15th Aug2019

‘Saving Leningrad’ Review

by Jak-Luke Sharp

Stars: Andrey Mironov-Udalov, Maria Melnikova, Anastasiya Melnikova, Gela Meskhi, Pavel Druzhinin, Mariya Kapustinskaya | Written and Directed by Aleksey Kozlov September 1941. In a turn of events young lovebirds Kostya and Nastya find themselves on board of a barge that will evacuate people from sieged Leningrad. At night the barge gets into the storm. When […]

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15th Aug2019

‘Ring of Honor’ Wrestling Review (Aug 11th 2019)

by Nathan Favel

Welcome to this review of Ring Of Honor, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have a little more wrestling from a league that is going into the real estate business. Honor Homes, taking pride in where your heart is since 2019. There’s not much wrestling here, so get ready for a short […]

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14th Aug2019

‘Unlock! Heroic Adventures’ Board Game Review

by Matthew Smail

Space Cowboys have a bit of history when it comes to the Unlock! series, which first debuted in 2017, but has seen no less than five bundled releases each containing three stories (in the UK and Europe) or as many as three times that in the USA, where each set has been sold individually up […]

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14th Aug2019

‘The Sisters Brothers’ DVD Review

by Jak-Luke Sharp

Stars: John C. Reilly, Joaquin Phoenix, Jake Gyllenhaal, Riz Ahmed, Rebecca Root, Allison Tolman, Rutger Hauer, Carol Kane, Patrice Cossonneau | Written by Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain | Directed by Jacques Audiard [NOTE: With the film finally out on DVD here in the UK, here’s a reposting of our review of the film from its […]

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14th Aug2019

WWE Smackdown Live – Aug 13th 2019: Results & Review

by Nathan Favel

Welcome to this week’s SmackDown Live review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have…well, it better be better than last night’s Raw. I saw that others liked it, but it made me wanna hurl. Needless to say, but the bar is not very high for this to be a success. Oh, Chasing […]

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14th Aug2019

Pass Horror Notes: ‘Landing Lake’ Review

by Aaron Shakespeare

LANDING LAKE Stars: Franck Assi, Emma Bown, Joanna-Leigh Hewitt, Veronica Osimani, Craig Peritz, Lee Ravitz, Aaron Stielstra, Victoire Vecchierini, Phil Zimmerman | Written and Directed by Cesare P. Libardi di K. Name: Landing Lake Age: 2019 Appearance: Distorted head scratcher of a science fiction horror filmed in Super 35mm around some woods in Italy. It […]

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13th Aug2019

‘The Velocipastor’ Review

by Alain Elliott

Stars: Alyssa Kempinski, Greg Cohan, Claire Hsu, Aurelio Voltaire, Nicholas M. Garofolo, Daniel Steere, Fernando Pacheco De Castro, Jiechang Yang, Jesse Turits, Erik Oh, Zachary Steere | Written and Directed by Brendan Steere As soon as I read the title The Velocipastor I knew I had to see it. I didn’t need to see a […]

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13th Aug2019

WWE Raw – Aug 12th 2019: Results & Review

by Nathan Favel

Welcome to this review of Monday Night Raw, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have the fall-out of SummerSlam to cover, so get ready to…read the review, I guess. Match #1: Samoa Joe def. Sami Zayn The following is courtesy of wwe.com: Sami Zayn is still lurking, raining on whatever parades he […]

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13th Aug2019

‘Spider-Gwen: Ghost Spider #1-10’ Review

by Phil Wheat

I’m a huge fan of Spider-Gwen. At first drawn to the look of the character, which is easily one of the best designs to have come out of Marvel in years, it turned out she was, across numerous books, a well-written and well-formed character too. Like Peter Parker, Spider-Gwen was flawed, more human than super-human […]

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13th Aug2019

The Last Week in Wrestling #33 (Wrestling Round-Up)

by Nathan Favel

Welcome to this edition of The Last Week In Wrestling, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have me returning to this after a few hectic weeks of extra shows to cover (a lame excuse, but the truth). We’ve got lots to cover, so let’s do so. Best Promo: It Was Me, Kofi […]

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13th Aug2019

‘The Mummy Rebirth’ DVD Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Carter, David E. Cazares, Brittany Goodwin, Deanna Grace Congo, Shamel Hashish | Written by Justin Price | Directed by Khu, Justin Price Two treasure hunters uncover a sealed tomb and awaken a mummy that has waited years to come back and wipe humanity from the face of the Earth. It’s a race against time […]

