19th Oct2013

Book Review: ‘The Golden/Silver Age of DC Comics’ (Taschen)

by Phil Wheat

As a graphic designer I’ve always been a fan of the art book publisher TASCHEN. Founded in 1980 the company has, in it’s 20-odd year lifespan, built a reputation for publishing the widest variety of books, on an incredibly varied amount of subjects. In fact one of my all-time favourites art books, American Ads of […]

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18th Oct2013

Video Interview: Harrison Ford & Roberto Orci talk ‘Ender’s Game’

by Phil Wheat

With the film set for a UK release on October 25th, Nerdly sat down with actor Harrison Ford (Indiana Jones) and producer Roberto Orci (Fringe) to talk all things Ender’s Game, which is directed by Gavin Hood and also stars Ben Kingsley, Hailee Steinfeld, Abigail Breslin and Asa Butterfield. In the near future, a hostile alien […]

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18th Oct2013

MCM announce October’s London Comic Con guest line-up

by Phil Wheat

MCM Expo/London Comic Con returns to ExCel London on 25th – 27th October. As well as hosting a galaxy of great sci-fi, movie, games, comics, anime and cosplay content, they’ve also got their usual huge line up of special guests – with more guests being added all the time! see www.mcmcomiccon.com for the latest London […]

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18th Oct2013

Horror channel to air UK horror season this November

by Phil Wheat

November on Horror Channel sees network premieres for a memorable collection of strange cult oddities and forgotten British horror classics, kicking off with the network premiere of Nicolas Roeg’s The Man Who Fell to Earth, starring David Bowie. Joining Bowie in the realm of the weird and wonderful is Roy Boulting’s psychological ground-breaker Twisted Nerve, […]

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18th Oct2013

First trailer for zombie-horror game ‘How To Survive’

by Phil Wheat

505 Games and Eko Software have released the first trailer for action/survival zombie-horror game How To Survive, which is is scheduled for release later this year on XBLA, PSN and Steam. How would you adapt to survive on a Zombie infested island? Players must fulfil their most basic of needs – food, water and shelter – […]

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18th Oct2013

Aussie one-sheet for ‘Wolf Creek 2’

by Phil Wheat

In anticipation of the film’s release on February 20th 2014, Roadshow Films have released the first Australian poster for the highly-anticipated sequel Wolf Creek 2, which once again comes from writer/director Greg McClean and sees John Jarratt return as killer Mick Taylor… Lured by the promise of an Australian holiday, backpackers Rutger, Katarina, and Paul visit […]

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18th Oct2013

31 Days of Horror: ‘Devoured’ Review

by Chris Cummings

Stars: Marta Milans, Kara Jackson, Bruno Gunn, Tyler Hollinger, Sal Rendino, David Conley, Luis Harris | Written by Marc Landau | Directed by Greg Olliver I’d heard of Greg Olliver, the director of Devoured through his work on the documentary Lemmy back in 2010, so was interested in what this, a horror film, would be […]

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18th Oct2013

Trailer Park Vol.5 – The Devil’s Due for a Non-Stop Jack Ryan

by Phil Wheat

Welcome to the fifth installment of Trailer Park, our regular look at the latest trailers to hit the interwebs. This “volume” is packed with trailers for a whole host of new movies including: Devil’s Due, Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones, Non-Stop, Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, That Awkward Moment, Vampire Academy, Nothing Left to Fear and […]

18th Oct2013

Competition: Win Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s ‘Snitch’ on Blu-ray

by Phil Wheat

To celebrate the release of the edge-of-your-seat adrenaline fuelled action thriller Snitch starring Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson – available on DVD and Blu-ray 28th October 2013 – we have a copy on Blu-ray to give away to one lucky winner! Snitch sees Dwayne Johnson cement his status as one of the greatest action heroes of […]

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18th Oct2013

‘Little Shop of Horrors (1986)’ Blu-ray Review

by Chris Cummings

Stars: Rick Moranis,  Ellen Greene, Steve Martin, Bill Murray, John Candy, Vincent Gardenia, Levi Stubbs | Written by Howard Ashman | Directed by Frank Oz When I was a kid, I had a few movies that were my “go-to” films to watch on a rainy day when it was too wet to ride a bike outside. One of them […]

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17th Oct2013

First Look: Night of the Living Deadpool #1

by Phil Wheat

This January, Deadpool goes where no Deadpool has gone before – to the…dead? Here’s your first look at Night of the Living Deadpool #1 – from Cullen Bunn, the writer behind the trilogy of Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe, Deadpool Killustrated, and Deadpool Kills Deadpool and artist Ramon Rosanas. After waking up from a pretty […]

