It feels like most of my posts these days are in some way Star Wars related. What can I say? I just really love Star Wars and the wait for The Force Awakens has been practically unbearable. We’re just two months out now and so I’m trying to find creative ways […]
Heroes Reborn: Game Over Recap
Synopsis of 5×06: Noah joins forces with Miko and Ren to release Hiro Nakamura; Luke gets wet; Carlos is still around. Rating: ★☆☆☆☆ How can it possibly be that we are six episodes into Heroes Reborn and there are still fundamental concepts of the show that remain a mystery? Heroes […]
Check out ‘The Man in the High Castle’ Episodes 1 & 2 Free This Weekend on Amazon
Doing anything outside this weekend? Of course you’re not, because Amazon is streaming the first two episode of The Man in the High Castle for free. That’s right, in what is going to be their first ever “free preview weekend,” Amazon is offering up the first two episodes of their new series […]
“Secret Coders” Has A Great Premise But Falls Short of Expectations
Secret Coders Author: Gene Luen Yang Artist: Mike Holmes Series: Secret Coders #1 Release Date: September 29, 2015 Publisher: First Second Genre(s): Middle Grade, Graphic Novel, Coding, STEAM Rating: ★★☆☆☆ Review Spoilers: Low GoodReads | Amazon I wanted to love Secret Coders. I really did. I love the idea of STEAM programming in general and when I was […]
The Vampire Diaries: Age of Innocence Recap
Synopsis: We walk down memory lane when Valerie brags to Caroline about being Stefan’s first love and subsequent heartbreak. Lily tells Stefan about Julian (her boyfriend), while Damon tracks down the last member of Lily’s family to leverage Elena’s casket. Rating: ★★★★★ With the loss of Elena, I didn’t know […]
Jessica Jones Trailer Keeps Kilgrave in the Shadows
The official Jessica Jones trailer is out, keeping in line with Netflix’s grittier side of Marvel properties. Krysten Ritter stars as Jessica Jones a former super-heroine that decides to reboot her life by becoming a private investigator. While that could sound very procedural, with the introduction of Kilgrave it seems like […]
Star Wars Rebels: Relics of the Old Republic Recap
Synopsis of 2×04: After Wolf’s lapse in judgement brings the Empire down on all of them, our Rebels and the Clones have to team up to escape. It won’t be that simple, though. They’re outgunned in pretty much every way and on their own. And Kanan doesn’t exactly trust them any […]
“Serafina and the Black Cloak” is an Endearing Middle Grade Mystery Full of Magic and Suspense
Serafina and the Black Cloak Author: Robert Beatty Release Date: July 14, 2015 Publisher: Disney Hyperion Genre(s): Middle Grade, Mystery, Fantasy, Historical Fiction Rating: ★★★★☆ Review Spoilers: Low GoodReads | Amazon We don’t review many middle grade books on Nerdophiles so when we do you can be sure that they are basically going to be awesome. […]
Unboxing: Loot Crate October 2015 – Time
Loot Crate – October 2015 Loot Crate is a subscription box company that has a large fan base and gives out awesome products in the boxes. Loot Crate costs $13.37 a month plus shipping, which comes out to be around $20 a month. The box’s contents always adds up to be more […]
This Walking Carpet Gets in Your Face in the Awesome Chewbacca #1
One of the most impressive things about the first Star Wars film is how thoroughly it establishes its characters in just two hours. Luke is a would-be-hotshot, more full of self-confidence than skill and he’s shaken by the man everyone seems to think he is capable of being. Leia is […]
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