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We. love. cinema. And you do too! Catch this brother - sister duo recapping the latest in movie news and review a newly released film each week. Listen in as we discuss "what's in the plot" and decide if it's cinema or just good background noise.
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70: Wicked Part 1
Vaguely Nerdy
12/02/24 • 80 min
The Broadway hit, Wicked, is now in theaters and us non-musical folk went to check it out! Before that we had a little bit of news on new movie announcements that came out during Thanksgiving week.
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0:00 - Start
0:26 - Movie Trivia
4:01 - ‘CANYON’: crime-thriller starring Don Cheadle
8:40 - ‘DEEPER’: supernatural-thriller starring Tom Cruise
13:30 - BUNCHA-CRUNCH: Charlize Theron joins Christopher Nolan flick, ‘VOLTRON’ fills out its cast.
20:40 - MOVIE REVIEW: Wicked (spoilers @ 37:52)
1:17:50 - What’s Up Next
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76: Conclave
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01/13/25 • 123 min
It’s our first movie review for 2025 and we picked an award season favorite, Conclave. Before that we’ve got news about the plot details for 28 Years Later, a new Jason Statham trailer that is just what you’d expect and news about Ahsoka Season 2 casting.
Time codes:
0:00 - Start
0:26 - Movie Trivia
5:00 - ’28 YEARS LATER’: Plot details confirmed!
12:55 - ‘GHOST OF TSUSHIMA’ anime announced
16:01 - ‘HELLDIVERS’ gets live-action green light
19:10 - ‘HORIZON ZERO DAWN’ gets live-adaptation
21:16 - ‘A WORKING MAN’ trailer
30:23 - BUNCHA-CRUNCH: Rory McCann is the new ‘Baylan Skoll’ of ‘AHSOKA’, ‘SHREK 5’ & ‘ICE AGE 6’ compete for December 2026!
39:06 - MOVIE REVIEW: Conclave (spoilers @ 55:00)
2:00:38 - What’s Up Next
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12/11/23 • 101 min
Is Leave The World Behind our new favorite apocalyptic thriller? Find out in our latest episode. Before we get into our review we chat about new movie announcements, a few trailers, and we recap and review Part 1 of Season 2 of Amazon’s animated series, Invincible.
Time codes:
0:00 - Start
0:23 - Movie Trivia
2:30 - “Killing Castro” with Al Pacino casting news
6:05 - “Maude vs. Maude” spy/thriller is official with Halle Berry & Angelina Jolie
9:35 - “Two for the Money” heist/thriller casting news with Daniel Craig and Charlize Theron
12:05 - “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire” trailer
19:07 - “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” reboot series trailer
26:10 - SHOW REVIEW: “Invincible” Season 2 Episodes 1-4
56:50 - MOVIE REVIEW: Leave The World Behind (spoilers @ 1:09:06)
1:40:10 - What’s up next
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90: Sinners
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04/21/25 • 134 min
Ryan Coogler does it again. Sinners is everything everyone says it is. Listen to our review to find out why (and absolutely see this in theaters).
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0:00 - Start
0:24 - Movie Trivia
4:45 - Star Wars Celebration
12:58 - ‘HIM’ trailer
18:42 - ’THE ROSES’ trailer
21:58 - ’28 YEARS LATER’ trailer
26:08 - ‘FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS’ trailer
34:40 - BUNCHA CRUNCH: Sam Neill joins ‘GODZILLA X KONG 3’, ‘YOUR MOTHER, YOUR MOTHER, YOUR MOTHER’ castings & ‘CLUELESS’ sequel series.
39:36 - MOVIE REVIEW: Sinners (spoilers @ 1:01:03)
2:10:04 - What’s Up Next
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71: The Santa Clause
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12/09/24 • 72 min
Tis the Season! It’s a throwback episode this week and we’re revisiting the 1994 hit ‘The Santa Clause’. Before that we have new movie announcements for two very different upcoming thrillers, the new Snow White trailer, and casting news for both ‘Scream 7’ and the live action ‘Matchbox’ movie
Time codes:
0:00 - Start
0:23 - Movie Trivia
5:28 - Danielle Deadwyler and Adam Scott in the “The Saviors”
7:40 - Elizabeth Olsen and Julia Roberts will star in ‘Panic Carefully’
10:19 - ’Snow White’ trailer
17:00 - Buncha Crunch (more casting news for Scream 7 and the live-action Matchbox movie)
24:46 - MOVIE REVIEW - The Santa Clause (spoilers @ 38:11)
1:10:04 - What’s Up Next
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49: MaXXXine
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07/08/24 • 118 min
This week’s news agenda may be short but we had A LOT to talk about for our movie review for ‘MaXXXine’.
