14th Mar2024

Frightfest Glasgow 2024: ‘Custom’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Abigail Hardingham, Rowan Polonski, Brad Moore, Samantha Steel | Written and Directed by Tiago Teixeira Jasper and Harriet are arthouse pornographers struggling to make ends meet. Their stock in trade is producing custom-made erotic films for an exclusive clientele into the forbidden, the shocking and the strange. As they hit rock bottom, that’s when […]

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14th Mar2024

Frightfest Glasgow 2024: ‘The Funeral’ & ‘The Last Straw’ Review

by Phil Wheat

THE FUNERAL Stars: Ahmet Rifat Sungar, Cansu Türedi, Tekin Temel | Directed by Orcun Behram Cemal, a lonely hearse driver, has been entrusted to secretly transport the body of a murdered young woman, Zeynep, to her parents’ home at their final request. But he hears strange groans from the back of the vehicle during the […]

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14th Mar2024

‘WWE NXT’ Review (Mar 12th 2024)

by Phil Wheat

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: The LWO def. OTM The following is courtesy of wwe.com: Cruz Del Toro and Joaquin Wilde of The LWO are one step closer to NXT Stand & Deliver after […]

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13th Mar2024

Frightfest Glasgow 2024: ‘Mom’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Emily Hampshire, François Arnaud, Christian Convery, Tristan D. Lalla, Cat Lemieux, Erika Rosenbaum, Mariah Inger | Written by Adam O’Brien, Philip Kalin-Hajdu | Directed by Adam O’Brien Meredith is a struggling mother abandoned by her family and partner after the appalling death of their newborn son. Alone in her house after separating, she becomes […]

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13th Mar2024

Frightfest Glasgow 2024: ‘Kill Your Lover’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Paige Gilmour, Shane Quigley Murphy, May Kelly | Written and Directed by Alix Austin, Keir Siewert Dakota has had enough of her toxic relationship with Axel, but the feeling isn’t mutual. As she tries to end things, Axel becomes something different, something monstrous. He gradually succumbs to the poison of the decaying relationship, becoming […]

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13th Mar2024

96th Annual Academy Awards – Our Oscars 2024 Report

by Alex Ginnelly

Sunday saw the 96th Annual Oscars ceremony broadcast live across the world, and for UK audiences it saw the show broadcast on ITV. There is lots to be said about this year’s Oscars, from winners and losers, to poor broadcasting panels – it is safe to say the award season gave us everything we’re used […]

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13th Mar2024

‘WWE Raw’ Review (Mar 11th 2024)

by Phil Wheat

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: Becky Lynch def. Liv Morgan The following is courtesy of wwe.com: In the final moment of an absolutely explosive showdown, Liv Morgan hit Oblivion on Becky Lynch. Before […]

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13th Mar2024

Wolverine Wednesday #71

by Ian Wells

Wolverine #43 Writers: Benjamin Percy & Victor LaValle | Artist: Geoff Shaw | Colourist: Alex Sinclair | Letters: Cory Petit This week I wanted to kick off talking about the cover. Modern covers tend to have a bad reputation. Perhaps there is an element of me being biased, but I love this cover by Lenil […]

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12th Mar2024

Frightfest Glasgow 2024: ‘Wake Up’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Turlough Convery, Benny O. Arthur, Jacqueline Moré, Tom Gould, Alessia Yoko Fontana, Kyle Scudder | Written by Alberto Marini | Directed by François Simard, Anouk Whissell, Yoann-Karl Whissell From RKSS, the directorial collective behind Turbo Kid, Summer of 84 and We Are Zombies, comes Wake Up, which sees a group of young activists set […]

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12th Mar2024

Frightfest Glasgow 2024: ‘The invisible Raptor’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Mike Capes, David Shackelford, Sean Astin, Sandy Martin, Caitlin McHugh, Bobby Gilchrist, Larry Hankin, Bill Kottkamp | Written by Mike Capes, Johnny Wickham | Directed by Mike Hermosa The Tyler Corporation has finally figured out how to engineer a prehistoric raptor genetically, but they didn’t stop there… they also made it invisible. Unfortunately for […]

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12th Mar2024

Glasgow Film Festival 2024: ‘Hoard’ Review

by Jasmine Valentine

Stars: Saura Lightfoot Leon, Lily-Beau Leach, Hayley Squires, Samantha Spiro, Joseph Quinn | Written and Directed by Luna Carmoon In 1980s England, Maria (Lily-Beau Leach) lives with her mother Cynthia (Hayley Squires), who is an obsessive hoarder. Struggling at school, Maria seeks solace in the unique yet dysfunctional lifestyle that the pair share together. In […]