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13th Aug2019

‘WWE Summerslam 2019’ PPV Review

by Nathan Favel

Welcome to this review of SummerSlam 2019, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and this is, on paper, one of the best cards Vince McMahon has ever promoted, at least from a work-rate perspective. A lot of this card is a bit dull in relevancy, but it’s quality wrestling that we’ve got slated for […]

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13th Aug2019

‘MLW: Fusion’ Review (Aug 10th 2019)

by Nathan Favel

Welcome to this week’s Major League Wrestling: Fusion review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have Savio Vega arriving to kick Alexander Hammerstone’s ass for the MLW National Open-Weight Title. Ain’t it nice to have violence you can sink your teeth into? Okay, get your whoopin’ pants on, because we’ve got some […]

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12th Aug2019

‘Knife+Heart’ Review

by Jak-Luke Sharp

Stars: Vanessa Paradis, Nicolas Maury, Kate Moran, Jonathan Genet, Félix Maritaud, Khaled Alouach, Noé Hernández, Thibault Servière, Bertrand Mandico, Bastien Waultier, Romane Bohringer, Dourane Fall, Jules Ritmanic | Written by Yann Gonzalez, Cristiano Mangione | Directed by Yann Gonzalez Knife+Heart (Un couteau dans le cœur) is a French 80s cinematic throwback directed by Yann Gonzalez. The […]

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12th Aug2019

MCM Comic Con Manchester 2019 – In Pictures

by Kat Wheat

MCM Comic Con returned to Manchester at the end of last month, with a packed weekend of nerdy goodness taking place between 27th – 28th July at Manchester Central. And when I say packed I mean packed! Guests included (but weren’t limited to) Michael Rooker and Sean Gunn from Guardians of the Galaxy (amongst many […]

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12th Aug2019

‘NXT: Takeover – Toronto 2’ PPV Review

by Nathan Favel

Welcome to this review of NXT: Takeover – Toronto 2, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and there’s a bunch of matches here, so don’t you bugger off yet pilgrim. Oprah might even show up to give y’all a brand new submariiiiiiiiiiiiiiiine! All right, let’s get to it and see how this whole thing […]

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12th Aug2019

‘Robotech #23’ Review

by Dean Fuller

Written by Simon Furman | Art by Hendry Prasetya, Pasquale Qualano | Published by Titan Comics Last issue maintained the incredibly high standard that somehow this book has managed to continue over the last 2 years. With licensed properties it is so easy to just coast along on character and brand recognition, phone in some […]

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12th Aug2019

‘Ring of Honor: Summer Supercard’ PPV Review

by Nathan Favel

Welcome to this review of Ring Of Honor’s Summer Supercard, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have a big card with huge expectations, like a tornado in a trailer park. That last comment means nothing, but makes me feel like I know what I’m talking about. I hope this thing turned out […]

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12th Aug2019

‘Varda by Agnes’ Review

by Jak-Luke Sharp

Features: Agnès Varda, Sandrine Bonnaire, Hervé Chandès, Nurith Aviv, Esther Levesque | Written and Directed by Agnes Varda Varda by Agnes is directed by, and follows the filmography of, the late Belgian/French auteur Agnes Varda – from her early short film work in 1954 to her last feature film Faces Places released in 2018. Agnes’ […]

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12th Aug2019

‘Impact Wrestling’ Review (Aug 9th 2019)

by Nathan Favel

Welcome to this week’s review of Impact Wrestling, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have a few big matches to get to, so let’s get to them before the guy in the first row falls asleep. Match #1: Jake Crist def. Aiden Prince – X-Division Championship Match The following is courtesy of […]

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12th Aug2019

‘Only You’ Review

by Jak-Luke Sharp

Stars: Laia Costa, Josh O’Connor, Natalie Arle-Toyne, Isabelle Barth, Tam Dean Burn, Daniel Campbell, Gregor Firth, Robbie Hutton, Robin Laing, Orion Lee, Stuart Martin, James McElvar, Lisa McGrillis | Written and Directed by Harry Wootliff Only You, directed by Harry Wootliff, stars Laia Costa as Elena and Josh O’Connor as Jake. A pair that meet in unexpected […]

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09th Aug2019

‘Nekrotronic’ Review

by Alain Elliott

Stars: Ben O’Toole, Dave Beamish, Monica Bellucci, Charmaine Bingwa, Caroline Ford, Benedict Hardie, Tess Haubrich, William Cheung | Written by Kiah Roache-Turner, Tristan Roache-Turner | Directed by Kiah Roache-Turner Coming from writer and director Kiah Roache-Turner, I was very much looking forward to new Australian horror comedy Nekrotronic. His previous movie Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead […]

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