Welcome to this week’s review of AEW: Dynamite, which was broadcast from historic Greensboro, North Carolina and was this year’s Blood & Guts special. Also, AEW’s official recaps are getting rather long, so we’ll be abbreviating them where we can to save your eyes! With that, let’s get into the review… Match #1: Women’s Blood […]
Stars: Mélissa Boros, Golshifteh Farahani, Tahar Rahim, Emma Mackey, Finnegan Oldfield, Frédéric Bayer Azem, Louai El Amrousy | Written and Directed by Julia Ducornau French writer/director Julia Ducornau established herself as a body horror sensation with her first two features, the coming-of-age cannibalism picture Raw and the Palme d’Or-winning Titane, in which a woman had […]
Gloomhaven: Second Edition is a comprehensive overhaul of the original game, featuring rebalanced classes, redesigned scenarios, streamlined rules, improved component quality, and a more immersive narrative structure. It preserves the core tactical gameplay while refining nearly every aspect for clarity, accessibility, and long-term replayability. When Gloomhaven first launched in 2017, it redefined what a dungeon-crawling […]
Stars: Vahid Mobasseri, Mariam Afshari, Ebrahim Azizi, Hadis Pakbaten, Majid Panahi, Mohamad Ali Elyasmehr, George Hashem Zadeh, Delmaz Najafi, Afsaneh Najm Abadi | Directed by Jafar Panahi Back in 2010, Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi was arrested for trying to make “propaganda against the regime,” where he was sentenced to a 20-year ban from making films. […]
Stars: Danny Lee, Tien Ni, Lin Chen-Chi, Shih Chung-Tien, Chiang Tao, Keung Hon, Wai Wang, Si Wai, San Shu-Wa | Directed by Pao Hsueh-Li Once the largest film production company in Hong Kong, the Shaw Brothers was a studio that produced over a thousand films and popularised the kung fu genre. The Battle Wizard was […]
Welcome to this week’s review of NXT, right here on Nerdly. Let’s get straight into it and see what went down on this week’s show! Match #1: WWE Speed Championship – Jasper Troy def. El Grande Americano The following is courtesy of wwe.com: LFG Season One winner Jasper Troy captured gold by ending El Grande […]
Stars: Sydney Culbertson, Akihiro Kitamura, Riley Nottingham, Bella Glanville, Mark Pontarelli, Amelia Gotham, Bruce Clifford, Haruka Igarashi, Dallas Schaefer | Written and Directed by Andrew de Burgh The Demoness is an unexpectedly vibrant and stylish entry into modern supernatural horror, the kind of film that wears its pulp influences proudly while delivering far more personality […]
Written by Dan Watters | Art by Sami Kivelä | Published by Titan Comics Doctor Who: The Prison Paradox #1 launches Titan Comics’ new Fifteenth Doctor run with a confident burst of colour, energy, and classic Whovian charm. From the opening pages, the story drops the Doctor and Belinda Chandra straight into a colossal prison […]
For many, the name Joan Crawford instantly evokes the book and film Mommie Dearest – a work her youngest children have long insisted was a distortion of the truth. Yet despite the controversy that clings to her legacy, there’s no denying Crawford’s immense talent and towering place in Hollywood history. Near the turn of the […]
Welcome to our 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: Intercontinental Championship – John Cena def. Dominik Mysterio The following is courtesy of wwe.com: As John Cena was being introduced, Intercontinental Champion Dominik Mysterio attacked The Greatest of […]
Knitting Circle is a cosy, accessible evolution of Calico’s spatial puzzling – retaining the satisfying tile-laying core while softening the difficulty curve and introducing charming new mechanics like yarn drafting, garment knitting, and button collection. There’s also a slight edge to Knitting Circle that gives it another dimension – thanks to the cutthroat way in […]
