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The Film Blerds

By: Brandon Norwood and Jeff Stewart

Trenton, NJ, USA

A concise deep-dive look at movies (and some pop culture) by 2 of the Blerdiest guys around, your ho... Read More

Episodes

  • 65 / LUTHER: THE FALLEN SUN / THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD, PART II

    Bob Iger stepping in to refocus Marvel and Star Wars for quality over quantity Bob Iger wants Disney back in the hom ... Morek in the home media game less on streaming

    James Gunn rumored to be directing SUPERMAN: LEGACY

    THE FLASH to world premiere at CinemaCon in April

    The Oscars

    THE LAST OF US, PERRY MASON, THE MANDALORIAN, POKER FACE discussion

    What Have You Watched Lately?

    Trailer Talk:

    NO HARD FEELINGS

    THE LITTLE MERMAID

    Main review:

    HISTORY OF THE WORLD, PART II

    LUTHER: THE FALLEN SUN

    65 Less

  • SCREAM VI & OPERATION FORTUNE: RUSE DE GUERRE

    The Lobby: Weekend Box Office DUNE: THE SISTERHOOD going under significant changes with Johan Renck and Shirley H ... Moreohan Renck and Shirley Henderson leaving

    New HELLBOY reboot movie in development

    PORTLANDIA co-creator Johnathan Krissel in talks to direct DETECTIVE PIKACHU sequel

    John Bernthal back as Punisher in DAREDEVIL: BORN AGAIN

    BARRY Season 4 is the final season.

    RIP Tom Sizemore

    Pedro Pascal with yungins', PERRY MASON and POKER FACE discussion.

    What Have You Watched Lately?

    Trailer Talk:

    SUCCESSION Season 4 Trailer

    THE BLACKING

    GHOSTED

    HAUNTED MANISON

    TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: MUTANT MAYHEM

    Main review:

    CHRIS ROCK: SELECTIVE OUTRAGE

    OPERATION FORTUNE: RUSE DE GUERRE

    SCREAM VI Less

  • COCAINE BEAR

    Mike Colter to star in PLANE sequel, SHIP MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - DEAD RECKONING PART ONE rumored to be 3 hours IT p ... Moreours

    IT prequel series WELCOME TO DERRY ordered to series at HBO Max. Andy Muschetti to direct multiple episodes.

    Several new LORD OF THE RINGS movies in development at Warner Brothers Discovery

    SUCCESSION Season 4 is the final season.

    What Have You Watched Lately?

    Trailer Talk:

    PAST LIVES

    ABOUT MY FATHER

    Main review:

    COCAINE BEAR Less

  • CREED III / TIT-TANIC 4K UHD 3D (re-release) / MARLOWE

    The Lobby: JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 4 is 2 hours and 50 minutes Michael Douglas would only return for ANT-MAN 4 if he ... Moreurn for ANT-MAN 4 if he could be killed off.

    Zack Galifianakis to star in live-action LILO & STITCH

    THE MARVELS swaps release dates with THE HAUNTED MANISON

    Bruce Willis has dementia

    Marvel to scale back on TV shows

    HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON live-action movie in the work from the OG trilogy creator Dean DuBois returning to once again write, produce, and direct. March 14th, 2025 release.

    Patrick Dempsey in talks to star in Eli Roth's THANKSGIVING.

    POKER FACE renewed for Season 2.

    RIP Raquel Welch and Richard Belzer.

    THE LAST OF US Episode 6.

    What Have You Watched Lately?

    Trailer Talk:

    TETRIS

    SISU

    BOSTON STRANGLER

    Main review:

    MARLOWE (Brandon solo)

    TIT-TANIC 4K UHD 3D re-release (Brandon solo)

    CREED III Less

  • ANT-MAN AND THE WASP: QUANTIUMANIA & MAGIC MIKE'S LAST DANCE

    The Lobby: Disney+ loses 2.4 million subscribers. Bob Iger announces that 7k employees will be laid off to save 5.5 b ... Moreo save 5.5 billion. In addition ZOOTOPIA 2, FROZEN 3, and TOY STORY 5 greenlit.

    Freddie Prinz Jr. and Jennifer Love Hewitt are in talks for I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER sequel

    SPIDER-MAN NOIR live action series in development at Amazon.

    Peter Safrin says BATGIRL would've destroyed the DC brand

    RIDDICK: FURYA greenlit with director David Twohy and Vin Diesel returning

    RIP Trugoy the Dove aka Plug 2 of De La Soul

    THE LAST OF US Episode 5

    What Have You Watched Lately?

