https://nerdspan.com nerdy news for fangirls and fanboys Wed, 30 Oct 2013 04:22:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 https://nerdspan.com/october-fright-fest-the-faculty-1998/ https://nerdspan.com/october-fright-fest-the-faculty-1998/#comments Wed, 09 Oct 2013 23:00:06 +0000 Michelle Ealey https://nerdspan.com/?p=19525 Halloween may be one day, but I celebrate the entire month of October by watching as many horror movies as possible. Forsaking other genres for spooky, scary thrills. Filling the month with films I haven’t seen or haven’t seen in a while. So, let’s grab some popcorn, turn off the lights, and get our fright [...]]]> https://nerdspan.com/october-fright-fest-the-faculty-1998/feed/ 0 https://nerdspan.com/movie-review-the-wolverine-2013-3/ https://nerdspan.com/movie-review-the-wolverine-2013-3/#comments Sun, 28 Jul 2013 02:07:15 +0000 Royal Lance Eustache https://nerdspan.com/?p=17495 Logan is back in his his next solo movie simply titled The Wolverine, not be confused with X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Hugh Jackman shows that he’s still got it, and the movie itself ain’t bad either. After the events of X-Men: The Last Stand, Logan has a hard time coping with Jean Grey’s (Famke Janssen) death and [...]]]> https://nerdspan.com/movie-review-the-wolverine-2013-3/feed/ 0 https://nerdspan.com/movie-review-the-wolverine-2013-2/ https://nerdspan.com/movie-review-the-wolverine-2013-2/#comments Sun, 28 Jul 2013 01:55:21 +0000 Michelle Ealey https://nerdspan.com/?p=17481 The Wolverine serves one purpose: to give Logan a reason to get back into the fray. Unfortunately, the film is crammed with too many villains, is inconstant with the facts about Logan, and has a second act that is forgettable.]]> https://nerdspan.com/movie-review-the-wolverine-2013-2/feed/ 0 https://nerdspan.com/movie-review-the-wolverine-2013/ https://nerdspan.com/movie-review-the-wolverine-2013/#comments Fri, 26 Jul 2013 12:43:55 +0000 Iain McNally https://nerdspan.com/?p=17399 Has Fox finally learned the lessons from the mutant massacres that were X-Men: The Last Stand and X-Men Origins: Wolverine and reinvigorate their X-men license to the point where they can even consider attempting to rival Marvel Studio’s Avengers?]]> https://nerdspan.com/movie-review-the-wolverine-2013/feed/ 1 https://nerdspan.com/movie-review-2-hansel-and-gretel-witch-hunters-2013/ https://nerdspan.com/movie-review-2-hansel-and-gretel-witch-hunters-2013/#comments Mon, 28 Jan 2013 03:04:41 +0000 Rick Swift https://nerdspan.com/?p=3326 In this Tommy Wirkola steampunk version of the what happened after the Brothers Grimm story of Hansel and Gretel, there is plenty of gore, not a lot of terror and a nice twist on the classic tale. The Brothers Grimm version, this a'int! Gatling guns, grenades, all manner of technological marvels of malevolence.... ]]> https://nerdspan.com/movie-review-2-hansel-and-gretel-witch-hunters-2013/feed/ 0 https://nerdspan.com/movie-review-hansel-gretel-witch-hunters-2013/ https://nerdspan.com/movie-review-hansel-gretel-witch-hunters-2013/#comments Sun, 27 Jan 2013 15:13:04 +0000 Michelle Ealey https://nerdspan.com/?p=3393 The children’s tale of Hansel & Gretel stops after they shove the witch in the oven and burn her alive. Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters imagines what life could have been like if the tale followed them to adulthood. Starring Jeremy Renner (The Avengers) as Hansel and Gemma Arterton (Prince of Persia: The Sands of [...]]]> https://nerdspan.com/movie-review-hansel-gretel-witch-hunters-2013/feed/ 0