All posts by Chase Gifford
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Nerdlocker Movie Review: Sonic the Hedgehog
“Speed provides the one genuinely modern pleasure.” -Aldous Huxley The journey of a thousand video game-based movies continues with Sonic the Hedgehog. I still maintain...
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Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn): A Nerdlocker Review
“I’m rubber, you’re glue, whatever you say bounces off me and makes a six-inch-diameter exit wound in you.” -Harley Quinn Birds of Prey (And the...
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Nerdlocker Movie Review: Bad Boys for Life
“We ride together, we die together. Bad Boys for life.” -Bad Boys For a number of reasons some franchises just take absolutely forever to come...
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Nerdlocker Movie Review: Underwater
“What would an ocean be without a monster lurking in the dark? It would be like sleep without dreams.” -Werner Herzog It’s that time of...
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Nerdlocker Presents: My Top 10 Best and Worst Movies of 2019
My TOP 10 Movies of 2019 10. Avengers: Endgame After ten years and twenty-three films, Endgame finally arrived and somehow closed out the Infinity Saga...
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Nerdlocker Movie Review: Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
“The Force will be with you. Always.” -Obi-Wan Kenobi “Why, you stuck-up, half-witted, scruffy-looking nerf herder!” I write this quote spoken by Princess/General Leia because...
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Nerdlocker Movie Review: Jumanji: The Next Level
Sequels are one of the trickiest puzzles to solve when it comes to movies, more specifically, successful and well-regarded movies. So often the thinking is...
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Nerdlocker Movie Review: Richard Jewell
On July 27, 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, an improvised explosive device was detonated during the Summer Olympics. While the event itself is of course a...
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Nerdlocker Movie Review: 1917
TIME IS THE ENEMY As if a soldier ourselves, the film opens its eyes and rarely closes them again until the story’s end. We run...
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Nerdlocker Movie Review: Uncut Gems
“Hubris is interesting, because you get people who are often very clever, very powerful, have achieved great things, and then something goes wrong – they...
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The Irishman: A Nerdlocker Movie Review
“ ‘I heard you paint houses.’ To paint a house is to kill a man.” -Frank Sheeran aka The Irishman Where Goodfellas showcased a life...
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Nerdlocker Movie Review: Knives Out
“I think everyone enjoys a nice murder… provided he is not the victim.” -Alfred Hitchcock It’s the sign of a strong storyteller when they can...
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Nerdlocker Movie Review: Ford v Ferrari
“My proudest moments are beating Ferrari for the World Championship in 1965, and working with Ford to win Le Mans in 1966 and 1967.” -Carroll...
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Nerdlocker Movie Review: Midway
I want to preface this review by saying the true story from which this film is based is nothing short of amazing and profound. The...
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Nerdlocker Movie Review: Doctor Sleep
“Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.” -Stephen King, The Shining Doctor Sleep is technically a...
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Nerdlocker Movie Review: Terminator: Dark Fate
Terminator has always been an odd duck, having two classic films followed by absolute garbage. When the bad far outweighs the good most would agree...
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Nerdlocker Movie Review: Motherless Brooklyn
Like any genre film, having an original voice can be a tricky thing to pull off. Film noir is no different having its many clichés...
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Dolemite Is My Name: Nerdlocker Movie Review #2
“I wanna let you know that Dolemite is my name, and fuckin’ up motherfuckers is my game.” – Rudy Ray Moore aka Dolemite After what...