    Trailer Talk:

    ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT'S ME MARGARET

    GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL 3 new trailer (Jeff solo)

    STRAYS

    PAINT

    SUCCESSION Season 4

    AIR

    LUTHER: THE FALLEN SUN

    THE FLASH

    FAST X

    Main review:

    MAGIC MIKE'S LAST DANCE

    ANT-MAN AND THE WASP: QUANTIUMANIA Less

  • YOU PEOPLE, KNOCK AT THE CABIN, INFINITY POOL, 80 FOR BRADY, FEAR

    The Lobby: Brandon's further thoughts on SKINAMARINK Razzie nominations Oscar nominations The DC Universe ... Morescar nominations

    The DC Universe slate called CHAPTER 1: GODS AND MONSTERS

    Galactus is rumored to be in the main villain in FANTASTIC FOUR with Doctor Doom being the next saga villain

    Ridley Scott's GLADIATOR sequel is coming November 22, 2024

    THAT '90s SHOW renewed for Season 2.

    THE TERMINAL LIST renewed for second season based off next novel in the series. Chris Pratt returning. Spin-off prequel with Taylor Kitsch also greenlit.

    BAD BOYS 4 a go with entire creative team from BAD BOYS FOR LIFE returning.

    RIP Annie Wersching

    THE LAST OF US Episodes 3 & 4

    What Have You Watched Lately?

    Brandon's picks of the episode:
    POKER FACE so far
    THE RESORT Season 1

    Trailer Talk:

    Moving On

    SHAZAM!: FURY OF THE GODS second trailer (Jeff solo)

    The Boogeyman

    Polite Society

    Big George Foreman

    Guy Ritchie's The Covenant

    Main review:

    SHOTGUN WEDDING (Brandon solo)

    80 FOR BRADY (Brandon solo)

    INFINITY POOL (Jeff solo)

    FEAR (Brandon solo)

    KNOCK AT THE CABIN (Brandon solo)

    YOU PEOPLE Less

  • PLANE, SICK, and SKINAMARINK

    The Lobby: (02:40) Alec Baldwin and Hannah Gutteriz-Reed charged with involuntary manslaughter of Halyna Hucthins on ... MoreHucthins on the of RUST by Santa Fe County DA Mary Carmack-Altwies

    Cobra Kai renewed for 6th and final season 

    Chad Stahlelski to direct the Michael B. Jordan starring and producing WITHOUT REMORSE sequel RAINBOW SIX.

    Meryl Streep joins ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING Season 3.

    Morgan Freeman and Nicole Kidman are doing Taylor Sherdian's new show LIONESS on Paramount+ about the CIA 

    M3GAN sequel a go! M3GAN 2.0. Alison Williams bumped up from executive producer to producer.

    Jared Leto's TRON 3 on again this time with director Joachim Rønning. Titled TRON: ARES

    RIP Lisa Marie Pressly 

    THE LAST OF US discussion: Episodes 1 & 2 (37:02)

    What Have You Watched Lately? (1:03:24)

    Trailer Talk: (2:20:07)

    Rye Lane

    SCREAM VI full trailer 

    THE MANDALORIAN Season 3 trailer 

    Main review: (2:32:47)

    SKINAMARINK 

    SICK 

    PLANE Less

  • MISSING & HOUSE PARTY (2023)

    The Lobby: Yann Demange to direct BLADE MEGALOPIS in trouble? The Rock demands for BLACK ADAM WB execs want ... Morends for BLACK ADAM

    WB execs want to keep Ezra. James Gunn doesn't know

    AVATAR 3 features bad Na'vi and good humans.

    What Have You Watched Lately?

    Trailer Talk:

    Beau is Afraid

    Evil Dead Rise

    Reinfeld

    Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantiumania trailer 2 (Jeff solo)

    Oppenheimer IMAX trailer (Brandon solo)

    Main review:

    Missing

    House Party Less

  • M3GAN

    What Have You Watched Lately?

    Trailer Talk:

    Perry Mason Season 2

    White House Plumbers

    Main review:

    M3GAN

  • The Best of 2022

    The Lobby: The Rock's Black Adam is out of James Gunn's DCU (for now) Jason Momoa and John Cena teaming up for act ... More Cena teaming up for action comedy Killer Vacation after meeting in the set of FAST X. Project set at WB

    RIP Stephen Boss aka Twitch

    What Have You Watched Lately?

    Trailer Talk (all on YouTube):

    Mission: Impossible stunt behind the scenes

    Creed III IMAX featuerette

    Barbie

    Oppenheimer

    Main:

    Best of 2022 Less

  • BABYLON

    The Lobby: DC Films starts from scratch? HBO Max cancels more shows and pulls them from the streamer. OPPENHEI ... Moree streamer.

    OPPENHEIMER news

    What Have You Watched Lately?

