30th Aug2021

‘AEW: Rampage’ Review (Aug 27th 2021)

by Nathan Favel

Welcome to this week’s AEW: Rampage review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have The Lizard Dicks fighting Ole Pacheco in a tag team match. It’s muy muy excellente! Arriba! Arriba! Arriba! Whiny Prison B–ches: Attica! Attica! Attica! Me: There’s toys in my attica. Rampage…is a pretty good video game. You go […]

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30th Aug2021

Friday Night Smackdown – Aug 27th 2021: Results & Review

by Nathan Favel

Welcome to this week’s WWE Friday Night SmackDown review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have the return of Becky Lynch and Brock Lesnar to deal with. Becky is rumored to be a heel now, but it all depends on how she is booked that is the real key here. Brock is […]

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28th Aug2021

Frightfest 2021: ‘Brain Freeze’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Iani Bédard, Roy Dupuis, Marianne Fortier, Anne-Élisabeth Bossé, Claudia Ferri | Written and Directed by Julien Knafo The affluent residents of Peacock Island want the ability to golf year-round. Their wish gets granted in the form of a new fertilizer that will grow grass even in the iciest conditions, but they soon realise all-year […]

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28th Aug2021

Frightfest 2021: ‘Are We Monsters’ Review

by Alain Elliott

Stars: Charlotte Olivia, Jathis Sivanesan, John Black, Stefan Chanyaem, Justin Hayward, Kyle Menzies | Written by Seb Cox, John Black | Directed by Seb Cox Are We Monsters is an intriguing title and one that drew me into the movie before I knew anything else about it…. The film sees werewolf hunters trying to find […]

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28th Aug2021

Frightfest 2021: ‘Broadcast Signal Intrusion’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Harry Shum Jr., Chris Sullivan, Kelley Mack, Justin Welborn, James Swanton | Written by Tim Woodall, Phil Drinkwater | Directed by Jacob Gentry Expanded from the 2016 short of the same name, Broadcast Signal Intrusion stars Harry Shum Jr. (Glee, Shadowhunters) as James, a bereaved video archivist who, while logging tapes of old TV […]

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28th Aug2021

Frightfest 2021: ‘Boy #5’ Review

by Alain Elliott

Stars: Laura Montgomery Bennett, Lennon Leckey, Natasha Naomi Rea, Adrian Palmer | Written and Directed by Eric Ian Steele Tackling the vampire genre is a brave move in horror. Creating some mass appeal with something akin to Twilight probably means you’ll be making less of a horror movie. While making a horror-centric vampire film is […]

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28th Aug2021

Frightfest 2021: ‘Beyond The Infinite Two Minutes’ Review

by Alain Elliott

Stars: Aki Asakura, Kazunari Tosa, Riko Fujitani, Gota Ishida, Masashi Suwa, Yoshifumi Sakai | Written by Makoto Ueda | Directed by Junat Yamaguchi A couple of years ago at Frightfest, One Cut of the Dead blew everyone away with it’s originality, cleverness and charm, creating a whole new kind of zombie movie. Even though Beyond […]

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28th Aug2021

‘Impact Wrestling’ Review (Aug 26th 2021)

by Nathan Favel

Welcome to this week’s Impact Wrestling review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have more of Christian Cage on a show where we have the fallout from Emergence. Angelina Jolie once said, “I ain’t no whore! Connect Four!” She might not have actually said that, but I do say that Impact starts […]

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27th Aug2021

‘Candyman (2021)’ Review

by Matthew Turner

Stars: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Teyonah Parris, Tony Todd, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Colman Domingo, Brian King, Carl Clemons-Hopkins, Rebecca Spence, Kyle Kaminsky, Vanessa Estelle Williams | Written by Nia DaCosta, Jordan Peele, Win Rosenfeld | Directed by Nia DaCosta Director Nia DaCosta and producer Jordan Peele resurrect the Candyman in this part-sequel, part-reboot of the 1992 cult […]

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27th Aug2021

Fantasia 2021: ‘Hotel Poseidon’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Ruth Becquart, Steve Geerts, Anneke Sluiters, Tine Van den Wyngaert, Dominique Van Malder, Tom Vermeir | Written and Directed by Stef Lernous Sometimes, just sometimes, you come across a film that defies categorisation; some that defy logic. Then there’s Hotel Poseidon. Which defies categorisation, logic, explanation… you name it. This film is LITERALLY someones […]

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27th Aug2021

Fantasia 2021: ‘Baby, Don’t Cry’ Review

by Alain Elliott

Stars: Zita Bai, Boni Mata, Vas Provatakis, Helen Sun | Written by Zita Bai | Directed by Jesse Dvorak If a movie’s description has ‘coming-of-age’ written in it, I will nearly always be giving it a watch. And as you’ve probably guessed, that was exactly what I read about Baby, Don’t Cry. The Fantasia website […]

