollywood romantic comedies looked like in 1979, go watch “The Electric Horseman“. It was the “Notting Hill” of its day. Just with horses.

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[Nerdspresso] Kieran Emerges as Power Culkin in “A Real Pain”

Writer/Director Jesse Eisenberg has crafted a quirky travelogue about family and history as a powerhouse showcase for Kieran Culkin.

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[Nerdspresso] Mom's Got a Wild Side in Nightbitch

Maybe the movie is about this first-time mother’s metamorphosis or maybe she’s just dealing with the transition to her next stage of life?

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[Nerdspresso] The First Know-What-I-Mean-El?

Ernest Saves Christmas is a collection of pratfalls and dumb jokes wrapped in Christmas paper.

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[Nerdspresso] Drinking Raindrops While Talking to Gorillas on My Congo Vacation

Michael Crichton was THE Man in the mid-90’s. After grinding it out for decades as a science fiction writer and b-movie director, Mike hit it big with the one-two punch of Jurassic Park on the big screen and ER on TV. Those blockbusters made him the writer du jour

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[Nerdspresso] Movies to Soothe Your Turkey Day Food Coma

This Thanksgiving, we will all get to a time following the big family meal when we stare across the desecrated battlefield that was our Thanksgiving dinner and wonder what’s next. The turkey’s been picked over, you’re stuffed with stuffing, the empty bowl of mashed potatoes is mocking

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[Nerdspresso] Bone Tomahawk Still Hits Hard

While cruising Netflix recently, a movie popped up that I haven’t watched in a while so I queued it up for a rewatch. I did so with some trepidation. Not because it isn’t good, but because it’s so intense. Bone Tomahawk has a sterling cast and a

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[Nerdspresso] Remembering Teri Garr

We lost a national treasure recently when Teri Garr passed away at the age of 79. My first real memory of her was from a Star Trek rerun I watched as a kid in the mid-70’s. She played a secretary for some time-traveling alien super spy that encounters Kirk

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[Nerdspresso] Forgetting Mrs. Tingle

Cruising the streaming channels for what to watch is like combing the beach with a metal detector. Sometimes you find a gold coin, but often you just unearth a discarded tin can. While perusing Paramount+ recently, I stumbled across a title that I hadn’t thought about since the late

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[Nerdspresso] Fill Your Halloween Movie Treat Bucket

Halloween just wasn’t my jam growing up. I was a squeamish and fussy kid so I didn’t enjoy being scared or dressing up for trick or treating. Keep in mind that I was a child in the ‘70s so our costumes were those plastic outfits. They felt like

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[Nerdspresso] Terror in the Tar Heel State

Before I wax poetic about filmmaking in the great state of North Carolina, let me share a little bit about my own experiences in the movie business. I graduated from a small liberal arts college with a creative writing degree in 1991 and returned home to make my fortune in

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