01st Apr2019

The Last Week in Wrestling #22 (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 another good week to look at, so let’s strap on the boots and wonder what the hell I’m talking about. Best Promo: Miz’s Twilight Requiem (WWE) – The Miz spoke at length about every mistake […]

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29th Mar2019

‘NEOM’ Board Game Review

by Matthew Smail

NEOM claims to be the game that allows players to “create the city of tomorrow” but I can’t stop myself from thinking that it’s an irrelevant claim. Unless the specific thing that future cities will feature is a perfectly square layout that positions neat rows and columns of buildings joined by slightly inconvenient road layouts. […]

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29th Mar2019

‘The Red Strings Club’ Review (Nintendo Switch)

by Rupert Harvey

It’s the future, and the Red Strings Club is an underground drinking dive run by Donovon, resident bartender, information broker and our nominal hero. Through the various visitors, he learns about the corporate shenanigans of Supercontinent, a global megacorporation which is apparently intending to control humankind through the use of cybernetic implants. In order to […]

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29th Mar2019

MANIFF 2019: ‘Far From The Apple Tree’ Review

by Matthew Turner

Stars: Sorcha Groundsell, Victoria Liddelle, Lynsey-Anne Moffat, Margaret Fraser, Adrienne-Marie Zitt, Scarlett Mack | Written by Ben Soper | Directed by Grant McPhee Directed by Grant McPhee (Night Kaleidoscope), low budget horror Far From The Apple Tree stars Sorcha Groundsell as Judith, a young artist who takes a job as the live-in assistant to acclaimed […]

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29th Mar2019

‘NXT: UK’ Review (March 27th 2019)

by Nathan Favel

Welcome to this week’s NXT: UK review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have Kelly Bundy working on her newest picture, “Contradictions of the Shy Stripper”. We’ve got a couple happy matches here to enjoy, so pull on up in the ol’ easy chair and get ready to spend a half hour […]

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29th Mar2019

‘Gloria Bell’ Review

by Jak-Luke Sharp

Stars: Julianne Moore, Alanna Ubach, Michael Cera, Sean Astin, John Turturro, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Brad Garrett, Holland Taylor, Rita Wilson, Caren Pistorius, Cassi Thomson, Tyson Ritter, Chris Mulkey, Barbara Sukowa | Written by Alice Johnson Boher, Sebastián Lelio | Directed by Sebastián Lelio Gloria (Julianne Moore) is a free-spirited divorcée who spends her days at a […]

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29th Mar2019

‘WWE NXT’ Review (March 27th 2019)

by Nathan Favel

Welcome to this week’s NXT review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have item number 121, the so-called “Red Violin”. Ba da da da, ba da da da, da da da. Also, I think we might have a match or two worth talking about (Dusty Rhodes Classic finals), so let’s see what […]

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28th Mar2019

‘Captive State’ Review

by Jak-Luke Sharp

Stars: John Goodman, Ashton Sanders, Jonathan Majors, Vera Farmiga, Kevin Dunn, James Ransone, Alan Ruck, Madeline Brewer, Machine Gun Kelly, Kevin J. O’Connor | Written by Erica Beeney, Rupert Wyatt | Directed by Rupert Wyatt Captive State is director Rupert Wyatt’s first feature film in five years after the relatively underseen drama, and his remake […]

28th Mar2019

MANIFF 2019: ‘Isabelle’ Review

by Matthew Turner

Stars: Amanda Crew, Adam Brody, Zoë Belkin, Sheila McCarthy, Booth Savage, Krista Bridges, Michael Miranda, Dayo Ade, David Tompa | Written by Donald Martin | Directed by Rob Heydon Directed by Rob Heydon, suburban chiller Isabelle just about gets the job done, though it lacks focus and misses several opportunities to make its scares actually […]

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28th Mar2019

The LEGO Movie 2 – Set No. 70829: Unboxing & Review

by Phil Wheat

The release of a new LEGO movie is, these days, accompanied by a fresh wave of LEGO sets to accompany the film. This year we had the release of The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part, which came with a HUGE wave of sets which mixed Duplo, Creator and tradition minifigure sets to great aplomb […]

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28th Mar2019

‘WWE 205 Live’ Review (March 26th 2019)

by Phil Wheat

Welcome to this week’s 205 Live review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have Ritchie Costner watching Debi Mazar getting stabbed to death by an old chick with a knitting needle in prison. Yeah, I’m watching Happy! This is some wild $#!@. Oh, there’s some wrestling on here. Here we go, Idaho. […]

