04th Dec2023

‘EXmas’ Review

by Alain Elliott

Stars: Robbie Amell, Leighton Meester, Michael Hitchcock, Kathryn Greenwood, Veronika Slowikowska, Steven Huy | Written by Dan Steele | Directed by Jonah Feingold Continuing my new Christmas movie watching for Nerdly, EXmas features on the Amazon-linked app Freevee, and sees Graham (Robbie Amell) surprise his family at Christmas only to discover that his ex-fiancée, Ali […]

27th Nov2023

‘Dashing Through the Snow’ Review (Disney+)

by Alain Elliott

Stars: Ludacris, Lil Rey Howery, Madison Skye Validum, Teyonah Parris, Oscar Nuñez, Ravi Patel, Marcus Lewis, Mary Lynn Rajskub | Written by Scott Rosenberg | Directed by Tim Story Not only do Disney have a second season of The Santa Clauses being released this holiday season, they also have a handful of new festive movies […]

21st Nov2023

‘Best. Christmas. Ever!’ Review (Netflix)

by Alain Elliott

Stars: Brandy Norwood, Heather Graham, Jason Biggs, Matt Cedeño, Wyatt Hunt, Abby Villasmil, Madison Skye Validum, Nadia Sine | Written by Todd Calgi Gallicano, Charles Shyer | Directed by Mary Lambert I will start this review by declaring that that title annoys me much more than it should. Why the full stops and the exclamation […]

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09th Nov2023

‘Project Z’ Review

by Alain Elliott

Stars: Eili Harboe, Dennis Storhoi, Regina Tucker, Vebjorn Enger, Jonis Jesf, Iben Akerlie, Arthur Berning | Written and Directed by Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken Like many people, you might think you’ve seen everything when it comes to zombie movies. But there’s always somebody with a new idea, a fresh and original take on the horror genre. […]

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03rd Nov2023

‘Splinter’ Review (Amazon Prime)

by Alain Elliott

Stars: Bill Fellows, Jane Asher, Michael McKell, Lucy-Jane Quinlan, Dylan Reeves-Fellows, Sharon Lawrence, Caleb J. Burton | Written and Directed by David Bryant It’s never too early to review Christmas movies is it?! In fact, this isn’t the first Christmas horror movie I’ve reviewed for Nerdly this year, but now it’s November expect a few […]

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12th Oct2023

‘Cry, The Beloved Country’ Blu-ray Review

by Alain Elliott

Stars: Canada Lee, Charles Carson, Sidney Poitier, Joyce Carey, Geoffrey Keen, Vivien Clinton, Michael Goodliffe, Albertina Temba, Edric Connor, Lionel Ngakane, Charles McRae | Written by John Howard Lawson | Directed by Zoltan Korda Released in celebration of Black History Month, Studio Canal reveal this 4k Restoration of the seminal British classic from 1951, Cry, The […]

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14th Sep2023

‘Rally Road Racers’ Review

by Alain Elliott

Features the voices of: J.K. Simmons, Jimmy O. Yang, Chloe Bennet, Sharon Horgan, Lisa Lu, Catherine Tate, John Cleese | Written and Directed by Ross Venokur It must be kind of difficult for any modern-day animated filmmakers to make a film that is going to be popular. Outside of Disney/Pixar, Dreamworks and Studio Ghibli, It’s […]

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30th Aug2023

Frightfest 2023: ‘Minore’ Review

by Alain Elliott

Stars: Davide Tucci, Efi Papatheodorou, Daphne Alexander, Apollon Bollas, Igor Górewicz | Written by Konstantinos Koutsoliotas, Elizabeth E. Schuch | Directed by Konstantinos Koutsoliotas I’m not sure I was quite prepared for how strange Minore is. That is definitely a good thing though. I will keep my review as spoiler-free as possible because it really […]

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29th Aug2023

Frightfest 2023: ‘Thorns’ Review

by Alain Elliott

Stars: Jon Bennett, Cassandra Schomer, Bo Shumaker, Doug Bradley, Pamela Martin, Lillie Angel, Brigid Casey, Elly Schulze | Written and Directed by Douglas Schulze The people behind promoting Thorns knew exactly what they were doing. A lot of the imagery I saw showed a ‘monster’ of sorts wearing mainly black and with a crown of […]

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28th Aug2023

Frightfest 2023: ‘Home Sweet Home – Where Evil Lives’ Review

by Alain Elliott

Stars: Nilam Farooq, David Kross, Justus von Dohnányi | Written and Directed by Thomas Sieben I do have a pretty poor reason for wanting to watch Home Sweet Home: Where Evil Lives. At least initially anyway because the reason being is that it holds the same title (Home Sweet Home) as the first book I […]

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28th Aug2023

Frightfest 2023: ‘Werewolf Santa’ Review

by Alain Elliott

Stars: Katherine Rodden, Mark Arnold, Emily Booth, Joe Bob Briggs, Cory Peterson, Roxanne Gregory, Charlie Preston | Written and Directed by Airell Anthony Hayles You’d think Christmas horror films up until now had covered it all. Where can you go after all the killer Santas, snowmen and elves? Well, not too long ago, Krampus was […]

