21st Nov2022

‘Disenchanted’ Review (Disney Plus)

by Guest

Stars: Amy Adams, Patrick Dempsey, Maya Rudolph, Idina Menzel, James Marsden, Gabriella Baldacchino, Yvette Nicole Brown, Jayma Mays | Written by Brigitte Hales | Directed by Adam Shankman Disillusioned with life in the city, feeling out of place in suburbia, and frustrated that her happily ever after hasn’t been so easy to find, Giselle turns […]

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18th Nov2022

‘The Menu’ Review

by Matthew Turner

Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Anya Taylor-Joy, Nicholas Hoult, Hong Chau, Janet McTeer, Judith Light, John Lequizamo, Reed Birney, Paul Adelstein, Aimee Carrero, Arturo Castro, Mark St. Cyr, Rob Yang | Written by Seth Reiss, Will Tracy | Directed by Mark Mylod Ralph Fiennes and Anya Taylor-Joy headline this blackly comic satire about an acclaimed chef who […]

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18th Nov2022

‘The Final Rose’ Review (Tubi Original)

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Christina Masterson, Brytni Sarpy, Robert Palmer Watkins, Roger Howarth, Brittany Underwood, Robert Adamson, Brian McGovern, Carrie Alexander | Written by Tim Cruz, Blake Rutledge | Directed by Tim Cruz Single mother Jess arrives on a remote island to compete on Love At Last, TV’s number one dating show (think The Bachelor – hence the […]

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18th Nov2022

‘Shadow Master’ Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Layton Matthews, D.Y. Sao, Anna Harr, Dominique Swain, Craig Ng | Written and Directed by Pearry Reginald Teo Set in what appears to be a dystopian, and possibly post-apocalyptic America, Shadow Master opens with a SWAT team walking in on a martial arts battle in what looks like a hospital turned into a slaughterhouse […]

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18th Nov2022

‘The Feast’ Blu-ray Review

by Matthew Turner

Stars: Annes Elwy, Nia Roberts, Julian Lewis Jones, Steffan Cennydd, Siôn Alun Davies, Lisa Palfrey, Rhodri Meilir | Written by Roger Williams | Directed by Lee Haven Jones A dinner party devolves into a bloodbath in this stylish, slow-burn Welsh language horror from debut director Lee Haven Jones. Fair warning: The Feast is not the […]

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18th Nov2022

‘Three Day Millionaire’ Video Review

by Kevin Haldon

Directed by Jack Spring, produced by friend of Nerdly and host of The Filmmaker’s Podcast, Giles Alderson and starring Colm Meaney, Jonas Armstrong and Robbie Gee, Three Day Millionaire is a raucous black comedy about a gang of Grimsby Trawler-men who carry out the heist of a lifetime. You’ve seen Ocean’s 11, now get ready […]

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17th Nov2022

‘The Friendship Game’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Peyton List, Kaitlyn Santa Juana, Brendan Meyer, Kelcey Mawema, Dylan Schombing, Miriam Smith, Jennifer Copping | Written by Damien Ober | Directed by Scooter Corkle Two girls, Cotton (Kaitlyn Santa Juana) and Zooza (Peyton List), are trawling a garage sale when an old woman approaches them to tell them about the strange object on […]

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17th Nov2022

‘The System’ Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Tyrese Gibson, Ric Reitz, Hawk Walts, Terrence Howard, Jeremy Piven, Marrese Crump | Written and Directed by Dallas Jackson Terry Savage (Tyrese Gibson; Morbius, Dangerous) was a war hero, now he’s reduced to robbing drug houses to try to afford treatment for his daughter’s medical condition. And if the robbery we see at the […]

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17th Nov2022

‘The Rise of the Beast’ Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Andrew Rolfe, Arthur Boan, Sarah T. Cohen, Sian Altman, George Nettleton, Peter Jeffries, Heather Jackson | Written by Fil Freitas | Directed by Jack Ayers With The Rise of the Beast, (originally titled Devolution), producer Scott Jeffrey fills a noticeable hole in his output. He’s given us dinosaurs, dragons, mutated rats, bats, spiders, and […]

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16th Nov2022

‘Confess, Fletch’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Jon Hamm, Roy Wood Jr., Annie Mumolo, Ayden Mayeri, Lorenza Izzo, Kyle MacLachlan, Marcia Gay Harden | Written by Greg Mottola, Zev Borow | Directed by Greg Mottola After what seems like an eternity of talk of a third Fletch movie, it has finally arrived. Not the Fletch we were expecting (I’d honestly still […]

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16th Nov2022

‘Moonchild’ Blu-ray Review (Visual Vengeance)

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Auggi Alvarez, Stefan Hilt, Rod Will, Harry Rose, Dave Miller, Cathy Metz, Kathleen McSweeney | Written and Directed by Todd Sheets I’ll be honest, I’m not the biggest fan of filmmaker Todd Sheets; the last film of his I saw was Bonehill Road and that just cemented my knowledge that Sheets’ particular brand of […]

