Indie horror film fans who live in the Central East Coast region took a hit in 2012 when Horrorfind apparently shut its doors for the foreseeable future. Horrorfind, the annual Gettysburg, Pennsylvania film festival and horror convention, had started carving out a nice reputation for itself as a fun little convention and for running a film festival... Continue Reading →
Zack Whedon To Write Serenity Comic Series Leaves on the Wind – First Issue Due January 29
Remember when we told you about the new Serenity comic series? It looks like things are moving ahead rather quickly! It was announced today that Zack Whedon (Joss Whedon's brother) will be writing Serenity: Leaves on the Wind, a six-issue comic series (at least for now) which takes place after the events of the film. The... Continue Reading →
Gravity: A Heart-Stopping Masterpiece (Review)
REVIEW NOTE: The following is based on an IMAX 3D viewing.After years in development, Alfonso Cuarón's Gravity has finally been released. The wait has been well worth it as Cuarón has created not only a non-stop heart-pounding thriller but also one of the best films of the year.The premise of the film is simple. Dr.... Continue Reading →
A Nerdy Minds Exclusive with The Doctor Himself on the Lost Episodes of Doctor Who
Some news days are better than other, and today is a news day for the books. It seems that quite a few new episodes of classic Doctor Who have been discovered in Ethiopia. The episodes are said to feature the second Doctor, Patrick Troughton. After a similar hoax earlier this year, we were concerned with... Continue Reading →
A Legendary Godzilla is Coming
See the teaser trailer. An epic rebirth to Toho's iconic Godzilla, this spectacular adventure, from Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures, pits the world's most famous monster against malevolent creatures who, bolstered by humanity's scientific arrogance, threaten our very existence. And, dang, it at least visually looks good from what can be seen in the... Continue Reading →
ReBoot Gets Rebooted
Who here remembers ReBoot? Recognized as the first completely computer generated 30-minute television show, the show ran from 1994 to 2001 and followed the adventures of Guardians charged with protecting the citizens of a city called Mainframe from various threats. Some of these threats took the form of users. Bob, our hero, would enter games... Continue Reading →
Know Your Monsters: The Chinese Vampire
In this hyper-political age we’ve seen what seems to be an almost unending debate among the political class of this land over the highly charged topic of immigration reform. Countless hours are spent arguing whether this person or that person should be allowed citizenship for this country, whether still others should even be allowed into... Continue Reading →
They’re Not Bad – They Were Just Filmed That Way: The Brainiac
The month of October is upon us, and it’s that time of year when every major magazine and entertainment news show rolls out their own list of the best horror movies (EVER!) that should be on your required viewing list as we run up to Halloween. This series will not be that kind of list.... Continue Reading →
“Love for Venus”: An Indiegogo Charity Campaign to Help One of our Own Through a Tragedy
Over the next week or so, Nerdy Minds will be publishing a good bit of content on Anime Weekend Atlanta, a convention that took place last weekend. This article, though, while relevant to the convention, starts before the con. Last Wednesday, two days before she was supposed to attend AWA, a cosplayer named Kathleen Morphew (also... Continue Reading →
New The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Trailer
Warner Bros. has just released a new trailer for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. There is a good bit of new footage mixed in with some recycled footage from the first trailer. The biggest reveal of the whole trailer is at the end when they finally reveal what the dragon Smaug (Benedict Cumbertbatch) will... Continue Reading →