Of all the nerdy movies released this summer, Captain America was one of the ones for which I was most excited. I’ve never really been a fan of the Captain himself, but the trailers looked good and my excitement for The Avengers fueled my excitement for Captain America. I loved Captain America and thought itRead more
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While in Honduras I got in a spirited debate with one of my teammates about Pixar movies. I said that WALL-E is my favorite Pixar movie; my teammate could not believe me. She thought that WALL-E was the worst Pixar movie and couldn’t understand how anyone could like it. I love WALL-E and how itRead more
I have been more obsessed with Harry Potter this week than someone who has actually read the books or seen the movies. I have been completely fascinated by how something as inherently nerdy as Harry Potter, has completely lost its negative stigma. When I was younger and spoke about wizards and magic spells, I wasRead more
News reports broke yesterday that Cartoon Network is looking to produce a live-action movie based upon the 90s cartoon Captain Planet and the Planeteers. The show debuted in 1990. Even though I was a 9-year-old boy and squarely in their target demographic, even I knew the show was utterly ridiculous. Ferngully had taught me thatRead more
The box office has been dominated by nerdy movies this summer. Some of the movies like Thor, X-Men: First Class and Super 8 were great. Some of the movies like Green Lantern and Transformers: Dark of the Moon left something to be desired. The movie theaters seem to be more and more populated with nerdclinationsRead more
Even though I spent the last two weeks in Honduras I have still been able to observe all the hype surrounding Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2. In its opening weekend the movie had the biggest opening ever, making $168 million. Facebook was littered with statuses of people expressing grief and tears thatRead more