21st Feb2019

‘The 6th Friend’ Review

by Chris Thomas

Stars: Jamie Bernadette, Chantelle Albers, Dominique Swain, Jessica Morris, Tania Nolan, Monique Rosario, David Villada | Written by Jamie Bernadette, Letia Clouston | Directed by Letia Clouston How many friends is too many friends? The answer, perhaps unsurprisingly is 6… 5 years after a private graduation party went awry (mostly for a man in a […]

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21st Feb2019

‘WWE NXT’ Review (Feb 20th 2019)

by Nathan Favel

Welcome to this week’s review of NXT, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and there’s some good stuff on this bad ol’ puppy dog, so let’s get to the good stuff. Match #1: Aleister Black def. Roderick Strong The following is courtesy of WWE.com: In the battle of blistering kicks and spine-wrecking backbreakers, Aleister […]

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21st Feb2019

‘Ring of Honor’ Wrestling Review (Feb 17th 2019)

by Nathan Favel

Welcome to this review of Ring of Honor, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have a big tag team title match for the main event, so don’t snap your fingers or the Avengers will die. Match #1: Shane Taylor won a Six-Man Mayhem Match over Luchasaurus, Chris Sabin, Rhett Titus, Kenny King […]

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21st Feb2019

‘The Kid Who Would Be King’ Review

by Jak-Luke Sharp

Stars: Louis Ashbourne Serkis, Angus Imrie, Denise Gough, Dean Chaumoo, Tom Taylor, Rhianna Dorris, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Noma Dumezweni, Rebecca Ferguson, Mark Bonnar | Written and Directed by Joe Cornish Old school magic meets the modern world in this epic adventure. Alex (Louis Ashbourne Serkis) thinks he’s just another nobody, until he stumbles upon the mythical […]

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21st Feb2019

The Last Week In Wrestling #17 (Wrestling Round-Up)

by Nathan Favel

Welcome to this composited version of The Last Week In Wrestling, where I’m going to take three weeks’ worth of wrestling and do a special edition where we cover a whole lot of wrestling. For this time only, we’ll pick the best of the three weeks for our usual categories. Next week, we’ll be back […]

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20th Feb2019

‘RONE: Second Edition’ Card Game Review

by Matthew Smail

Fans of card battling games like Magic: The Gathering have had no shortage of choice in the last few years and it’s also hard to make a bad example of the genre, thanks largely to the amount of inspiration on offer. This can make it difficult for titles to differentiate themselves, however almost every game […]

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20th Feb2019

‘Mary Poppins Returns’ Review

by Jak-Luke Sharp

Stars: Emily Blunt, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ben Whishaw, Emily Mortimer, Pixie Davies, Nathanael Saleh, Joel Dawson, Julie Walters, Meryl Streep, Colin Firth, Dick Van Dyke, Angela Lansbury, David Warner | Written by David Magee | Directed by Rob Marshall The long-awaited fifty-five years in the making and hotly anticipated sequel to the classic Disney property and […]

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20th Feb2019

‘LOVE’ Review (Nintendo Switch)

by Britt Roberts

Released on Valentine’s Day, LOVE is an 8-bit styled retro platformer with stripped-back controls that put gameplay to the fore, eschewing pretty much all else. With an almost Atari 2600 colour palette, LOVE is a more accessible game than titles such as Super Meat Boy, whilst having that same vibe that any errors made are through […]

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20th Feb2019

WWE Smackdown Live – 19th Feb 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 NXT’s biggest stars invading Smackdown to…make money…I think. Screw it. As long as Rian Johnson doesn’t show up to call people that didn’t like his plot-hole ridden Star Wars: The Last Jedi “man-babies” (never-mind the fact that those […]

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20th Feb2019

‘Halloween 4 & 5’ DVD Review (Budget Re-release)

by Paul Metcalf

Stars: Danielle Harris, Donald Pleasance, George P. Wilbur, Don Shanks | Directed by Dwight H. Little (4), Dominique Othenin-Girard (5) If there is one thing that horror fans love it’s Michael Myers, that’s probably why when he never even bothered to turn up to Halloween 3: Season of the Witch they took it so badly […]

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19th Feb2019

‘Benchwarmers 2: Breaking Balls’ VOD Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Chris Klein, Chelsey Reist, Jon Lovitz, Jonathan Silverman, Liam Hughes, Zak Santiago, Lochlyn Munro, Garfield Wilson, Elizabeth Bowen, Lisa Durupt, Chris Gauthier, Peter Graham-Gaudreau, Zachary Gulka, Benita Ha, Crystal Lowe, Lee Majdoub | Written by Stephen Mazur | Directed by Jonathan A. Rosenbaum Ben McGrath (Chris Klein) had major league potential playing professional baseball, […]

