Author: Nerd Voices

By James L. Garza II Recently, I had the good fortune of watching the new movie “Escape Room”. And to be honest I loved it. It was exhilarating and tension filled with barely the hint of gore. Now, while the story was by no means completely original, it still managed to take hold of the audience, and keep them there for the entire length of the film. The characters were solid and most importantly, believable. And even the deaths of the characters, at no point felt forced or ridiculous. It was a solidly entertaining film. Afterwards, as I was leaving…

By Jacob Knight Grab your Hot Topic merch and your favorite baseball bat, because Warner Brothers has released a plethora of film dates, with The Suicide Squad being slated to release on August 6, 2021. Since its predecessor premiered back in 2016, the film has stayed on as one of WB’s more divided properties, with critics and fans clashing against its merit. The film has been in development for some time- with director/ writers David Ayer, Gavin O’Connor and Todd Stashwick all having involvement with the future of the franchise. The current script pitch has been drafted by James Gunn,…

The worst type of comic is one that is divided between its constant switch between fantastic and disappointment. No series of late has exemplified this feeling such as Heroes In Crisis has. This issue takes a breather to move characters along and help them step closer to the truth- and it’s in this issue that writer Tom King has finally gotten my attention . Without too much spoilage, a large chunk of this issue has Superman giving a speech to the press on the Superhuman Mental facility and its purpose. This speech not only exemplifies the theme this book should…

By B.A. Walsh Neil Armstrong as portrayed by Ryan Gosling in First Man remains something of an enigma. The movie takes a personal approach, focusing on Armstrong and following him on his journey through the NASA program until the fateful first moon landing. It is an interesting and more intimate approach to the material than the usual ensemble picture; the only problem with it is that Armstrong seems to live very much in his own head. We see brief flashes of joy or anguish before the main character regains control and internalizes his reactions. This stoicism places a barrier between…

By Antonio Ravelli As a lot of “Alphas”, “Betas”, and Pre-Order Access incentives are out there, recently I have found myself avoiding them like the plague. However, when EA’s Anthem offered up the VIP demo; plucked half-way through the story mode at level 10. I had to jump on it, it sounded too good not to. (They are also offering it for free this upcoming weekend February 1st from 9AM eastern time until February 3rd 9PM Eastern time) The Demo had a lot of bugs to begin with. People linking accounts, long load screens, servers getting a crawling start and…

By B.A. Walsh Nutcracker and the Four Realms looks good but doesn’t have much depth. I don’t really remember much of the classic ballet, but that might be a good thing in regard to the movie as I suspect it has only minimal relation to the plot of the ballet. Rather the story seems to borrow more from Alice in Wonderland, Labyrinth, or Chronicles of Narnia, with a protagonist transported into a magical realm and embroiled in its conflicts. In this case the protagonist is Clara (Mackenzie Foy), a young girl struggling with the loss of her mother. Her grief…

By Thera Pitts Our time as comic book nerds has finally come. After years of being largely left out of the prestige awards conversation, an honest to God superhero film has broken the vibranium ceiling and secured a whopping seven Oscar nominations, including best picture. Surely the geek community is seeing this as the long-awaited triumph it is. No, as it turns out, they’re being angry, cynical and often racist assholes about it. This isn’t exactly out of character, passions run high in both directions in the comic fan scene. So in times like this, the only thing to do…

By B.A. Walsh Follow the yellow brick road to the Emerald City at a theater near you! If you loved The Wizard of Oz as a child and have watched it over and over again at home, now is your chance to enjoy it on the big screen! In honor of the movie’s 80th anniversary, Turner Classic Movies has scheduled The Wizard of Oz on January 27, 29 & 30 as part of the 2019 TCM Big Screen Classics Series. Each TCM classic is usually preceded by some behind-the-scenes trivia about the film and followed by some insights provided by…

This is a “Nerd Voices” contributing piece from Nerdbot reader Aaron Russell. Aaron is staying keeping fresh on Twitter. He also has a website devoted to his Photoshop hilarity. Now that the Hugh Jackman era of Wolverine is almost, assuredly, most likely, probably, definitely done, I thought it would be a great time to go back through his nine cinematic appearances and rate them on swoleness, according to the Danzig scale. “Who’s Danzig?” you ask. I would say go talk to your parents or older siblings, my young friend. But if you’re not speaking to those posers at the moment, Glenn Danzig was…

By  B.A. Walsh A House with A Clock in Its Walls is a story about finding family and embracing the things that make us different – because sometimes our little oddities can make us truly special. As one of the characters would say, it is the nuts that make the recipe. The movie is set in the 1950s, an era we often view with nostalgia as a simpler time (even if we never actually lived then plenty of old-time TV shows and movies have made us feel as if we did).  But although these seem to be brighter days the…