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16th Nov2022

‘Detective Knight: Rogue’ VOD Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Beau Mirchoff, Bruce Willis, Trevor Gretzky, Keeya King, Jimmy Jean-Louis, Michael Eklund, Corey Large, Lochlyn Munro | Written by Edward Drake, Corey Large | Directed by Edward Drake Sometimes I wonder why I punish myself with movies. Case in point, Detective Knight: Rogue. Another in Bruce Willis’ direct-to-market series of films, and yes we […]

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15th Nov2022

‘Bloodlines: The Jersey Devil Curse’ Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Adam Alderson, Meghan Barylak, Lindsay Dunphy, Rycen Earley, Elizabeth Flood, Zachary Palmisano, Adam Reid | Written by Jason Utes | Directed by Seth Breedlove The latest documentary from Seth Breedlove (American Werewolves, Minerva Monster) and his Small Town Monsters production company, Bloodlines: The Jersey Devil Curse is a look at one of America’s lesser-known […]

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14th Nov2022

‘The Cheerleader Sleepover Slaughter’ Revew (Tubi)

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Indica Jane, Sydney Spaulding, Sushii Xhyvette Holder, Vera Marlowe, Taylor Herd, Beux Leto, Jayden Leto, Collin O’Neill | Written and Directed by Christopher Leto With two nudity-filled locker room scenes and a fairly graphic straight razor throat slitting even before we get to the opening credits, The Cheerleader Sleepover Slaughter certainly seems like it’s […]

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11th Nov2022

‘The Possessed’ Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: John Jarratt, Simone Buchanan, Lincoln Lewis, Lauren Grimson | Written and Directed by Chris Sun Australian director Chris Sun is known for his violent, frequently quite viciously so, genre films such as Charlie’s Farm and Boar. The Possessed however marks his first attempt at a supernatural film, and it’s based on the allegedly true […]

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11th Nov2022

‘Guns of Eden’ Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Alexandra Faye Sadeghian, Peter Johnson, Dominic Luongo, Nicole Colon, Bill Kennedy, Kim Piazza, Lynn Lowry, Tim O’Hearn | Written and Directed by Gregory Lamberson Guns of Eden opens with Buffalo cops Megan (Alexandra Faye Sadeghian) and her partner Jeremy (Peter Johnson) running down a purse snatcher. However, when they find themselves in the middle […]

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10th Nov2022

‘Weird: The Al Yankovic Story’ Review

by Guest

Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Evan Rachel Wood, Rainn Wilson, Toby Huss, Julianne Nicholson | Written by ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic, Eric Appel | Directed by Eric Appel The unexaggerated true story about the greatest musician of our time. From a conventional upbringing where playing the accordion was a sin, “Weird Al” Yankovic rebels and makes his dream […]

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10th Nov2022

‘Hex’ Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Kayla Adams, Matthew Holcomb, Chloe Berman, Bryan Roberts, Eric Alperin, Brad Worch II, Schno Mozingo | Written by Hans Rodionoff | Directed by Chris Johnston, Andy Malchiodi Hex, not to be confused with several other films with the same title, opens with a montage of shots, old illustrations of demons, skydivers performing a risky […]

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10th Nov2022

‘Orphan: The Complete Collection’ Blu-ray Review

by Guest

ORPHAN Stars: Vera Farmiga, Peter Sarsgaard, Isabella Fuhrman, CCH Pounder, Jimmy Bennett, Margo Martindale, Karel Roden, Aryana Engineer, Rosemary Dunsmore, Genelle Williams | Written by David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick | Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra Devastated by the loss of their unborn baby, Kate (Vera Farmiga) and John (Peter Sarsgaard) decide to adopt a child. At the […]

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09th Nov2022

‘The Cult of Humpty Dumpty’ VOD Review (Amazon Prime)

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Sarah T. Cohen, May Kelly, Kelly Rian Sanson, Matthew Baunsgard, Gillian Broderick, Georgina Jane, Sara Maurelli, Sonja Quita Doubleday, Chris Cordell, Amanda Himsworth | Written by Sam Ashurst | Directed by Jack E. Bell I was a HUGE fan of last year’s The Curse of Humpty Dumpty from writer/director/producer Scott Jeffrey, so when a […]

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09th Nov2022

‘The Legend of Hawes’ DVD Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Emily Whitcomb, Mike Markoff, Richard Tyson, Karin Brauns, Tony Jackson | Written by Rene Perez, Kent Hill | Directed by Rene Perez Writer/director Rene Perez (Playing With Dolls) is back with horror western The Legend of Hawes, which tells the story of survivors of a ravenous marauder attack, marauders who we’re told, in the […]

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09th Nov2022

‘Expired’ VOD Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Ryan Kwanten, Hugo Weaving, Jillian Nguyen, David Field, Michael Chan | Written and Directed by Ivan Sen Set in a crowded and pulsating urban metropolis, our story begins with Jack (Ryan Kwanten) – a demoralised and demotivated assassin who aspires for more and struggles to define his place in the world as he moves […]

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