Author: Ceridwen
In a very special episode, Two Nerds discuss the most recent (and possibly the last) MonsterVerse movie: Godzilla vs Kong. We decided to make a theme of it, so we also watched a movie called Colossal, which is about a…
After we thoughtfully examined three films with repeating day scenarios — Groundhog Day, Palm Springs, and The Map of Tiny Perfect Things — in Groundhog Days, we found a fourth repeating day movie: Boss Level. This one is significantly shootier…
Two Nerds round up all the movies they watched on a lost Sunday, which include three timey-wimey narratives — Time Trap, Source Code, and The Girl Who Leapt Through Time — and a slight detour to the Snyder Cut. This…
In a bonus episode, two nerds somewhat tipsily discuss Timecrimes and Time Lapse, two movies which mess around with the concept of predestination.For some godforsaken reason, the extremely silly film Final Countdown, in which the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz travels…
Continuing on with our exploration of narratives that use time as a device, we discuss three movies which take place in time loops, where the characters wake up and relive the same 24 hours over and over: Groundhog Day, Map…
Continuing with our time travel narratives, we discuss Hot Tub Time Machine, with a side of Back to the Future and Groundhog Day.We also discuss The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K Le Guin, The Butterfly Effect, Primer, The Final…
Two Nerds Sitting on a Couch wrapped up our inquiry into teen dystopias last week with The City of Ember, which is kinda funny because the book is aimed younger than teen, and it’s not really a dystopia. After a…
For our final outing into teen dystopias, two nerds sitting on a couch watch The City of Ember.The City of Ember ended up being significantly different from the other young adult dystopias we watched, while still relying on some of…
Two Nerds Sitting on a Couch began, like so many things these days, with epidemic and unemployment. We both found ourselves unemployed in the last few months, on top of a year spent in quarantine. We did start and mostly…
Continuing our streak of young adult dystopias, two nerds sit on a couch and discuss the movie version of Lois Lowry’s The Giver.