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17th Oct2013

Amazing poster for ‘Hellraiser: Origins’

by Phil Wheat

Originally unveiled in 2012, Paul Gerrard (Wrath of the Titans, Battle: Los Angeles) and Mike Le Han’s “pitch trailer” for their a reboot of Clive Barker’s Hellraiser, entitled Hellraiser: Origins, is set to launch on October 31st; and coming courtesy of the trailers official countdown website and Facebook page, here’s an awesome poster to get fans […]

17th Oct2013

‘WWE SummerSlam 2013’ Blu-ray Review

by Chris Cummings

The biggest event of the summer is here as the WWE Universe takes over the Staples Center in Los Angeles once again for the 26th annual SummerSlam! Can the underdog Daniel Bryan dethrone 11 time WWE Champion John Cena and win his first ever WWE Championship? Paul Heyman guys, CM Punk and Brock Lesnar collide […]

17th Oct2013

31 Days of Horror: ‘The Wicker Man – The Final Cut’ Blu-Ray Review

by Ian Loring

Stars: Edward Woodward, Christopher Lee, Diane Cilento, Britt Ekland, Ingrid Pitt, Lindsay Kemp, Aubrey Morris | Written by Anthony Shaffer | Directed by Robin Hardy It’s time once again for us to keep our appointment with The Wicker Man but this time as we’ve not seen him before. After long-thought to be lost footage was found and […]

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17th Oct2013

TIFF 2013 Review: The Strange Little Cat (Das merkwürdige Kätzchen)

by Guest

Stars: Jenny Schily, Mia Kasalo, Anjorka Strechel, Luk Pfaff | Written and Directed by Ramon Zürcher Review by Scott Clark of Cinehouse Hands down the hardest film to talk about at Toronto’s International Film Festival this year is The Strange Little Cat, a charming study into the quant and often bizarre realities of everyday family life. Very loosely […]

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17th Oct2013

TIFF 2013 Review: Break Loose (Vosmerka)

by Guest

Stars: Vilma Kutaviciute, Aleksey Mantsygin, Alexander Novyn | Written by Alexander Mindadze, Yuliya Pankasyanova | Directed by Aleksey Uchitel Review by Scott Clark of Cinehouse Russia circa 1999 (perhaps even now?) looks like a dangerous place, a place where men are men and looking at someone the wrong way can result in carnage. At least in Aleksey […]

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17th Oct2013

Competition: Win ‘Curse of Chucky’ on DVD or Blu-ray

by Phil Wheat

Terror returns in a deceptively tiny package when Curse of Chucky, the newest installment of the chilling Child’s Play franchise, comes exclusively to Blu-Ray and DVD on 21 October, 2013, from Universal Pictures (UK) and Universal 1440 Entertainment, a production entity of Universal Studios Home Entertainment. Curse of Chucky finds a family imperiled by the […]

16th Oct2013

In Defence of the Reboot #2 – Surprise!

by Mark Allen

A couple of weeks ago, Marvel sent out a preview for Wolverine and the X-Men #37, which showed a variant cover and interior pages that showed a strangely dressed Quentin Quire. It didn’t take much (or any) detective work to figure out that the Phoenix Force was making its return to the Marvel U (well, it […]

16th Oct2013

‘Wonderfalls: The Complete Series’ DVD Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Caroline Dhavernas, Katie Finneran, Tyron Leitso, William Sadler, Diana Scarwid, Lee Pace, Tracie Thoms | Created by Bryan Fuller, Todd Holland After debuting on US television in March 2004, Wonderfalls was abruptly pulled from the schedules only four weeks later. However like all good TV shows – and believe me this is a GREAT […]

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16th Oct2013

‘WWE RAW’ Results & Review (14.10.13)

by Chris Cummings

Welcome to this mid-October results and review write-up of WWE RAW. Let’s jump right into things, shall we? Michael Cole, Jerry Lawler and JBL welcome us to the show, live from St Louis, Missouri, and Shawn Michaels is introduced. He comes to the ring to a loud pop and hasn’t lost a step as “HBK”. […]

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16th Oct2013

Nerd Buy: Matryoshka Robot Dolls

by Phil Wheat

Available at the Science Museum website, these Matryoshka Robot Dolls are a 21st century take on the classic Russian nesting dolls. THe set features six nesting Robots… “from outer space, looking for intelligent life on earth”. Nest them all together, or display all six side-by-side in your nerd cave! You can grab yourselves a set of […]

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15th Oct2013

13 new screenshots from ‘LEGO Marvel Superheroes’

by Phil Wheat

Check out these MARVEL-ous (groan) new character-filled screenshots featuring Electro, Havok, Shocker, Polaris, and Superior Spider Man from LEGO  Marvel Super Heroes which is set for release on November 15th on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii U, Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation Vita, and PC. For those who can’t wait that long, the demo of the game is available […]

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