03rd Jul2019

‘Shaft’ Review (Netflix)

by Jak-Luke Sharp

Stars: Jessie T. Usher, Samuel L. Jackson, Alexandra Shipp, Richard Roundtree, Regina Hall, Matt Lauria, Titus Welliver, Method Man | Written by Kenya Barris, Alex Barnow | Directed by Tim Story Shaft, directed by Tim Story, is a sequel to the film of the same name directed by John Singleton in 2000, while also serving as an indirect sequel […]

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03rd Jul2019

The Filmmakers Podcast #115: How To Make a Period World War II Movie for £80k

by Phil Wheat

Here’s the latest episode of the The Filmmakers Podcast, part of the ever-growing podcast roster here on Nerdly. If you haven’t heard the show yet, you can check out previous episodes on the official podcast site, whilst we’ll be featuring each and every new episode as it premieres. For those unfamiliar, with the series, The […]

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03rd Jul2019

Fun for zero bucks: Free gaming in 2019

by James Smith

Competition is a beautiful thing. It doesn’t matter if you are gaming on PC or console (or both!) in the last couple of years, games are getting cheaper. It often happens that only a few weeks after the release, even a triple-A game is available for less cash, especially in digital stores. Also, if you […]

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02nd Jul2019

‘High Moon’ DVD Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Chad Michael Collins, Chelsea Edmundson, Matthew Thompkins, Sean Patrick Flanery | Written and Directed by Josh Ridgway Colt (Chad Michael Collins)—a gunslinging werewolf slayer from the old west—mysteriously rises from the grave, only to find that the band of werewolves that brutally murdered his wife are still running rampant generations later. Aided by a beautiful widow (Chelsea Edmundson), […]

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02nd Jul2019

‘Red Faction Guerrilla: Re-Mars-stered’ Review (Nintendo Switch)

by Rupert Harvey

It was hardly a vintage year, but 2009 did bring us a few classics: Minecraft, Arkham Asylum, Uncharted 2, Red Faction Guerrilla… Wait, what? That’s right, THQ Nordic have just updated the third and best of the bonkers third-person shooter/smasher series and, following the 2018 release of the remaster on the PS4 and Xbox One, […]

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02nd Jul2019

‘Katrielle and the Millionaires’ Conspiracy’ comes to Switch in November

by Kat Wheat

Puzzle fans will be grabbing their magnifying glasses, notebooks and Joy-Con controllers this autumn, as Layton’s Mystery Journey: Katrielle and the Millionaires’ Conspiracy – Deluxe Edition launches for Nintendo Switch on 8th November. In this entry in the Layton mystery-puzzle series, the famous Professor Hershel Layton has gone missing, and it is up to his […]

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02nd Jul2019

‘The Special’ Review

by Kevin Haldon

Stars: Davy Raphaely Dave Sheridan, Sarah French, Janae Palmer, Paul Cottman, Christina DiNicolo, Susan Moses, Wayne Shearer, Doug Henderson | Written by James Newman, Mark Steensland | Directed by B. Harrison Smith It truly is the age old tale of… Man is convinced to cheat on his wife… Man sticks his pecker somewhere he probably […]

02nd Jul2019

WWE Raw – July 1st 2019: Results & Review

by Nathan Favel

Welcome to this week’s Monday Night Raw review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and Paul Heyman is now in charge of Raw…eventually. I’m not kidding. If you haven’t been paying attention the last few days, then it’s time for you to hear the news that Paul Heyman has been hired to run Raw […]

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02nd Jul2019

‘Clinton Road’ Review

by Alain Elliott

Stars: Ace Young, Erin O’Brien, Cody Calafiore, Katie Morrison, Lauren LaVera, James DeBello, Sarah Pribis, Ice-T, Eric Roberts, Vincent Pastore, Carlos Leon, Bo Dietl, Margo Urban | Written by Derek Ross Mackay | Directed by Richard Grieco, Steve Stanulis When a films starts with a simple narrative explaining the movie or what is about to […]

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02nd Jul2019

Grimmfest announce ‘The Blair Witch Project’ 20th Anniversary Screening

by Phil Wheat

Grimmfest have announced they are to host a special 20th Anniversary screening event to celebrate the release of The Blair Witch Project (1999) at Stockport Plaza, Greater Manchester Twenty years ago, when the internet was in its infancy, the world was held captive by this ‘real-life’ documentary style film which projected the ‘found-footage’ sub-genre into […]

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02nd Jul2019

‘Transformers/Ghostbusters: Ghost of Cybertron #1’ Review

by Dean Fuller

Written by Erik Burnham | Art by Dan Schoening | Published by IDW Publishing This was a title I just couldn’t resist picking up. Although I love my superhero stuff, my Vertigo stuff, my ‘mature’ graphic novels, there will always be a part of me that is a sucker for any pop culture crossover. When […]

