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Should Audiences Be Worried About The Odyssey?
Courtesy of Universal Pictures Christopher Nolan’s upcoming epic The Odyssey is heading into theaters July 17, 2026, and is getting a lot of buzz. After Nolan’s last movie, Oppenheimer, won praise from critics and audiences, did well at the box office, making over $900 million worldwide, and won many awards, including Best Picture, fans are excited to see Nolan’s take on Homer’s ancient Greek epic. The movie stars Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Zendaya, Robert Pattin


‘Helluva Boss’ Interview: Erica Lindbeck Teases Loona’s Growth, New Song, and the Premiere of ‘Gameoverse’
Courtesy of Portals PR/ Erica Lindbeck Helluva Boss Season 3 is officially on the horizon and fans of the adult animated musical series just cannot wait to see what chaotic - and hellish - misadventures await Blitztø, Moxxie, and the rest of the Immediate Murder Professionals crew (better known as I.M.P). In anticipation of this new chapter of Vivienne Medrano’s hellaverse, The Movie Nerds were fortunate enough to sit down with fan-favorite voice actress Erica Lindbeck on May


The Original Conclusion to the Sequel Trilogy: Star Wars: Episode IX-Duel of the Fates
Courtesy of Lucasfilm The Star Wars sequel trilogy was like a roller coaster full of ups and downs, with some fans loving some things about the movies and other fans hating others and the movies overall. Criticisms like how The Force Awakens was too similar to A New Hope and The Last Jedi ruining things caused a lot of changes to the direction of the series, in particular, the ninth movie. The final version, called The Rise of Skywalker, was directed by JJ Abrams, received mi


Academy Award-Winning Success: Caviar's Michael Sagol on Producing Films That He Believes In
Courtesy of Michael Sagol / Press Kitchen Academy Award-winning film studio Caviar is constantly releasing bold and risk-taking cinema. This is clearly evident in just a few of its films like 2017’s The Rider, 2019’s Sound of Metal and 2022’s War Pony. At the helm of its U.S. operations is co-founder, Managing Director and Executive Producer Michael Sagol - an individual who prioritizes believing in his directors above all else. Known for bringing first time names behind the


Batman Unchained: The Unmade Fifth Batman Movie
Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures From 1989 to 1997, the Batman Anthology went on for four movies. It started with Tim Burton’s Batman starring Michael Keaton as the title character to Joel Schumacher’s Batman & Robin. The series started off strong with Batman and Batman Returns, but due to complaints that Batman Returns was too dark and its box office was not as strong as Batman’s, Joel Schumacher was brought in to direct Batman Forever, which also led Michael Keaton to leav


The Magical Start of a Franchise: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures On November 16, 2001, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (also called Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone ) was released in theaters. Based on the book of the same name, the movie broke box-office records and won over critics and audiences. It made around $974 million in its original box-office run and, through rereleases, made over $1 billion in total. It was the highest-grossing movie of 2001 and, at one point, the second-highest-g


The Original, Darker Clerks III We Never Got
Courtesy of LionsGate Clerks III came out on September 13, 2022, and was the recent film in the View Askewinverse once again starring Brian O’Halloran and Jeff Anderson as Dante Hicks and Randal Graves, as well as Jason Mewes and Kevin Smith as Jay and Silent Bob. Smith, who began this series of movies with Clerks back in 1994, once again directed. The movie was about Randal having a heart attack and wanting to make a movie about his life working at the Quick Stop. The mov


How Toy Story Almost Got Canceled: “The Black Friday Incident”
Courtesy of Pixar For thirty years, the Toy Story franchise has entertained audiences of all ages with Woody, Buzz, and the rest of the gang. Four movies have been released, with two of them each grossing over $1 billion, and multiple toys based on the series have been sold. Various Disney parks have Toy Story attractions for all to enjoy. A fifth movie is set to be released this summer and is likely to make a ton of money. The path to getting here wasn’t easy, though. At on


ReelShort’s Nicole Mattox & Seth Edeen on ‘The Hitwoman’ and the Demands of Vertical Drama
Courtesy of Reelshort The world of vertical dramas is definitely turning "soapy" storytelling upside down, and one of ReelShort’s latest additions, The Hitwoman , shows why this medium is continually bursting at the seams. This will-they, won’t-they high-stakes romance follows Madeline Archer (played by Nicole Mattox ), an assassin trapped under the control of a greedy gangster, and Hayden Kent ( Seth Edeen ), the District Attorney who once was her beloved. They collide o


Spider-Man: Brand New Day: What We Know So Far
Courtesy of Marvel Studios 2026 has only two MCU movies scheduled for release this year. Before Avengers: Doomsday is released on December 18, 2026, Spider-Man: Brand New Day is scheduled to be released on July 31. Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton and once again starring Tom Holland, Spider-Man: Brand New Day will take place four years after the events of Spider-Man: No Way Home and show Peter Parker fully embracing the role of Spider-Man after the world no longer remem
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