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27th Aug2021

Frightfest 2021: ‘Red Snow’ Review

by Alain Elliott

Stars: Dennice Cisneros, Nico Bellamy, Laura Kennon, Alan Silva, Vernon Wells | Written and Directed by Sean Nichols Lynch Over the Christmas period, vampire romance novelist Olivia, saves a bat from death after it flies into her house. This was no ordinary bat though and she soon finds herself trying to fend off real-life vampires… […]

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27th Aug2021

Frightfest 2021: ‘Isolation’ Review

by Alain Elliott

Stars: Larry Fessenden, Marieh Delfino, Dennie Gordon, Damien Gerard, Sunny Roe | Directed by Alix Austin, Adam R. Brown, Larry Fessenden, Dennie Gordon, Andrew Kasch, Kyle I. Kelley, Alexandra Neary, Christian Pasquariello, Zach Passero, Bobby Roe, ​​Keir Siewert It will come as no surprise to anyone that there is, and will be more coming, a […]

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27th Aug2021

Frightfest 2021: ‘Demonic’ Review

by Alain Elliott

Stars: Carly Pope, Chris William Martin, Nathalie Boltt, Michael J. Rogers, Andrea Agur | Written and Directed by Neill Blomkamp When you give your horror movie the simple and uninspiring title of ‘Demonic’, you better be ready to do something big, something exciting! And if there’s any director that could do that with a horror […]

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27th Aug2021

Frightfest 2021: ‘Crabs!’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Dylan Riley Snyder, Allie Jennings, Jessica Morris, Bryce Durfee, Robert Craighead, Chase Padgett | Written and Directed by Pierce Berolzheimer Stupid, ridiculous, inept… AMAZING! Yes, that’s director Pierce Berolzheimer’s Crabs! in a nutshell. Feeling like a product of 50s creature-feature B-movies and the output of The Asylum, Crabs! plot is simple: a horde of […]

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27th Aug2021

‘Superman ’78 #1’ Review

by Dean Fuller

Written by Robert Venditti | Art by Wilfredo Torres | Published by DC Comics If ever there was a book I was guaranteed to review, it was this one. I cannot put into words how much I love the original Superman film, and the Christopher Reeve version of both Kal-El and Clark Kent. I first […]

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27th Aug2021

‘Ru Paul’s Drag Race All-Stars 6×11’ Review

by Rhys Payne

I have to admit that I loved last weeks episode of Paul’s Drag Race All-Stars. We saw the remaining queens watch on as a compilation of eliminated queens lip-syncs against one another in an attempt to return to the competition. In reality, the whole episode was the Silky Nutmeg Gnache show as she won six […]

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27th Aug2021

‘AEW: Dynamite’ Review (Aug 25th 2021)

by Nathan Favel

Welcome to this week’s AEW: Dynamite review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have the fallout from CM Punk’s official arrival into AEW. He’s All Elite! Wouldn’t it be better to just call him Elite? Calling every new signing All Elite is bad grammar…Kelsey Grammer. Scrambled eggs! On this show, we have […]

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26th Aug2021

Frightfest 2021: ‘Night Drive’ Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: AJ Bowen, Sophie Dalah, Scott Poythress | Written by Meghan Leon | Directed by Meghan Leon, Brad Baruh Russell (AJ Bowen; Satanic Panic, I Trapped the Devil) is a rideshare driver with a Porsche. That’s about all he has left after his career and marriage fell apart. So when Charlotte (Sophie Dalah; Satanic) starts […]

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26th Aug2021

Frightfest 2021: ‘Motherly’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Lora Burke, Tessa Kozma, Kristen MacCulloch, Nick Smyth, Colin Paradine | Written by Craig David Wallace, Ian Malone | Directed by Craig David Wallace In recent years there’s been a name associated with the horror genre that is guaranteed to get me excited… Lora Burke. From her absolutely amazing, captivating performance in Poor Agnes; […]

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26th Aug2021

Fantasia 2021: ‘Mad God’ Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Alex Cox, Niketa Roman, Satish Ratakonda, Harper Taylor, Brynn Taylor | Written and Directed by Phil Tippett First started in 1987, over thirty years in the making and the subject of much talk, rumour and speculation, Phil Tippett’s Mad God was certainly one of the most anticipated screenings at this year’s Fantasia. Given Tippett’s […]

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26th Aug2021

Fantasia 2021: ‘April Story’ Review

by Alain Elliott

Stars: Kaori Fuji, Takako Matsu, Seiichi Tanabe | Written and Directed by Shunji Iwai Even though I’d call myself a fan of Asian cinema, the reality is, if it isn’t horror or animated, I probably haven’t seen it. So I was thrilled to get the chance to watch 1998’s April Story at this year’s Fantasia […]

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