Welcome to this week’s review of NXT, right here on Nerdly. Let’s get straight into it and see what happened this week… Match #1: NXT Women’s Championship – Tiffany Stratton def. Thea Hail The following is courtesy of wwe.com: Tiffy Time will continue as Tiffany Stratton successfully defended the NXT Women’s Championship in first-ever defense […]
Welcome to this review of this past Monday’s episode of WWE Raw, right here on Nerdly… Let’s see what went down on this week’s show! Match #1: Ricochet def. Shinsuke Nakamura The following is courtesy of wwe.com: After Ricochet and Shinsuke Nakamura worked together to neutralize Bronson Reed and get him expelled from ringside early […]
Welcome to the reboot of our regular 100 Word Hits column, in association with comics retailer The Unreality Store, in which Matthew De Monti brings us short, sharp reviews of the RETRO comic books in one hundred words. Comics from all eras and all publishers, including Marvel, DC, indies, superheroes, sci-fi, fantasy, westerns and much […]
Stars: Edward Norton, Jason Schwartzman, Jake Ryan, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks, Jeffrey Wright, Grace Edwards, Maya Hawke, Ruper Friend, Hope Davis, Steve Park, Liev Schreiber | Written by Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola | Directed by Wes Anderson Wes Anderson has always managed to conjure up so much joy and wonder in his films, from his […]
Welcome to this review of All Elite Wrestling’s most eagerly-awaited pay-per-views. Forbidden Door 2 builds on the tremendous original PPV from last June and is riding the coattails of some fantastic teaser matches between AEW and New Japan talent we’ve had on AEW television in recent weeks. We’ve got Taz, Excalibur and the English voice […]
Welcome to this week’s review of AEW’s latest television show, Collision, which brings wrestling back to Saturday nights! We’ve got a brand new commentary team, Nigel McGuiness and Kevin Kelly, calling the action so let’s get into the review! Match #1: Hiroshi Tanahashi def. Swerve Strickland The following is courtesy of allelitewrestling.com: Swerve and Hiroshi […]
Stars: Letitia Wright, Jamie Bell, Michael Kenneth Williams, Jeffrey Donovan, Kevin Wiggins, Brett Gelman | Written by Andrew Pagana, Justin Thomas | Directed by Anthony Mandler Surrounded is the latest in a long line of black-themed Westerns that stretches from early efforts like The Bull-Dogger and Harlem on the Prairie through John Ford’s Sergeant Rutledge […]
Welcome to this review of this past Friday’s episode of Friday Night Smackdown, right here on Nerdly. Let’s see what went down this week! Match #1: LA Knight def. Rey Mysterio The following is courtesy of wwe.com: In a big boost of momentum ahead of Money in the Bank, LA Knight defeated the legendary luchador […]
It’s Monday so you know what that means, it’s time for our weekly review of AEW: Rampage! This week’s show, which broadcast from the Wintrust Arena in Chicago, features Excalibur, Tony Schiavone, Chris Jericho and Chris Jericho on commentary. Now let’s get to the review… Match #1: United Empire (Jeff Cobb, Kyle Fletcher & Will […]
Stars: Randy Couture, Kathleen Kenny, Reid Miller, Mike Manning, Bonnie Aarons, Chaz Bono, Cathy Marks | Written by Joe Davison, Luke Genton | Directed by Colton Tran When the opening scene ends with a pretty cool and gory death, in what was a traditional but fun slasher film build-up, my hopes were kind of high. […]
Stars: Greg Hovanessian, Michael Ironside, Dempsey Bryk, Greg Bryk, Noah Dalton Danby, Ted Atherton, Natasha Henstridge | Written by Craig Davidson, Andrew Thomas Hunt | Directed by Andrew Thomas Hunt The Fight Machine is the second of two very different movies based on novels by Craig Davidson that Raven Banner debuted at this year’s edition of […]
Welcome to this week’s review of Impact Wrestling, which this week opens with a Before the Impact match that saw Jody Threat defeat Nevaeh. Let’s get into the review… Match #1: Brian Myers & The Good Hands (Jason Hotch & John Skyler) def. oVe (Sami Callihan, Jake Crist & Madman Fulton) The following is courtesy […]
Welcome to this week’s review of AEW: Dynamite, which was broadcast live from the Wintrust Arena in Chicago, Illinois. We’ve got Excalibur, Tony Schiavone and Taz on commentary so let’s get into the review! Match #1: The Gunns (Austin & Colten Gunn) def. The Hardys (Matt & Jeff Hardy) The following is courtesy of impactwrestling.com: […]
Stars: Sean Young, Daphne O’Neal, Jack Pearson, Kayla Fields, Eric Roberts, Geoff Meed | Written and Directed by Geoff Meed In the opening minutes of DC Down, Washington DC is hit by an earthquake that, among other things, causes the roof of The White House to collapse trapping President Powell (Sean Young; Planet Dune, Blade […]
Stars: Sam Worthington, Sigourney Weaver, Zoe Saldana, Stephen Lang, Giovanni Ribisi, Joel David Moore, CCH Pounder, Kate Winslet, Cliff Curtis, Brian Dalton, Jemaine Clement, Edie Falco | Written by James Cameron, Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver | Directed by James Cameron Director James Cameron returns to planet Pandora for Avatar: The Way of Water, the long-awaited […]
Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn, Emilia Clarke, Don Cheadle, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Martin Freeman, Cobie Smulders, Dermot Mulroney | Creator/Showrunner: Kyle Bradstreet Marvel’s Secret Invasion, streaming in weekly instalments on Disney Plus, is the ninth television series set in the MCU. Consisting of six episodes and created by showrunner Kyle Bradstreet, it is loosely based […]
Stars: Morgan Boss-Maltais, Dave McClain, Carla Kidd, Bria D’Aguanno, Adonis Ringo, Kelly Kidd, Lisa Alavi, Kristin Henderson | Written and Directed by Anubys Lopez Within a small-town coffee shop, a young woman named Veronica Grey (Morgan Boss-Maltais) meets with an admittedly desperate Charles Bloom (Dave McClain). He shares his need for a carer to provide […]
Welcome to this week’s review of NXT, right here on Nerdly. Let’s get straight into it and see what happened this week… Match #1: North American Championship – Wes Lee def. Tyler Bate The following is courtesy of wwe.com: The NXT North American Championship is staying with Wes Lee, but not after some shenanigans involving […]
Welcome to this review of this past Monday’s episode of WWE Raw, right here on Nerdly… Let’s see what went down on this week’s show! Match #1: Tommaso Ciampa def. The Miz The following is courtesy of wwe.com: After the Miz was unable to answer Seth “Freakin” Rollins’ open challenge, he issued one of his […]
Welcome to the reboot of our regular 100 Word Hits column, in association with comics retailer The Unreality Store, in which Matthew De Monti brings us short, sharp reviews of the RETRO comic books in one hundred words. Comics from all eras and all publishers, including Marvel, DC, indies, superheroes, sci-fi, fantasy, westerns and much […]
Stars: Harvey Almond, Matthew Laird, Richard Summers-Calvert, Mia Lacostena, Jodi Hutton | Written by Charley McDougall | Directed by Louisa Warren Cannibal Cabin, formerly Cannibal Lake, opens in 2002 with a trio of vacationers, one of whom is very pregnant, planning to spend a weekend jet skiing at a lake next to what looks like […]
