All posts by Chase Gifford
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Nerdlocker Movie Review: Triple Frontier
In the hands of a director other than J.C. Chandor this could have been yet another mindless shoot ‘em up with disposable characters played by...
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Nerdlocker Movie Review: Captain Marvel
It only took ten years and twenty movies to get here, but finally the lady superheroes of MARVEL get their time to shine. If only...
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Nerdlocker Movie Review: Alita: Battle Angel
Directed by Robert Rodriguez, not a selling point for me. I’ve never been a fan with the exception of two of his films, Desperado and...
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Nerdlocker Movie Review: Cold Pursuit
“Instead of a man of peace and love, I have become a man of violence and revenge.” -Hiawatha Vengeance and Liam Neeson are becoming synonymous...
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Nerdlocker Movie Review: Velvet Buzzsaw
Dan Gilroy, director of the acclaimed, Oscar nominated thriller, Nightcrawler, returns with his latest trek into literal madness with art horror, aptly named Velvet Buzzsaw....
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Nerdlocker Movie Review: Serenity
“Things are not always what they seem; the first appearance deceives many; the intelligence of a few perceives what has been carefully hidden.” -Phaedrus After...
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Nerdlocker Movie Review: Glass
“You know what the scariest thing is? To not know your place in this world. To not know why you’re here. That’s just an awful...
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Nerdlocker Movie Review: The Upside
Brief rant, please bear with me for a moment… One thing I feared as I started reviewing films on a regular basis was that my...
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Nerdlocker Presents: Chase’s Top Twenty-One Films of 2018
What a year this was… the good, the bad, the Trump… the movies, the tv shows, the music… So much to love, so much to...
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Nerdlocker Movie Review: Bird Box
So many movies have companion pieces that are completely unrelated yet have everything to do with one another. Volcano/Dante’s Peak, Armageddon/Deep Impact and so on;...
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Nerdlocker Movie Review: Welcome to Marwen
This is a film that has left me a bit conflicted. On one hand the story is fascinating and the man that inspired the film...
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Nerdlocker Movie Review: Aquaman
The DCEU is a limping animal that needs to be put out of our misery. Wonder Woman is a shining beacon in an otherwise dismal,...
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Nerdlocker Movie Review: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
“With great power comes great responsibility.” -Stan Lee (R.I.P.) I’ve always felt that Spider-Man is one of the most inspirational characters in the MARVEL-verse. So...
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Nerdlocker Movie Review: Roma
Alfonso Cuarón is an auteur with the films he creates but that has never been more true than with his latest and most personal project,...
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Nerdlocker Movie Review: Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle
The Jungle Book story is becoming just like the Robin Hood franchise; it’s so-called refreshed approaches all end up achieving the same exact thing. And...
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Nerdlocker Movie Review: Creed II
Creed II is a great example of a formulaic storyline still managing to be effective. With strong enough character progression and a focused story the...
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Nerdlocker Movie Review: Widows
The mark of a true filmmaker is their ability to adapt their own style to any genre and make it something special. Steve McQueen is...
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Nerdlocker Movie Review: Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
Full disclosure: I’m a bit of a fanboy of this whole Wizarding World thing so my opinion may be (it is) a bit biased. I...
