14th May2020

‘Dragon Soldiers’ DVD Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Butch McCain, Asa Forsyth, Motown Maurice, Dan Sinclair, Arielle Brachfeld, Tarkan Dospil, Heath C. Heine, Ruben Pla, Antuone Torbert | Written by Dan Sinclair | Directed by Hank Braxtan Hank Braxtan, director of Snake Outta Compton and co-writer of Giant Killer Ants is back behind the camera for another giant monster movie, written by […]

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14th May2020

‘Paper Mario: The Origami King’ coming to Nintendo Switch

by Phil Wheat

Are you ready for your fun to in-crease tenfold? Well it will when Paper Mario: The Origami King comes to the Nintendo Switch in July! Well, a special invitation to a colourful, paper-crafted world has arrived. Join Princess Peach, Mario and Luigi in attending the kingdom’s origami festival when Paper Mario: The Origami King launches […]

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14th May2020

Interview: Adam Green talks ‘Victor Crowley’ and more!

by Phil Wheat

Ahead of Horror Channel’s UK TV premiere of Adam Green’s Victor Crowley, the great director shares his personal tragedies, George Romero’s inspirational words, the importance of genre comedy and hints that the Bayou Butcher may rise again… Adam, you’re back on the UK’s Horror Channel this Friday night with your latest ‘Hatchet’ instalment VICTOR CROWLEY. […]

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14th May2020

‘Impact Wrestling’ Review (May 12th 2020)

by Nathan Favel

Welcome to this week’s Impact Wrestling review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have Moose defending a World Title that doesn’t exist anymore. It’s nice that Impact found a way to create an angle for the main event scene, but I wish that this was leading to them actually bringing back TNA […]

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14th May2020

Digital Shorts: ‘Ghost Sweeper’ & ‘Fledgling Heroes’ Reviews (Switch)

by Phil Wheat

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 not one but TWO new indie games, Ghost Sweeper and Fledgling Heroes, both of which are now available on the Nintendo […]

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14th May2020

Days of Wonder announce ‘Small World of Warcraft’ board game!

by Phil Wheat

Days of Wonder have today announced their first collaboration with Blizzard Entertainment by introducing Small World of Warcraft, a new board game combining the Small World game mechanics with Blizzard’s celebrated Warcraft universe – set on the fantasy world of Azeroth, where the races of the Alliance and the Horde—including Orcs, Dwarves, Trolls, and Worgen—clash […]

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14th May2020

‘NWA Powerrr: Super Powerrr’ Review (May 12th 2020)

by Nathan Favel

Welcome to this season finale of the National Wrestling Alliance’s Powerrr with a special called Super Powerrr. I’m Nathan Favel and you’re on Nerdly, which has been sheltering me ever since I escaped from prison for trying to kill Superman for wearing red underwear over his pants…LIKE THE DOOFUS THAT HE IS! In the name […]

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14th May2020

‘All Elite Wrestling: Dark’ Review (May 12th 2020)

by Nathan Favel

Welcome to this week’s review of All Elite Wrestling: Dark, right here on Nerdly.  I’m Nathan Favel and we have more matches on this show than ever before…but are they good?  I love you…you bastard.  It’s wrestling time! Match #1:  Colt Cabana defeated Shawn Dean My Opinion:  2.9 out of 5 – This wasn’t bad, […]

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14th May2020

A Memoriam In Four Colours: Marty Pasko

by Ian Wells

This past weekend Martin Joseph Pasko took a seat at the great writing desk above the clouds. Known to everyone as Marty he was one of comics good guys. Marty had time for everyone and everyone had time for Marty. He was a regular on the con circuit. Whether on panels or at his table […]

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14th May2020

The History of Bad Ideas – Episode 333: Throw Away the Mixtape!

