05th Dec2013

‘LEGO Star Wars’ Advent Calendar – Day 5

by Phil Wheat

Back for 2013, it’s this years LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar Xmas Countdown. Yes, its another year and another 24 LEGO mini-figures and vehicles to unveil! Check out the Day Five video below and make sure to come back tomorrow for another reveal…

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04th Dec2013

‘LEGO Star Wars’ Advent Calendar – Day 4

by Phil Wheat

Back for 2013, it’s this years LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar Xmas Countdown. Yes, its another year and another 24 LEGO mini-figures and vehicles to unveil! Check out the Day Four video below and make sure to come back tomorrow for another reveal…

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03rd Dec2013

‘LEGO Star Wars’ Advent Calendar – Day 3

by Phil Wheat

Back for 2013, it’s this years LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar Xmas Countdown. Yes, its another year and another 24 LEGO mini-figures and vehicles to unveil! Check out the Day Three video below and make sure to come back tomorrow for another reveal…

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02nd Dec2013

‘LEGO Star Wars’ Advent Calendar – Day 2

by Phil Wheat

Back for 2013, it’s this years LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar Xmas Countdown. Yes, its another year and another 24 LEGO mini-figures and vehicles to unveil! Check out the Day Two video below and make sure to come back tomorrow for another reveal…

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02nd Dec2013

Ten Best: Female Film Villains

by Kat Wheat

Female villains in the movies can usually be placed into two categories; the mentally deranged psychopath and the provocative seductress. This isn’t always the case of course, but it’s a fairly accurate basis to draw on. In honour of the nasty and glamorous sorceress Mizuki in 47 Ronin – the samurai epic out this December […]

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01st Dec2013

‘LEGO Star Wars’ Advent Calendar – Day 1

by Phil Wheat

Back for 2013, it’s this years LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar Xmas Countdown. Yes, its another year and another 24 LEGO mini-figures and vehicles to unveil! Check out the Day One video below and make sure to come back tomorrow for another reveal…

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22nd Nov2013

Poster Round-Up v2.0 – A Smorgasbord of Film Flyers!

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 a huge range of movies – comedy, horror, Disney, the entire gamut of genres! Including: That […]

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20th Nov2013

Infographic – LEGO Marvel Super Heroes

by Phil Wheat

To celebrate the release of LEGO Marvel Super Heroes, Warner Bros. have released this cool infographic which highlights some incredible facts about the LEGO series and LEGO Marvel Super Heroes in particular… In LEGO Marvel Super Heroes players take on the role of their favourite Marvel characters like Spider-Man, Iron Man, Wolverine, Thor, Captain America […]

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12th Nov2013

Poster Round-up v2.0: Horror 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 edition we focus solely on horror flicks, including Exists, Pernicious, Human Centipede 3, Altered Perception, Seed 2, Expedition, Summer Camp, Witching […]

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02nd Nov2013

Top 5: “Horror in the Woods” flicks

by Phil Wheat

The cruel and brutal outdoors have always been something of a horror staple, but just what is it that gets our arboreal adrenaline flowing? Tense new British horror In Fear (review) sees a young couple set off for an idyllic weekend in the countryside, only to find themselves thoroughly tormented by a labyrinth of country […]

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25th Oct2013

Nerd Buy: Simpsons Mr. Potato Head

by Phil Wheat

It’s Homer “Starch”son! Celebrate 25th years of laughter and hijinks of The Simpsons with this Homer Simpson Mr. Potato Head! America’s greatest TV dad comes in his classic white shirt, blue pants, black shoes, and his MMmm…donut! This Simpsons 25th Anniversary Homer Simpson Mr. Potato Head will make any Simpsons fan go, “Woo Hoo!” Homer […]

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21st Oct2013

Back This! – October 2013

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 two new projects – one comic/graphic novel and one (short) film, which comes […]

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16th Oct2013

In Defence of the Reboot #2 – Surprise!

by Mark Allen

A couple of weeks ago, Marvel sent out a preview for Wolverine and the X-Men #37, which showed a variant cover and interior pages that showed a strangely dressed Quentin Quire. It didn’t take much (or any) detective work to figure out that the Phoenix Force was making its return to the Marvel U (well, it […]

16th Oct2013

Nerd Buy: Matryoshka Robot Dolls

by Phil Wheat

Available at the Science Museum website, these Matryoshka Robot Dolls are a 21st century take on the classic Russian nesting dolls. THe set features six nesting Robots… “from outer space, looking for intelligent life on earth”. Nest them all together, or display all six side-by-side in your nerd cave! You can grab yourselves a set of […]

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11th Oct2013

Poster Round-Up v2.0 – Hidden in the Woods, Vampire Academy, Oldboy & more!

by Phil Wheat

Welcome to the latest installmen 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 a whopping NINE new posters to share for films that include the remake of Frightfest flick Hidden in the […]

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01st Oct2013

31 Days of Horror – Top 5 Halloween Movie Picks!

by Phil Wheat

Hi everyone! To kick off Nerdly’s 31 Days of Horror I thought I’d put together a list of my Top 5 flicks to watch on Halloween. Obviously being a huge horror fan my dilemma is that there are so many good horror movies that I sit down to watch at this time of year – how […]

30th Sep2013

Poster Round-Up v2.0: Hunger Games, Rurouni Kenshin, The New Family and more!

by Phil Wheat

Yes folks, you asked for it and it’s back. One of our most popular regular features on Blogomatic3000, the poster round-up, is reborn here on Nerdly.co.uk! Our latest instalment is absolutely jam-packed with poster goodness encompassing over a ton of movies, including Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Rurouni Kenshin, Hellbenders 3D, Homefront, Ender’s Game, Ride Along […]

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30th Sep2013

15 film adaptations of Comic Books & Graphic Novels

by Phil Wheat

As if you hadn’t already noticed, we are going through a boom of films made from comic books or graphic novels. On the whole, they’re quite a popular choice for cinema goers and to that we say “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” Next up is Rurouni Kenshin, which is based on the popular […]

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25th Sep2013

In Defence Of The Reboot #1 – Spin-Off Central

by Mark Allen

Some of you remember my short-lived, irregular column ‘In Defence Of The Reboot’ from those halcyon days when this fair site went by the name of Blogomatic 3000. In it I would dicuss sequels, remakes, reimaginings of beloved franchises and generally things that were apt to raise fanboy ire. No? Doesn’t ring a bell? Well, […]

24th Sep2013

London Film Festival 2013 – The Ten to Watch

by Phil Wheat

With this years London Film Festival swiftly approaching we’ve teamed up with AskMen, and their film correspondent Olly Richards, to bring you ten films we think will be the pick of LFF 2013 – I’ve focused on this years genre offerings, whilst Olly looks at some of the more mainstream films which will screen as […]

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20th Sep2013

Nerd Buy: Starscream and Soundwave hoodies

by Phil Wheat

If you’re a Transformers fan you’ll probably already have discovered the Optimus Prime and Grimlock hoodies which feature the fan-favourite characters emblazoned full-body style across a fleece top. Well we’ve already had two Autobot-themed hoodies so its now time the Decepticons get a turn in the spotlight – as Starscream and Soundwave are born in […]

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20th Sep2013

Back This! – September 2013

by Phil Wheat

Welcome to the (much-delayed) third 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. Just one project this month but I promise it’s a goodie – and one I’ve personally […]

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