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May 16, 2022

Conspiracy Theory Movie Review - Mel Gibson Is Crazy!

Conspiracy Theory Movie Review from the Salty Nerds has them totally bored as Mel Gibson plays crazy and Julia Roberts phones it in. Conspiracy Theory is Richard Donner's only non-Lethal Weapon movie with Mel Gibson, about an evil Patrick Stewart who experiments on Mel Gibson to turn him into an…

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May 16, 2022

Firefly S1E7 Review - Jaynestown - Is Jayne A Hero?

Firefly S1E7 Review from the Salty Nerds has them taking a look at Jaynestown, the backwater settlement where Jayne Cobb is a bonafide folk hero. This episode is all about Adam Baldwin and his portrayal of Jayne, and it's a lot of fun to see the heartless mercenary celebrated as…

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May 15, 2022

Burn After Reading Movie Review - Idiots And Espionage

Burn After Reading movie review has the Salty Nerds wondering what the point of this movie is, because ultimately, there is no point to this movie. A darkly comedic take on the "spy thriller" genre, the Coen Brothers consider Burn After Reading the third film in their "Trilogy of Idiots"…

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May 15, 2022

Nerds Never Say Die - From The Millennium Fandom Bar Las Vegas!

Nerds Never Say Die is a Las Vegas based charity that serves to raise awareness for mental health issues and offer counselling for the purpose of suicide prevention. Nowadays, the many facets of modern life can be overwhelming, especially for "nerds" who may live outside societal norms. Part of helping…

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May 14, 2022

The Manchurian Candidate (2004) Movie Review - Is This A Documentary?

The Manchurian Candidate (2004) Movie Review from the Salty Nerds has them wondering if a story about globalist corporations conspiring with politicians to usurp democracy and put in a candidate they can control in the White House is actually a work of fiction or a documentary. This movie is a…

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May 13, 2022

Mission Impossible 3 Movie Review - The Only Good JJ Abrams Movie?

Mission Impossible 3 movie review has the Salty Nerds wondering WTF happened to JJ Abrams? In the third movie of the Mission Impossible franchise, fledgling director JJ Abrams stepped in off the success of his spy-oriented TV show ALIAS to take over Tom Cruise's baby. And you know what? It…

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May 13, 2022

Is Strange New Worlds Episode 2 Good, Or Is CBS Tricking Us?

Every Star Trek fan is celebrating Strange New Worlds as it gets back to "Star Trek" basics with great characters and classic storylines. But is the show actually good? Or are we being deceived? Our expert panel talks about this, Episode 2 entitled "Children of the Comet", and more in…

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May 13, 2022

Sci-Fi Prison Movies - Soldier, No Escape, Fortress

The Salty Nerds talk about sci-fi prison movies! Sort of. The first movie is the Paul WS Anderson side-sequel to Blade Runner, starring Kurt Russell as the titular SOLDIER. Todd, who has been trained from birth to be a killing machine, gets dumped on a trash planet and must protect…

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May 12, 2022

Mission Impossible 2 Movie Review - John Woo's Worst Film?

Mission Impossible 2 movie review has the Salty Nerds debating as to whether this movie is complete garbage or insanely awesome. Marking the first (and only) team up between Tom Cruise and legendary action director John Woo, there is a lot of slow motion, flying doves, and duel wielding of…

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May 11, 2022

Mission Impossible Movie Review - The Movie That Got Tom Cruise Addicted To Stunts

Mission Impossible movie review from the Salty Nerds has them running along with Tom Cruise as we witness the birth of Cruise's addiction to doing his own elaborate stunts. Directed by Brian De Palma and based on the classic TV Show, Mission Impossible was the first movie to be produced…

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May 11, 2022

HALO Episode 7 Review - Inheritance - The Worst Episode Yet!

HALO Episode 7 Review from the Salty Nerds has them dumping a TON of salt on this Kwan-Centric episode that is so dumb, it causes MattVader to nerd-rage. In this episode of the HALO TV show, Kwan meets with the Madrigal Mystics to discover her family's destiny, while Soren goes…

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May 9, 2022

Outer Range Season 1 Finale EXPLAINED

Tonight join Salty, Kadish and Tom as we breakdown and discuss the two part finale of Outer Range. Strange things happen and Questions get answers. Lets Go out with a bang! #OuterRange #ScifiShow #AmazonVideo

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May 9, 2022

Firefly S1E6 Review - Our Mrs. Reynolds - Christina Hendricks Seduces Everyone!