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 […]

14th May2020

Video Games Flourish as Sports Games are Losing their Appeal

by James Smith

Video game preferences differ as much as there are people in the world and on the whole, this is a good thing, as it provides us with a breadth of variety and choice. Recent information from Nielsen shows that towards the tail end of March, playtime in the country increased by some 45%, while there […]

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13th May2020

‘QueenDomino’ Board Game Review

by Matthew Smail

In my household, there are two young children, one casual gamer and one very serious gamer (me.) This means that we’ve grown very fond of KingDomino, as you’ll see from my review last year. As the serious gamer in the group, I love KingDomino’s accessibility when it comes to enabling my wife and children to […]

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13th May2020

‘Getaway’ DVD Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Jaclyn Betham, Scout Taylor-Compton, Landry Allbright, Lane Toran, Noah Lowdermilk, Jamil Walker Smith, Lane Caudell, Ben Deschaine | Written by Lane Toran, Jaclyn Betham | Directed by Lane Toran You know how some genre films just have strange backgrounds? People involved that you’d never believe would have anything to do with a horror film? […]

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13th May2020

‘The Shed’ VOD Review (Signature Entertainment)

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Frank Whaley, Timothy Bottoms, Siobhan Fallon, Jay Jay Warren, Cody Kostro, Sofia Happonen | Written and Directed by Frank Sabatella As an orphan living with his abusive grandfather, life sucks for Stan (Jay Jay Warren). But he’s got it better than his best friend Donmer who regularly needs defending against the school bullies. When […]

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13th May2020

‘Hollywood’ Review (Netflix Original)

by Rhys Payne

I took me a while to truly get into the new Netflix original series Hollywood due to the shows pacing and set-up (which I’ll talk about more later) but once I understood the stylistic choices, and once the main themes of the show were discussed, I quickly become totally invested into this series! don’t think […]

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13th May2020

‘Dead To Me: Season 2’ Review (Netflix)

by Rhys Payne

The first season of Dead To Me was one of the first shows I ever reviewed and I was actually a massive fan of the mysterious drama. The dark and twisted series was insanely gripping but in my review of season one, I ended it by saying that I hoped there wouldn’t be a second […]

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13th May2020

Pop Addled: Episode 202 – Doom Addled: Mission Impossible 3

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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13th May2020

The Life-Affirming Tale of Rain Man

by James Smith

Rain Man, released in 1988, was one of the first on-screen depictions of autism. It is a widely view that this Barry Levinson directed movie has done more for raising the public’s awareness of the disorder than any educational program or PR campaign in history. The Oscar winning film stars Tom Crusie as Charlie Babbit, […]

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12th May2020

‘For Jennifer’ VOD Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Dominique Swain, Felissa Rose, Lanett Tachel, Rich Finley, Madeleine Wade, Frankie Cullen, Meghan Deanna Smith, Gregory Blair, Jennifer Nangle, Tiffani Fest, Rachel Hardisty, Martin Harris, Monika Ekiert, Jody Barton, Danielle Taddei, Audriena Comeaux | Written and Directed by Jody Barton The “…Jennifer” films are a series of strange beasts. The first, To Jennifer, was […]

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12th May2020

WWE Raw – May 11th 2020: Results & Review

by Nathan Favel

Welcome to this week’s Monday Night Raw review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and Raw has a major announcement from Becky Lynch. That’s what I was gonna talk about not Alberto Del Rio. We’ve got new Money In The Bank contract holders. Would you like to go bowling? Match #1: Bobby Lashley def. […]

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12th May2020

‘The Lodge’ Blu-ray Review

by Matthew Turner

Stars: Riley Keough, Jaeden Martell, Lia McHugh, Richard Armitage, Alicia Silverstone, Katelyn Wells, Danny Keough, Lola Reid | Written by Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala, Sergio Casci | Directed by Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala The first English-language feature from Austrian writer-directors Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala (Goodnight Mommy), The Lodge is a slow-burning chiller that plays […]

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12th May2020

Game On! Review: ‘Moving Out’ (Nintendo Switch)

by Jason Brigger

A little about our family… My wife and I love playing video games, board games, card games and any tabletop game we can get our hands on. In the last several years, we have been including our 10-year-old son and our 6-year-old daughter, and sometimes our 3-year old son, in our game nights. With so […]

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