The CW recently announced its renewal and cancellation decisions for this upcoming year on the network, and it looks like it’s early renewals for all the regular-season series! The CW’s blanket renewal is particularly surprising because the network has historically cancelled a few shows each year and the network didn’t […]
I’m All About That Case: Reflections on Season 1 of “Serial”
Warning: Some spoilers ahead. If you haven’t yet listened to Serial, the new podcast from the This American Life crew, you’re gonna want to start right now. The true story of high schooler Hae Min Lee’s murder in 1999 and her boyfriend Adnan Syed’s conviction for the crime couldn’t be more complex and dynamic if […]
Nerdophiles Picks: Favorite New TV Series of 2014
Every year sees new TV series come and go, and we, here at Nerdophiles, are simply TV addicts. From network to premium cable to on-demand streams, we’ll watch it all. While we might not cover all of these shows weekly, but here is a list of our staff’s favorite newcomers […]
Nerdophiles Picks: Favorite Books of 2014
Have you been keeping up with our book reviews this year? From indie to mainstream, we love to sink our teeth into a good book. If you’ve been looking for something to delve into, we’ve got our staff favorites from 2014 for you to take a look at. Red Rising by […]
Novel Adaptations: Webseries from Classic Literature
After the success of Emmy-winning series The Lizzie Bennet Diaries which wrapped in 2013, recently on YouTube there’s been a trend toward adapting classic literature into video blogs. The Lizzie Bennet Diaries told a modern adaptation of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice from the perspective of Lizzie Bennet and her sisters […]
Nerdophiles Picks: Favorite Movies of 2014
Sometimes we enjoy movies because they make us think and feel and cry, and then sometimes we enjoy them because we can’t imagine a life before the phrase “I am Groot”. 2014 was another great year for movies, not only on the comic book front, but it once again brought us films […]
Nerdophiles Picks: Favorite Video Games of 2014
2014 was a great year for gaming. We saw releases of stunning new games on new machines that continued to push the boundaries of our imagination and commercial game development. From mobile to mainstream to indie, we have no qualms about loving it all and burying ourselves for hours in these fantastical […]
Nerdophiles Picks: Favorite Comics of 2014
From trades, to single issues, to one-shots, to ongoing series, we can’t get enough of comics! Nerdophiles does its fair amount of coverage for comics, but the industry is big and we have barely even scratched the surface here. We’ve got just some of our personal staff favorites picked out from 2014. If […]
Nerdophiles Picks: Favorite Music of 2014
We don’t talk often about music here at Nerdophiles, but many of us are big music lovers. 2014 was filled with albums, singles, and bright new stars reaching the top with their hits. Of course, it isn’t up to us to pick out the top hits of the year, instead our […]
Why I Watch Jim Henson’s “Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas” Every Year
I discovered Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas when I was in high school, but I watch it annually with an enthusiasm and vehemence that makes most of my friends assume I grew up with it. I actually prefer that I discovered it only recently – we don’t get to choose most of our […]