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The Snowman - Movie Review Oct 20, 2017

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Jay and Terrence sit down to discuss the newly released crime thriller, The Snowman. Based on the novel written by Jo Nesbø, the film follows a drunkard detective named Harry Hole (Michael Fassbender) as he tries to figure out why women are ending up dead in Oslo, Norway by someone who goes by the name the Snowman killer. Leaving small clues and snowmen in the wake of his murders, Hole races to put the pieces together to find the killer. Working with the gorgeous backdrop of Norway, the film tries desperately to convey a sense of Scandinavian emptiness in the same vein of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo series. However, due to rush production and poor translation of the source material, it seems to fail in every regard.

Michael Fassbender as Detective Harry Hole
Rebecca Ferguson as Katrine Bratt
Charlotte Gainsbourg as Rakel Fauske
Val Kilmer as Gert Rafto
J. K. Simmons as Arve Støp
Toby Jones as Investigator Svenson
David Dencik as Idar Vetlesen
Ronan Vibert as DCI Gunnar Hagen
Chloë Sevigny as Sylvia Ottersen/Ane Pedersen

Budget: $35 Million
The Nerdpocalypse is a weekly podcast covering the latest movie news, TV show news, trailer reactions, and pop culture commentary. We break down Marvel MCU updates, DC Universe news, Star Wars, superhero movies, sci-fi, horror, streaming wars, box office results, casting announcements, and everything happening in Hollywood and the entertainment industry. Hosted by Jay, Micah, and Terrence. A TNP Studios production since 2011. New episodes weekly on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, and all major platforms. Premium content at TheNerdpocalypse.com/premium. For more TNP Studios content, check out Black on Black Cinema (Black film reviews), Dense Pixels (video game news), and Look Forward (progressive politics).

Marshall - Movie Review Oct 13, 2017

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Jay sits down to discuss his review of the newly released ‘Marshall’ starring Chadwick Boseman, Josh Gad, and Sterling K. Brown. The film chronicles a little-known case of Thurgood Marshall (Boseman) in which he is tasked to prove the innocence of Joseph Spell (Brown) who is accused of attacking and raping a white woman he works for during the height of the Civil Rights movement. Marshall is forced to join up with local Jewish attorney Sam Friedman (Gad) to prove that this case is far more complex than anyone truly believes. The film is directed by Reginald Hudlin, and takes a sharp look at not only the era in question but one of its greatest heroes from a perspective not yet explored. Cast: Chadwick Boseman Josh Gad Sterling K. Brown Kate Hudson Budget: $12 Million Video Version of this Review: HERE
The Nerdpocalypse is a weekly podcast covering the latest movie news, TV show news, trailer reactions, and pop culture commentary. We break down Marvel MCU updates, DC Universe news, Star Wars, superhero movies, sci-fi, horror, streaming wars, box office results, casting announcements, and everything happening in Hollywood and the entertainment industry. Hosted by Jay, Micah, and Terrence. A TNP Studios production since 2011. New episodes weekly on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, and all major platforms. Premium content at TheNerdpocalypse.com/premium. For more TNP Studios content, check out Black on Black Cinema (Black film reviews), Dense Pixels (video game news), and Look Forward (progressive politics).

The Foreigner - Movie Review Oct 13, 2017

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Jay and Demetrius sit down to discuss the newly released film, The Foreigner, starring Jackie Chan and Pierce Brosnan, directed by Martin Campbell. Chan plays Ngoc Minh Quan, the father of a young girl who is killed during a terrorist bombing who wants answers to who did this to his daughter. Quan runs head first into the Liam Hennessy (Brosnan) who is a British official who has deeper ties to the situation than is first realized. Cast:

Jackie Chan as Ngoc Minh Quan Pierce Brosnan
Michael McElhatton
Charlie Murphy

Episode 295: Hit RECORD, Dummy! Oct 13, 2017

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This week on The Nerdpocalypse Podcast, the guys are back...kind of...again! The hosts discuss the new translating headphones from Google, Amazon's dire need to be in your personal space, Mark Millar work on Netflix, Agents of SHIELD's return, Creed 2, Hulk trilogy, Pacific Rim, The Last Jedi, Runaways, Akira, Justice League, and much more. SHOW NOTES CHECKED OUT

