15th Jul2018

Fantasia 2018: ‘Boiled Angels: The Trial of Mike Diana’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Features: Mike Diana, Peter Bagge, Stephen Bissette, Neil Gaiman, Evan Bacon, Stuart Baggish, Luke Ilrot, Christopher Marone | Written and Directd by Frank Henenlotter Filmmaker Frank Henenlotter, himself no stranger to controversy, steps behind the camera for this documentary about Mike Diana, a comic creator whose career was not ultimately marked by his creativity but […]

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15th Jul2018

WWE Week In Review (7/8/18 – 7/15/18)

by Nathan Favel

Welcome to this week’s WWE Week In Review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we should jump right in. Mae Young Classic 2 Participants Announced The following is courtesy of WWE.com: Three international standouts — Japanese phenom Io Shirai, Canadian ring veteran Nicole Matthews and British up-and-comer Jinny — and former “American Ninja […]

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14th Jul2018

‘WWE Extreme Rules 2018’ – Preview & Predictions

by Nathan Favel

Welcome to the Extreme Rules 2018 prediction column, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and these are my predictions for the card. (All images courtesy of WWE.com). These are the matches announced for this years PPV: Sin Cara vs Andrade “Cien” Almas – Rematch from this weeks Smackdown The New Day vs Sanity – […]

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14th Jul2018

‘Impact Wrestling’ Review (July 12th 2018)

by Nathan Favel

Welcome to this week’s Impact Wrestling review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we should just jump right in. Match #1: The OGs (Homicide and Hernandez) beat two jobbers in a Tag Team Match My Take: The OGs beat the hell out of two jobbers until they were dust in the wind. Match […]

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14th Jul2018

‘Lucha Underground’ Review (July 11th 2018)

by Nathan Favel

Welcome to this week’s Lucha Underground review on Nerdly. This week, we have some excellent action with Joey Ryan and Mil Muertes, to name but a few. I’m Nathan Favel and we should get right to the action! Match #1: Matanza Cueto beat Cortez Castro My Take: This was a quick squash that Matanza won. […]

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13th Jul2018

Competition: Win a sixth-scale Hot Toys Harley Quinn!

by Phil Wheat

From the 2016 film Suicide Squad comes this fabulous one-sixth scale action figure of Harley Quinn, made by the legendary Hot Toys. This Suicide Squad Movie Masterpiece Action Figure 1:6 Harley Quinn Prisoner Version stands 28cm tall and would make a fantastic addition to any collection! This superb prize comes to us from our friends […]

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13th Jul2018

Digital Shorts: ‘Spiritsphere DX’ Review (Nintendo Switch)

by Britt Roberts

In DIGITAL SHORTS we review some of the latest video games that are only available digitally (at least in the UK), in a short-form review format. In this edition we take a look at Spiritsphere DX, a retro-themed sports game now available on the Nintendo Switch. I REALLY didn’t know what to expect when installing […]

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13th Jul2018

‘Hotel Artemis’ Review

by Rupert Harvey

Stars: Sterling K. Brown, Jodie Foster, Dave Bautista, Sofia Boutella, Charlie Day, Jeff Goldblum, Brian Tyree Henry, Jenny Slate, Zachary Quinto, Kenneth Choi | Written and Directed by Drew Pearce Head nurse Jean Thomas (Jodie Foster) has been running Hotel Artemis – a sacred place where criminals can come to have their bleeding bodies healed, […]

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13th Jul2018

‘Doctor Who: The Seventh Doctor #2’ Review

by Dean Fuller

Written by Andrew Cartmel | Art by Christopher Jones | Published by Titan Comics As far as rehabilitations of characters go, last issue was a pretty good one for The Seventh Doctor. The Sylvester McCoy and Colin Baker incarnations were probably the lowest ebb for The Doctor, and personally I have little love for either […]

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13th Jul2018

‘Grave Danger’ Review (Nintendo Switch)

by Britt Roberts

The last time that I played a puzzle-platformer that required on-the-fly character switching to make use of their separate powers was Lost Vikings and that was many moons ago. I’ve heard of other games in a similar vein recently, such as Trine but I haven’t got around to playing them. As a relative newcomer to […]

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13th Jul2018

Opinionated: Run, Daniel Bryan, Run!

by Nathan Favel

The following is an open letter to Bryan Danielson, currently working for the WWE as Daniel Bryan: Dear Bryan, Get the hell out of there! Are you nuts?! The WWE run worked for a while, but it seems that it has just about run its course. You’ve had some great matches and made some great […]

