It's safe to say that in the modern world, declaring that you're a nerd is one of the coolest things you can do. But it wasn't always this way. In the '80s, when use of the word became widespread for ...

It's time for me to finally unveil my list of favorite movies. While thinking of what would make the list, I realized I had to split it into two categories: best of all time and contenders for the top ...

When I was picking movies for this year’s Film Nerd 2.0 with my sons, we went through books full of DVDs and shelves full of Blu-rays, discussing things that interested them, explaining things they ...

There is no bigger question for kids as they watch a film, particularly one that exposes them to an adult world they have no personal experience of so far. And once they start asking “Why?”, it opens ...

Is Wes Anderson a nerd? In 2018, plenty of people would reach for other words first: hipster, twee, problematic (who isn’t?), or maybe the dreaded catch-all of “quirky.” If Anderson is considered ...

When hard-core film buffs go to sleep at night, Cinema Revolution is what they dream about. It’s a sleekly designed DVD rental store that specializes in foreign and independent films. While there are ...

2012 brought dreams to life, saw endings and beginnings of series, and threw in a few surprises, too. This might have been one of the best years for movies in the past decade. Every year, there are ...

As part of the film’s ongoing campaign for vindication of that much-maligned American subspecies the nerd, Internet ubergeek Harry Knowles will team with HBO Films and Fine Line to host a special ...

Festival Ambassador for this year’s Tokyo International Film Festival, Hashimoto Ai is an inspired choice for the role and not only because she is an A-list actor who has starred in hit TV series ...

Paramount is sending Adam Sztykiel to “Nerd Camp,” its feature project about summer programs for gifted children that’s being developed by Nickelodeon Films and Tollin/Robbins Prods. Sztykiel will pen ...