29th Jul2014

Poster Round-Up v2.0: Annabel has Blood Ties with Lucy’s Guest

by Phil Wheat

Welcome to the latest installment of the Nerdly poster round-up, where we bring you up to speed on some of the best movie posters to have hit the interwebs in recent weeks. Including posters for The Conjuring spin-off Annabel, Blood Ties, Box Trolls, The Expendables 3, Horns, Lucy, Mad Max: Fury Road, Sin City 2, […]

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29th Jul2014

‘Hercules Reborn’ DVD Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: John Hennigan, Christian Oliver, Marcus Shirock, James Duval, Dylan Vox, Christina Ulfsparre | Written by Jim Hemphill | Directed by Nick Lyon The second Hercules movie we’ve reviewed here in the space of a week, Hercules Reborn is a product of mockbuster kings The Asylum and unlike The Legend of Hercules, which told the […]

28th Jul2014

First Look: Captain America & The Mighty Avengers #1

by Phil Wheat

This November, Sam Wilson takes the Mighty Avengers higher, further and bigger than ever before in Captain America & The Mighty Avengers #1, an all-new series launching as part of Avengers NOW! – from fan-favorite Mighty Avengers scribe Al Ewing, who returns along with artist Luke Ross for a new series with a new mission […]

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28th Jul2014

‘LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham’ SDCC Trailer & Image Gallery

by Phil Wheat

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, TT Games and The LEGO Group are set to release LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham at the beginning of Autumn 2014 for the Xbox One, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, Nintendo Wii U, Nintendo 3DS, and PC. Players will unlock more than 150 unique characters from the DC Comics universe, including members […]

28th Jul2014

Marvel Comics announce ‘Star Wars: The Marvel Years’ Omnibus

by Phil Wheat

n 1977 Marvel Comics published the very first Star Wars comic-book series. Now Marvel are re-presenting those original adventures in its over-sized Omnibus format with Star Wars: The Original Marvel Years collecting Star Wars (1977) #1-44 and Annual #1. It’s the return of the Jedi to Marvel in an opening volume that begins with Star […]

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27th Jul2014

‘Apocalyptic’ DVD Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Jane Elizabeth Barry, David Macrae, Geoff Pinfield, Tom McCathie, Rachel Torrance, Ashleigh Gregory, Zoe Imms, Janice Paull, Natalia Nespeca, Donna Pope, Nalini Vasudevan, Felicity Steel, Meghan Scerri | Written and Directed by Glenn Triggs By now you’re probably sick of me saying how much I detest found-footage films. After all I say the same […]

27th Jul2014

‘Scar Tissue’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Charity Wakefield, Danny Horn, Kenneth Colley, Daniel Fraser, Helen George, Mark Cameron, Imogen Bain, Shaun Dingwall | Written and Directed by Scott Michell Detective Sam Cross (Wakefield) never got the chance for revenge. Twenty years ago, her sister became the last victim of serial child killer Edward Jansen, moments before he was shot dead by a […]

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27th Jul2014

Review Round-Up: ‘Adult World’ & ‘Dream Girl’

by Phil Wheat

Adult World Stars: Emma Roberts, Evan Peters, John Cusack, Armando Riesco, Shannon Woodward, Chris Riggi, Scott Coffey, Darin Scott, Reed Birney, Catherine Lloyd Burns | Written by Andy Cochran | Directed by Scott Coffey Helmed by actor-turned-director Scott Coffey, who many may recognise from 80s films such as Some Kind of Wonderful and Space Camp, […]

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25th Jul2014

‘The Toxic Avenger’ Blu-ray Review (88 Films)

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Mark Torgl, Mitch Cohen, Andree Maranda, Cindy Manion, Gary Schneider, Robert Prichard, Pat Ryan, Dick Martinsen, Patrick Kilpatrick | Written by Lloyd Kaufman, Joe Ritter | Directed by Michael Herz, Lloyd Kaufman (as Samuel Weil) For those who haven’t seen The Toxic Avenger, first of all why not? (stop reading this review and go […]

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25th Jul2014

EXCLUSIVE: Set photos from ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’

by Phil Wheat

Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron is currently shooting in the UK at the Peel Centre (which is quite literally Met Police Academy). Our man Jack was at the centre thanks to his day-job last night, where he spotted the following, which looks to be the facade of a Russian building, a burnt up tower block […]

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25th Jul2014

‘Awful Nice’ VOD Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: James Pumphrey, Christopher Meloni, Brett Gelman, Laura Ramsey, Alex Rennie, Keely Hazell | Written by Todd Sklar, Alex Rennie | Directed by Todd Sklar You know you’re in for a tough time with a movie, especially a comedy, when the promotion centres around one of the smaller roles and NOT the films leads. And so is the case with Awful […]