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28th Mar2019

‘Ring of Honor’ Wrestling Review (March 24th 2019)

by Nathan Favel

Welcome to this week’s Ring Of Honor review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have some more wrestling…dude. Match #1: LifeBlood (IWGP U.S. Champion Juice Robinson, Bandido and “Hot Sauce” Tracy Williams w/Tenille Dashwood) defeated Dalton Castle and The Boys The following is courtesy of rohwrestling.com: Castle and The Boys isolated Bandido, […]

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28th Mar2019

‘The Dirt’ Review (Netflix)

by Jak-Luke Sharp

Stars: Machine Gun Kelly, Douglas Booth, Daniel Webber, Iwan Rheon, Alyssa Marie Stilwell, Matthew Underwood, Kathryn Morris, Vince Mattis, Courtney Dietz | Written by Amanda Adelson, Rich Wilkes | Directed by Jeff Tremaine The Dirt, directed by Jackass alumni Jeff Tremaine, is your ultra-conventional biopic that charts the rise, fall and ultimately rise again of […]

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27th Mar2019

‘Victorian Masterminds’ Board Game Review

by Matthew Smail

Anytime you hear of a game that has been designed in tandem by two great minds like those of Eric Lang and Antoine Bauza, with a production from CMON, it’s time to setup and pay attention. In this case, the game is Victorian Masterminds. The theme? Steampunk villains, diabolical machines and, erm, stealing buildings. Yes, Victorian […]

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27th Mar2019

‘Mera: Tidebreaker’ Review (DC Ink)

by Dean Fuller

Written by Danielle Paige | Art by Stephen Byrne | Format: Paperback, 192pp | Published by DC Ink This is the second of the DC Ink books I have reviewed, the first being Under The Moon, a young Selina Kyle/ Catwoman story. I expect the approach to the characters in this to be as fresh […]

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27th Mar2019

‘Elizabeth Harvest’ VOD Review

by Alain Elliott

Stars: Abbey Lee, Ciarán Hinds, Carla Gugino, Matthew Beard, Dylan Baker | Written and Directed by Sebastian Gutierrez As much as I love big budget sci-fi movies, there’s some great, much smaller budgeted, movies in this genre. I’ve always found that the best independent sci-fi movies are ones that come up with brilliant, creative and […]

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27th Mar2019

WWE Smackdown Live – March 26th 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 a few surprises here to get to, so let’s see how it all goes (David Harbour gets hired to play Kurt Angle). Match #1: Charlotte Flair def. Asuka to win the SmackDown Women’s Championship The following is courtesy […]

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26th Mar2019

‘Death Kiss’ DVD Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Robert Kovacs, Daniel Baldwin, Richard Tyson, Eva Hamilton, Stormi Maya | Written and Directed by Rene Perez [NOTE: With the film now out on DVD in the UK, here’s a reposting of our review of Death Kiss from its US debut last year] As if having one of his films, Playing With Dolls, released in […]

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26th Mar2019

‘Night’ Review

by Alain Elliott

Stars: Alexis Beacher, Danielle Iannucci, Gianna Jacobs, Nicholas Michael Jacobs | Written and Directed by Nicholas Michael Jacobs Found footage horror movies have probably had a much longer life than many movie lovers would have liked. Cannibal Holcaust is known as the first of its kind (and still one of the best), yet the genre […]

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26th Mar2019

Horrorhound Weekend: ‘Soul to Keep’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Sandra Mae Frank, Aurora Heimbach, Kate Rose Reynolds, Tony Spitz, Craig Fogel, Jordan Theodore, Derek Long, Jessie Jordan, Connor McKenna, Brian Donovon | Written by David Allensworth, Eric Bram | Directed by David Allensworth, Moniere A group of siblings, and their lifelong, friends decide to throw a party at a rundown country house belonging […]

26th Mar2019

Digital Shorts: ‘Lyrica’ Review (Nintendo Switch)

by Phil Wheat

In DIGITAL SHORTS we review some of the latest video games that are only available digitally (at least in the UK), in a short-form review format. In this edition we take a look at Lyrica, a wonderful rhythm game now available on the Nintendo Switch. Lyrica is a brand-new music game that has Chinese poetry […]

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26th Mar2019

WWE Raw – March 25th 2019: Results & Review

by Nathan Favel

Welcome to this week’s Raw review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have a lot to get to, so let’s get on with it! Match #1: Becky Lynch def. Raw Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey and Charlotte Flair in a Beat the Clock Challenge The following is courtesy of wwe.com: For all the […]

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