Welcome to this review of this past Friday’s episode of Friday Night Smackdown, right here on Nerdly. Let’s see what went down on this week’s show! Match #1: Santos Escobar def. Rey Mysterio The following is courtesy of wwe.com: After SmackDown General Manager Nick Aldis barred all members of LWO and Legado del Fantasma from […]
It’s Monday so you know what that means, it’s time for our weekly review of AEW: Rampage! This week’s show was broadcast from the TD Garden in Boston, MA and featured Excalibur, Chris Jericho and Tony Schiavone on commentary. Now let’s get to the review… Match #1: Best Friends (Orange Cassidy & Trent) def. The […]
Stars: David Dastmalchian, Michael Ironside, Georgina Haig, Fayssal Bazzi, Ian Bliss, Rhys Auteri, Laura Gordon, Ingrid Torelli | Written and Directed by Cameron Cairnes, Colin Cairnes A live television broadcast goes horribly wrong in this formidably creepy found footage horror, written and directed by Australian brothers Cameron and Colin Cairnes. Anchored by a terrific lead […]
Stars: Sydney Sweeney, Álvaro Morte, Simona Tabasco, Benedetta Porcaroli, Giorgio Colangeli, Dora Romano, Giulia Heathfield Di Renzi, Giampiero Judica | Written by Andrew Lobel | Directed by Michael Mohan After working together on the one-season Netflix series Everything Sucks! and Prime Video erotic-thriller The Voyeurs, Immaculate sees the reunion of director Michael Mohan and producer/star […]
Stars: Arielle Cartwright, Liam Walker | Written and Directed by Richard Williams Making his feature debut, writer/director Richard Williams opens White Blood with nostalgia-tinged scenes of a loving couple in the style of grainy video recordings. It captures the idea of wanting to hold onto past memories, yet this is a momentary comfort as real-life […]
Welcome to this week’s review of TNA Wrestling, the first show on the “Road To Rebellion.” Let’s get into the review and see what went down… Match #1: Rebellion Referendum – Jake Something def. Jason Hotch, Leon Slater, Chris Bey, Alan Angels & Kevin Knight The following is courtesy of tnawrestling.com: X-Division Champion Mustafa Ali […]
Welcome to this week’s review of AEW: Dynamite, which was broadcast from the Coca-Cola Coliseum in Toronto, Ontario. We’ve got Excalibur, Tony Schiavone, and Taz on commentary this week, so let’s get into the review! Match #1: AEW Continental Championship Match – Eddie Kingston def. Kazuchika Okada The following is courtesy of allelitewrestling.com: Kingston hit […]
Stars: Josh O’Connor, Carol Duarte, Vincenzo Nemolato, Alba Rohrwacher, Isabelle Rossellini, Lou Roy-Lecollinet | Written and Directed by Alice Rohrwacher Fresh out of jail, Arthur (Josh O’Connor) is a man who seems reluctant to head back to his past, although haunted by his lost love Beniamina. Meeting back up with his rag-tag bunch of friends, […]
Stars: Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe, Mark Ruffalo, Vicki Pepperdine, Ramy Youssef, Jerrod Carmichael | Written by Tony McNamara | Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos Ever since he made a splash with 2009’s Dogtooth, Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos has been considered an exciting voice in cinema, resulting in accolades and award nominations for his disturbing and absurdist […]
Welcome to this week’s review of NXT, right here on Nerdly. Let’s get straight into it and see what went down in this episode… Match #1: Roxanne Perez def. Tatum Paxley The following is courtesy of wwe.com: Roxanne Perez is one step closer to Stand & Deliver as she defeated Tatum Paxley, challenged Lyra Valkyria, […]
Welcome to the reboot of our regular 100 Word Hits column, in association with comics retailer The Unreality Store, in which Matthew De Monti brings us short, sharp reviews of the RETRO comic books in one hundred words. Comics from all eras and all publishers, including Marvel, DC, indies, superheroes, sci-fi, fantasy, westerns and much […]
Over the past five or ten years, the Dungeons & Dragons brand has reinvented itself not only as the most popular RPG system in the world but also as a diversified range of board, card and video games. Since 2015, the range has included a line of board games that take the core RPG system […]
Stars: Ksenia Islamova, Sarah Alexandra Marks, Sean Cronin, Louis James, Sophie Rankin | Written and Directed by Howard J. Ford Escape opens with a massive burst of adrenaline. A woman running for her life across a desert landscape trips and impales herself on a sun-bleached piece of wood. Her pursuer leaves her for dead because, […]
Welcome to this review of this past Monday’s episode of WWE Raw, right here on Nerdly. Let’s see what went down on this week’s show! Match #1: #DIY def. The Creed Brothers The following is courtesy of wwe.com: Despite dominating during their time in NXT, Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa have never had a match […]
Wolverine Firsts These are the building block issues that made up the character to be “The best there is…” Oct-Nov 1974 Incredible Hulk #180-#181 Writer: Len Wein | Artist: Herb Trimpe | Inker: Jack Abel | Colourist: Glynnis Oliver | Letters: Artie Simek So where did it all begin? Rather simply like a lot of […]
Stars: David Dastmalchian, Michael Ironside, Georgina Haig, Fayssal Bazzi, Ian Bliss, Rhys Auteri, Laura Gordon, Ingrid Torelli | Written and Directed by Cameron Cairnes, Colin Cairnes Late Night With the Devil, the latest film from Cameron and Colin Cairnes, the team who made 100 Bloody Acres and Scare Campaign, opens with scenes of violence caught […]
Stars: Phoebe Tonkin, Lamorne Morris, Christopher Denham, Madison Hu, Lauren Bowles, Patrick Fischler | Written and Directed by The China Brothers Up until recently I worked the night shift in a hotel, so I know how creepy it can feel at times, especially when you’re getting used to the place with all of the building’s […]
Stars: Jason Momoa, Patrick Wilson, Amber Heard, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Randall Park, Dolph Lundgren, Temuera Morrison, Martin Short, Nicole Kidman | Written by David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick | Directed by James Wan Directed by James Wan, Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom is both a direct sequel to 2018’s Aquaman (also directed by Wan) and also the […]
Welcome to this week’s review of AEW’s latest television show, Collision, which brings wrestling back to Saturday nights! We’ve got the commentary team of Nigel McGuinness and Tony Schiavone calling the action, so let’s get into the review! Match #1: Bryan Danielson def. Katsuyori Shibata The following is courtesy of allelitewrestling.com: Danielson and Shibata chain […]
Welcome to the reboot of our regular 100 Word Hits column, in association with comics retailer The Unreality Store, in which Matthew De Monti brings us short, sharp reviews of the RETRO comic books in one hundred words. Comics from all eras and all publishers, including Marvel, DC, indies, superheroes, sci-fi, fantasy, westerns and much […]
Stars: Christopher Abbott, Andrea Riseborough, Rossif Sutherland, Tuppence Middleton, Sean Bean, Jennifer Jason Leigh | Written and Directed by Brandon Cronenberg Writer-director Brandon Cronenberg proves a proper chip off the old block with his second feature, Possessor, a brilliantly directed and startlingly original sci-fi horror that’s worthy of instant classic status. In fact, it’s fully […]