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19th Feb2019

‘Happy Death Day 2U’ Review – Second Opinion

by Jak-Luke Sharp

Stars: Jessica Rothe, Israel Broussard, Ruby Modine, Rachel Matthews, Charles Aitken, Jason Bayle, Phi Vu, Donna Duplantier, GiGi Erneta | Written and Directed by Christopher Landon Director Christopher Landon, along with stars Jessica Rothe and Israel Broussard as Tree Gelbman and Carter Davis, respectively return to the Blumhouse produced sequel of 2017’s surprise underground horror […]

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19th Feb2019

WWE Raw – 18th Feb 2019: Results & Review

by Nathan Favel

Welcome to this Raw review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have some interesting news regarding NXT on this show, so let’s get to it before Harry Potter farts himself to death. Match #1: Braun Strowman def. Baron Corbin (Tables Match) The following is courtesy of WWE.com: Baron Corbin can always be […]

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19th Feb2019

‘Tokyo Drifter’ Blu-ray Review (Criterion)

by Rupert Harvey

Stars: Tetsuya Watari, Ryûji Kita, Chieko Matsubara, Hideaki Nitani, Eimei Esumi | Written by Yasunori Kawauchi | Directed by Seijun Suzuki It would be easy to assume that Seijun Suzuki’s 1966 crime thriller is a construct of a TV series. With its strictly-defined three-act structure, divided by subtitles, it has the feel of a succession […]

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19th Feb2019

‘SNK 40th Anniversary Collection’ Review (Nintendo Switch)

by Phil Wheat

2018 marked the 40th anniversary of legendary studio SNK and to celebrate this extraordinary milestone, a variety of classic arcade games from SNK’s golden age have been packaged together in one anthology on Nintendo Switch. But this is not your typical SNK collection, which involves a myriad of side-scrolling beat ’em-ups and fighting games… No, […]

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19th Feb2019

‘WWE Elimination Chamber 2019’ PPV Review

by Nathan Favel

Welcome to this review of WWE’s Elimination Chamber Pay Per View, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have two Elimination Chamber matches, as well as the debut of the WWE Women’s Tag Team Titles. Let’s get right to it. Buddy Murphy (still champion) defeated Akira Tozawa – WWE Cruiserweight Championship Match My […]

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19th Feb2019

‘Escape Room’ Review – Second Opinion

by Jak-Luke Sharp

Stars: Taylor Russell, Logan Miller, Deborah Ann Woll, Tyler Labine, Jay Ellis, Nik Dodani, Adam Robitel, Kenneth Fok, Yorick van Wageningen | Written by Bragi F. Schut, Maria Melnik | Directed by Adam Robitel Adam Robitel’s 2019 film Escape Room is Sony’s attempt at crafting a cheap money making franchise in small budgets and big […]

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18th Feb2019

‘Outlaws’ DVD Review

by Matthew Turner

Stars: Ryan Corr, Abbey Lee, Simone Kessell, Josh McConville, Matt Nable, Aaron Pederson | Written by Matt Nable | Directed by Stephen McCallum The debut feature from Australian director Stephen McCallum, this gritty biker gang thriller achieves a certain level of sweaty intensity and largely pulls off its Shakespearean parallels, though there are a few […]

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18th Feb2019

‘WWE Worlds Collide’ Review

by Nathan Favel

Welcome to this delayed yet appropriate review of WWE’s Worlds Collide special, which is an alternative version of the famous World Championship Wrestling event When Worlds Collide. This is a tournament that grants the winner the a chance to pick a title match from the ancillary brands of the WWE (205 Live, NXT, NXT: UK). […]

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18th Feb2019

‘First Man’ Blu-ray Review

by Jak-Luke Sharp

Stars: Ryan Gosling, Claire Foy, Jason Clarke, Pablo Schreiber, Christopher Abbott, Ethan Embry, Ciarán Hinds, Kyle Chandler, Corey Stoll, Shea Whigham, Patrick Fugit, Lukas Haas | Written by Josh Singer | Directed by Damien Chazelle Damien Chazelle is hot off the heels with his fourth feature after two highly critically acclaimed entries into his vastly growing filmography: […]

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18th Feb2019

‘MLW: Fusion’ Wrestling Review (Feb 16th 2019)

by Nathan Favel

Welcome to this review of Major League Wrestling, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have Teddy Hart as a good guy, so Hell must have frozen over some-time in the last week and I didn’t notice. Let’s rock. Match #1: Ace Austin defeated Rich Swann The following is courtesy of MLW.com: In […]

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17th Feb2019

‘Impact Wrestling’ Review (Feb 14th 2019)

by Nathan Favel

Welcome to this week’s Impact Wrestling review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have the Uncaged special tonight, which includes several title matches. Here’s hoping that this turns out well and that the main event is a great match. Match #1: Knockouts Champion Taya Valkyrie def. Tessa Blanchard – Street Fight for […]

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