Confessions Tapes
Alien Covenant
The Foreigner
Marshall
Blade Runner 2049

SCIENCE & TECH NEWS

Google creates earbuds that are truly revolutionary

STUPID / WEIRD TECH

Amazon wants access to your car trunk

QUESTION OF THE WEEK

Responses

LIGHTNING ROUND

MOVIE/TV NEWS

WTF? by JayTeeDee

TRAILERS

The Nerdpocalypse is a weekly podcast covering the latest movie news, TV show news, trailer reactions, and pop culture commentary. We break down Marvel MCU updates, DC Universe news, Star Wars, superhero movies, sci-fi, horror, streaming wars, box office results, casting announcements, and everything happening in Hollywood and the entertainment industry. Hosted by Jay, Micah, and Terrence. A TNP Studios production since 2011. New episodes weekly on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, and all major platforms. Premium content at TheNerdpocalypse.com/premium. For more TNP Studios content, check out Black on Black Cinema (Black film reviews), Dense Pixels (video game news), and Look Forward (progressive politics).

Blade Runner 2049 - Movie Review Oct 09, 2017

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Jay and Brad sit down to review the 30+ years in the making sequel, ‘Blade Runner 2049.’ Starring Ryan Gosling as K, a Blade Runner who is tasked to “retire” old replicants is suddenly thrown into a new case that might just destroy the fabric of the modern society. Directed by Denis Villeneuve (Arrival, Sicario), the film works to expand the story and world of the original 1982 ‘Blade Runner’ but also forge its own ground. Villeneuve is able to recapture the feel of the original film but modernizes it to fit his own lush aesthetics. Gosling’s K teams with the original Blade Runner, Rick Deckard, to solve a question that brings the sci-fi genre back to its roots of questions of existentialism and what it truly means to be human. Cast: Ryan Gosling Harrison Ford Jared Leto Robin Wright Ana de Armas Mackenzie Davis Sylvia Hoeks Dave Bautista Budget: $150-$185 Million Video Version of Review: here
The Nerdpocalypse is a weekly podcast covering the latest movie news, TV show news, trailer reactions, and pop culture commentary. We break down Marvel MCU updates, DC Universe news, Star Wars, superhero movies, sci-fi, horror, streaming wars, box office results, casting announcements, and everything happening in Hollywood and the entertainment industry. Hosted by Jay, Micah, and Terrence. A TNP Studios production since 2011. New episodes weekly on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, and all major platforms. Premium content at TheNerdpocalypse.com/premium. For more TNP Studios content, check out Black on Black Cinema (Black film reviews), Dense Pixels (video game news), and Look Forward (progressive politics).

Episode 294: Franchise Viagra Overdose Oct 06, 2017

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This week on The Nerdpocalypse Podcast, the guys are back to discuss new comics announced at NYCC, Fast and Furious 9 and the cast issues, Venom, Velvet TV series, Hugh Hefner biopic, Pacific Rim: Uprising, Netflix new purchasing model, DCEU new "plans" for the future, and much more. SHOW NOTES CHECKED OUT

Gerald’s Game
Gifted

STUPID / WEIRD TECH

PhoneCell

COMIC NEWS

QUESTION OF THE WEEK

Responses

LIGHTNING ROUND

MOVIE/TV NEWS

WTF? by JayTeeDee

Micah: http://bit.ly/2x3jZm2
Jay: http://dailym.ai/2yfHPjo

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Gerald's Game - Movie Review Oct 04, 2017

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Based on the Stephen King novel of the same name, Gerald’s Game is a film that plays more like a survival drama than a classic King horror story. When Jessie and Gerald Burlingame leave the city to go to a remote cabin to rekindle their problematic marriage things go a bit off the rails. Gerald (Bruce Greenwood) decides that the way to put the spark back into their marriage is to try having sex while using handcuffs to restrain Jessie (Carla Gugino). Bruce, unfortunately, has a heart attack and dies leaving Jessie restrained and no access to call for help. The film really gets moving the second Jessie is pushed into this race against time scenario for her life. Struggling to deal with the realities of her newfound situation, while balancing her thoughts of what put her there make for a suspenseful ride. Cast: Carla Gugino Bruce Greenwood Video Version of this review: here
The Nerdpocalypse is a weekly podcast covering the latest movie news, TV show news, trailer reactions, and pop culture commentary. We break down Marvel MCU updates, DC Universe news, Star Wars, superhero movies, sci-fi, horror, streaming wars, box office results, casting announcements, and everything happening in Hollywood and the entertainment industry. Hosted by Jay, Micah, and Terrence. A TNP Studios production since 2011. New episodes weekly on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, and all major platforms. Premium content at TheNerdpocalypse.com/premium. For more TNP Studios content, check out Black on Black Cinema (Black film reviews), Dense Pixels (video game news), and Look Forward (progressive politics).

