Blog Archives

Listener Feedback: Gordan’s Oscar Picks, Jason’s Top 12 of 2015, and Alasdair’s Most Anticipated of 2016

Posted on February 9, 2016 by Alex — No Comments ↓

Hey everyone! Quite a few people wrote in to share in some of the listy goodness that has occurred on the Midwest Film Nerds Podcast in the last three weeks, and we wanted to share these with everyone! Thank you…

Tagged with: 45 years, a girl in the river, academy awards, alicia vikander, alles wird gut, amy, and the dying girl, beasts of no nation, brie larson, brooklyn, carol, creed, dope, earl, ex machina, inside out, it follows, leonardo dicaprio, mad max: fury road, mark ruffalo, me, oscars, rocky, sicario, spotlight, star wars, straight outta compton, sylvester stallone, tangerine, the big short, the danish girl, the final girls, the hateful eight, the martian, the revenant, tom hardy, what we do in the shadows, world of tomorrow
Posted in Podcast

Episode 163 – Our Top 10 Movies of 2015

Posted on January 27, 2016 by Alex — No Comments ↓

This week we talk about our top 10 movies of last year! We also talk about movies we wish we had seen before making our lists, our honorable mentions, biggest disappointments, worst movies of the year, and more! Show Notes:…

Tagged with: a most violent year, alex, ant-man, avengers: age of ultron, beasts of no nation, bone tomahawk, chappie, cop car, creed, domnhal gleeson, dope, entourage, ex machina, focus, furious 7, goosebumps. spectre, inside out, jurassic world, mad max: fury road, magic mike xxl, nick, oscar isaac, san andreas, spotlight, spy, star wars: the force awakens, steve jobs, tangerine, the big short, the final girls, the gift, the hateful eight, the last witch hunter, the martian, tim, tomorrowland, top 10 of 2015, trainwreck, what we do in the shadows, willie
Posted in Podcast

Episode 135 – Magic Mike XXL

Posted on July 8, 2015 by Alex — No Comments ↓

This week on the podcast we size up Magic Mike XXL as well as talk about other road trip movies, Skull Island, the Star Wars Anthology Han Solo Film, some listener feedback, and more! Show Notes: Introduction Summer Movie Wager Weekly Update (0:02:16)…

Tagged with: better call saul, chris miller, daredevil, dope, han solo, inside out, j.k. simmons, king kong, kong, kong: skull island, mad max, mad max: fury road, magic mike, magic mike xxl, michael keaton, nancy, phil lord, road movies, skull island, star wars, star wars anthology
Posted in Podcast

Episode 134 – Dope

Posted on July 1, 2015 by Alex — No Comments ↓

Do we feel like dopes for seeing Rick Famuyiwa’s Dope? Or was it really dope?! Find out on this week’s episode of the podcast! We also talk about Suicide Squad, Hellboy III?, and more! Show Notes: Introduction Summer Movie Wager Weekly Update (0:01:27)…

Tagged with: david ayer, dope, guillermo del toro, hellboy, hellboy iii, rick famuyiwa, ron perlman, suicide squad
Posted in Podcast

Don’t Settle for What’s Expected of You: Dope

Posted on June 24, 2015 by Lance — No Comments ↓

Who knew drugs could be so dangerous? In Rick Famuyiwa’s Dope, the hallucinogen of choice is called Lily, a powdered form of MDMA that is supposed to make a person feel ecstatic. However for high-school student Malcolm Adekanbi (Shameik Moore),…

Tagged with: 2015, asap rocky, blake anderson, dope, forest whitaker, kiersey clemons, kimberly elise, lance, pharrell williams, rachel morrison, rick famuyiwa, shameik moore, tony revolori, zoe kravitz
Posted in Film Review