n our latest review-packed episode we watch Oscar contender “Judas & The Black Messiah”, wrap our big mouse-shaped ears around podcast “Disniversity”, welcome Marvel’s “Falcon & The Winter Soldier”, investigate “Big Sky” and slog our way through Zack Snyder’s cut of “Justice League”
Oh, and Jon TRIES to give “Hellraiser” the review it deserves.
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https://pod.link/1322410403/episode/550bb2aae24adbf7a99924593bfbc496
It’s Kerris’s turn to be afraid of the water this episode, as she reveals her Shameful Gap, of “Jaws”, and tells us how it felt to watch it for the first time.
We also try to pull the wool over each others eyes once more, with Bluffs based on rubbish Amazon movies, women movements started by female actors, filipino Batman knockoffs, the movie “Scream”, and Brazilian Pixar clones.
Come on in, the water’s lovely!
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https://pod.link/1322410403/episode/b38f512bc381edfad1f46fe8e4a26f90
Recommendations?
We’ll give you recommendations!
We cover a massive range this episode, from unreliable historical bonkfest ‘The Great’, through the wonders of Arrow’s streaming service (apparently designed specifically for Jon!), the very Marmite flavourings of ‘Resident Alien’, and definitely-not-a-disaster movie ‘Greenland’, to finally come into land with ‘The Expanse 5’, world-beating videogame ‘Fortnite’, and Billie Piper’s tour de force ‘I Hate Susie’.
Oh. AND we throw in ‘Conan The Barbarian’ for good measure. Huzzah!
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https://pod.link/1322410403/episode/468f12a3c1392fea28987e9420674fa6
In this special extra episode, Dan interviews Samantha Shannon, the author of the Bone Season books that he reviewed for us in episode 77. They talk about her new book “The Mask Falling”, how fabulous words are, what makes dragons special and, of course, who would win: Godzilla or King Kong!
Let us know if you would like to hear more of your favourite authors on the show.
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https://pod.link/1322410403/episode/8406ab512e2587ece5726280689c0859
You won’t know WHAT to believe this episode, as we try to pull an entire sheep’s worth of wool over each others’ eyes with our legendary Buff or Bluff game.
The delightful Kerris joins us from the safety of her blanket fort for some horrifying tales, Dan shows off his moves with some stories too ludicrous for WWE, Peter is giving notes on music, and Jon delves into the darker side of DIsney, and tries his best to traumatise Dan in the process.
We also Play Our Cameos right with a game about how much some second-string celebs charge for a personal video on website, Cameo!
And, as usual, Jon has to apologise for something…
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We have recommendations up the wazoo this time, as we battle Godzilla, encounter a new author, discover the best subtitled series on Netflix from around the world, and wallow in the usual smut and nonsense.
Ian reviews “Godzilla: The Half century War”, whilst attempting to answer the ultimate “Kong vs Godzilla” question. Dan adds Samantha Shannon’s Bone Season” to the bookshelf, whilst Andy gets all cosmopolitan with “This is not a Burial, Its a Resurrection”. Striking a similar worldly tone, Peter reviews French series “Lupin” and “Call My Agent” and Korean smash hit series “Sweet Home” and “the Uncanny Counter”. And Jon recommends “Designated Survivor”, “The Rental” and, er, “Jiu Jitsu” (a movie he hasn’t even SEEN, yet!)
Finally, we expose Dan’s shameful gap, as he has never seen famous immortal combat movie, “Highlander”. What will be his reaction to watching it for the very first time?
In this episode we have our first reactions to WandaVision, a full spoiler review of Wonder Woman 1984, and our Film Buff or Film Bluff quiz is back!
After establishing the exact species of dinosaur that Yoshi is, we discuss what sorcery Marvel might have up their sleeves in the quirky opening episodes of WandaVision.
Our Buff or Bluff round sees us tackling questions about old TV sitcoms, disastrous financial mistakes, unlikely actors portraying U.S presidents, unexpected movie sequels, and unusual Funko Pops.
We head into deep spoiler territory for our review of Wonder Woman 1984 (although if you haven’t seen it and you’re considering spending £15.99 on the digital rental, you might want to stick around). How is Diana Prince’s second solo outing? Why is the third best famous Chris back? Does having glasses really make you less sexy? We discuss all that and more, for a movie that we reeeeeeallly wanted to like.
We find out what the nerds got up to over Christmas and what nerdy presents we were gifted. It’s great to have Ian Mayor back with us, who has a present for Dan and Hazel and some pretty bad news for Jon…
in this episode we discuss the treasure trove of new shows and movies announced by Disney just before Christmas. From ‘Rogue Squadron’ to ‘Lando’, to ‘Secret Invasion’ and ‘Ironheart’ (and everything in between!)we are in full speculation mode about what those shows could bring.
Also in this episode Hazel has devised a “Who am I?” quiz, with a series of cryptic clues for the nerds to try and guess which actor she’s talking about. Play along, and try to guess who’s name sounds like a fart in a bath!
It’s the Nerdfest review of the year! Join us as we celebrate all the joyful things that 2020 brought us, and none of the dumpster fire awfulness.
Peter, Andy, Dan, Hazel and Jon have all compiled our top ten lists of the best nerd pop culture this year, and we use our last podcast of 2020 to discuss, argue, surprise and tut our way through them.
And whilst we have some things on our lists which won’t surprise many listeners (yes, Dan and Hazel hijack the beginning of the podcast to sing the praises of Hamilton and yes, Jon has some more obscure horrors to recommend) there are a couple of unexpected entries. And as always, comedy hijinks ensue.
Whilst we haven’t been able to be in the same room together to record the vast majority of podcasts in 2020, we’ve loved being able to bring you episodes every two weeks. Thank you to Peter and his technical expertise for finding a way for us to do it.
Hopefully 2021 will be a much better year for everyone, but until then, there are plenty of nerdy things to distract us. Merry Christmas, and we’ll catch you on the other side of 2020.
Links to the episode at- https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/nerdfest-podcast-movies-tv-tri-596065/episodes/75-secret-cinema-presents-2020-81314287
It’s double quiz time! We start the episode with a “Play Your Cards Right” quiz from Andy, who gives us the task of deciding which movies have the higher body counts. Join us as we compare the carnage from everything from ‘Lord of the Rings’ to ‘Commando’, ‘Terminator 2’ and ‘Team America: World Police’.
Then, it’s Buff or Bluff time. In celebration of “The Queen’s Gambit” (which is AWESOME and you all should be watching it!)Dan has a chess conundrum for us. Jon, partly in dedication to regular listeners Jenni and Gary, and partly for his own amusement, has 3 facts about “The Wizard of Oz”. Let’s just say he should have done his scarecrow homework…
After the news that Ryan Reynolds is the new part-owner of Wrexham AFC, Hazel decides to investigate whether he has any more hidden talents. And Peter has 3 facts related to The X Men, but just like Jon his bluff soon gets unravelled, albeit for different reasons.
And finally Andy has 3 plots of movies with the word “America” in. But which is the fake movie – is it “An American Christmas Carol”, “American Gladiator” or “American Angels: Baptism of Blood”? Tune in to find out!
Oh, and for fans of Mr Blobby, both of you, you’ll like the last 5 minutes very much… https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/nerdfest-podcast-movies-tv-tri-596065/episodes/74-blobby-blobby-blobby-80456792