When you think of classic Hollywood, few actresses stand taller than Bette Davis. Over her illustrious career, she delivered countless iconic performances and earned two Academy Awards, cementing her legacy as one of cinema’s greatest talents. Warner Archive Collection has been honouring legendary performers with beautifully curated Blu-ray releases, and now it’s Bette Davis’s turn […]
Stars: Ronan Summers, Jeanine Nerissa Sothcott, Caroline Wilde, Michael Paré, Tee Blackwood, Ben Cluett, Simon Cluett, Tamsin Dean, Shenton Dixon | Written and Directed by Phil Claydon Phil Claydon’s Helloween arrives as a low-budget British slasher attempting to fuse the real-world “killer clown” panic of 2016 with a cult-driven horror narrative. Visually indebted to the […]
Welcome to this week’s review of AEW: Collision, which brings wrestling back to Saturday nights. We’ve got the commentary team of Tony Schiavone and Nigel McGuinness calling the action. Also, AEW’s official recaps are getting rather long, so we’ll be abbreviating them where we can to save your eyes! With that, let’s get into the […]
Stars: Val Kilmer, Carrie-Anne Moss, Tom Sizemore, Benjamin Bratt, Simon Baker, Terence Stamp, Jessica Morton, Caroline Bossi, Bob Neill, Neil Ross | Written by Chuck Pfarrer, Jonathan Lemkin | Directed by Antony Hoffman 1950s sci-fi films often revolved around saving Earth from some imminent peril. Growing up on these movies, I loved every second of […]
Stars: Konstantina Mantelos, Adam Tsekhman, Cristo Fernández, Peter MacNeill, Fuad Ahmed, Nobahar Dadui | Directed by Joanna Tsanis The Killgrin, the first feature-length film from Joanna Tsanis, is a mournful, slow-burning slice of supernatural horror that fuses creature-feature tension with a grounded portrait of grief. While it isn’t without its structural missteps, the film stands […]
Written by Keith Elliot Greenberg | Published by Random House When All Elite Wrestling (AEW) launched in 2019, few could have predicted how profoundly it would alter the landscape of professional wrestling. This Book Is All Elite captures that transformative journey with the same energy that defined AEW’s rise. Blending stunning photography, insider commentary, and […]
Welcome to this review of this past Friday’s episode of Smackdown, right here on Nerdly. Let’s see what went down on this week’s show! Match #1: United States Championship – Ilja Dragunov def. Johnny Gargano The following is courtesy of wwe.com: United States Champion Ilja Dragunov refused to face Tommaso Ciampa, opting instead to face […]
Stars: Brenda Blethyn, Andrea Riseborough, Jason Watkins | Written and Directed by Paul Andrew Williams National treasures Brenda Blethyn and Andrea Riseborough co-star in Dragonfly, a terrific suburban horror-drama from acclaimed British director Paul Andrew Williams (London to Brighton). Like the recent Restless, it brilliantly exploits the all-too-familiar real-life tension of what it’s like to […]
Stars: George Kennedy, Philip Dore, Tom Savini, Dorothy Lamour, Paul Satterfield, Daniel Beer, Page Hannah, Lois Chiles, David Beecroft, Tom Wright | Written by George A. Romero, Stephen King, Lucille Fletcher | Directed by Michael Gornick When it comes to classic horror, few names command the same respect as George A. Romero and Stephen King. […]
Stars: Michael Madsen, Ethan Daniel Corbett, Emma Reinagel, Erik Celso Mann, Adam Slemon, Gabriel Pranter, Ian Hummel, Maddie Lane, Anna DeRusso, Michelle Bauer, Bix Krieger | Written and Directed by Jose Prendes The Asylum has built a name for itself through a steady stream of budget-conscious genre films that fully embrace their status as B-movie […]
Welcome to this week’s review of TNA Wrestling. Let’s get straight into the review and see what went down on this week’s show – the first original (non-clip show) episode since Bound For Glory a month ago! And it’s also the return of Open Fight Night which, if memory serves, we haven’t seen since 2017?! […]
