[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKflh9WztKo&w=560&h=315] I must say that I have grown very skeptical of anime and am no longer quick to invest myself in a series. This is mostly because, after years of experience, I have found that most of them are simply second-rate (reality check: not everything that comes from Japan is […]
The Registry by Shannon Stoker
Title: The Registry Author: Shannon Stoker Release Date: June 11, 2013 Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks Source: Edelweiss DRC Genre(s): YA Fiction, YA Science Fiction (sorta), YA Romance (sorta), YA Dystopia, possibly New Adult Fiction, Dystopian Future, Arraigned Marriage Rating: ★★★☆☆ for the world building, ★★☆☆☆ for the execution Review Spoilers: Low GoodReads | Amazon All right, so, this is the first […]
Netflix Free Trial: Day 30
Damn it, Netflix, you got me. Even as I write this, I’m streaming The Cabin in the Woods. It’s a movie I’ve been meaning to get around to watching, much like a lot of what Netflix is offering. When you first sign up for Netflix, you get to indicate how […]
Why, Even as BBC Sherlock Fans, Elementary Has Become Our Favorite
With the Elementary’s first season completed and BBC Sherlock’s third season still in the works, I’d like to take the time to write a potentially dangerous post: a side-by-side comparison of both of these modern reimaginings of Sherlock Holmes. By the end of Elementary’s finale, a few of us here […]
Awesome Nerdy(ish) Movies To Watch This July 4th Weekend
In honor of the 4th of July, the team at Nerdophiles has put together a list of some vaguely nerdy and/or science fiction films for you to enjoy this weekend. I mean super vaguely. We’re stretching it with some of these here and we know it. But we also don’t care, […]
World War Z: The Art of the Film from Titan Books
Title: World War Z: The Art of the Film Release Date: June 18, 2013 Publisher: Titan Books Source: Titan Books Genre(s): Media Tie-In, Zombies, Horror, Science Fiction Rating: ★★★☆☆ Review Spoilers: N/A GoodReads | Amazon Here at Nerdophiles our opinions on the World War Z movie are mixed. Some of us thought it was a pretty good movie […]
Whedon's "Much Ado About Nothing" Gets High Marks
I am a pretty big Shakespeare fan. I haven’t got it as bad as some, but I take my love seriously. So when I heard Much Ado About Nothing was getting another movie, I was excited. But when I heard it was by Joss Whedon, I was very cautious. Don’t […]
Continuum: Second Degree & Second Listen Recap
We learn something pretty quickly in Second Degree. That it’s quickly turning into Kiera, Alec, and Carlos versus Liber8. As loyalties are tested and people reveal themselves to be two-faced it’s turning into a race to stop whatever Liber8 is planning. With the trial of Julian coming up, Carlos must […]
The Gothic Tradition Found in Serial Killer Television
So I took a class on the Gothic tradition and for my final project and my honors contract, I wrote two articles. One of them was connecting the gothic to some of our favorite television serial killers. Here it is, reformatted for Nerdophiles. Death is a living-breathing beast. The Gothic […]
Defiance: Past is Prologue Recap
This week opens with Mayor Amanda giving a speech about all that ex-Mayor Nicky had done for her – bringing her up from a janitor to her assistant to the replacement mayor. Datak interrupts to bring politics into the wake, noting his stance to bring the Earth Republic to Defiance […]
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