11th Mar2025

‘Dark Feathers: Dance of the Geisha’ VOD Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Crystal J. Huang, Gilles Marini, Karina Smirnoff, Michael Madsen, Phoebe Ho, Scott Lea, Natalia Nikolaeva, Lan Kay, Kyosuke Mukai | Written by Jin Yao | Directed by Crystal J. Huang, Nicholas Ryan Dark Feathers: Dance of the Geisha – co-directed by star Crystal J. Huang alongside Nicholas Ryan – is the kind of low-budget oddity […]

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02nd Jan2025

‘DinoGator’ Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Michael Madsen, Bryan Clark, Paul Logan, Aaron Groben, Grace West, Lauren Parkinson, Savannah Goldstein, Jesse Bernstein, G.J. Echterkamp | Written by Blake Miller | Directed by Jim Wynorski DinoGator is one of those movies I never thought I’d actually get to see, at least not this side of a bootleg copy. Originally shot in […]

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14th Jun2024

‘Arena Wars’ Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Michael Madsen, Robert Donavan, Kevin Hager, John Wells, Robert LaSardo, Eric Roberts, Sheri Davis, Mercedes Peterson, Johnny Huang | Written by Brandon Slagle, Michael Mahal, Sonny Mahal | Directed by Brandon Slagle It’s the year 2045 in The Big Fucking City, that’s what the opening text says, and it’s time for everyone’s favourite show, […]

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19th Jan2024

‘Prepare to Die’ Review (Tubi Original)

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Ryan Padilla, Lorenzo Lamas, Zhan Wang, Craig Ng, Alyssa Leanne So, Rylan Williams, Paula Rae-Taylor, Andrew Pinon, Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson, Michael Madsen | Written by Jose Montesinos, Jacob David Smith | Directed by Jose Montesinos Prepare to Die, the new Tubi original from director Jose Montesinos (From the Depths, Five Star Murder) and co-writer […]

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15th Nov2021

‘Christmas Thieves’ Review

by Alain Elliott

Stars: Tom Arnold, Michael Madsen, Lorenzo McGovern Zaini, Mia McGovern Zaini, Douglas Dean, Gabriele Greggio, Katie McGovern, Esmeralda Spadea, Mark Thompson-Ashworth | Written by Mario Bellino, Ferdinando Dell’Omo, Andrea Fazzini, Andrea Iervolino | Directed by Francesco Cinquemani A Christmas heist movie? Two burglars try to steal from a house that happens to have a couple […]

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29th Oct2021

‘Every Last One of Them’ Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Paul Sloan, Jake Weber, Taryn Manning, Claire Kniaz, Mary Christina Brown, Michael Madsen, Richard Dreyfuss | Written by Christian Sesma, Matthew Thomas Edwards, Chee Keong Cheung, Alistair Cave | Directed by Christian Sesma Every Last One of Them opens on an ominous note, a hard-faced man walks down a street in what looks like […]

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02nd Mar2020

‘Angels Fallen’ Review

by Alain Elliott

Stars: Nicola Posener, Caroline Amiguet, Filareta Atanasova, Ivica Dimitrijevic, Scott Anthony Gould, Hailey Hermida, Li Jing, Lee Kholafai, William Legue, Michael Madsen, Eric Roberts, Tommy Nash, Ivy Natalia, Houston Rhines | Written by Amanda Barton | Directed by Ali Zamani Action/fantasy horror can be very hit or miss. I have to say in general I […]

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17th Feb2020

‘Red Handed’ Review

by Dom Hastings

Stars: Michael Biehn, Michael Madsen, Kenzie Dalton, Ryan Carnes, Rick Salomon, Owen Burke, Christian Madsen, Clement von Franckenstein, Beth Miller, Hunter Daily, Caroline Vreeland, Jeb Berrier, Jay Seals, Thyme Lewis, Sage Mayer | Written and Directed by Frank Peluso A family trip down to the river they said. It will be peaceful and provide closure […]

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17th Jul2017

‘Devil’s Domain’ VOD Review

by Nik Holman

Stars: Madi Vodane, Kelly Decker, Michael Madsen, Linda Bella | Written and Directed by Jared Cohn A bullied teen cozies up the Devil in order to enact vengeance on the mean girls at her high school… Devil’s Domain sounds like a promising, if well worn, premise; a supernatural, revenge fantasy about the dangers of cyber-bullying […]

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06th Jul2017

‘Trapped’ DVD Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Stella Maeve, Evan Taubenfeld, Ashley Carin, Michael Madsen | Written by Harris Demel, Rob Greenberg | Directed by Harris Demel [NOTE: With the film out on DVD here in the UK, here’s an extended review of Trapped, aka Flipped; which we originally reviewed back in April 2016 under the title Blood Rush] Directed by […]

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27th Apr2017

Cinema Geeks: Episode 130 – VG Series – Bloodrayne

by Phil Wheat

Here’s the latest episode of the Cinema Geeks podcast, part of the ever-growing podcast roster here on Nerdly. If you haven’t heard the show yet, you can check out previous episodes right here, whilst we’ll be featuring each and every new episode as it premieres. Episode 130 – Videogame Series: Bloodrayne Today on Episode 130 […]

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02nd Feb2017

Monster-Movie Mayhem: ‘Piranhaconda’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Michael Madsen, Rachel Hunter, Shandi Finnessey, Terri Ivens, Rib Hillis, Angie Savage, Chris De Christopher, Kurt Yaeger, Noah Blake | Written by J. Brad Wilke, Mike MacLean | Directed by Jim Wynorski When a rogue scientist discovers an immense egg in the dark recesses of a rainforest he thinks hes stumbled across his fame […]

10th Apr2016

VOD Vault #3 – Get a Job / Blood Rush

by Phil Wheat

Welcome to week three of VOD Vault, where we take a look at another bunch of direct-to-market releases, many of which hit iTunes and the supermarket shelves without fanfare, walking you – our readers – down the fine line between spending your money wisely, or throwing it away on another slice of DTV dross. Up […]

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25th Dec2015

‘The Hateful Eight’ Review

by Gretchen Felker-Martin

Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Demian Bichir, Michael Madsen, James Parks, Lee Horsley, Zoe Bell, Walton Goggins, Bruce Dern | Written and Directed by Quentin Tarantino “You only need to hang mean bastards, but mean bastards you need to hang.” The Hateful Eight is, as its title suggests, a sort of inverted Magnificent Seven, its […]

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01st Apr2015

‘Diamond Heist’ Review

by Mark Allen

Stars: Michael Madsen, Vinnie Jones, Jamelia, Tamer Hassan, Simon Szabó, Nikolett Barabas, Mark Phelan | Story by Csaba Pindroch & Zoltan Furedi | Screenplay by Ivo Marloh, Dénes Orosz, Róbert Koltai | Directed by Róbert Koltai, Éva Gárdos I’m not sure which title is worse: Diamond Heist, the name of the film I was tasked with reviewing; or Magic Boys, the name given to the streamed movie I […]

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