25th Apr2014

Top 5: Unbelievable True Stories in Film

by Phil Wheat

Featuring a talented young cast including Ed Speleers, Will Poulter, Alfie Allen, Sebastian De Souza and Emma Rigby, upcoming heist drama Plastic centres on a ring of university students who become credit card thieves in order to augment their income. When the group accidentally rob a notorious gangster, they are forced to up their game […]

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23rd Apr2014

Nerd Buy: ‘Dawn of the Dead’ Zombie Stephen Figma

by Phil Wheat

Check out this awesome new upcoming Figma “action figure” from Max Factory of a zombiefied Stephen “Flyboy” Andrews from George Romero’s classic 70s flick Dawn of the Dead. After a horrific gun fight with a group of Bikers, Stephen is too injured to fully escape the teeth of a few zombies. The figure depicts Flyboy […]

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13th Apr2014

Nerd Buy: Star Wars life size Han Solo in Carbonite

by Phil Wheat

Our friends at The Film Cell have this week uploaded pictures of a life size Han Solo in carbonite replica that is now available to buy in the UK. The replica version of Harrison Ford frozen in carbonite is just like in the movies. Standing at seven and a half feet tall, every detail is […]

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11th Apr2014

Top 5: Conspiracy Thrillers

by Phil Wheat

Conspiracy films can captivate an audience in surprising ways, and Hollywood has a long tradition of bringing these theories to life. In the upcoming film Pioneer, director Erik Skjoldbjærg explores a real life Norwegian big oil cover-up that includes murder, extortion, poker układy, and diving in the North Sea. In celebration of Pioneer‘s release today, […]

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04th Apr2014

6 People That Prove Eyepatches Rock (and one we’re not sure about)

by Guest

The release of Captain America: The Winter Soldier sees the return of Nick Fury and his glorious eyepatch to our oversized cinema screens, although if you want to watch the film in 3D an eyepatch of your own will cause some problems. To celebrate the release of the movie (and the fact that the eyepatch […]

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04th Apr2014

Nerd Buy: ‘Game of Thrones’ Blinds!

by Phil Wheat

Just when you think you’ve seen every possible piece of tie-in merchandise available, along comes a company you least expect with a range of products you never even thought about buying. But I’m betting once you’ve seen these Game of Thrones window blinds(!) you’ll want at least one… With only days to go until season […]

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02nd Apr2014

Poster Round-Up v2.0 – ‘The Expendables 3’ Edition

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. In this special edition we have a whopping SIXTEEN posters for The Expendables 3. In The Expendables 3, Barney (Sylvester Stallone), Christmas (Jason […]

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01st Apr2014

Nerd Buy: Star Wars X-Wing Knife Set

by Phil Wheat

Check out this fantastic piece of Star Wars kitchenware – an X-Wing shaped knife block! The block comes complete with 5 luxury knives that are strong and durable, including a cook’s knife, bread knife, carving knife, utility knife and a paring knife, each of which make up parts of the x-wing rebel fighter. Would look […]

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20th Mar2014

Top 5: Comic Book Heroes (A basic intro to superheroes)

by Guest

The first comic book was produced in 1933 in the United States and since then, the art form has been entertaining people of all ages over the world for decades. Comic books are not necessarily comical. They feature sequential juxtaposed panels which represents different scenes in order to form a story, and cover a huge […]

17th Mar2014

Top 5: Reasons to attend MCM Comic Con Birmingham

by Phil Wheat

MCM Comic Con and Memorabilia Birmingham take place this weekend, March 22nd-23rd, at Birmingham’s National Exhibition Centre (NEC). Unlike the huge event that is MCM Comic Con London, this event is on a smaller scale – focusing more on memorabilia and the attending autograph guests. Having always attended the London event we took time out […]

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14th Mar2014

LEGO He-Man? I Have the Power!

by Phil Wheat

Check out artist Gregos Thomas’ vision of the 16-figure checklist that comes with LEGO Minifigure blind bag pack, along with and example or three of the opened packs of what could be an awesome LEGO Masters of the Universe range. Now when can these be reality LEGO..?

