24th Aug2018

‘de Blob 2’ Review (Nintendo Switch)

by Emma Rees

There’s something therapeutic about bringing colour to an otherwise colourless world and bringing joy back to an area of grey, colourless oppression. de Blob was one such game, originally released in 2008, where you controlled a blob in his quest to stop Comrade Black and the INKT Corporation from removing all of the colour from […]

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24th Aug2018

Official selection announced for Fractured Visions Film Festival

by Phil Wheat

The organisers of the Fractured Visions Film Festival have announced the line-up for their inaugural event. Says the organisers: Over the past 10 months the festival has been privileged to witness some of the finest examples of modern horror from across the world. But after a tough selection process with dozens of stunning submissions, the […]

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24th Aug2018

Frightfest 2018 Interview: Andy Nyman on ‘Ghost Stories’

by Stuart Wright

In the latest installment of his Frightfest 2018 pre-festival preview series, host Stuart Wright talks Ghost Stories with co-writer/director Andy Nyman. Rent or buy Ghost Stories via VOD channels from Monday 20 August 2018 and the film will be available on DVD and packed Blu Ray (details below) from Monday 27 August 2018. The Blu-ray […]

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23rd Aug2018

Frightfest 2018: ‘The Ranger’ Review

by Alain Elliott

Stars: Chloe Levine, Jeremy Holm, Granit Lahu, Jeremy Pope, Bubba Weiler, Amanda Grace Benitez, Larry Fessenden, Nicholas Tucci | Written by Giaco Furino, Jenn Wexler | Directed by Jenn Wexler Having your debut feature play at London’s Frightfest is a huge honour. So for Jenn Wexler’s debut, The Ranger to also play on the festival’s […]

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23rd Aug2018

Digital Shorts: ‘Earthworms’ 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 Earthworms – an indie game that has joined the line-up of Nindies on the Nintendo Switch. A quirky adventure that is […]

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23rd Aug2018

Frightfest 2018: 10 Questions with ‘Hell Is Where The Home Is’ director Orson Obolowitz

by Phil Wheat

You’ve done every film related job from producer and actor to cinematographer and editor. Was directing always the goal? Poverty dictates…I would just take any position I could and figure it out from there, especially when I made The Queen Of Hollywood Blvd. where I just didn’t have the budget and had to take on […]

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23rd Aug2018

‘Lucha Underground’ Review (August 22nd 2018)

by Nathan Favel

Welcome to this week’s Lucha Underground review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have a few big matches to cover here, so let’s do so. Match #1: Mil Muertes (w/ Catrina) beat The Mack – Haunted House Match This was a good match that brought Halloween a few months early. The idea […]

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23rd Aug2018

‘Assassin’s Creed Conspiracies #1’ Review

by Dean Fuller

Written by Guillaume Dorison | Art by Jean-Baptiste Hostache | Published by Titan Comics Ok, so I’m willing to bet another Assassin’s Creed book is going to divide opinion in an obvious way. If you like Assassin’s Creed, the games, books, novels etc, like I do, any new Assassin’s Creed story is a good thing. If […]

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23rd Aug2018

Frightfest 2018 Interview: ‘Await Further Instructions’ writer and producer

by Stuart Wright

In the latest installment of his Frightfest 2018 pre-festival preview series, host Stuart Wright talks Await Further Instructions with the writer Gavin Williams and producer Jack Tarling (God’s Own Country). It’s Christmas Day and the dysfunctional Milgram family wake to find a mysterious black substance surrounding their house. Something monumental is clearly happening right outside […]

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23rd Aug2018

‘WWE NXT’ Review (August 22nd 2018)

by Nathan Favel

Welcome to this week’s NXT review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have some great action to cover here, so let’s do so. Match #1: Bianca Belair def. Deonna Purrazzo The following is courtesy of WWE.com: Before gearing up for this year’s Mae Young Classic, new NXT Superstar Deonna Purrazzo sought to […]

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23rd Aug2018

‘Flipping Death’ Review (Nintendo Switch)

by Britt Roberts

Set in the very aptly named town of Flatwood Peaks, Flipping Death is a 2D adventure with the twist, or rather a ‘flip’ that you traverse between the worlds of the living and the dead at the touch of a button. Whilst the humour, inherent charm and striking visuals are all well-used, the off-the-wall factor […]