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Time codes:
0:00 - Start
0:25 - Movie Trivia
3:03 - First look at ‘Gladiator II’
5:44 - ‘Hellboy: The Crooked Man’ Trailer
10:27 - ‘Megalopolis’ trailer
12:55 - ‘Afraid’ trailer
19:06 - Buncha Crunch: ‘Wicked’ moves up, ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ box office opening weekend projections
29:59 - MOVIE REVIEW: MaXXXine (spoilers @ 56:18)
1:56:03 - What’s Up Next
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42: Fallout & X-Men '97
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05/20/24 • 141 min
It’s a 2 piece combo episode with A LOT of movie news this week and an at-capacity trailer park. We did two shows for you this time, Amazon Prime’s ‘Fallout’ and Marvel’s ‘X-Men ‘97’. It’s a great time for TV. Also several bites of Buncha Crunch this episode. You can also check out our animated version of our show on YouTube at VaguelyNerdyPodcast (link at the bottom of the description).
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Time codes:
0:00 - Start
0:17 - Movie Trivia
4:44 - Upfront 2024
5:15 - ‘Mr & Mrs Smith’ renewed for Season 2
7:04 - ‘Spider-Man Noir” greenly with Nicolas Cage
8:47 - ‘Tomb Raider’ series coming to Amazon.
10:45 - ’The Boys’ renewed for Season 5
12:19 - ‘Mortal Kombat 2’ release date
12:52 - ‘Supergirl’ film release date
13:27 - ‘Weapons’ film announced
14:40 - ‘Agatha All Along’ revealed
16:59 - ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ & ‘Ironheart’ release dates
19:00 - ’77 Blackout’ with Mahershala Ali & Tom Hardy
20:17 - ‘Empire State’ with Gerard Butler announced
23:03 - ‘The Entertainment System Is Down’ film
26:06 - ‘Bad Boys for Life’ trailer
27:52 - ‘LONGLEGS’ trailer
29:19 - ‘Rings of Power’ Season 2 trailer
31:43 - ‘Megalopolis’ trailer & controversy
35:47 - ‘Wicked’ trailer
37:58 - ‘Dune: Prophecy’ series trailer
40:09 - ‘Never Let Go’ trailer w/ Halle Berry
43:08 - Cillian Murphy returns for ’28 Years Later’
43:52 - Natasha Lyonne joins ‘Fantastic Four’
46:12 - Donnie Yen ‘John Wick’ spinoff
48:09 - Cameron Diaz is ‘Back in Action’
49:22 - ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’ revival
51:57 - Zac Efron’s ‘80s slasher ‘Night Business’
53:54 - Blumhouse movie delays
55:53 - New ‘Insidious’ in the works
57:12 - ‘Terminator Zero’ anime first look
1:00:53 - SHOW REVIEW #1 - Fallout (Full spoilers)
1:37:37 - SHOW REVIEW #2 - X-Men ‘97 (Full spoilers)
2:21:49 - What’s Up Next
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34: Ghostbusters Frozen Empire
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03/25/24 • 134 min
We are drowning in news AND trailers this week. The musical universe is coming, Marvel had a interesting announcement week and premiere of X-Men 97, a full trailer park, and a healthy size of quick bits!
