All posts by Chase Gifford
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Nerdlocker Movie Review: Red Sparrow
“Female spies typically represented one of two extremes: the seductress who employed her wiles to manipulate men, and the cross-dresser who blended in by impersonating...
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Nerdlocker Movie Review: Game Night
“You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.” – Einstein Have you ever seen...
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Nerdlocker Movie Review: MUTE
Based in the same universe as Moon, Duncan Jones’ new sci-fi jaunt Mute is one intent on intrigue and mystery. Intention and actually doing it...
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Nerdlocker Movie Review: Annihilation
“Science fiction writers foresee the inevitable, and although problems and catastrophes may be inevitable, solutions are not.” -Isaac Asimov Wow… where do I begin? From...
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Nerdlocker Movie Review: Black Panther
After ten years MARVEL Studios is still finding its stride. With their latest addition, Black Panther, they have unveiled one of their crown jewels. With...
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Nerdlocker Movie Review: The Ritual
To quote the movie Road Trip, “It’s supposed to be a challenge, that’s why they call it a shortcut; if it was easy it would...
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Nerdlocker Movie Review: The Cloverfield Paradox
If Alien and Black Mirror had a baby they would name it The Cloverfield Paradox. While both of those titles are admirable franchises to aspire...
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Nerdlocker Movie Review: Hostiles
The modern western isn’t exactly anything spectacular. Not since the days of Eastwood, Wayne, and director Sergio Leone have westerns truly shined consistently. There is...
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Nerdlocker Movie Review: Den of Thieves
January, the month of despair and tears in the world of cinema, is the time all film fans dread. The dumping ground for Hollyweird generally...
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Nerdlocker Movie Review: Insidious: The Last Key
A fourth installment in a horror franchise, yikes! Talk about no faith in what’s to come. Luckily history can avoid the repeat trend and a...
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Nerdlocker Movie Review: Molly’s Game
Academy Award winning screenwriter Aaron Sorkin, writer of such films as the excellent Steve Jobs, The Social Network, Moneyball, and the acclaimed television series The...
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Nerdlocker Movie Review: Downsizing
This is a movie with a premise that has a narrow path for success and if it were to fall off it would be into...
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Nerdlocker Movie Review: Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Every now and then fate or karma or whatever you believe actually comes through in a positive way. In the case of The Last Jedi,...
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Nerdlocker Movie Review: The Post
The Post is an exercise in cinema greatness through a combination of simply having the best people making the film. A top notch director, Steven...
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Nerdlocker Movie Review: The Shape of Water
So often it seems fantasy films are made for families or just children so when a film like this steps into the spotlight it is...
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Nerdlocker Movie Review: Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri
Seven Psychopaths and In Bruges creator Martin McDonagh brings another classic dark comedy with Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri. Criminally underrated with his previous efforts,...
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Nerdlocker Movie Review: Last Flag Flying
Richard Linklater has one of the most fascinating careers I’ve ever seen. Every film he takes on is its own creation unsupported by any past...
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Nerdlocker Movie Review: Justice League
It’s movies like Justice League that make me wish that movies had one of two options and no middle ground, they’re great or they’re awful,...
