Luis and Raul are all wrapped up with their coverage of Nashville Film Festival. They get together to discuss what they watched and how it went at their first film festival. What was their top 5 they watched? What could have been improved? How tired are they? Find out on this episode!
Spooky season is here so time to bust out the horror films and rejoice in the scares to come! As always you all know that we do a horror month here at The Nerd Corps every October. Brad won the coin toss so this week we start this themed month with Jordan Peele’s Us. This is Brad’s first time watching this film and Raul’s second time. Listen to find out what both of them thought about the film!
IMDb Synopsis: “A family’s serene beach vacation turns to chaos when their doppelgängers appear and begin to terrorize them.”
Luis joins Raul to talk about Nashville Film Festival. This has been five years in the making for the team and they are finally covering their first festival. Luis and Raul talk about what movies they are most looking forward. Raul also expresses his heartbreak over not being able to watch Spencer as it will be only in person. Listen to our precursor to our festival coverage of #NashFilm52! Keep up with all our coverage of the Nashville Film Festival here on the site!
Raul and Brad are ready to finally close out International Film Month as September finally starts to come to an end. Today they discuss the 1966 samurai film, The Sword of Doom! Get those swords ready because this was quite the polarized review. Listen to find out why Raul is spoiled by Akira Kurosawa’s samurai films. What did they think of the film? Listen to today’s episode to find out!
IMDb Synopsis: “Through his unconscionable actions against others, a sociopath samurai builds a trail of vendettas that follow him closely.”
It is time for another Saturday Morning Review and these nerds are ready to talk some horror today! Raul and Brad discuss the newest film from Nia DaCosta, Candyman. Candyman is the sequel to the original film of the same name from the 90’s and we talk all about it! How did this live up to the hype? Listen and find out all about what the nerds thought about it on this episode!
IMDb Synopsis: “A sequel to the horror film Candyman (1992) that returns to the now-gentrified Chicago neighborhood where the legend began.”
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