    Trailer Talk:

    65

    Scream VI

    Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse

    Main review:

    BABYLON Less

  • AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER

    Brandon and Jeff discuss AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER in High Frame Rate 3D presented in Dolby Cinema.

  • PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH, VIOLENT NIGHT, GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY HOLIDAY SPECIAL

    The Lobby: GLASS ONION grosses nearly $20 million at a week on 650 screens. Netflix CEOs say they don't need theaters ... Moreeed theaters.

    What Have You Watched Lately?

    Trailer Talk:
    NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: KAHMUNRAH RISES AGAIN

    THE LAST OF US full trailer

    INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY

    GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3

    TRANSFORMERS: RISE OF THE BEASTS

    Main review:

    SAINT OMER (Brandon solo)

    THE PALE BLUE EYE (Brandon solo)

    EMANCIPATION (Brandon solo)

    Guillermo del Toro's PINOCCHIO

    THE GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY HOLIDAY SPECIAL

    VIOLENT NIGHT

    PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH Less

  • GLASS ONION / STRANGE WORLD / DISENCHANTED / A CHRISTMAS STORY CHRISTMAS / WENDELL & WILD

    Tarantino's next project to be an 8 part miniseries James Wan's Atmoic Monster and Jason Blum's Blumhouse to combine ... Moree to combine into a horror juggernaut production company

    Bob Iger returns to Disney as CEO replacing Bob Chapek

    RIP Kevin Conroy and Jason David Frank

    What Have You Watched Lately?

    Trailer Talk:

    John Wick: Chapter 4

    Main review:

    Wakanda Forever spoiler review

    Wendell & Wild

    Strange World (Brandon solo)

    Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (Brandon solo)

    Slumberland

    A Christmas Story Christmas

    Disenchanted Less

  • DEVOTION / THE WHALE / SHE SAID / TOP GUN: MAVERICK (REVISITED)

    The Lobby: Spielberg has found his BULLIT in Bradley Cooper. Radio Silence doing an ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK remake. ... MoreE FROM NEW YORK remake.

    What Have You Watched Lately?

    Trailer Talk:

    Magic Mike's Last Dance

    Elemental

    Main review:

    Top Gun: Maverick revisited

    She Said

    Devotion

    The Whale Less

  • BLACK PANTHER: WANKANDA FOREVER / THE FABELMANS / WOMEN TALKING

    The Lobby: DC Films now under the leadership of James Gunn and producer Peter Safrin AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER is 3 ... MoreR: THE WAY OF WATER is 3 hours and 10 minutes

    WESTWORLD canceled

    Russo Brothers say the live-action HERCULES remake will be inspired by TikTok

    What Have You Watched Lately?

    Trailer Talk:
    AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER trailer 2 (Jeff solo)

    ANT-MAN AND THE WASP: QUANTUMANIA

    THE GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY HOLIDAY SPECIAL

    Main review:

    BARDO (Brandon solo)

    DON'T WORRY DARLING (quick review)

    THE FABELMANS

    WOMEN TALKING

    BLACK PANTHER: WANKANDA FOREVER Less

  • Black Adam / Halloween Ends / Bones and All / Armageddon Time / The Inspection

    The Lobby: Ezra Miller facing 26 years in prison. DC Films is ramping up amid a search for new leadership. Ha ... Morer new leadership.

    Harrison Ford replaces William Hurt in the role of General Ross in the MCU (at the very end of the show)

    What Have You Watched Lately?

    Trailer Talk:

    A Christmas Story Christmas

    Creed III

    Main review:

    Armageddon Time (Brandon solo)

    The Inspection

    Bones and All

    Halloween Ends

    Black Adam Less

  • Hellrasier / Werewolf by Night / Decision to Leave / Banshees of Inisherin / Aftersun

    HAUNTING IN VENICE set to be released in 2023. Brandon's adventures at the 2022 New York Comic-Con. What Have You ... More
    What Have You Watched Lately?

    Trailer Talk:

    Knock at the Cabin

    Main review:

    Aftersun (Brandon solo)

    Decision to Leave (Brandon solo)

    Banshees of Inisherin (Brandon solo)

    Hellrasier

    Werewolf by Night Less

  • Tár / Triangle of Sadness / Smile / Hocus Pocus 2 / Nanny

    The Lobby What Have You Watched Lately? Trailer Talk: Emancipation The Last of Us Main review: Nanny ... More
    The Last of Us

    Main review:
    Nanny
    Smile (Jeff solo)
    Tár (Brandon solo)
    Triangle of Sadness
    Hocus Pocus 2 Less

  • Amsterdam / Avatar (2022 Re-release)

    The Lobby
    What have you been watching
    Main Review: Amsterdam & Avatar