20th Mar2023

‘The World We Knew’ VOD Review

by Chris Cummings

Stars: Struan Rodger, Finbar Lynch, Johann Myers, Kirk Lake, Philip Hancock, Simon Rhodes, Alexander Wells, Mat Hardy | Written by Matthew Benjamin Jones, Kirk Lane | Directed by Matthew Benjamin Jones, Luke Skinner The World We Knew is a crime horror movie written by Matthew Benjamin Jones and Kirk Lane, and directed by Jones and […]

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20th Mar2023

‘AEW: Rampage’ Review (Mar 17th 2023)

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 features Excalibur, Tony Schiavone and Paul Wight on commentary. Now let’s get to the review… Match #1: TNT Championship – Powerhouse Hobbs def. Rey Fenix My Thoughts: The very definition of a David vs. Goliath […]

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20th Mar2023

Friday Night Smackdown – Mar 17th 2023: Results & Review

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 the show! Match #1: Dominik Mysterio & Rhea Ripley def. Santos Escobar & Zelina Vega The following is courtesy of wwe.com: When order broke down in the Mixed Tag Team Match and […]

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17th Mar2023

Frightfest Glasgow 2023: ‘Mother Superior’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Isabella Händler, Inga Maux, Jochen Nickel | Written and Directed by Marie Alice Wolfszahn Sigrun Fink, desperate for information about her biological family, starts a new position as nurse to the aging, ill and eccentric Baroness Heidenreich. For a shared longing binds them together: the old lady’s memory contains the secret to Sigrun’s true […]

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17th Mar2023

Frightfest Glasgow 2023: ‘Pensive’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Šarūnas Rapolas Meiliešius, Gabija Bargailaitė, Marius Repšys | Written by Jonas Trukanas, Titas Laucius | Directed by Jonas Trukanas Wooden sculptures of the Pensive Christ can be found in the weirdest spots all through the Baltic States. They combine folk art and Christian traditions into a singular entity concerning the fear of being judged. […]

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17th Mar2023

Frightfest Glasgow 2023: ‘#chadgetstheaxe’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Michael Bonini, Spencer Harrison Levin, Taneisha Figueroa | Written by Travis Bible, Kemerton Hargrove | Directed by Travis Bible Found footage is SO hard to get right. For every Blair Witch Project we get a myriad of direct-to-DVD (or streaming) shaky-cam horrors that substitute actual filmmaking and crafting real scares for cheap camerawork and […]

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17th Mar2023

‘Impact Wrestling’ Review (Mar 16th 2023)

by Phil Wheat

Welcome to this week’s review of Impact Wrestling, which this week opens with a Before the Impact match that saw Champagne Singh defeat Zicky Dice. Let’s get into the review… Match #1: Mike Bailey & Jonathan Gresham def. Decay (Black Taurus & Crazzy Steve) The following is courtesy of impactwrestling.com: Mike Bailey and Jonathan Gresham […]

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17th Mar2023

‘AEW: Dynamite’ Review (Mar 15th 2023)

by Phil Wheat

Welcome to this week’s review of AEW: Dynamite, which was broadcast live from the Canada Life Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba. We’ve got Excalibur, Tony Schiavone and Taz on commentary so let’s get into the review! Match #1: The Blackpool Combat Club (Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli & Wheeler Yuta) def. “Hangman” Adam Page & The Dark […]

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16th Mar2023

‘Gears of War: The Card Game’ Review

by Matthew Smail

Regular readers of Nerdly might recall that back in January we revealed that Steamforged Games – creators of Dark Souls: The Board Game and Resident Evil 3: The Board Game were about to release another videogame tie-in – this time based on Gears of War. This took me by surprise to be honest, since it’s […]

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16th Mar2023

‘Ru Paul’s Drag Race 15×11’ Review

by Rhys Payne

I have to say that last week’s episode of Ru Paul’s Drag Race was one of my personal favourites. I don’t know if it is the fact that I thought that I could have done better in the challenge than ninety per cent of the remaining competitors or that we saw the full scale of […]

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16th Mar2023

‘Shazam: Fury of the Gods’ Review

by Matthew Turner

Stars: Zachary Levi, Asher Angel, Jack Dylan Grazer, Helen Mirren, Lucy Liu, Rachel Zegler, Djimon Hounsou, Grace Fulton, Ian Chen, Jovan Armand, Faithe Herman, Cooper Andrews, Marta Milans, Adam Brody, Ross Butler, Meagan Good | Written by Henry Gayden, Chris Morgan, Bill Parker | Directed by David F. Sandberg Zachary Levi returns for a sequel […]

