‘The Wolves’: A Stunning Story About Sacrifices
Samuel Kishi crafts a remarkable film that reflects on the immigrant experience and the sacrifices they must make to survive. I am a son of an immigrant, my father had to make the toughest decision to come over to a country he knew nothing about to be able to be with my mother. My mother…
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‘Ema’: Dance The Pain Away or Fight Against It
Pablo Larraín’s Ema transcends many fields to create a somber piece about the loss of control of one’s life. I have been long overdue my exploration into the filmography of Pablo Larraín since I am really excited about his upcoming film with Kristen Stewart, Spencer, based on the life of Princess Diana that has been…
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Exilium Series: A Spoiler Free Review
Exilium Series: A new Adventure for readers Have you ever seen Extinction starring Michael Peña on Netflix? If you haven’t it tells the story of a man trying to save his family from an alien invasion only to find out a devastating truth about him, his world, and the said invaders. This is what the…
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‘Identifying Features’: The Harrowing Realities of the Borderlands
Fernanda Valadez shocks with her quiet and petrifying feature directorial debut look at the dangers of crossing the U.S. Mexico Border. I won’t lie, it has been difficult to put pen to paper when it comes to what I thought about this film. Fernanda Valadez’s Identifying Features is incredible and that is a complete understatement.…
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Shang-Chi and The Legend of the Ten Rings: A Detailed Review
SHang-CHi and Legend of the Ten RIngs: It’s INCREDIBLE!!! It’s not just a Marvel movie! Shang – Chi has finally released, and people are running to go see it. Even if I am exaggerating just a bit, if you go check your local theater app you’ll see that the special screenings are pack for tonight…
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A Quiet Place Part II: A Detailed Review
A Quiet Place Part II: A Sequel As Good As the First? When success comes to a movie there’s always the question of whether or not a sequel will be made, and if there is one would it ever compare or surpass the first? Few films come to mind where sequels are better than the…
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‘Annette’: It Sings Itself Into an Abyss
The English language debut film of French director Leos Carax is ambitious but it just does too much to work that falls unbelievably flat. It’s finally here after premiering at this year’s Cannes Film Festival where it received a standing ovation (even though that seems to be tradition at this point for most movies at…
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Blood Red Sky: A Detailed Review
Blood Red SKy: Snakes on a Plane… But Supernatural Have you ever seen Snakes on a Plane starring Samuel L. Jackson and thought I could survive that? Well what if you had vampires on the plane? Blood Red Sky is a Netflix film with the premise of a passenger on a plane having a deadly…
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A Quiet Place: A Detailed Review
A Quiet Place: Jim Halpert’s a Director?! We are used to seeing horror films with classic tropes, having a psychopath(s) as a killer, a legend turned real by speaking its name, nightmare entities, ghosts, demons, etc. But I think A Quiet Place takes a top position on ranks in the alien & horror genre, as…
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Candyman (2021): A Detailed Review
Candyman: Don’t look in your reflection? If you’ve ever played Bloody Mary during your younger years, then you’d understand the fear that comes when staring into an empty mirror hoping that the only thing you’ll see is yourself. And if you ever survived the bloody mary scare, how about you try out Candyman, all you…
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Studio Ghibli Films: A Detailed Review
Studio Ghibli: Anime for BEGINNERS If you ever wanted to get your foot into the anime world while also watching beautiful animation, mixed with incredible music then you should check out Studio Ghibli’s work. Studio Ghibli is a small japanese animation company in Koganei, Tokyo, with a number of 150 employees that create these incredible…
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Naked Singularity: A Detailed Review
Naked Singularity: THe Reality of the Justice System If you didn’t already know, the US Supreme Court and the overall US Justice System is one of the most absurd, broken and mal running things in today’s society. It’s really not a news flash as we’ve all clearly seen, yet there are many out there that…
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Fear Street Trilogy: A Detailed Review
Viewer Discretion is Advised! Before anything is said about this trilogy I want to address and warn before watching these movies that in these films there are scenes and dialogue that may be triggering to some viewers. These films include trauma in characters, talk and attempted suicide as well as self harm, including deaths of…
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The Forever Purge: A Detailed Review
The Forever Purge: Pa’ La Cultura From dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, to now seeing the Purge release it’s fifth and final installment we have a world of trouble filling up our plates. With the newest purge, one’s life just stays getting involved with some sort of danger. On one hand you die from a…
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Free Guy: A Detailed Review
Free Guy: A.I To The Rescue Have you ever wanted to see a movie that’s a a mix of Ex-Machina, Deadpool, Grand Theft Auto all in the format of Wreck-It Ralph? Well look no further now that 20th Century Studios released Free Guy, a movie based on an video game NPC gaining consciousness who decides…
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Snake Eyes: A Detailed Review
Snake Eyes: Golding Strikes! I’m Luis Garcia, an up and coming filmmaker, screenwriter, podcast host, and now a new writer for The Nerd Corps. I have a lot of views when talking about movies but the biggest concerns always reach the question of “Was the movie enjoyable to watch once, let alone multiple times?” and…
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‘The Suicide Squad’: The Violently Weird Gem From DC
The newest installment from the DC Universe brings out one of its best films from the “horribly beautiful mind” of director James Gunn. We have a new DC film in cinemas and on HBO Max and it is the highly anticipated Suicide Squad film from director James Gunn (Guardians of the Galaxy, Super). The bad…
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‘The Green Knight’: David Lowery’s Arthurian Masterpiece
The Green Knight is exemplary in every way possible under the incredible direction of David Lowery as he creates one of if not the best film of this year. It is safe to say that 2020 provided us some of our worst moments. It was a time that was met with a lot of sorrow,…
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