Episode 71 - Star Trek II - The Wrath of Khan Review!

January 22, 2017

After a long holiday break, we are back! This time around we're reviewing Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, as part of our ongoing series of concurrently reviewing all the Star Trek films and all the Muppet films. It's going to be a wild ride through cinematic history of the two long-lasting film franchises.

For Nerdy News we cover the casting of Woody Harrellson in the upcoming Han Solo Star Wars spin-off movie, and then some possible explanations for strange pulses coming from the far side of the universe.

For Trailer Reviews we cover the CHIPS remake and War for the Planet of the Apes.

Intro music provided with permission by the awesome Jimmy Hinson of Big Giant Circles. Find him Bandcamp or iTunes!

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Episode 69 - Film Review of The Muppet Movie!

December 12, 2016

For the feature of this episode Jarman and Steve continue their cinematic trek through each of their favorite franchises; Star Trek and The Muppets! This time it's Steve's turn so we're reviewing the first of The Muppets' film franchise, The Muppet Movie from 1979.

To start off we have some Nerdy News of the upcoming Star Trek: Discovery tv show casting news, treating cancer patients with hallucinogenic drugs, and super smart jerky birds.

Jarman also gives short reviews of the films Arrival and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.

For Trailer Reviews we cover Ghost in the Shell and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2!

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Episode 68 - Star Trek The Motion Picture Review

November 16, 2016

Oh America. You elected Donald Trump to be our next president. Steve and Jarman share their woes regarding the presidential election.

To lift our spirits, we discuss some Nerdy News of alien water found on earth and the upcoming Star Trek/Aliens crossover comic!

We then review Star Trek: The Motion Picture in our ongoing series of reviewing every Star Trek film and every Muppet film! Over the next several months we'll discuss all these films with other random feature segments filtered in to break it up.

For Trailer Reviews we discuss Pet; the kidnapping horror/thriller and Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets; the possibly new sci-fi/fantasy franchise from 5th Element creator Luc Besson.

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Episode 67 - Walking Dead Season Premiere Review!

October 31, 2016

(This episode was recorded prior to last night's episode 2 of The Walking Dead) In this episode we discuss the much anticipated episode one of the new season seven of The Walking Dead! We are joined by A Play On Nerds contributor Jerry Herrera! You may have seen his reviews on our site for such shows as The Walking Dead, Fear the Walking Dead, Outcast and Westworld! We talk about the events of the episode and how it made us feel (we cried).

Before that we discuss EPCOT's Food and Wine Festival, more with new babies, and horror movie suggestions for the Halloween season!

For Nerdy News we discuss the casting of Donald Glover in the upcoming Han Solo spinoff movie as Lando Calrissian, a new scientific study on personality types and how they change over time, and the competitive behavior of male and female chimpanzees!

Later in Trailer Reviews, we discuss the upcoming alien communication flick, Arrival, and the final installment of the Wolverine franchise, Logan.

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Episode 66 - New Baby and Way Too Many Nerdy Fall TV Shows!

October 22, 2016

We're back! After a two month hiatus because of baby-making and real life getting in the way, A Play On Nerds is officially back. For the first half of the episode we talk babies! Steve and his wife Anna gave birth to a beautiful baby girl, Joyce, and we talk about the trials and tribble-ations of being new parent. Along that same line we catch up on all the nerdy things we've been doing, from TV shows, books and DragonCon. Listen in for a big catch up session as well as Trailer Reviews of Power Rangers and John Wick 2!

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