18th Jan2017

First look at Marvel’s upcoming ‘Rogue One’ comic

by Phil Wheat

This April, one of the biggest films of 2016 becomes one of the biggest comics of 2017 as Rogue One: A Star Wars Story comes to comic shops and digital devices everywhere. Written by Jody Houser (Max Ride) with art by Emilio Laiso (Star Wars Annual), join the harrowing group of Rebels as they embark […]

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17th Jan2017

Competition: Win ‘WWE Survivor Series 2016’ on Blu-ray

by Phil Wheat

To celebrate the release of WWE: Survivor Series 2016 on DVD and Blu-ray we are giving away a copy on blu-ray! After 12 years in exile from sports entertainment, Goldberg brings devastation back to the WWE ring for the long-awaited rematch against “The Beast Incarnate” Brock Lesnar. On the 30th anniversary of Survivor Series, fantasy […]

17th Jan2017

‘Roger Corman’s Death Race 2050’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Manu Bennett, Malcolm McDowell, Marci Miller, Burt Grinstead, Folake Olowofoyeku, Anessa Ramsey, Yancy Butler, Charlie Farrell, Shanna Olson, D.C. Douglas | Written by G.J. Echternkamp, Matt Yamashita | Directed by G.J. Echternkamp G.J. Echternkamp and Matt Yamashita, who previously worked together on Virtually Heroes – a video game movie that told the story of […]

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17th Jan2017

Manchester Film Festival 2017 announces full line-up

by Phil Wheat

This years Manchester Film Festival has announced the full line-up of the 2017 official selection. This year’s three main strands are Rising Stars, Be Who You Are Say What You Feel and and MANIFF’s annual Women In Film. From the press release: New to 2017 the RISING STARS strand will showcase emerging talent from behind […]

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17th Jan2017

‘The Covenant’ Review

by Joel Harley

Stars: Monica Engesser, Owen Conway, Clint James, Sanford Gibbons, Maria Olsen, Shawn Saavedra, Amelia Haberman, Greg Lutz, Richard Lippert | Written by Robert Conway, Owen Conway, Christopher R. Smith | Directed by Robert Conway “Sarah,” husband Adam says, holding a gun to his own head. “It’s all your fault.” It’s not an easy lot in […]

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17th Jan2017

‘Hunting Grounds’ (aka Valley of the Sasquatch) Review

by Joel Harley

Stars: Bill Oberst Jr., Jason Vail, David Saucedo, Miles Joris-Peyrafitte, D’Angelo Midili, Connor Conrad, Jordan Neslund | Written and Directed by John Portanova Horror movie monsters don’t get much goofier than the Sasquatch. Sure, Bigfoot is a legitimate part of American folk legend/mythology, but The Missing Link doesn’t exactly inspire fear or terror, no matter […]

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17th Jan2017

‘NOW That’s What I Call Sing 2’ gets a third DLC song pack

by Phil Wheat

Ravenscourt and Voxler have announced that the third DLC ‘Chart Hits’ is now available for purchase on the online store for NOW That’s What I Call Sing 2. Priced at £3.99 the new downloadable content is avaiable for both PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions of the game. The new ‘Chart Hits’ DLC features the […]

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17th Jan2017

‘His Girl Friday’ Blu-ray Review

by Rupert Harvey

Stars: Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy, Gene Lockhart | Written by Charles Lederer | Directed by Howard Hawks Walter (Cary Grant) and Hildy (Rosalind Russell) used to be married. Hildy is a journalist looking for a way out of the biz, but Walter – who also happens to be her ex-boss – wants to […]

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16th Jan2017

‘Prevenge’ kicks off UK screening tour tonight

by Phil Wheat

Prevenge is the brilliant and off-the-wall writing and directing debut feature by Alice Lowe (Sightseers). She wrote, starred in, and directed it whilst 7-8 months pregnant with her first child, who also appears in the film. Alice was one of the BIFA nominees for ‘best debut director’. Known for her work as a UK television […]

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16th Jan2017

‘Takashi Miike’s Black Society Trilogy’ Review (Arrow Video)

by Paul Metcalf

Takashi Miike will always be an interesting director for me. My gateway into his world was with Audition, but Ichi the Killer teased me into his world of the Yakuza and the Triad. Now with Arrow’s release of Black Society Trilogy we get to see a more controlled set of films, which still aren’t afraid […]

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16th Jan2017

‘The LEGO Batman Movie’ gets 2 new TV spots

by Phil Wheat

Hot on the heels of the dozen or so posters recently released, Warner Bros have debuted not one, but TWO, new TV spots for The LEGO Batman Movie, this time focusing on Batgirl and the entire crime-fighting team! The LEGO Batman Movie sees Will Arnett reprises his starring role from The LEGO Movie as the […]