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12th Mar2024

‘TNA Wrestling: Sacrifice 2024’ PPV Review

by Phil Wheat

Welcome to this review of TNA’s Sacrifice 2024 – which has rather swiftly followed their last PPV, No Surrender (which was only TWO(!) weeks ago). Talk about pay-per-view fatigue – though can we call this a PPV? Isn’t it rather a TNA+ special? Whatever, let’s check out what went down on this show! COUNTDOWN TO […]

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12th Mar2024

‘AEW: Collision’ Review (Mar 9th 2024)

by Phil Wheat

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. Shane Taylor The following is courtesy of allelitewrestling.com: Taylor threw Danielson halfway […]

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11th Mar2024

Frightfest Glasgow 2024: ‘The Deep Dark’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Samuel LeBihan, Amir El Kacem, Jean-Hughes Anglade, Thomas Solivérès, Diego Martín, Marc Riso, Bruno Sanches | Written and Directed by Mathieu Turi It’s 1856, and in the historic coal mines of Northern France, a group of miners find themselves trapped in the subterranean depths after a cave-in. But they soon realise they are not […]

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11th Mar2024

Frightfest Glasgow 2024: ‘The Soul Eater’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Virginie Ledoyen, Paul Hamy, Sandrine Bonnaire, Francis Renaud | Written by Annelyse Batrel, Ludovic Lefebvre | Directed by Alexandre Bustillo, Julien Maury Two detectives with entirely different work methods are sent to the sleepy French mountain town of Roquenoir. One is investigating a series of gruesome deaths. The other is searching for some missing […]

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11th Mar2024

‘Imaginary’ Review

by Matthew Turner

Stars: DeWanda Wise, Taegen Burns, Pyper Braun, Betty Buckley, Tom Payne, Veronica Falcon | Written by Jeff Wadlow, Greg Erb, Jason Oremland | Directed by Jeff Wadlow Produced by BlumHouse and directed by Jeff Wadlow (Fantasy Island), Imaginary is a solidly entertaining Friday night horror flick that does a decent job with its premise. It […]

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11th Mar2024

‘AEW: Rampage’ Review (Mar 8th 2024)

by Phil Wheat

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 Gas South Arena in Duluth, Georgia and featured Excalibur, Chris Jericho and Tony Schiavone on commentary. Now let’s get to the review… Match #1: Orange Cassidy & Trent Beretta def. Kip […]

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11th Mar2024

‘Friday Night Smackdown’ Review (May 8th 2024)

by Phil Wheat

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: Randy Orton & Kevin Owens def. Grayson Waller & Austin Theory The following is courtesy of wwe.com: The Viper and The Prizefighter teamed up to take on […]

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08th Mar2024

‘Doctor Jekyll’ VOD Review

by Matthew Turner

Stars: Eddie Izzard, Lindsay Duncan, Scott Chambers, Robyn Cara, Morgan Watkins | Written by Dan Kelly-Mulhern | Directed by Joe Stephenson Eddie Izzard stars in this gender-flipped reboot of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic horror story. Produced by the resurrected Hammer Studio, it’s creepy and atmospheric, but altogether too restrained, when it should have been allowed […]

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08th Mar2024

‘T Blockers’ Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Lewi Dawson, Lauren Last, Stanley Browning, Etcetera Etcetera, Patty Glavieux, Toshiro Glenn, Lisa Fanto, Chris Asimos | Written by Alice Maio Mackay, Benjamin Pahl Robinson | Directed by Alice Maio Mackay T Blockers is Australian filmmaker Alice Maio Mackay’s follow-up to So Vam and Bad Girl Boogey. Right from the start, she lets viewers […]

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08th Mar2024

‘Beware the Boogeyman’ VOD Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Elissa Dowling, Airisa Durand, Chynna Rae Shurts, Rollyn Stafford, Nicolette Pullen, Jason Reynolds, Khail Duggan, James Luster, Steve Larkin, Jax Kellington, Calvin Morie McCarthy, Marcella Laasch | Written and Directed by Calvin Morie McCarthy, Josh Dietrich, Kai Pacifico Eng, Tim Coyle I would have expected the new indie anthology film Beware the Boogeyman to […]

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08th Mar2024

‘TNA Wrestling’ Review (Mar 7th 2024)

by Phil Wheat

Welcome to this week’s review of TNA Wrestling, the latest episode under the return of the TNA branding! Let’s get into the review and see what went down… Match #1: Mustafa Ali def. Kevin Knight The following is courtesy of tnawrestling.com: Before they’re on opposite sides in a six-man tag team match tomorrow night at […]

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