By Zach Nichols Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is widely regarded as the greatest of the Star Trek films and quite possibly the greatest story in the entire Trek franchise encompassing 28 television seasons, 12 movies, and hundreds…
Category: Movies
Mission Impossible Rogue Nation review: Cruise at his best
By Kenneth Shipp Twice this summer, a fourth installment or higher film turned out to be very good (Mad Max and Jurassic Park). Would there be a third? Turns out the answer is….
13 Hours Trailer Review
By Trevor Law and Kenneth Shipp Upon hearing that this film was going to happen, Trevor was adamant about covering it. We recorded his raw commentary as he watched the trailer for the first time. Enjoy!! [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCs2QHQSQa4&w=560&h=315]
FOX HATES YOU AND YOUR X-MEN!!!!! (or you’re freaking out over nothing.): A Conversation
By Zach Nichols In our modern era of filmmaking, (i.e. ever since the internet boom and our subsequent massive increase in exposure to the filmmaking process and the absolute destruction of movie magic by our own predispositioned opinion of a…
Sequel Prequel Cash Cows (Modern Blockbuster Pt. 2)
Did you read my previous post on blockbusters? Good, now you’re up to speed. Otherwise this tame profane-less rant won’t make much sense and besides, I hate doing recaps. Prepare yourselves, I’m going to talk about sequels
The Good, the Mediocre, and the Piles of Trash (Modern Blockbusters Pt. 1)
Over the years, I’ve grown rather tired of blockbusters. I feel like we choose to give these money machines a pass just so we can continue to see our favorite characters in new stories (or re-hashes, but let’s not tackle…
What’s Wrong with Superman?
Rewatch is a regular column on Nerd Union where we watch a old movie or episode of one of our favorite TV shows and try to judge it against what we know now to be the good and the bad.…
“Amy Schumer Strikes Gold” Trainwreck Review
I’ve seen Amy Schumer’s stand up a few times and was thoroughly impressed by her talent. She has a natural ability to make you uncomfortable with multiple topics of conversation. And she will have you in tears with any one…
“It’s Not Edgar Wright, But It Will Do” Ant-Man Review
Walking into Ant Man, I knew this film would be funny. I just didn’t think it was going to be this funny. And we all knew that in order for anyone to take this property seriously, there were a limited…
The Great Trailer Fight of 2015
Dear unnamed studios (who showed your amazing trailers this weekend, but you were not ready to actually release them online) You’re nuts. If this was 2005, maybe you could get away with showing a Batman Begins teaser at Comic-Con and then…