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16th Jan2017

‘Never Open the Door’ Review

by Joel Harley

Stars: Jessica Sonneborn, Deborah Venegas, Kristina Page, Matt Aidan, Mike Wood, George Troester, Steven Richards | Written by Vito Trabucco, Chris Maltauro | Directed by Vito Trabucco Even before they were popularised by Scream‘s slasher movie obsessive Randy, most of us were aware of the ‘rules’ of populating a horror movie. Don’t have sex. Don’t […]

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16th Jan2017

New images and promo for ‘Taken: The Series’

by Phil Wheat

The Liam Neeson movie franchise Taken is headed to television! Set to debut on February 27th 2017, at least in the US, Taken: The Series follows in the footsteps of that other Luc Besson franchise The Transporter, moving the action to television with a recast of its hero… This version, set to air on NBC, […]

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16th Jan2017

Two more images from Netflix & Marvel’s ‘The Defenders’

by Phil Wheat

Following last weeks reveal, here’s two more images from Netflix’s forthcoming The Defenders – featuring Iron Fist (Finn Jones) and Jessica Jones (Krysten Ritter). Marvels’ The Defenders follows Daredevil (Charlie Cox), Jessica Jones (Krysten Ritter), Luke Cage (Mike Colter) and Iron Fist (Finn Jones). A quartet of singular heroes with one common goal – to […]

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16th Jan2017

‘Black Orpheus’ Blu-ray Review

by Rupert Harvey

Stars: Breno Mello, Marpessa Dawn, Lourdes de Oliveira, Lea Garcia | Written by Marcel Camus, Vinicius de Moraes, Jacques Viot | Directed by Marcel Camus Made in 1959 by the French filmmaker Marcel Camus, Black Orpheus is a Portuguese-language adaptation of the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. Here it is relocated to Rio de […]

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16th Jan2017

ITV’s ‘World Of Sport Wrestling’ fails to pull in viewers

by Phil Wheat

ITV recent reboot of World Of Sport Wrestling, or WoS Wrestling for short, was a throw back to the classic wrestling programming of the 70s and early 80s, saw some of the UK’s top names in the sport compete in a fun-filled afternoon of family sports entertainment this past New Years Eve. The first such […]

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15th Jan2017

VOD Vault #8 – The Good, the Bad & the Dead / Rupture

by Phil Wheat

Another week, another installment of VOD Vault – taking a look at some on-demand releases that have hit various VOD platforms recently. It’s been a few months since our last installment, so what say we kick off this reboot of sorts with two movies on the opposite ends of the filmic spectrum: low-budget Western-style crime […]

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15th Jan2017

Cine-Sunday: ‘Force of Five’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Sasisa Jimdamanee, Johnny Nguyen, Nantawooti Boonrapsap, Arunya Pawilai, Nawarat Techarathanaprasert, Paytaai Wongkamlao | Written byNonont Kontaweesook, Napalee | Directed by Krissanapong Rachata [Editor’s Note: Welcome to the first installment of Cine-Sunday, a new weekly feature here on Nerdly where we revisit the newly-revived Cine-Asia’s back catalogue and review the highlights. Going forward each new review will go live […]

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15th Jan2017

Image Comics celebrate 25 years with variants galore!

by Kevin Haldon

Image Comics, you know the company right?? The guys behind the smash-hit The Walking Dead and Southern Bastards amongst many, many, others that I am currently forgetting. Well Image are celebrating 25 years in business this year and have decided the best way possible to celebrate the fact would be to bring you variant covers […]

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13th Jan2017

‘Underworld: Blood Wars’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Kate Beckinsale, Theo James, Lara Pulver, Tobias Menzies, Charles Dance, James Faulkner, Peter Andersson, Clementine Nicholson, Bradley James, Daisy Head, Oliver Stark | Written by Cory Goodman | Directed by Anna Foerster It’s been some five years since the last entry into the Underworld franchise – Underworld: Awakening, the third sequel to the 2003 […]

13th Jan2017

‘The Chimera Brigade #4’ Review

by Dean Fuller

Written by Serge Lehman, Fabrice Colin | Art by Gess | Published by Titan Comics The Chimera Brigade, so far, has been a little schizophrenic in that it has consistently been gorgeous to look at, but lacking anything of substance in terms of consistent story and plot when scrutinised too closely. There are plenty of […]

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13th Jan2017

‘Puyo Puyo Tetris’ comes to the West

by Phil Wheat

Two puzzle game juggernauts collide as Tetris, one of the largest-selling and recognized brands in gaming history, and Puyo Puyo from SEGA combine to create a fun-to-play, fast-paced, competitive party game like no other. Coming to the PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch in spring 2017, Puyo Puyo Tetris offers tons of gameplay styles – from […]

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