Swiss Army Man is unique, touching and bat-shit crazy. Few films have a fart-powered jet-ski corpse in the first ten minutes. On the verge of suicide, one man is taught to live again by his new best friend - a dead [...]

Comparisons to The Martian do this 2016 sci-fi thriller no favours, but Approaching the Unknown is a slow journey to Mars. Debuting in June 2016, Approaching the Unknown, perhaps, sought to cash in on the success of the previous year's big screen [...]

Growing up geek in 'The Bottoms', is a challenge on the best of days. Get caught up in a gang drug deal? Malcolm's life just got complicated. Set against a backdrop of Inglewood's tough neighbourhood knows as The Bottoms, three high-school [...]

Move over Brendan Fraser! Now it's Tom Cruise's turn to take on The Mummy! Background The only version of Universal’s The Mummy I’ve ever watched is the 1999 version of the same name starring Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz. The film was a [...]

Ridley Scott! Put down the Alien franchise and back away slowly! Warning: This review contains major spoilers! Background I’ve written about my love for the Alien franchise many times here at The Unheard Nerd, so it was with a mixture of trepidation and [...]

The inspiration for Mike Pecci's new sci-fi horror short 12 Kilometers came from the writer/director's worst nightmares as he recovered from a potentially life-threatening head injury.  Following a serious head injury that left the film director with a cracked skull and hematoma, [...]

  Is Life just another monster trapped on a spaceship film or can it offer something new? I saw the trailer for Life and let the film pass me by. It looked like another science fiction horror film in space much in [...]

Mr Robot this ain't! John reviews the 1995 film Hackers starring Johnny Lee Miller and Angelina Jolie. Background Hackers (1995) Normally I introduce a retro review with my memories of the film in question and how it integrated into my life. Unfortunately, Hackers [...]

Bad Rap highlights the adversity four Asian American rappers face, trying to break into mainstream hip-hop. Every up-and-coming rapper faces the seemingly impossible challenge of getting their voice heard in a competitive and saturated market. 'Bad Rap' is a documentary that follows the [...]

Can Marvel make it two-times frickin' awesome, or is Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2 just a difficult second mixtape? The first 'Guardians of the Galaxy' movie proved to be an unprecedented success for Marvel. The studio worked their magic and brought [...]