Fantastic Four didn’t really live up to the adjective in its name. It took second place at the box office last weekend, managing only $26.2 million. Now if I made $26.2 million in one weekend I would be ecstatic. Fox, however, has to be fairly disappointed. Fantastic Four had a reported budget of $120 millionRead more
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Yesterday Warner Bros. announced its plans to develop and release a new movie based upon the classic role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons. I’ve written before about nerdy blind spots, those nerdclinations of which we have no real knowledge. Dungeons & Dragons is definitely one of my nerdy blind spots. I never played D&D mostly becauseRead more
Yesterday Bryan Singer shared a picture from the set of X-Men: Apocalypse. The photo showed a giant statue of the Egyptian god, Anubis, on a practical set from the movie. In a world where Revenge of the Sith was filmed entirely on green screen, it’s nice to see some practical sets and practical effects. InRead more
I’m a big fan of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. I have seen each of the movies multiple times and own all of the ones that are available for purchase. Marvel makes massively entertaining movies and, to varying degrees, I have enjoyed each of them. That is also true for Marvel’s most recent effort: Ant-Man. NumerousRead more
Scott and Ron are back for another episode of The Christian Nerd Podcast. Fresh from the theater they share their thoughts on Ant-Man in “Nerd News.” In “From the Blog” they discuss the disappointment of Prime Day and how Amazon makes us think we need stuff we don’t even want. In a new segment they answerRead more
Scott is at junior high camp and Ron is in New York, but they’ve still got a new episode of The Christian Nerd Podcast. In “Nerd News” they take a look at Star Trek Beyond and Disney banning selfie sticks. In “From the Blog” they get upset at the polarization of Facebook and talk about howRead more