Episode 293: The Pinnacle of Manliness Sep 29, 2017

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This week on The Nerdpocalypse Podcast, the guys are back to discuss Star Trek: Discovery, Def Jam 25, Netflix in-flight entertainment, Godzilla: King of Monsters, It sequel, Scanners coming to TV, Venom casting, Underworld TV series, Die Hard 6, and much more. SHOW NOTES: CHECKED OUT

American Made
Star Trek: Discovery
Def Jam 25

SCIENCE & TECH NEWS

Netflix trying to save in-flight entertainment

STUPID / WEIRD TECH

Yomee

QUESTION OF THE WEEK

Responses

LIGHTNING ROUND

MOVIE/TV NEWS

WTF? by JayTeeDee

Micah: http://nyp.st/2yw3GiG
Jay: http://bbc.in/2vInw9p

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Annihilation

American Made - Movie Review Sep 29, 2017

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On this episode of Coming Distractions, Jay and Micah sit down to discuss the biographical crime film, American Made, starring Tom Cruise and directed by Doug Liman. Telling the story of Barry Seal, a commercial airline pilot who's sense of adventure finds him being used by the CIA to inadvertently run guns into South America, and transport drugs for the Medellin Cartel and Pablo Escobar. The film is a fun ride with Tom Cruise at his best. The film co-stars Sarah Wright who plays Lucy Seal opposite Cruise, and Domhnall Gleeson as Monty Schafer, the secretive CIA agent. Cast: Tom Cruise as Barry Seal Sarah Wright as Lucy Seal Domhnall Gleeson as Monty Schafer Jayma Mays as Dana Sibota Jesse Plemons as Sheriff Downing Lola Kirke as Judy Downing Budget: $80M
The Nerdpocalypse is a weekly podcast covering the latest movie news, TV show news, trailer reactions, and pop culture commentary. We break down Marvel MCU updates, DC Universe news, Star Wars, superhero movies, sci-fi, horror, streaming wars, box office results, casting announcements, and everything happening in Hollywood and the entertainment industry. Hosted by Jay, Micah, and Terrence. A TNP Studios production since 2011. New episodes weekly on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, and all major platforms. Premium content at TheNerdpocalypse.com/premium. For more TNP Studios content, check out Black on Black Cinema (Black film reviews), Dense Pixels (video game news), and Look Forward (progressive politics).

Kingsman: The Golden Circle - Movie Review Sep 22, 2017

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Kingsman: The Golden Circle is the follow-up to the wildly popular Kingsman: The Secret Service directed and co-written once again by Matthew Vaughn. The Kingsman universe lives somewhere between James Bond and Austin Powers, with a bit of almost superhero level action sprinkled in for good measure. Starring Taron Egerton once again as the young charismatic spy Eggsy. Egerton is joined by Colin Firth, Mark Strong, and Sophie Cookson all reprising their roles from Kingsman: The Secret Service. They are joined by the Statesman, the American version of the Kingsman, lead by Jeff Bridges, Pedro Pascal, Halle Berry, and Channing Tatum. The two teams have to come together to take on Julianne Moore who plays Poppy Adams, the head of an organization called “The Golden Circle.” Taking the best of what worked in the first film, and cranking them up while leaning heavily into the world that director Matthew Vaughn has created (based on the comic “Secret Service” by Mark Millar) makes for one of the more fun films this year. Balls to the wall action, well-placed comedy, and over the top international spycraft is a great combination this is ‘Kingsman: The Golden Circle.’ Video Version of Review: here Cast:

Taron Egerton as Eggsy
Colin Firth as Harry Hart
Julianne Moore as Poppy Adams
Mark Strong as Merlin
Halle Berry as Ginger Ale
Pedro Pascal as Jack Daniels
Channing Tatum as Tequila
Jeff Bridges as Champagne AKA "Champ"

Budget: $104 Million
The Nerdpocalypse is a weekly podcast covering the latest movie news, TV show news, trailer reactions, and pop culture commentary. We break down Marvel MCU updates, DC Universe news, Star Wars, superhero movies, sci-fi, horror, streaming wars, box office results, casting announcements, and everything happening in Hollywood and the entertainment industry. Hosted by Jay, Micah, and Terrence. A TNP Studios production since 2011. New episodes weekly on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, and all major platforms. Premium content at TheNerdpocalypse.com/premium. For more TNP Studios content, check out Black on Black Cinema (Black film reviews), Dense Pixels (video game news), and Look Forward (progressive politics).

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