Firefly Season 1 Episode 6 Review of Our Mrs. Reynolds by the Salty Nerds has them feeling no sympathy for Mal when he accidentally marries a smoking hot woman who cooks and wants to wash his feet. This episode of Firefly is a "sleeper" favorite because it guest stars the…

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May 8, 2022

The Nerds Read 5-Star Morbius Reviews - #MorbiusSweep Movement Exposed!

The Salty Nerds hop on the #MorbiusSweep movement to prove Morbius is the greatest movie to ever Morb and read some of the 5-star reviews from Rotten Tomatoes. Hold onto your butts. These are some of the best reviews ever! What did you think of Morbius? Leave your own #MorbiusSweep…

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May 6, 2022

Picard Season 2 Finale SUCKS & Strange New Worlds Premiere DOESN'T?

It's finally over! (Sort of.) In this panel discussion, we're talking about the end of one of the worst seasons of Star Trek ever made, and the beginning of what could be an actual GOOD Star Trek series in the Kurtzman era. Come join us for plenty of salt &…

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May 6, 2022

Conspiracy Movies: The Manchurian Candidate, Conspiracy Theory, Burn After Reading

The Nerds put on their tin foil hats and talk about what Alex calls "documentaries", or fictional movies about conspiracy theories. First up is the remake of The Manchurian Candidate starring Denzel Washington where they drill holes into the back of Liev Schreiber's head while he makes out with his…

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May 4, 2022

HALO Episode 6 Review - Solace (S1E6) - Kwan Ha Ruins Everything!

HALO episode 6 review from the Salty Nerds has them giving this episode, entitled Solace, high marks... at least until that annoying dummy with the bad haircut, Kwan Ha, shows up and ruins everything. In the wake of the battle of Erradius II, Master Chief is convinced he can't trust…

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May 3, 2022

EDTV Movie Review - It Should Have Been A Better Movie

EDTV Movie Review from the Salty Nerds have them discussing why a movie with such a great cast and premise is so aggressively mediocre as to be considered boring. EDTV is about a dude named Ed (played by Matthew McConaughey) as he's followed around by a camera crew 24/7 and…

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May 3, 2022

The Truman Show Movie Review - Everyone Thought It Would Fail?

The Truman Show movie review from the Salty Nerds have them looking at Jim Carrey's first big non-comedy role and talking about why everyone in Hollywood thought it would fail. A film about a man who was raised on live TV, the Truman Show is all about the questioning of…

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May 3, 2022

Showtime Movie Review - De Niro & Murphey Aren't Good Together

Showtime Movie Review from the Salty Nerds has them geeking out over William Shatner - which would be fine if this was a Shatner movie instead of one starring Robert De Niro and Eddie Murphey. As two cops being followed around for a reality TV show, De Niro and Murphey…

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May 3, 2022

Outer Range Episodes 5&6 - SNP Late Night

Continued discussion of Amazon Videos Outer Range. #JoshBrolin #OuterRange #AmazonVideo #ScienceFicton

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May 2, 2022

Firefly S1E1 Review - Serenity - What Makes This Show A Classic?

Firefly Episode 1 review from the Salty Nerds has them watching the FULL season premiere of this classic show, and discussing what makes it so freakin' good (and why FOX totally screwed it over). This episode, entitled "Serenity", gives us the origin story of Mal and his crew of misfits…

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April 30, 2022

Mission Impossible Movies: Mission Impossible, MI2, Mission Impossible 3

This mission, should you choose to accept it, is to listen to the Salty Nerds get drunk and talk about Tom Cruise and his first three Mission Impossible movies. This message will self destruct in 5 seconds. But before it does, the Nerds look at the first Mission: Impossible film,…

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April 30, 2022

Star Trek Picard Season 2 Episode 9 - The Worst Star Trek Episode Ever Made?

Just when you think Star Trek Picard couldn't get any worse, it actually does. This penultimate episode was so bad, it actually made us dumber for having watched it. The assassination of good writing in Star Trek continues under Kurtzman as Picard gets reflective under gunfire, Rafi and Seven fight…

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