03rd Dec2018

‘The Blob’ Blu-ray Review (Criterion)

by Rupert Harvey

Stars: Steve McQueen, Aneta Corsaut, Earl Rowe, Stephen Chase, John Benson, Olin Howland | Written by Theodore Simonson, Kay Linaker | Directed by Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr Alongside The Fly and The Thing, Chuck Russell’s remake of The Blob was the third in the Holy Trinity of 1980s cover versions of 1950s sci-fi horror. Like David […]

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03rd Dec2018

‘The Miseducation of Cameron Post’ DVD Review

by Jak-Luke Sharp

Stars: Chloë Grace Moretz, Jennifer Ehle, John Gallagher Jr., Sasha Lane, Forrest Goodluck | Written by Emily M. Danforth, Desiree Akhavan, Cecilia Frugiuele | Directed by Desiree Akhavan The Miseducation of Cameron Post is the second feature from rising director Desiree Akhavan. Her latest, a terrifying tale of sexual oppression by religion is based on the book […]

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03rd Dec2018

‘MLW: Fusion’ Wrestling Review (Nov 30th 2018)

by Nathan Favel

Welcome to this week’s Major League Wrestling review, right on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we’ve got… highhhhhhhhh hopes! You ever seen Antz? That song was in Antz. In the 1990s, it was cool to use a “z” in place of an “s”. What the hell was I talking about? Anyway, I still don’t have […]

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01st Dec2018

‘Impact Wrestling’ Review (Nov 29th 2018)

by Nathan Favel

Welcome to this week’s Impact Wrestling review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have some wrestling…hopefully…maybe…baby. It rhymed…I couldn’t resist. Match #1: Lucha Bros (Pentagon Jr & Fenix) beat Rich Swann & Willie Mack The following is courtesy of impactwrestling.com: Swann and Fenix are evenly matched in the early going. There’s a […]

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01st Dec2018

‘WWE NXT’ Review (Nov 28th 2018)

by Nathan Favel

Welcome to this week’s NXT review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and Bob Crane was beaten to death in 1978… whoops, wrong one. I gotta get that delete button already. NXT looks to be eventful this week, so let’s see how well every-thing goes. Match #1: Oney Lorcan & Danny Burch def. The […]

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01st Dec2018

‘NXT: UK’ Review (Nov 28th 2018)

by Nathan Favel

Welcome to this week’s NXT: UK review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have a new UK Women’s Champion to crown, so let’s get right to it. Match #1: Joe Coffey vs. Tyler Bate ended in a No Contest The following is courtesy of WWE.com: After tasting weeks of defeat, Sid Scala […]

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01st Dec2018

‘WWE 205 Live’ Review (Nov 28th 2018)

by Nathan Favel

Welcome to this week’s 205 Live review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have more action from what is a fairly consistent division from a league that needs more of that. Match #1: Noam Dar def. Mike Kanellis The following is courtesy of WWE.com: Last week on WWE 205 Live, Gran Metalik […]

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01st Dec2018

‘WWE Mixed Match Challenge 2×11’ Review

by Nathan Favel

Welcome to this week’s Mixed Match Challenge review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have… more of this. I’ll try to be positive and give it a chance. Match #1: Jinder Mahal & Alicia Fox def. Curt Hawkins & Ember Moon The following is courtesy of WWE.com: Just one day after Curt […]

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30th Nov2018

‘Black Lightning 2×07: The Sange’ Review

by Jason Brigger

Stars: Cress Williams, China Anne McClain, Nafessa Williams, Christine Adams, James Remar, Marvin Jones III, Damon Gupton | Developed by Salim Akil Apologies to all as a result of a family emergency, I was not able to review last week’s Black Lightning episode so let’s do a quick recap on what we missed last week. […]

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30th Nov2018

‘Ugly Sweater Party’ VOD Review

by Alain Elliott

Stars: Charles Chudabala, Hunter Johnson, Lara Jean Mummert, Felissa Rose, Sean Whalen, Kevin Caliber, Berna Roberts, Jennifer Nangle, Gregory Blair, Colton Wheeler, Jody Barton, Brad Potts | Written and Directed by Aaron Mento I think we can now say it is officially the festive season. So this means that I will try to watch as […]

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30th Nov2018

Movies You May Have Missed: ‘The Hunters’

by Phil Wheat

Welcome to the latest installment in our regular Movies You May Have Missed series here on Nerdly, in which I highlight some of, what I think, are the best movies that have flown under the radar of many or have been “forgotten” in the intervening years since its release. This time round its The Hunters, […]

