Nerdy and Nice: A Pop Culture Podcast

Tom Cruise is going all in for his elusive Oscar with The Digger. We discuss the trailer for that, I Play Rocky (what’s with the voice?), and Andy Serkis’ production teaser for The Hunt of Gollum. We also discuss the dominance of Christopher Nolan as The Odyssey crushes in its opening week. And The Batman II gets delayed once again to 2028 and everyone seems so eager to blame J.J. Abrams for it. But at least Matt Reeves released a 30 second camera test of Robert Pattison in the suit in the rain…right? Guys? 

We close things out by talking about what we’re watching. John reviews Obsession, Lacey says Disney phoned it in with Moana 2, and James unleashes his unconditional love for the movie Pop Star, proving tricycles defeat bicycles every time. 

Mondays are for the nerds! Thanks for having fun with us and we hope you enjoy the podcast! 

This week on Nerdy & Nice, we're reacting to brand-new looks at DUNE: Part Three, WERWULF, The Wrong Girls, and the animated sci-fi adventure Not Alone. Which trailer has us most excited, and which one surprised us the most?Then we're breaking down the biggest entertainment headlines, including the 2026 Emmy nominations, John Oliver's hilarious soap opera debut on General Hospital, the Britney Spears biopic finding its writer, and Warner Bros. developing a brand-new Free Willy reboot.Join us every Monday as we catch up on everything happening across movies, TV, and pop culture.

Sequels for Forgetting Sarah Marshall and Lindsay Lohan’s Parent Trap are reportedly in the works, we discuss that and more including trailers for Netflix’s Wonka reality competition, the Hershey biopic, and Lacey Chabert’s latest Hallmark/Disney Christmas movie. 

Mondays are for the nerds! Thanks for having fun with us and we hope you enjoy the podcast!

Big trailers to discuss this week with Will Ferrell’s sports comedy return in The Hawk, plus Batman: Knightfall, Klara and the Sun, and Tom Cruise’s career-montage trailer for The Digger. We also get into the misfire of expanded universe attempts in things like Ghostbusters and Blair Witch, and we close things out with what we’re watching, like how disturbing Maternal Instincts was on Netflix. 

Mondays are for the nerds! Thanks for having fun with us and we hope you enjoy the podcast! 

John and James hold down the nerd fort this week and we’re talking trailers, Marvel being worried about finale failures, and we guess the plot of Jim Carrey’s Grinch 2. Also, whoever replaces Hugh Jackman as the new Wolverine will be in an almost impossible situation. And since Lacey isn’t here, we guess which trailers she would have liked and disliked! How’d we do Lacey? That and more fun including what we’re watching AND not watching. 

Mondays are for the nerds! Thanks for having fun with us and we hope you enjoy the podcast! 

We review five trailers this week: Moana, The Social Reckoning, Whalefall, Elle, and the internet-breaking leaked Spider-Man Brand New Day. 

Plus Toy Story 5 might be the most relevant entry in the franchise, 24 Jump Street, an actual dog in the new Scooby Doo series, and Spielberg was supposed to helm the original Harry Potter movie! We also run through what we’ve been watching!

Mondays are for the nerds! Thanks for having fun with us and we hope you enjoy the podcast! 

The final Supergirl trailer has arrived, let’s take a look at this thing! Speaking of looks, we get our first real look at Lex Luthor in his Warsuit for next year’s epic Superman sequel Man of Tomorrow! And on the other side of the aisle, Tom Holland has the Spider-Man Brand New Day Producers do things the Christopher Nolan way! Peter Parker lays down the law as box office and popcorn isn’t enough for Spidey! 

Plus we have an interesting main discussion! Has the streaming model impacted the communal aspect of event television? Are new TV shows less memorable because we don’t talk about them with people? That and more including what we’ve been watching! 

Mondays are for the nerds! Thanks for having fun with us and we hope you enjoy the podcast! 

Let’s talk about these final trailers for Masters of the Universe, Disclosure Day, and Toy Story 5!

Plus, the theatrical war of big studio sequels and reboots versus independent horror films, and somehow the big studio stuff is losing?! Well, not always, as we dig into why The Devil Wears Prada 2 was so successful. That and more including what we’ve been watching! 

Mondays are for the nerds! Thanks for having fun with us and we hope you enjoy the podcast! 

James Baney joins us on a nerdy Thursday! Top Gun 3 is officially official, but Joseph Kosinski is not returning to direct. So who is? We have our guesses. Plus we review the trailers for Focker In Law, Super Troopers 3, Street Fighter, and Practical Magic 2, which debuts on the 25th anniversary of 9/11. 

That and more including Marvel and DC news, and has Ryan Reynolds charm worn off? 

Thanks for having fun with us and we hope you enjoy the podcast! 

Big time trailers for The Punisher and Hunger Games! Plus new details and posters for Spider-Man Brand New Day, and look out Lois Lane, as Adria Arjona is set to play Maxima in Superman Man of Tomorrow. And if you learn about her character history, she might have her sights set on Kal-El!
We close things out by letting you know what we’ve been watching! Thanks for having fun with us and we hope you enjoy the podcast!