Nerd Critic

It may not be the best of the recent DC offerings, but it's certainly, CERTAINLY not the worst. In this episode, we find plenty to nerd out about, and then wonder a while about why we didn't walk away more satisfied.

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A mopey story of revenge with a dreary setup and a confusing and unsatisfying conclusion. So maybe don't worry too much about spoilers this time around, and join us for a sincere conversation about what went wrong, and what we wish had gone right with this sleepy January offering.

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A chillingly effective illustration of socio-economic reality, this might be one of the most important works of nihilism we've ever seen. But boy does the dark comedy help that bitter pill go down.

Without the speed-ramping (which he seems to have shelved after the embarrassing misfire that was Aladdin), all we're left with is witty dialogue, clever framing devices, his obsession with the world of crime and criminals, and an increasingly inevitable comparison...

Yes, she should have been nominated for Best Director. We'll talk all about it during our Oscars episode(s). But for now, can we please just lose our minds over how exquisite this adaptation is?

This movie had NO RIGHT to be this good, but who are we to argue with all the joy? This was the Bad Boys movie we always wanted, the one Michael Bay probably thought he was making back in the 90s.

It will make you cry unless you are dead. That should have been the logline for Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood. CJ and Jordan are full grown men who are also very much not dead. You do the math.

It's not much of a spoiler to tell you that NINE Oscar-nominated 1917 made it onto both CJ and Jordan's Top 10 of 2019. Yes, it was that good, and this was a fun episode to make. Not least because we had the privilege of attending a Q&A with Krysty Wilson-Cairns, who gave us a lot more fuel to burn in our lively discussion.

This week’s Off the Shelf episode covers one of the most significant movies to come out in 2019 that stars both Jack Black and Dwayne Johnson, AND is still in theaters. OK, the truth is we failed to publish it last month and would have felt bad if we never published it at all, so here you go.

Everyone else is doing it so we figured we might as well do it too. Here are our Top 10 movies of 2019! CJ and Jordan each made their own lists, and boy does it show -- especially at the end. Yes, that's us bating you to listen to the whole thing.

Jordan went and crashed The Next Reel again for THEIR episode about The Rise of Skywalker, except THIS time, they gave us their whole episode to put here! On our very own feed! Enjoy.

This week marks the end of a saga that began more than 40 years ago, and influenced not only countless other movies, but also the very fabric of culture itself. The Rise of Skywalker turned out to be nearly as divisive as The Last Jedi, but for nearly opposite reasons. We need to talk about it.

We’ve been talking about doing an episode on The Last Jedi pretty much since we started this podcast. So now, after 18 months of hype, it’s finally here. And by “it,” we mostly mean a whole lot of Jordan mounting an impassioned defense of the movie against its many haters. Meanwhile, CJ continues to be strongly OK with the entire Star Wars franchise.

Our week of Star Wars has begun! We’re kicking it off with The Force Awakens, and guys -- it was even more fun than we thought it would be. This is going to be a good week.

Ford v Ferrari is a movie that looks and feels like it was build by Ford in 1967. Is it the most thematically significant or narratively satisfying movie you’ll see this year? No. But it sure is a good time!

Every week, we bring you a deep dive into the biggest box office winners. But are they also the best films every weekend? Don't answer that. It's rhetorical. For our Off the Shelf episode this week, we wanted to share some of our favorites of 2019 that didn't win any weekends.

While there’s a special pleasure in being surprised by how good a movie is, having our high expectations met is such a relief. Especially after a string of disappointments a in recent months. Thank you, Rian Johnson, for bringing it. As always.

Good Will Hunting came out in 1997, but it's still one of the most quoted movies ever. It was also the suggestion of CJ's dad, who joins us for this Thanksgiving-spirited episode. Come geek out with us about Matt Damon and impossibly good writing.