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30th Nov2018

‘This War of Mine’ Review (Nintendo Switch)

by Paul Metcalf

War is something we see on television and in films, some of us even play it in games like Call of Duty, but we do so for entertainment.  We understand that there are wars out there and people get killed, but most of us are lucky and don’t have to face that. This War of Mine […]

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30th Nov2018

‘Widows’ Review

by Jak-Luke Sharp

Stars: Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, Elizabeth Debicki, Liam Neeson, Jon Bernthal, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Coburn Goss, Alejandro Verdin, Bailey Rhyse Walters, Carrie Coon, Robert Duvall, Colin Farrell, Molly Kunz | Written by Steve McQueen, Gillian Flynn | Directed by Steve McQueen Steve McQueen is four for four in terms of cinematic masterpieces after Hunger, Shame, 12 […]

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29th Nov2018

‘Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck It Ralph 2’ Review

by Jak-Luke Sharp

Features the voices of: John C. Reilly, Sarah Silverman, Gal Gadot, Taraji P. Henson, Jack McBrayer, Jane Lynch, Alan Tudyk, Alfred Molina, Ed O’Neill, Flula Borg, Ali Wong, Sean Giambrone | Written by Phil Johnston, Pamela Ribon | Directed by Phil Johnston, Rich Moore Taking place six years after saving the arcade from Turbo’s vengeance, […]

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29th Nov2018

‘The Marine 6: Close Quarters’ DVD Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Mike ‘The Miz’ Mizanin, Shawn Michaels, Becky Lynch, Louisa Connolly-Burnham, Terence Maynard, Tim Woodward, Martyn Ford, Anna Demetriou, Michael Higgs, Daniel Adegboyega, Alec Newman, Hester Ruoff | Written by Craig Walendziak | Directed by James Nunn WWE superstar The Miz and director James Nunn re-team for the sixth entry in the Marine franchise, filmed […]

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29th Nov2018

‘Hotel Artemis’ Blu-ray Review

by Rupert Harvey

Stars: Sterling K. Brown, Jodie Foster, Dave Bautista, Sofia Boutella, Charlie Day, Jeff Goldblum, Brian Tyree Henry, Jenny Slate, Zachary Quinto, Kenneth Choi | Written and Directed by Drew Pearce Head nurse Jean Thomas (Jodie Foster) has been running Hotel Artemis – a sacred place where criminals can come to have their bleeding bodies healed, […]

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29th Nov2018

The Last Week in Wrestling #7 (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 those two WWE Pay Per Views to cover, as well as a lot of terrible WWE television, so go get your bon-bons and kiss your ass good-bye. WWE Match Ratings Out Of 5: Raw Braun […]

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28th Nov2018

‘Arkham Horror: Third Edition’ Board Game Review

by Matthew Smail

If you’re familiar with Fantasy Flight Games catalogue, then you must have encountered one or more of their Lovecraft inspired games by now. Among them are some of the most recognisable lines in FFG’s catalogue, including Mansions of Madness and the Arkham Horror Living Card Game (LCG). There have also been two editions of the […]

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28th Nov2018

WWE Smackdown Live: Nov 27th 2018: Results & Review

by Phil Wheat

Welcome to this weeks Smackdown Live review, right here on Nerdly. And it’s the second week in a row that we have to ask: “will this episode of Smackdown be more of a success than Monday’s Raw” – and without even watching the show, I guessing it will be, after the sh*t show that was […]

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28th Nov2018

‘Destruction’ Review (Nintendo Switch)

by Britt Roberts

The last game I played by publisher COSEN was the quirky Taiwanese puzzler Behind the Screen, which was relatively basic in its execution but had enough character to keep my interest up for the duration of the play-through. Destruction however, definitely feels more at home on a mobile device than the Nintendo Switch as its […]

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28th Nov2018

‘The Best of 80s Scream Queens’ Blu-ray Review (88 Films)

by Mondo Squallido

When people think of VHS-era scream queens three names come to mind: Linnea Quigley, Michelle Bauer and Brinke Stevens – the threesome of fear that sliced and seduced a generation of gorehounds and whose greatest hits can finally be seen in HD in this set, The Best of 80s Scream Queens, which comes from the […]

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28th Nov2018

‘Spyro: Reignited Trilogy’ Review (PS4)

by Kat Wheat

Christmas day 1998… I was one lucky girl who got a PlayStation along with Spyro the Dragon game and Crash Bandicoot, flash forward ten years and with the success of the remastered Crash Bandicoot trilogy, Activision wasted very little time in a remastered Spyro trilogy. Spyro has returned and his attitude is fiercer than before! […]

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