Anyone who has read my bio knows that I served six years in the United States Air Force. I love my country, and respect every man and woman to ever wear a uniform in its defense. I never fail to thank a veteran or soldier for their service when I meet them. I am also [...]
Now that Iron Man 3 and Star Trek Into Darkness have been released, the next big movie that has fans clambering to see is Warner Bros. Man of Steel. We’ve been treated to images, TV spots and trailers for the film so far. But today we got a trailer that far surpasses the others seen [...]
On the internet, rumors have an infectious life of their own. Last week, the rumor mill was running in full force and cranking out news that Jeremy Renner’s time as the Avenger Hawkeye was done. Lots of facts stacked up against Renner, so it’s not surprising that the rumormongers added 2 and 2 and [...]
Instead of leaving us all speculating on the possible inclusion of the Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver appearing in Avengers 2, Joss Whedon pretty much confirmed their appearance in the movie. In an interview with IGN, he had this to say when asked about his statement regarding the brother/sister duo: “You know, they had a rough [...]
A whole lot has gone down since late last year, primarily George Lucas selling Lucasfilm which includes but not limited to the rights to Indiana Jones and of course Star Wars to the Disney Empire who paid an incredible $4.05 billion dollars. Immediately Disney announced the making of the long speculated and continually denied Episode [...]
I feel like going on a Disney kick right now. In light of the recent controversy surrounding Princess Merida and Disney’s most recent statement not to back down from using her revamped image for marketing purposes, I thought I’d muse a little bit about another movie starring a red-headed princess, The Little Mermaid. Now my aim [...]
This review comes a little late because I wasn’t able to see the movie until today. I was there bright and early, popcorn and large drink at the ready. Before I go any further I have to tell you that I am a life long Trek fan and a purest when it comes to [...]
Let me go ahead and warn you that if you haven’t read The Great Gatsby or you didn’t care for the movie, you might want to bow out now. This, my friends, is an English major’s fangirl post – and here be spoilers. (Also, this is thanks to whoever is finding my blog on the search “Great [...]
Marc Guggenheim, producer of the CW series Arrow, confirmed to TV Guide that a Ferris Air jet, complete with the logo from the 2011 Green Lantern film, would appear in the season finale. As most DC fans will tell you, Ferris Air is the employer of Hal Jordan, long time member of the Green Lantern [...]
While the rest of the world is engrossed in the controversial summer hit Iron Man 3 Marvel snuck in some news about the upcoming Captain America: The Winter Soldier. It seems that Marvel won’t just be telling the story of Steve Rogers’ adventures in the modern day world but will also be telling more of [...]
This article may contain spoilers for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Green Lantern, Good, Kick-Ass, John Carter, and Oliver Twist. Since I’m such a lovely individual I thought I should warn you beforehand. When the word villain is announced a lot of minds will think of dark characters that are disfigured or daunting in appearance. Most [...]
When you think about it, the Walt Disney Company is an interesting case of adaptation, innovation, and stagnation all rolled up into one big ball of confusion. At least, nowadays. Though it all started with an animated mouse whistling on a steamboat, Disney’s bread and butter for most of its existence has been animated [...]
In recent interviews Kevin Feige, President of Production at Marvel Studios, has been talking about Doctor Strange, The Master of the Mystic Arts. Feige, the front man for the recent successes coming from Marvel properties including Captain America: The First Avenger, The Avengers, and most recently Iron Man 3, gave all of us a possible [...]
Nerd Byte: J.J. Abrams recently announced that John Williams, who composed the music for all six previous Star Wars Movies will do the same for Episode VII. Williams also composed the music for such classics as Superman, Jaws, the Indiana Jones films, Jurassic Park, Schindler’s List, Saving Private Ryan, Lincoln, and the first three Harry Potter films. As you can tell from this list, Williams is [...]
‘Boob-plate’ armor…only the finest armor any female warrior in an epic fantasy story could wear, right? You know what I’m talking about…the kind of armor that not only protects female warriors (unlike bikini-mail (and don’t bother trying to google, it because all you’ll find are pictures of guys in skimpy, bikini bottoms…trust me, I know *shudders*) [...]
I remember watching TV with my Dad in the early 80’s for one of two reasons…One, in the early 80’s, my Dad was recently retired from the military, so we no longer had to live overseas and be forced to watch endless hours of BBC (trust me kids, BBC wasn’t nearly as cool back then) [...]
If you’ve followed Word of the Nerd for very long you’ve probably picked up that I am a huge fan of DC’s line of animated films. Although I have been critical of some, as a whole the entire line of films have set a standard in comic book adaptations that is hard to surpass. It [...]
The release of Iron Man 3 this weekend marks the beginning of summer blockbuster movie season more importantly, the summer of comic book-inspired blockbusters. As expected Tony Stark and Co. should break records with ticket sales and will likely be challenged by the next few weeks’ crop of movies. As far as summer movies go, [...]
Nerd Byte: 5/4/13 was Free Comic Book day, as if you didn’t know. Eleven years to the day after the inaugural event in 2002, which was one day after the opening of the first Spider-Man movie. It was intended to be a day for retailers to draw in new customers, especially the kids who will drive the [...]
Hey Nerds! Uhh.. guess what? This month’s edition of the Movie Trailer Round-Up series is kinda late, and I’ll bet like, ALL of you know that Iron Man 3 came out last week, so, uh… oops! But you know what else? There are like, MORE movies coming out this month that you could take [...]