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17th Feb2014

Back This! – February 2014

by Phil Wheat

Welcome to the fifth edition of our regular monthly feature here on Nerdly – Back This! – where we take a look at some of the cool content taking the crowdfunding route on sites such as Indiegogo, Sponsume and Kickstarter. This month we’re spotlighting the Indiegogo campaign for Ink, a new horror short from director Andy Stewart (whose […]

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14th Feb2014

Poster Round-Up v2.0 – The Quiet Ones at the Circus of the Dead with Patrick

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. In this edition we have posters for The Quiet Ones, Tammy, Locke, Small Time, Oculus, The Purge: Anarchy, Circus of the Dead, Patrick […]

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12th Feb2014

Forget ‘Flappy Bird’ with these games

by Guest

You might have missed the Flappy Bird rage, but fear not. Here are a selection of games you’ll want on your mobile for a rainy day. And unlike Flappy Bird, these aren’t going anywhere. Badland is like Flappy Bird but with far better visuals and more interesting gameplay mechanics.  with beautiful visuals, fascinating creatures, realistic […]

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29th Jan2014

Ten Best: Sports Biopics

by Phil Wheat

To celebrate the DVD and Blu-ray release of Rush this week, we’ve taken a look back at sports in the movies to bring you the Ten Best Sports Biopics… Brian’s Song (1971) A weepie isn’t something you always associate with a sports biopic, but Brian’s Song does such an extraordinary job in portraying two teammates […]

20th Jan2014

Cool Stuff: James Bond custom posters

by Phil Wheat

With the next Bond movie not due till October 2015, the folks at Ladbrokes Casino have commissioned a set of rather cool posters from artists Daniel White, Jack Emmons, Lucas Jubb, Nathalie Otter and Matt Ferres – all influenced by the classic Bond tropes of casinos, cars, women and general badass-ery. And whilst little is know about the next Bond […]

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18th Jan2014

Back This! – January 2014

by Phil Wheat

Welcome to the fourth edition of a new monthly feature here on Nerdly – Back This! – where we take a look at some of the cool content taking the crowdfunding route on sites such as Indiegogo, Sponsume and Kickstarter. This month we’re spotlighting the Kickstarter campaign for Heir, a new horror short. If you’d like us […]

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16th Jan2014

Poster Round-Up v2.0: The LEGO Movie of Veronica Mars has Cooties

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. In this edition we have posters for Veronica Mars(!), Walk of Shame, Unknown Caller, Need for Speed, two more posters for The LEGO […]

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15th Jan2014

Ten Best: Movie Rivalries

by Phil Wheat

To celebrate the release of Rush later this month, we though we’d check out some of the most memorable movie rivalries in recent memory… Rocky vs. Apollo Creed – Rocky (1976) World heavyweight champion Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers) comes up with the idea of allowing a local underdog a shot at his title when his opponent drops […]

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13th Jan2014

Nerd Buy: Teefury Tee of the Day!

by Phil Wheat

Today’s Teefury Tee of the Day is so awesome I had to share. Mixing the cute (and hilarious) minions of the Despicable Me series with one of the greatest sci-fi franchises, Star Wars, has produced this amazing t-shirt design! Get it now at Teefury.com

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30th Dec2013

Ten Best: Movie Trilogies

by Dan Clark

With the release of The Dark Knight Rises and the completion of the Dark Knight Trilogy it had me thinking of where it falls when compared to other classic trilogies. Trilogies used to be reserved for a select few, but now everything has a trilogy. I mean Step Up had a trilogy…until they made another […]

29th Dec2013

Live Fast, Die Young – TV Shows Gone Too Soon

by Nathan Smith

Television is a crazy medium, even moreso than film. It’s a medium where all the big TV studios can tout a new show as groundbreaking, edgy and any other buzzwords that they have in their wheelhouse at that time. Then, with a swift blade, they cut it down. And after that death, it languishes in […]