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[Nerdspresso] The Cheesecake Factory of Cinema: Rebel Moon and Other Misadventures in the Snyderverse

[Nerdspresso] The Cheesecake Factory of Cinema: Rebel Moon and Other Misadventures in the Snyderverse

There was a time when I approached a Zack Snyder movie with a certain amount of enthusiasm, but now it’s with a mixture of morbid fascination and an impending sense of dread. His directorial debut in 2004 was promising. It was a visceral reimagining of George Romero’s Dawn

[Nerdspresso] Movies from a Different Point of View

[Nerdspresso] Movies from a Different Point of View

They say there are three sides to every story: yours, mine, and the truth. Well, there’s also several ways to watch the same movie if you look at it from the point of view of the different characters. Let’s try something. Think of your favorite movie. Then latch

[Nerdspresso] Junk Food for Your Brain: Streaming Bad Movies Can Feel Pretty Good

[Nerdspresso] Junk Food for Your Brain: Streaming Bad Movies Can Feel Pretty Good

Life is like a road trip. Sometimes you’re flying down the highway with the tunes blasting, making good time and other times you’re stuck in gridlock traffic listening to agriculture news on public radio. Everybody needs to take a break and stretch their legs. When the traffic of

[Nerdspresso] Arnold, Guns, Blood, and Hobo Pants: The Terminator at 40

[Nerdspresso] Arnold, Guns, Blood, and Hobo Pants: The Terminator at 40

The Terminator turns 40 this year. It came out in theaters in 1984 when I was in high school. I first discovered it’s b-movie brilliance on VHS at a friend’s house. It was a wrap party for our high school musical. Us drama nerds played hard. There were

[Nerdspresso] Ode to a Nerdy Tee: My Life in Fandom

[Nerdspresso] Ode to a Nerdy Tee: My Life in Fandom

My love affair with nerd wear began early. I was 8 years old. It was the summer of 1977 and my Mom bought me a Star Wars T-shirt at the mall. Back then, there weren’t racks and racks of geek apparel available just anywhere. If you wanted to drape

[Nerdspresso] Keen on Keanu? We All Get the Keanu We Deserve

[Nerdspresso] Keen on Keanu? We All Get the Keanu We Deserve

Keanu Reeves is surfing the zeitgeist in a major way these days. I hadn’t paid much attention to the guy beyond his occasional action movie success (Point Break, Speed) but he seems to have ascended to the level of a pop-culture deity. Don’t get me wrong. I really

[Nerdspresso] I’m Streaming of a White Christmas: My Favorite Holiday Movies

[Nerdspresso] I’m Streaming of a White Christmas: My Favorite Holiday Movies

(In which my good friend Jeff Stanford shares his selection of prime Christmas flicks. Enjoy and have a great Christmas week – Editor) Ho ho ho, the holiday season is here. Heck, it’s almost over. Before all the presents are unwrapped, all the eggnog is consumed, and all the family