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Fluffy Bunnies: A Review of The Devils Lettuce

                 The Devils Lettuce is a short independent film that parodies classic 1950’s propaganda films. Directed by Adam York and written by Dave Harlequin, the film focuses on a dangerous drug called JX-375 or more commonly known on the streets as “The Devil’s Lettuce.” It appears to be a  highly addictive hallucinogen that makes you see all kinds of wacky stuff. In the film we follow the…

Rest in Peace, Wes Craven

It’s with a heavy heart that I write this. Wes Craven passed away from a brain tumor at 76 last night. I know he definitely influenced all of us here at The Nerdicon. We still have Ghostface, Freddy, and the rest of the nightmares you left for us, Wes. –The Nerdicon

Daeth can be kind: A Review of Deathless

Hi hello. I’m baaaaaack. Thanks, work, grad school, and life. Anyway. Deathless by Catherine M. Valente  is the fairy tale you always wanted to read. (more…)

The “Rufio” movie is in pre-production right now. –Ley

The Last Goodbye-A Review of The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

“It’s over. It’s done.” That sums up my feelings about the final part of the Tolkien saga that Peter Jackson set out to create. It’s been a long and winding journey, but it’s been a great one.

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Man or Walrus: Differing Opinions on Kevin Smith’s Tusk

Kevin Smith knows how to connect. That’s been proven time and time again. Even if the story doesn’t connect with you, he, as a person, will. He’s quite possibly the most social media adept film maker at the moment. That’s actually why we even have Tusk.  (more…)

Mandatory Fun: A Review of Weird Al’s latest Album

  Weird Al is BACK!  Well, he never actually left.  Weird Al Yankovich has been making fun of pop music for the past three decades and was at his peak in the late 80’s and early 90’s.  He had a brief comeback with his 2006 album Straight out of Lynnwood which features my favorite song of his, “White and Nerdy”  (for obvious reasons).  However Alpocolypse was a little underwhelming and pretty…

In Memory of Robin Williams

It’s taken me this whole week to come to terms with this. Not because he was a person I really knew, but because it all just seemed like it wasn’t real. But it is real, and it’s still hard to process. (more…)

Opinion Time: Why Television is the Best Medium for Comic Book Adaptation

For the past ten years we have seen more films based of off comic books than we have ever seen before.  This is great! I love most of the films that come out and I will probably see any film based on a comic as long as it looks good enough.  However, there is a big flaw in film adaptation.  Film limits the ways we can tell certain stories and it inevitably boils down to the same formula over and…

Maya Angelou was an innovator of the greatest magnitude. She shed light on the essence of life because she lived a quintessential mystical life, from brothels to the library of congress. The world needed to hear her song, as it is the path of compassion, empathy, and self-liberation. She gave the literary world the gift of autobiographical fiction, perhaps the cornerstone of 21st century…

I Made You A Promise : A Review of Arrow Season 2.

In the past, the show Arrow had been shaky at best. It had its high points and its low points.  It got to the point where some people just gave up on it altogether.  However, for those who stuck around through the good, the bad and the ugly of it all we were treated with quite a surprise when season 2 rolled its way on to our television screens.  So far season 2 has be fantastic.  It has more…

Free Comic Book Day 2014!!

Hey, guys, it’s Free Comic Book Day! Head over to your local shop and pick up some great titles (the YA/middle school level ones are actually really really good, promise).

–Ley

The Amazing Spider-Man 2: Electro Boogaloo

The Spider-Man reboot franchise is very polarizing.  Some people loved the new direction Marc Webb has taken with the series and some think that the Sam Raimi movies should never have been touched.  I am more of a fan of the former. Oddly enough, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is very very different from both the Raimi series and the first film.

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Raggedy man, goodnight: A Review of the Doctor Who Christmas Special

In May, Mat Smith announced he was retiring from being the Doctor. And, to be honest, most of the…

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–Staff

Gallifrey Falls No More: A Review of the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special

Let’s go ahead and get all the screaming out now, shall we? I’ll give you a minute.

You good?

Alrig…

So we all know the main theme in the Harry Potter series: good beats evil. Doing good things makes the world suck less. And there’s actually an activist–well, that’s not really the right word. “Activist” online has a weird connotation now. Let’s just call…