Every once in a while we are treated to a film that transcends the boundaries of the tropes it’s bound to. Skyfall was a great example of that; it reintroduced Bond supporting characters (Q, Moneypenny), picked fun at the spy genre…
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The Rundown: Week of Oct 19th
A lot happened this week, get caught up quick with our update of major nerd news!! [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojOOu0mKDyg&w=560&h=315]
“The Future Is Now”
By Kenneth Shipp Remember August 29th, 1997? Wait, you don’t remember all the craziness of Judgment Day and how Skynet took over our world? That’s right, Back to the Future isn’t the only time traveling movie with a future date we’ve reached.…
We “Almost” Didn’t Get Star Wars Tickets
By Kenneth Shipp Work at Nerd Union long enough and you’ll definitely hear about the infamous steak incident. However I’m not going to let that story out of the bag just yet. I may get ripped about that one fiasco…
Six Horror Movies to Watch That Will Actually Terrify You.
By Trevor Law So its October, and you know what that means, horror movies! We at Nerd Union, hate the overwhelming majority of them, but there are some good ones out there. Some you might have seen, and some you…
Final Star Wars Trailer Gave Us Everything We Didn’t Know We Wanted
By James Nelson At last, the last days of waiting are upon us! We have our tickets (of course), and are patiently deciding what to wear to the IMAX premiere (some TK armor, or maybe a Jedi robe?), and for…
“The kids are alright?” Goodnight Mommy review
By Kenneth Shipp Here at Nerd Union, we typically despise most horror movies. Sure, we may have fun bashing on them, but don’t for a second think that it means we actually enjoy these horrible aberrations. With that being said,…
Black Mass Review: Depp is Mesmerizing
By Kenneth Shipp Johnny Depp hasn’t exactly wowed me in some of his recent films efforts, Transcendence and ugh … Mordecai, come to mind in particular, but when Depp needs to immerse himself into a role, accent, or era; these are the…
8 Ways Non-Nerds Can Relate To Nerds
By Kenneth Shipp Contrary to popular belief, nerds like to get married, have kids, and such. Crazy, right? You may be one of the lucky ones to have found yourself such a wonderful nerd of whatever fandom they are undoubtedly…
The 10 Best Opening Scenes Ever Filmed
By W.T. Bane Let’s start this party with a bang! The opening scene of movie is the time to grab the audience, capture their attention, tie it to a chair with some rope and force their eyes on the screen.…