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02nd Jul2019

Competition: Win ‘Destination Wedding’ on DVD!

by Phil Wheat

To celebrate the DVD release of Destination Wedding which is available on DVD and Digital now, we have a copy of the DVD up for grabs, courtesy of Vertigo Releasing! Fresh from their incredible successes in the John Wick films and Stranger Things respectively, Keanu Reeves and Winona Ryder, previously seen together onscreen in Bram […]

01st Jul2019

‘Noctiluca’ Board Game Review

by Matthew Smail

Designing a light, compact game that is filled with decisions and can be completed within about thirty to forty five minutes is no mean feat, but games like Azul, Century: Spice Road and Majesty are becoming more and more popular with gamers of all experience levels. Whilst there’s still room in my life for war […]

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01st Jul2019

‘Yesterday’ Review

by Jak-Luke Sharp

Stars: Himesh Patel, Lily James, Sophia Di Martino, Ellise Chappell, Meera Syal, Harry Michell, Vincent Franklin, Joel Fry | Written by Richard Curtis | Directed by Danny Boyle Yesterday is the latest film from the visionary mind of director Danny Boyle and acclaimed writer Richard Curtis. It stars Himesh Patel as struggling musician Jack Malik […]

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01st Jul2019

‘Monster Island’ DVD Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Eric Roberts, Toshi Toda, Adrian Bouchet, Natalie Robbie, Donna Cormack Thomson, Chris Fisher, Jonathan Pienaar, Margot Wood, Andrew Dennison, Meghan Oberholzer, Ryan Kruger | Written and Directed by Mark Atkins Syfy and mockbuster producers The Asylum are back with yet another blockbuster movie cash-in with Monster Island, their take on Godzilla: King of the […]

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01st Jul2019

‘MLW: Fusion’ Wrestling Review (June 29th 2019)

by Nathan Favel

Welcome to this week’s Major League Wrestling: Fusion review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and MLW forgot/neglected to do a recap of their own, so you’ll just be hearing from me again. Hell with it. We’ll do just fine. By the way, Austin Aries makes his big return to MLW and he does […]

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01st Jul2019

Opinionated: Heyman & Bischoff – What Could They Bring to WWE in 2019

by Chris Cummings

So, fans of WWE (and wrestling in general) will likely have heard the latest news that Paul Heyman and Eric Bischoff, two mainstays of pro-wrestling for decades, have been given brand-new roles in WWE as Executive Directors of Raw and Smackdown Live respectively. These, as far as news has told us, aren’t on-screen roles, but […]

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01st Jul2019

Arrow Video FrightFest 2019 announces opening & closing night films

by Phil Wheat

This year’s Arrow Video FrightFest opens with the UK premiere of Ant Timpson’s deviously edgy stunner Come to Daddy, starring Elijah Wood, Stephen McHattie, Martin Donovan and Michael Smiley. Written by The Greasy Strangler co-writer Toby Harvard (based on an idea by Timpson), Elijah Wood puts in a career best performance as thirty-something Norval, who […]

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01st Jul2019

Digital Shorts: ‘Forest Home’ Review (Nintendo Switch)

by Chris Cummings

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 Chris takes a look at cutesy puzzle game Forest Home. From developers NextGen Reality, Forest Home is an addictive puzzle game that is perfect for a […]

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01st Jul2019

‘Impact Wrestling’ Review (June 27th 2019)

by Nathan Favel

Welcome to this week’s Impact Wrestling review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have more build for Slammiversary to get to, so let’s get to it before Kenny Omega complains some more about Vince McMahon using EVOLVE Wrestling to compete with All Elite Wrestling’s charity show (pansy-@$$ nancy-boy). Hey, competition is a […]

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01st Jul2019

‘Paige: Iconic Matches’ DVD Review

by Chris Cummings

I’ve followed the career of Paige for a long time. I remember seeing her wrestler before she got to WWE and she worked shows with her family in their World Association of Wrestling promotion in the UK. When she got to WWE and began working with the NXT brand, you could just tell that Paige […]

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01st Jul2019

Interview: David McGillivray on his 5 Great British X-Rated Films

by Stuart Wright

In his latest podcast/interview, host Stuart Wright talks to the ‘Truffaut of Smut’ David McGillivray about his memoirs Little Did You Know and his and 5 Great British X-Rated Films. Little Did You Know is out in August 2019 through FAB PRESS. In his sensational memoir,Little Did You Know, illustrated with many previously unseen photos, […]

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