Featured https://nerdbot.com/category/featured/amp/ The Nerd Side Of Life Sat, 30 May 2026 19:01:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/nerdbot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/cropped-Nerdbot-Headshot.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Featured https://nerdbot.com/category/featured/amp/ 32 32 152960103 “Backrooms” Liminal Spaces, Everlasting Nightmare Fuel [review] https://nerdbot.com/2026/05/30/backrooms-liminal-spaces-everlasting-nightmare-fuel-review/ Sat, 30 May 2026 19:01:13 +0000 https://nerdbot.com/?p=282224 I Came to Backrooms Completely Blind Full disclosure: I came to Backrooms as blind as you possible could. Prior to the lights dimming and the big screen illuminating, I knew absolutely nothing about YouTube series, the creepypasta movement, or anything that has to do with the pre-existing lore. All I knew was that it was [...]

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]]> 282224 “The Mandalorian and Grogu” Safe, Dull, and Forgettable Star Wars [Review] https://nerdbot.com/2026/05/22/the-mandalorian-and-grogu-safe-dull-and-forgettable-star-wars-review/ Fri, 22 May 2026 22:29:20 +0000 https://nerdbot.com/?p=281363 Mandalorian and Grogu is just a very long, boring, safe, forgettable, meaningless space romp, not good enough to be remembered but not bad enough to be panned. It just exists, stuck in a misused format with its Star Wars heart ripped out and replaced with carefully curated content metrics.

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]]> 281363 “Is God Is” Vengeance, Violence and Voice to Black Rage [review] https://nerdbot.com/2026/05/17/is-god-is-vengeance-violence-and-voice-to-black-rage-review/ Sun, 17 May 2026 13:33:38 +0000 https://nerdbot.com/?p=280328 Is God Is is a bold, stylish tale of revenge that unapologetically allows women to let slip the dogs of justified anger and passion. It is an angry, angry film, filled with rage against the machine of misogyny, the patriarchy, cyclical violence inflicted by violent unaccountable men.

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]]> 280328 “Mortal Kombat 2” Slight Improvement But No Flawless Victory https://nerdbot.com/2026/05/08/mortal-kombat-2-slight-improvement-but-no-flawless-victory/ Sat, 09 May 2026 03:02:25 +0000 https://nerdbot.com/?p=279029 Simply put, Mortal Kombat 2 is pretty bad, but it's also somehow not the worst Mortal Kombat movie out there.

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]]> 279029 “Blue Heron” The Best Film of the Year So Far [review] https://nerdbot.com/2026/04/29/blue-heron-the-best-film-of-the-year-so-far-review/ Thu, 30 Apr 2026 01:23:35 +0000 https://nerdbot.com/?p=277459 Blue Heron is a poignant, moving story of family, struggle, and fractured memory, culminating in a profound examination of what we remember and how we remember those closest in our lives.

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]]> 277459 “They Will Kill You” A Violent, Blood-Splattering Good Time [review] https://nerdbot.com/2026/03/24/they-will-kill-you-a-violent-blood-splattering-good-time-review/ Tue, 24 Mar 2026 23:18:01 +0000 https://nerdbot.com/?p=271219 They Will Kill You exists solely to entertain. It's a just girl fighting a satanic cult with as many weapons as she can get her hands on in the bloodiest fashion you can imagine. Do you really need more than that to have a good time at the movies?

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]]> 271219 “Project Hail Mary” Familiar But Triumphant Sci-Fi Adventure [review] https://nerdbot.com/2026/03/14/project-hail-mary-familiar-but-triumphant-sci-fi-adventure-review/ Sun, 15 Mar 2026 01:52:10 +0000 https://nerdbot.com/?p=269719 Remember hope? Joy? Crowd-pleasing escapism? Remember going to the movies and in true Nicole Kidman fashion, “we go somewhere we’ve never been before. Dazzling images on a huge silver screen….heartbreak feels good in a place like this?” I remember, and even for all the movies I watch, I can say that I miss that feeling [...]

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]]> 269719 “The Bride” An Overly Ambitious Creature Feature Reimagining [review] https://nerdbot.com/2026/03/10/the-bride-an-overly-ambitious-creature-feature-reimagining-review/ Tue, 10 Mar 2026 15:34:26 +0000 https://nerdbot.com/?p=268691 "The Bride" may be a trainwreck, but at least it's actually trying something. Something different, something reimagined, something with a pulse in a dying world.

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]]> 268691 “Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man” Solid Send Off For Everyone’s Favorite Gangster [review] https://nerdbot.com/2026/03/06/peaky-blinders-the-immortal-man-solid-send-off-for-everyones-favorite-gangster-review/ Sat, 07 Mar 2026 03:59:01 +0000 https://nerdbot.com/?p=268254 "Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man" is hindered by its medium transfer, feeling more like an extended series finale than a film surviving on its own merits.

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]]> 268254 Monarch: Legacy of Monsters Season 2 Review — Bigger Titans, Bigger Problems on Apple TV+ https://nerdbot.com/2026/02/25/monarch-legacy-of-monsters-season-2-review/ Thu, 26 Feb 2026 01:31:08 +0000 https://nerdbot.com/?p=266467 I’m on record for not being the biggest kaiju fan. There are some exceptions, “Godzilla Minus One” most notably, but most of the westernized versions of monsters and monster movies just don’t do it for me. Their biggest problem have always been extremely uninteresting characters, so a TV show primarily focused on those humans really [...]

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