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24th Aug2023

‘Demonic Toys: Jack Attack’ Review

by Alain Elliott

Stars: Taylor Abigail Rice, Sean Ramey, Carson Polish | Written and Directed by William Butler I remember enjoying the original 1992 Demonic Toys and its low-budget horror charm, and while easily forgettable there was plenty to enjoy about the sequels too. But as the last one was released in 2010, it came as a surprise […]

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14th Aug2023

Fantasia 2023: ‘Apocalypse Clown’ Review

by Alain Elliott

Stars: David Earl, Natalie Palamides, Amy De Bhrún, Fionn Foley, Tadhg Murphy, Ivan Kaye | Written by Shane O’Brien, James Walmsley, Demian Fox | Directed by George Kane There are quite a few movies with two things that I wouldn’t put together normally that get thrust into each other for our entertainment. Mega Shark Vs […]

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11th Aug2023

Fantasia 2023: ‘Aporia’ Review

by Alain Elliott

Stars: Judy Greer, Edi Gathegi, Payman Maadi, Faithe Herman, Whitney Morgan Cox, Veda Cienfuegos | Written and Directed by Jared Moshé Aporia is the second film I have watched in the last few weeks which has kind of tackled time travel but not been what most people would call a time travel movie. And that’s no […]

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04th Aug2023

‘Woolf Women – Now or Never’ Review

by Alain Elliott

Featuring: Jenny Jungle, Lisa Peters, Anna Pixner, Ale Salamandra, Jasmijn Hanegraf | Written and Directed by Marchella De Angelis, Jennifer Schauerte I’m not embarrassed to say that I will watch almost any documentary. I have realised that the subject doesn’t really matter if the film is made well. It absolutely does not matter what the […]

01st Aug2023

‘Cross of Iron’ Blu-ray Review

by Alain Elliott

Stars: James Coburn, Maximillian Schell, James Mason, David Warner, Senta Berger | Written by Julius J. Epstein, Walter Kelley, James Hamilton | Directed by Sam Peckinpah Cross of Iron might not be as well-known or well-reviewed as some of the most popular World War II films. If you Google this subgenre you will soon see […]

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28th Jul2023

‘The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes’ Review

by Alain Elliott

Features the voices of: Marie Iitoyo, Oji Suzuka | Written and Directed by Tomohisa Taguchi If somebody asked me whether I liked anime, the answer would be a resounding yes! But, the truth is, outside of the amazing films of Studio Ghibli I haven’t watched a whole lot of anime. I’m not a complete novice […]

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25th Jul2023

Fantasia 2023: ‘Stay Online’ Review

by Alain Elliott

Stars: Hordii Dziubynskyi, Roman Liakh, Oleksandr Rudynskyi, Yelyzaveta Zaitseva, Olesia Zhurakivska | Written by Anton Skrypets, Eva Strelnikova | Directed by Eva Strelnikova It’s a brave director and film-making team that make a film set in and during the current Ukraine and Russia war. But that is the exciting and terrifying prospect we have with […]

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24th Jul2023

Fantasia 2023: ‘Lovely, Dark, and Deep’ Review

by Alain Elliott

Stars: Georgina Campbell, Maria de Sá, Nick Blood, Wai Ching Ho, Soren Hellerup, Ana Sofia Martins, Edgar Morais | Written and Directed by Teresa Sutherland Coming from the writer of recent slow-burn horror The Wind, the slightly oddly-titled Lovely, Dark and Deep, tells the story of a park ranger looking for answers from a childhood […]

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13th Jul2023

‘Last Sentinel’ Review

by Alain Elliott

Stars: Kate Bosworth, Lucien Laviscount, Martin McCann, Thomas Kretschmann | Written by Malachi Smyth | Directed by Tanel Toom Set about 40 years from the present day, Last Sentinel follows a platoon of four soldiers who are stranded on a military base waiting for relief. This world is now covered in water with only two […]

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03rd Jul2023

Fantasia Film Festival 2023 – Alan’s First Picks of the Fest!

by Alain Elliott

My favourite film festival is back for another year! With its wide variety of films, spanning almost every genre, there’s literally a film for everyone, and this year’s Fantasia is no different. Although the full line-up has yet to be announced, he’s a handful of the movies to be looking out for already. Lovely, Dark […]

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30th Jun2023

‘Supercell’ VOD Review

by Alain Elliott

Stars: Daniel Diemer, Skeet Ulrich, Alec Baldwin, Anne Heche, Richard Gunn, Jordan Kristine Seamon | Written by Herbert James Winterstern, Anna Elizabeth James | Directed by Herbert James Winterstern At the back end of 2022 it was announced that the 1996 hit Twister would be getting a sequel in 2024. So it should perhaps come […]

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