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Author: Derrick Murray
Derrick Murray
Derrick Murray is a Los Angeles based stand up comedian, writer, and co-host for The Jack of All Nerds Show.
Oscar night is finally upon us! After a chaotic race in nearly every category, the dust will finally settle and the golden statues will be awarded! Nerdbot will be covering event live on March 2nd 4pm PST on ABC, and for the first time streaming on Hulu. The 97th Academy Awards will be hosted by Conan O’Brien. Keep checking back here to see who takes home gold! All nominations are listed below with the winners noted in bold as they are announced. Best Supporting Actor: Kieran Culkin, ‘A Real Pain’ – WinnerEdward Norton, ‘A Complete Unknown’Guy Pearce, ‘The Brutalist’Yura Borisov,…
By this time last year, I was sleeping peacefully knowing that most if not all of my picks for the 96th Academy Awards was locked. I ended up going 21/23, and dominated my local awards pool. This year couldn’t be more different, delivering one of the most chaotic Oscar races I’ve seen in my lifetime. Almost every above the line category is up for grabs, with no clear frontrunner except for Best Supporting Actor. The precursors have been all over the place, sending prognosticators back the drawing board with every surprise win and snub. Racist tweets, AI accents and architecture,…
I want to be clear: I did not go into “Captain America: Brave New World” with a stuffy old critic’s mindset. I actually wanted to love it, go against the grain and get back to being accused of being paid by Marvel Studios to write favorable reviews. (For the record, that has never happened, no matter how much you swear it has. I promise you, there would be big signs if I was ever getting Disney checks). Unfortunately, the MCU continues their losing streak. This latest outing feels as hacked to bits as the reshoots and rewrites would indicate. With…
While the feature film lineup from Sundance has garnered quite a bit of success and Oscars buzz lately, documentaries are where the festival really shines. In the current Oscar race, 4 out of 5 documentary nominees debuted at Sundance, making it the go to festival for docs. 2025 was no different, delivering some of the most fascinating and engaging documentaries so far and setting the precedent for the rest of year. From deaf students to colon cancer to stand your ground laws to on the ground trench warfare, the documentary lineup had it all this year. So let’s take a…
The 2025 Sundance Film Festival wrapped up its virtual run late Sunday evening 2/2/2025, thus concluding the festival run. I had a lofty goal of getting to at least 60+ film between on the ground and virtual, and was unfortunately stifled by a really nasty virus I picked up in Park City. I shorted up some of my in person days due to illness, and returned home basically bedridden with barely a mind alert enough to pay attention to cinema. Sundance also had some issues with online leaks for some films, causing them to remove the films from their virtual…
The days are long and the movies are constant. Thus is life at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, rushing from line to line, theater to theater in the freezing cold surrounded by gorgeous snow covered mountains and city streets. I’ve been very busy trying to catch as many films as the daylight will allow, so let’s do a quick review recap of some films I saw over the last few days to keep an eye one! There’s a lot of movies, so I’ll keep these reviews shorter than usual. “Twinless” Easily a festival favorite for me, “Twinless” broke my heart…
The Sundance Film Festival is in full swing, and we are on the ground covering the latest in cinema debuting here in freezing Park City. There are simply too many films to see and not enough time to watch them, let alone review them in real time. But when I get some down time – which is admittedly scarce – I will do my best to offer some quick reviews of the films I’ve seen. So let’s take a quick look at some big films I’ve been able to see here at Sundance! “Jimpa” I am a huge fan of…
The Midnight section of the Sundance Film Festival is usual ripe with horror and thriller gems that endure throughout the year upon their release. Some of the my favorite horror films have their premiere at Sundance, so you can imagine my excitement getting to be on the ground this year and experiencing midnight films at the festival. Thankfully, “The Ugly Stepsister” keeps the hot streak alive, delivering exactly what you would want from a grim(m), gruesome body horror reimagining of a classic fairy tale. The disney-fication of Grimm’s original work is nowhere to be found here, and “The Ugly Stepsister”…
The Sundance Film Festival is fast approaching, and Nerdbot is on the ground this year, bringing you the latest from independent voices from all over the world. With over 90 films to see over roughly 11 days, even for someone like me who tries to see everything simply cannot. There’s so many great films this year, and I’ve got a few I want to highlight and to put on your list and we head into Park City! So here are a few feature films I recommend checking out when you can! “Touch Me” Back at Sundance with her second feature,…