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13th Jul2018

Comic Concierge – Episode 34: Weekly Recommendations

by Dan Clark

A lot to talk about in the world of comics this week. We of course have the wedding of the Bat and the Cat along with a handful of new titles from Marvel and Dark Horse. Before that though Dan dives into the recommendation of the week: Immortal Hulk #2 by Al Ewing and Joe […]

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12th Jul2018

‘Skyscraper’ Review

by Jak-Luke Sharp

Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Neve Campbell, Pablo Schreiber, Noah Taylor, McKenna Roberts, Kevin Rankin, Roland Moller, Byron Mann, Matt O’Leary, Hannah Quinlivan, Beatrice King, Tzi Ma, Chin Han, Paul McGillion, Kathy Wu | Written and Directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber Dwayne Johnson reteams once again with director Rawson Marshall Thurber for Skyscraper, after the critically mixed […]

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12th Jul2018

‘Tokyo Ghoul’ Blu-ray Review

by Xenia Grounds

Stars: Masataka Kubota, Fumika Shimizu, Nobuyuki Suzuki, Hiyori Sakurada, Yu Aoi, Shoko Aida, Kenta Hamano, Kunio Murai | Written by Ichiro Kusuno | Directed by Kentaro Hagiwara Live-action anime adaptions have an interesting history to say the least. They can be great (Death Note, the Japanese movies) but some have been rather problematic (Dragonball Evolution). […]

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12th Jul2018

‘WWE NXT’ Review (July 11th 2018)

by Nathan Favel

Welcome to this week’s NXT review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and I say we should get right to the action! Match #1: Adam Cole beat Danny Burch The following is courtesy of WWE.com: With Oney Lorcan on the shelf due to injury, Danny Burch set out to defend his team’s honor against […]

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12th Jul2018

‘The Beautiful Death’ Graphic Novel Review

by Alain Elliott

Written by Mathieu Bablet | Art by Mathieu Bablet | Published by Titan Comics As far as comic books go, I cant say I’ve read many ‘end of the world-type’ books that didn’t involve zombies. But I have of course watched many films with different ideas, so I was looking forward to see what the […]

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12th Jul2018

‘Kill the Bad Guy’ Review (Nintendo Switch)

by Britt Roberts

Kill the Bad Guy is an odd one, originally released on Steam in 2014, it appears to be one of the many thousands of games that got lost in the shuffle. Now re-released on the Nintendo Switch, I’m not sure if it will find its audience here either, as this feels a lot like a […]

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12th Jul2018

‘WWE 205 Live’ Review (July 10th 2018)

by Nathan Favel

Welcome to this week’s 205 Live review here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we’ve got a Cruiserweight Title match in the main event. Let’s get right into the action, damn it! Match #1: Kalisto (w/ Gran Metalik and Lince Dorado) versus Tony Nese (w/ Buddy Murphy) ended by No Contest The following is courtesy […]

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12th Jul2018

Competition: Win ‘Black Clover: Season One, Part One’ on DVD

by Phil Wheat

Find your own power in an action-packed world of magic with Black Clover: Season One, Part One – on DVD & Blu-ray Combo Pack August 20th. Embrace a world of magical action and adventure from the pages of Japan’s iconic Weekly Shonen Jump with the summoning of anime favourite BLACK CLOVER SEASON ONE PART ONE, […]

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12th Jul2018

‘Attack of the Adult Babies’ Review #2

by Philip Rogers

Stars: Kurtis Lowe, Andrew Dunn, Andy Abrahams, Dominic Brunt, Charlie Chuck, Kate Coogan, Simon Corble, Samantha Daniels, Sally Dexter, Howard Ellis, Nicky Evans, Thalia Zucchi, Joanne Mitchell, Mica Proctor, Laurence R. Harvey | Written by Joanne Mitchell, Paul Shrimpton | Directed by Dominic Brunt George (Andrew Dunn) is playing a board game at home with […]

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12th Jul2018

The History of Bad Ideas – Episode 236: Maximus Von Maximus!

by Phil Wheat

Emanating from their studio in Cincinnati, Ohio, The History of Bad Ideas sees hosts Jason, Jeff and Blake talk about all things geeky on their podcast. Whether it’s rumours of the latest comic book movies, debating who really is the worst villain of all time, discussing the latest comic issues or just wondering about life […]

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12th Jul2018

Pop Addled: Episode 140 – Cut your damn hair, Karen!

by Phil Wheat

Another week, another episode of the Pop Addled podcast, part of the ever-growing podcast roster here on Nerdly! Pop Addled is a pop culture podcast with nerd tendencies. Join Keenan, Sam and Timmy as they discuss movies, music, video games, sports, TV, comics, and any intersection thereof. Their brains have been thoroughly addled by pop […]

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