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Nerdrotic and The Critical Drinker Discussed the Oscars with Piers Morgan

AlexGherzo | Mar 11, 2024 | 3

The 199 is getting mainstream attention. Today, British broadcaster Piers Morgan had Gary from Nerdrotic and the Critical Drinker as guests on his YouTube show, Piers Morgan Uncensored, to discuss the Oscars with correspondent Ava Santina and commentator Esther Krakue, who were in the studio. The de...

Nightmarish Willy Wonka Experience Inspires a Horror Movie

AlexGherzo | Mar 4, 2024 | 0

You know those lousy, low-budget horror movies they make out of children’s properties like Winnie the Pooh and the newly free-to-use Mickey Mouse from Steamboat Willy? Well, they may have finally found a good source to adapt. If you haven’t heard the story, a children’s event based on the clas...

24 Director Jon Cassar Joins the Critical Drinker’s Rogue Elements

AlexGherzo | Feb 25, 2024 | 2

The Critical Drinker’s new movie is getting a helping hand from the guy who shepherded Jack Bauer’s journey. In a new livestream, the Drinker announced that Jon Cassar is coming aboard Rogue Elements: A Ryan Drake Story, the short film based on Drinker’s novels, presumably as a producer. If yo...

Rogue Elements Trailer Brings the Critical Drinker’s Books to the Screen

AlexGherzo | Feb 23, 2024 | 0

The Critical Drinker has become what he has beheld, but not in the bad way Eliot Ness meant. If you follow his channel, you’ll know that the Drinker is also the author of a series of action novels featuring former British soldier and current CIA operative Ryan Drake. And over the past year, he’s...

Disney Still Thinks the Audience is the Problem

AlexGherzo | Feb 20, 2024 | 0

Time and again, Hollywood sends the message that it refuses to learn from its mistakes. Sonny Bunch, the culture editor at The Bulwark, posted a screenshot of something Matt Belloni of Puck shared in his newsletter. It’s a direct message Belloni received from “a Disney executive” talking about...