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0:00 - Start
00:17 - Movie Trivia
02:44 - ‘Joker 2’: The Musical
09:00 - Ryan Coogler & a Prince musical
12:50 - Da’Vine Joy Randolph...in a musical
15:02 - ‘Eyes of Wakanda’ director announced
18:30 - Bucky & Zemo not in Captain America 4
21:27 - Aaron Pierre no longer in ‘Blade’
24:27 - ‘Marvel:1943 Rise of Hydra’ video game trailer
29:28 - Another Kang Rumor
32:06 - ‘X-Men 97’ thoughts on the first 2 episodes
40:24 - ‘Alien:Romulus’ trailer
48:12 - ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ trailer
51:14 - ‘The Penguin’ series trailer
54:20 - ‘The Acolyte’ series trailer
1:01:25 - Second ‘Furiosa’ trailer
1:03:03 - ‘Supacell’ trailer
1:05:57 - ‘Rebel Moon: Part 2’ trailer
1:08:27 - Quick Bits featuring Jeffrey Wright, Ryan Coogler’s vampire movie, Jeff Goldblum, new animated series ‘Ark’, live action films for ‘THE SIMS’, ‘The Neverending Story’, and ‘Popeye’, and more Cat in the Hat casting new
1:22:01 - Movie Review: Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (FULL SPOILER SEGMENT)
2:12:25 - What’s Up Next
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80: Heart Eyes
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02/10/25 • 123 min
Nothing like a holiday themed slasher! Check out our review of Heart Eyes. Before that we talk about the Fantastic 4, Jurassic World Rebirth, and M3GAN 2.0 teaser trailers
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0:00 - Start
0:16 - Movie Trivia: ‘HEART EYES’
4:06 - ‘GUNDAM’ live-action movie
10:17 - ‘BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER’ reboot
19:27 - ‘M3GAN 2.0’ teaser
24:43 - ‘Final Destination: Bloodlines’ trailer
33:48 - ‘Fantastic Four: First Steps’ trailer
41:22 - ‘Jurassic World: Rebirth’ trailer
52:42 - Buncha-Crunch: More, ‘SCREAM 7’ castings, ‘VISION QUEST’ might have a ‘Tommy’, Corey Stoll joins ‘MATCHBOX’ movie
58:35 - MOVIE REVIEW - Heart Eyes (spoilers @ 1:12:21)
2:00:32 - What’s Up Next
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45: Bad Boys - Ride or Die
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06/10/24 • 114 min
Bad boys, bad boys, Whatcha gonna dooooo??? Watch this 4th installment of the franchise that’s what. Before we get into though, we have Marvel Avengers chatter, a sizable number of cars in our trailer park, and a full box of quick bits of news for our Buncha Crunch segment.
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Time codes:
0:00 - Start
0:49 - Movie Trivia
06:33 - Avengers 5 chatter
13:51 - Prey / Predator upcoming movies w/ Elle Fanning
18:49 - ‘Four Seasons’ Series on Netflix
21:33 - ‘The Acolyte’ Series - Our first impression (spoilers @ 30:23)
39:37 - ‘Venom: The Last Dance’ Trailer
42:48 - ‘Alien: Romulus’ trailer
47:20 - ‘MaXXXine’ final trailer
49:20 - ‘Piece by Piece’ (a Pharrell Williams Lego Biopic) trailer
51:55 - ‘The Killer’s Game’ trailer
55:48 - Jake Gyllenhaal joins ‘The Bride’
56:16 - Grant Sputore directing upcoming Monsterverse movie
57:57 - Knives Out 3 cast Thanos and The Sandman
58:39 - Tom Blyth and Sophie Wilde cast in upcoming ‘Watch Dogs’ movie adaptation
1:00:21 - ‘Peaky Blinders’ film is coming with Cillian Murphy
1:00:42 - Fast X : Part 2 gets a scribe
1:02:55 - Another ‘Hunger Games’ movie announced
1:05:16 - Quinta Brunson and Anderson.Paak join untitled Pharrell Williams musical
1:05:55 - Tyler Perry’s ‘Straw’ coming to Netflix
1:07:14 - MOVIE REVIEW: Bad Boys - Ride or Die (spoilers @ 1:19:10)
1:52:55 - What’s Up Next
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How many episodes does Vaguely Nerdy have?
Vaguely Nerdy currently has 93 episodes available.
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The podcast is about Podcasts and Tv & Film.
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The episode title 'Show Trailer' is the most popular.
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The average episode length on Vaguely Nerdy is 113 minutes.
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The first episode of Vaguely Nerdy was released on Aug 6, 2023.
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