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23rd Aug2018

Frightfest 2018 Interview: Mike Mort on ‘Chuck Steel: Night of the Trampires’

by Stuart Wright

In the latest installment of his Frightfest 2018 pre-festival preview series, host Stuart Wright talks Chuck Steel: Night of the Trampires with the writer/director Mike Mort. When the brilliant but sexually inexperienced computer science student PIET is turned down by bright and beautiful KLARA, he is deeply hurt. He takes a dose of a sleep […]

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23rd Aug2018

‘WWE 205 Live’ Review (August 21st 2018)

by Nathan Favel

Welcome to this week’s 205 Live review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have lots of good action from the cruiserweight division to get to, so let’s do so. Match #1: Noam Dar def. TJP The following is courtesy of WWE.com: Last month, Noam Dar made a triumphant return to WWE 205 […]

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23rd Aug2018

The History of Bad Ideas – Episode 242: Maces, Canes and Big Logs!

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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22nd Aug2018

‘Germania Magna: Border in Flames’ Board Game Review

by Matthew Smail

The military and political strength of the Roman Empire ebbed and flowed many times throughout its long history, with Rome itself sacked on at least two occasions. By its twilight years, the Empire was largely incapable of defending its expansive borders from attack by barbarians and other expansionist empires, all of whom saw Roman riches […]

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22nd Aug2018

WWE Smackdown – August 21st 2018: Results & Review

by Nathan Favel

Welcome to this week’s Smackdown review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have the Summerslam fall-out here to discuss, so let’s do so. Match #1: Jeff Hardy and Randy Orton fought to a chaotic no-contest The following is courtesy of WWE.com: After weeks of being the victim of physical and mental torment […]

22nd Aug2018

Frightfest 2018: 10 Questions with ‘Videoman’ director Kristian A. Söderström

by Phil Wheat

So Kristian A. Söderström, who are you, where do you come from and what’s your creative arts background? I grew up in Gothenburg Sweden and was a film fanatic from the start. I got me an education in film directing from UCLA in Los Angeles, but I’ve studied film theory and psychology as well. For […]

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22nd Aug2018

‘Truth or Dare’ Blu-ray Review

by Matthew Turner

Stars: Lucy Hale, Violett Beane, Tyler Posey, Sophia Ali, Hayden Szeto, Landon Liboiron, Nolan Gerard Funk, Sam Lerner | Written by Jillian Jacobs, Michael Reisz, Jeff Wadlow, Christopher Roach | Directed by Jeff Wadlow The latest low budget horror flick from Blumhouse Productions is about a demonically possessed game of Truth Or Dare that kills […]

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22nd Aug2018

Frightfest 2018 Interview: ‘The Devil’s Doorway’ writer/director Aislinn Clarke

by Stuart Wright

In the latest installment of his Frightfest 2018 pre-festival preview series, host Stuart Wright talks The Devil’s Doorway with the writer/director Aislinn Clarke. In the fall of 1960, Father Thomas Riley and Father John Thornton were sent by the Vatican to investigate a miraculous event in an Irish home for ‘fallen women’, only to uncover […]

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22nd Aug2018

‘How It Ends’ Review (Netflix)

by Jak-Luke Sharp

Stars: Theo James, Kat Graham, Nancy Sorel, Nicole Ari Parker, Forest Whitaker, Anett Rumanoczky, Aaron Hughes, Lanie McAuley, Josh Cruddas, Aidan Ritchie | Written by Brooks McLaren | Directed by David M. Rosenthal How It Ends is in no vague terms an absolute bore of cinematic expression. It is two hours of drab, tiresome moments […]

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22nd Aug2018

‘Heathers’ Review (30th Anniversary)

by Rupert Harvey

Stars: Winona Ryder, Christian Slater, Shannen Doherty, Lisanne Falk, Kim Walker, Peter Dawson | Written by Daniel Waters | Directed by Michael Lehmann It barely registered at the box office in 1988. Yet here I am, 30 years later, in a cinema packed with millennials, watching a 4K restoration in advance of Heather’s re-release on […]

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22nd Aug2018

Frightfest 2018 Interview: Linus De Paoli on ‘A Young Man With High Potential’

by Stuart Wright

In the latest installment of his Frightfest 2018 pre-festival preview series, host Stuart Wright talks A Young Man With High Potential with the writer/director Linus De Paoli. When the brilliant but sexually inexperienced computer science student PIET is turned down by bright and beautiful KLARA, he is deeply hurt. He takes a dose of a […]

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