Author: Derrick Murray

Derrick Murray is a Los Angeles based stand up comedian, writer, and co-host for The Jack of All Nerds Show.

January and February are a weird time of year for cinema. It’s typically dumping season for studios; the fire sale of movies that will never qualify for the closed awards season but desperately need to get off their shelf. “From Dusk til Dawn” feels oddly out of place and perfect for this time. It’s star studded both in front of and behind the camera and has a decent enough premise that seems more fitting for an October release instead of the “let’s just get this over with” release. And yet, “From Dusk til Dawn” is better than should be even…

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Every year, Hollywood gathers to hear the announcement of the nominees for the Academy Awards. It often includes a list of films and nominees the majority of general audiences have never ever heard of. Even A-listers that make the coveted Best Actor/Actress category are often given the nod from movies we didn’t know existed, and some of those actors we didn’t even know they had worked on anything until we hear their name. Which takes us to our underrated star of the week, Viggo Mortensen. Mortensen is the unofficial king of Best Actor nominations for movies we didn’t know about.…

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It seems that the repeated delays weren’t enough long enough for “Cyberpunk 2077.” The highly anticipated RPG has only been out for a few weeks and has already been riddled with bugs and gameplay issues that are so massive Sony made the move to remove the game from their digital store altogether. Now, they are offering refunds to anyone who purchased the game digitally for their Playstations. A search for “Cyberpunk 2077” comes up with two links, one to the refund statement page, and also the game’s store listing, which has now been updated to not list the PS5 at…

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