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25th Jul2014

‘Don Peyote’ VOD Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Dan Fogler, Anne Hathaway, Jay Baruchel, Topher Grace, Josh Duhamel, Annabella Sciorra, Wallace Shawn, Dean Winters, Sean Brosnan | Written and Directed by Michael Canzoniero, Dan Fogler Stoner comedy Don Peyote tells the story Warren Allman, an unemployed graphic novelist who finally finds a purpose in life after an unpleasant encounter with a homeless […]

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25th Jul2014

‘The Legend of Kung-Fu Rabbit’ DVD Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Jon Heder, Tom Arnold, Rebecca Black, Michael Clarke Duncan, Claire Geare | Written by Melanie Simka, Mychal Simka | Directed by Lijun Sun You only have to walk into the home entertainment section of any supermarket in the UK to see the shelves clogged up with numerous straight to DVD animated movies – many […]

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24th Jul2014

Talking in Circles: Episode 27 – Party of Six

by Phil Wheat

Talking in Circles is a pop culture talk show/podcast where hosts Dan, Greg, and Chuck wax poetic about comic books, movies, television shows, and pretty much anything else in geek culture. Come for the witty banter stay for the exciting games, hilarious skits, and “crazy but true” news stories. So what do Theodore Roosevelt, Stan Lee,  […]

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24th Jul2014

‘The Legend of Hercules’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Kellan Lutz, Scott Adkins, Gaia Weiss, Roxanne McKee, Liam Garrigan, Liam McIntyre, Rade Serbedzija, Johnathon Schaech, Luke Newberry, Kenneth Cranham, Mariah Gale, Sarai Givaty | Written by Sean Hood, Daniel Giat | Directed by Renny Harlin One of THREE films released this year (the other two films surprisingly both star former WWE wrestlers) based on […]

24th Jul2014

Watch Now: LFCC 2014 Cosplay Music Video

by Phil Wheat

The London Film and Comic Con took place at London’s Earls Court a couple of weeks ago (it was hard to miss the news coming out of the con regarding the problems with queues and ticketing etc) but as usual there are plenty of awesome cosplay music videos coming out of the event as well– […]

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23rd Jul2014

The Scream Cast – Episode 21: The Town That Dreaded Sundown

by Phil Wheat

Welcome to the latest episode of The ScreamCast! Each episode sees hosts Sean Duregger and Brad Henderson review a Scream Factory release, have special guests, throw out future Scream Factory release wish lists, and celebrity interviews. In this week’s episode Brad and Sean and returning guest Justin Beahm talk about The Town That Dreaded Sundown […]

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23rd Jul2014

Nerd Buy: Hot Toys 1/6th Scale Marty McFly

by Phil Wheat

As if getting a LEGO set of the Delorean along with minifigs of Doc Brown and Marty McFly wasn’t enough, the Back to the Future toy “revival” continues with the announcement that Hot Toys – purveyors of all things 1/6th scale – are to produce a Marty McFly collectible figure styled after the very first […]

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22nd Jul2014

First Look: Original Sin #7

by Phil Wheat

Here’s your first look at Original Sin #7 – the penultimate chapter from New York Times Bestselling writer Jason Aaron (Thor: God of Thunder) and critically acclaimed artist Mike Deodato (New Avengers). The shocking final page of last issue kept fans on the edge of their seats, and now as Original Sin races towards its […]

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22nd Jul2014

Competition: Win Van Damme’s ‘Enemies Closer’ on Blu-ray

by Phil Wheat

Jean-Claude Van Damme is reunited with legendary filmmaker Peter Hyams (Timecop; Sudden Death) for a rare villainous turn even more gleefully deranged than his role in The Expendables 2, with Enemies Closer – out now on DVD and Blu-ray from Anchor Bay. After a major shipment of drugs goes missing on the US-Canadian border, forest […]

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22nd Jul2014

‘Daddy’s Little Girl’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Billi Baker, Michael Thomson, Allira Jaques, Holly Phillips, Rebecca Plint, Sean Gannon, Christian Radford, Darrell Plumridge, Mirko Grillini | Written and Directed by Chris Sun After the police find Derek’s daughter brutally murdered on the beach, he vows to make the culprit suffer for his actions, even if that person is ‘part of the […]

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22nd Jul2014

‘The LEGO Movie’ – Cast Interview

by Phil Wheat

The LEGO Movie follows Emmet, an ordinary, rules-following, perfectly average LEGO minifigure who is mistakenly identified as the most extraordinary person and the key to saving the world. With the film released on DVD, Blu-ray and Blu-ray 3D this week, we sat down with Chris Pratt (Emmet), Morgan Freeman (Vitruvius), Elizabeth Banks (Wyldstyle), Will Arnett […]

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