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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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[VIDEO] Nerdspresso Phase II Episode 1: Back in Beige

In the first episode, we talk about the origins of this podcast, Jeff's fandom fanaticism, and the toxic workplace aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise during Star Trek: The Motion Picture.

Kirk, McCoy, and Spock aboard the USS Enterprise.

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[Nerdspresso] I Have Seen The Future - It's Very Beige

The massive success of Star Wars lit a fire under every studio executive as they searched for sci-fi stories for their own blockbusters. And now as a diehard devotee of laser guns and spaceships, I couldn’t have been happier.

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[Nerdspresso] Nutcrackers: A Bittersweet Holiday Treat

Nutcrackers is billed as a holiday family comedy, but that’s just the wrapping this gift comes in.

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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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[Nerdspresso] Anemic Salem's Lot Adaptation Lacks Teeth

It’s Halloween time and there’s a new version of Salem’s Lot, the classic Stephen King vampire story, playing on MAX right now if you’re in the mood. The streamer is rolling out a ton of scary flicks for this time of year so you can kick

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