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16th Mar2023

‘AEW: Dark’ Review (Mar 14th 2023)

by Phil Wheat

Another week, another episode of AEW: Dark which this week features a mere FIVE matches (music to my ears!) Anyway, on with the review… Match #1: Dark Order (John Silver & Alex Reynolds) def. The Outrunners (Turbo Floyd & Truth Magnum) My Thoughts: Well this was a decent opener! I’m not sold on The Outrunners, […]

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16th Mar2023

‘WWE NXT’ Review (Mar 14th 2023)

by Phil Wheat

Welcome to this week’s review of NXT, right here on Nerdly. Let’s get straight into the review and see what happened this week… Match #1: NXT Tag Team Championship Match – Gallus def. Pretty Deadly The following is courtesy of wwe.com: Gallus boys remained on top as Mark Coffey & Wolfgang dispatched their long time […]

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15th Mar2023

‘Trader’ Review

by James Rodrigues

Stars: Kimberly-Sue Murray | Features the voices of: Shaun Benson, Stephen Bogaert, Ellen Dubin, Samora Smallwood, Art Hindle | Written and Directed by Corey Stanton From the opening shot panning downstairs into a basement apartment, writer/director Corey Stanton establishes the sole location his film occurs within. A phone call is taking place, as a lone […]

15th Mar2023

‘The Siege’ Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Daniel Stisen, Samantha Schnitzler, Yennis Cheung, Lauren Okadigbo, Byron Gibson, Phillip Ray Tommy | Written by Nicole Bartlett | Directed by Brad Watson Walker (Daniel Stisen; Last Man Down, Rise of the Footsoldier 3) is an assassin, one of the best in the business. But this time one of the witnesses wasn’t as dead […]

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15th Mar2023

‘Ghost Crew’ VOD Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Tom Staunton, Michael Brewster, Megan Tremethick, Alexander Zorn, Richard Pate | Written by Tom Staunton | Directed by Lawrie Brewster Tom (Tom Staunton, who also wrote the script) and his cameraman Mike (Michael Brewster; The Unkindness of Ravens, Slot) are The Ghost Crew, a paranormal investigation team try, without much success, to get some […]

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15th Mar2023

‘AEW Dark: Elevation – Episode 106’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Welcome back to another review of AEW Dark: Elevation, which again features eight matches this week. We’ve got regulars Paul Wight and Matt Menard on commentary as usual. So let’s get into the review! Match #1: Emi Sakura def. Zyra My Thoughts: Once again Emi Sakura lets her opponent show what she’s got in a […]

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15th Mar2023

‘WWE Raw’ Review (Mar 13th 2023)

by Phil Wheat

Welcome to this review of this past Monday’s episode of WWE Raw, right here on Nerdly… We’re apparently on the road to Wrestlemania so let’s get into it! Match #1: Damian Priest & Dominik Mysterio def. Johnny Gargano & Dexter Lumis The following is courtesy of wwe.com: Moments after Rhea Ripley caused a distraction at […]

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14th Mar2023

Glasgow Film Festival 2023: ‘Great Yarmouth’ Review

by Jasmine Valentine

Stars: Beatriz Batarda, Nuno Lopes, Kris Hitchen | Written by Marco Martins, Ricardo Adolfo | Directed by Marco Martins Three months before Brexit, hundreds of migrant workers arrive at the UK seaside town of Great Yarmouth looking for work. Many of them end up in local turkey processing plants, with Tânia (Beatriz Batarda) now overseeing […]

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14th Mar2023

‘Condor’s Nest’ Review

by Alain Elliott

Stars: Michael Ironside, Jackson Rathbone, Arnold Vosloo, Jorge Garcia, Bruce Davison, Jacob Keohane, Al Pagano, Corinne Britti, James Urbaniak | Written and Directed by Phil Blattenberger Writer and director Phil Blattenburg has done a good job here to create a World War II movie set ten years after the end of the war. That might […]

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14th Mar2023

‘Craving’ VOD Review

by James Rodrigues

Stars: Felissa Rose, Al Gomez, Holly Rockwell, Kevin Caliber, Ashley Undercuffler, Xavier Roe, Likun Jing, Rachel Amanda Bryant, Toya Morman, Gregory Blair, Frankie Guzman, Miranda Bourke | Written by Gregory Blair, J. Horton | Directed by J. Horton Opening in 1998, two armed officers enter an abandoned bar to witness the aftermath of a slaughter. […]

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14th Mar2023

Comics Interview: Dissected – Issue #2

by Ian Wells

Welcome to this brand-new feature here on Nerdly, where one of our comic gurus, Ian Wells, delves into comics history and dissects Comics Interview, the long-running journal of interviews and criticism from David Anthony Kraft. Up Front With DAK From this point forward I will be referring to David Anthony Kraft as DAK. He kicks […]

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