Allstar Games, the newly launched UK-focused arm of the successful Asian mobile publisher, have made a solid debut in the west with Allstar Heroes – a brand new mobile title for iOS and Android devices, which brings the complete MOBA experience to mobile devices, smashing together the strategy synonymous with the genre with the fast, […]
The Play “Expo” events in Blackpool and Manchester are, in some ways, an attempt to recapture and relive the community spirit of video gaming in an age where keyboard warriors and faceless online gaming rule the roost. It’s also a celebration of the history of gaming, from the early years of arcade games like Space […]
Start your engines! Prepare for terror! The deadliest racers on Battleworld are peeling out and unleashing their fury this June. Today we’re pleased to present a new preview of Ghost Racers #1 – a new Secret Wars series from writer Felipe Smith and artist Juan Gedeon. Put the pedal to the metal as the Spirits […]
Accompanied by an exclusive introduction from the director Roger Christian, the incredible fantasy short Black Angel returns. It was first released in certain cinemas ahead of Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back in 1980. Lost for 35 years, it has been found and restored to its former glory – but be quick, Black […]
Welcome to the latest edition of our regular crowdfunding feature here on Nerdly – Back This! – where we take a look at some of the cool content taking the crowdfunding route on sites such as Indiegogo, Sponsume and Kickstarter. In this edition we’re taking a look at two new movie campaigns: a creature feature […]
OK so maybe I’m a sucker for films based on 80s pop culture properties, but not even I ever expected a Hollywood live-action remake of an Eighties cartoon primarily aimed at girls (although confession time, yes I did used to watch the show on Saturday mornings!). However with director Jon M. Chu at the helm […]
Stars: Akira Kobayashi, Jô Shishido, Hideaki Nitani, Tamio Kawachi, Eiji Gô, Tatsuya Fuji, Jirô Okazaki, Meiko Kaji, Shôki Fukae, Ryôji Hayama, Kaku Takashina | Written by Yoshihiro Ishimatsu, Keiji Kubota | Directed by Yasuharu Hasebe There’s something about Japanese gangster movies, whether it be the Stray Cat Rock films or others like Massacre Gun. These […]
The fourth volume of popular horror-comedy series Hillbilly Horror Show, featuring stars Rachel Faulkner (Ride Along 2) and Bo Keister (The Cabining), is now available to stream online. For just 99 cents, catch some terrific horror shorts, laugh at the antics of Lulu (Faulkner), Bo (Keister), and Cephus (Scott Geiter), and find out what Kim […]
Talking in Circles is a pop culture talk show/podcast where hosts Dan, Greg, and Chuck wax poetic about comic books, movies, television shows, and pretty much anything else in geek culture. Come for the witty banter stay for the exciting games, hilarious skits, and “crazy but true” news stories. Due to some rather large life […]
Titan Comics have today announced a 5-part weekly Doctor Who event written by Paul Cornell and illustrated by Neil Edwards, starring the Tenth, Eleventh and Twelfth Doctors and their comics companions – three Doctors, three companions, one action-packed mystery! Running through August and September 2015, in place of the ongoing series, the weekly event features […]
Penny Dreadful‘s redeeming qualities are its sense of shlocky fun and its partially incredible cast. Its weaknesses are its lousy pacing, its uncertain characterization of several core cast members, and its pursuit of tasteless thrills disguised as, to quote creator John Logan, “pushing the boundaries.” When the show finds the balance between spectacle and humanity […]
Project Root is a shoot ‘em up style game from independent game developer OPQAM and indie games partner Reverb Triple XP, which tasks players with taking out numerous targets, both on the ground and in the air, while simultaneously dodging an insane amount of on-screen enemy projectiles. Think Japanese bullet-hell shooter meets Desert (or Jungle) […]
“You think this town is bad? Wait until you can never come back here.” You can never go home again. Not because there’s a shadow on the X-ray, not because your husband broke your family, but because the past is a house that doesn’t exist. It folded up into nonbeing when the door closed behind […]
Stars: Stephen Tyron Williams, Zaraah Abrahams, Rami Malek, Elvis Nolasco, Thomas Jefferson Byrd, Joie Lee, Felicia Pearson, Jeni Perillo, Katherine Borowitz, Donna Dixon, Chiz Schultz, Lauren Macklin, Steven Hauck, Stephen Henderson, Rafael Osorio | Written and Directed by Spike Lee The respected filmmaker hitting Kickstarter for help phenomenon seems to have died down over the last year or […]
Written by Robbie Morrison | Art by Dave Taylor | Published by Titan Comics | Format: , pp Dr Who comics have been around for quite some time, with Who comic strips going back as far as the 1960’s. I have happy memories of reading Dr Who Weekly from Marvel in the early 1980’s, and […]
You thought the horrors had ended? Think again! This June, it’s time to return to the ruined wastes of New York City once more! Terrified mutants and deadly Sentinels explode into Battleworld in your first look at Years of Future Past #1; as writer Marguerite Bennett and artist Mike Norton take you back to the […]
Stars: Burt Lancaster, Paul Scofield, Jeanne Moreau, Suzanne Flon, Michel Simon, Wolfgang Preiss, Albert Rémy, Charles Millot, Richard Münch, Jacques Marin, Paul Bonifas, Jean Bouchaud, Donald O’Brien, Jean-Pierre Zola, Arthur Brauss | Written by Franklin Coen, Frank Davis | Directed by John Frankenheimer, Arthur Penn (uncredited) What is more precious, art or human life? Your […]
“Every time you wear something you made, you can remember her.” Myranda’s phony words of comfort to Sansa pluck uncomfortably at something every human struggles to reconcile within themselves. What claim do the dead have on us, and is it more important to honor their memory than it is to work toward a better future? […]
Nariko, Heavenly Sword’s flame-haired, cult-worshipped heroine, finally gets to slice and dice her way into British homes on June 15th, courtesy of TriCoast UK in association with Movie Partnership and Fusion Media. This is TriCoast’s first UK release and the kick-off release for the tri-distributor partnership, which sees Fusion Media handling the DVD release and […]
Stars: Nicholas Hoult, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Michael Shannon, Elle Fanning, Robert Hobbs, David Butler, Aimee Mullins, Christy Pankhurst, Alex McGregor, David Clatworthy, Liah O’Prey, Carel Nel, Andy McPhee | Written by and Directed by Jake Paltrow In a post-apocalyptic eternal drought, people kill for water. Where it is scarce and desperately needed, a farmer, Earnest Holm, […]