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[Nerdspresso] A Tale of Two Road Houses
It was the Summer of 1989 and in between Batman, Field of Dreams, Dead Poets Society, Ghostbusters II and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, along came Patrick Swayze as a philosophical bouncer, who advocated to “Be Nice” while kicking ass in Road House. I saw this flick as the fifth wheel on a friend’s…
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[Nerdspresso] A Long Time Ago in a Movie Theater Far, Far Away: Confessions of a Middle-Aged Star Wars Fan
It was 1977. My dad took me to the movies, which was a rare treat. My mom had friends over so it was boys’ night out. We hopped over to the General Cinemas at Fashion Square Mall near the Navy base. I wasn’t really sure about this movie. I had wanted to see a documentary…
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[Nerdspresso] The Cheesecake Factory of Cinema: Rebel Moon and Other Misadventures in the Snyderverse
There was a time when I approached a Zack Snyder movie with a certain amount of enthusiasm, but now it’s with a mixture of morbid fascination and an impending sense of dread. His directorial debut in 2004 was promising. It was a visceral reimagining of George Romero’s Dawn of the Dead, which blended classic tropes…
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[Nerdspresso] Movies from a Different Point of View
They say there are three sides to every story: yours, mine, and the truth. Well, there’s also several ways to watch the same movie if you look at it from the point of view of the different characters. Let’s try something. Think of your favorite movie. Then latch onto a character in the flick, but…
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[Nerdspresso] Junk Food for Your Brain: Streaming Bad Movies Can Feel Pretty Good
Life is like a road trip. Sometimes you’re flying down the highway with the tunes blasting, making good time and other times you’re stuck in gridlock traffic listening to agriculture news on public radio. Everybody needs to take a break and stretch their legs. When the traffic of your life is so congested that you…
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[Nerdspresso] Arnold, Guns, Blood, and Hobo Pants: The Terminator at 40
The Terminator turns 40 this year. It came out in theaters in 1984 when I was in high school. I first discovered it’s b-movie brilliance on VHS at a friend’s house. It was a wrap party for our high school musical. Us drama nerds played hard. There were a lot of chips and some Jolt…
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[Nerdspresso] Ode to a Nerdy Tee: My Life in Fandom
My love affair with nerd wear began early. I was 8 years old. It was the summer of 1977 and my Mom bought me a Star Wars T-shirt at the mall. Back then, there weren’t racks and racks of geek apparel available just anywhere. If you wanted to drape yourself in nerdery, you found a…
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[Nerdspresso] Keen on Keanu? We All Get the Keanu We Deserve
Keanu Reeves is surfing the zeitgeist in a major way these days. I hadn’t paid much attention to the guy beyond his occasional action movie success (Point Break, Speed) but he seems to have ascended to the level of a pop-culture deity. Don’t get me wrong. I really like the guy. But I think this…
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[Nerdspresso] I’m Streaming of a White Christmas: My Favorite Holiday Movies
(In which my good friend Jeff Stanford shares his selection of prime Christmas flicks. Enjoy and have a great Christmas week – Editor) Ho ho ho, the holiday season is here. Heck, it’s almost over. Before all the presents are unwrapped, all the eggnog is consumed, and all the family baggage is unpacked, please make…
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[Nerdspresso] Movies for Date Night at Home
Remember date night? Those carefree evenings full of possibilities and a second bottle of wine. When you didn’t have to get home to help the kids with their homework and enforce bedtimes (sometimes yours). Back when having dinner at 8 p.m. followed by a movie at 10 didn’t sound like a Quixotic aspiration. Now I…
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