03rd Nov2020

‘His House’ Review (Netflix)

by Paul Metcalf

Stars: Sope Dirisu, Wunmi Mosaku, Malaika Wakoli-Abigaba, Matt Smith, Javier Botet, Yvonne Campbell, Vivienne Soam, Lola May, Kevin Layne | Written by Felicity Evans, Toby Venables, Remi Weekes | Directed by Remi Weekes Horror is effective when it pulls the audience into an experience. They have to care about the people on the screen and […]

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03rd Nov2020

‘Every Time I Die’ VOD Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Drew Fonteiro, Marc Menchaca, Melissa Macedo, Michelle Macedo, Tyler Dash White | Written by Gal Katzir, Robi Michael | Directed by Robi Michael The debut feature of co-writer/director Robi Michael takes an old formula – a hero who has amnesia and is trapped in a situation that’s spiralling out of control – and spins […]

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03rd Nov2020

‘The Cabin with Bert Kreischer’ Review (Netflix)

by Rhys Payne

The first thing you will notice about the new Netflix original series The Cabin is that it is hosted by Bert Kreischer the stand-up comedian. The majority of people will know Bert for his famous routine about becoming an honorary member of the Russian mafia and shouting “I am the Machine!” as it was the […]

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03rd Nov2020

WWE Raw – Nov 2nd 2020: Results & Review

by Nathan Favel

Welcome to this week’s Monday Night Raw review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and Frogger can kiss my ass! Hop along the road and get squished you miserable fish! Okay, we got more matches, because that’s what the show is for…and dumb promos. Talking! Let’s knit, bitch! Match #1: Jeff Hardy def. Elias […]

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03rd Nov2020

Friday Night Smackdown – Oct 30th 2020: Results & Review

by Nathan Favel

Welcome to this week’s Friday Night SmackDown review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and if you don’t deliver six million dollars in the next three hours, I will kill a hostage per hour until you deliver the money! Do you understand me, detective?! I…whoops! Damn TalkTech patched y’all in to the wrong communication. […]

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02nd Nov2020

‘The Nights Before Christmas’ Review

by Alain Elliott

Stars: Simon Phillips, Kate Schroder, Sayla de Goede, Michael Coughlan, Samantha De Benedet, Keegan Chambers, Ken Bressers, Anne-Carolyne Binette, Frederik Storm, Michael Swatton, Meredith Heinrich, Jennifer Willis | Written by Simon Phillips, Paul Tanter | Directed by Paul Tanter I reviewed Once Upon Time At Christmas in 2018 and although it was a decent enough […]

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02nd Nov2020

‘Nobody Sleeps in the Woods Tonight’ Review (Netflix)

by Paul Metcalf

Stars: Julia Wieniawa-Narkiewicz, Michal Lupa, Wiktoria Gasiewska, Stanislaw Cywka, Sebastian Dela, Gabriela Muskala, Michal Zbroja, Miroslaw Zbrojewicz, Piotr Cyrwus | Written by Bartosz M. Kowalski, Jan Kwiecinski, Mirella Zaradkiewicz | Directed by Bartosz M. Kowalski Ever since Friday the 13th helped solidify the concept of the summer camp being a place to just massacre teenagers, […]

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02nd Nov2020

‘2GM Pacific’ Board Game Review

by Matthew Smail

When I think of wargames, I am often reminded of how broad the range of games covered by that term actually is. On the one hand, you have super heavy, army level simulators such as those represented in many of GMT Games most famous series, whilst on the other, you have the more straightforward and […]

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02nd Nov2020

‘WWE 205 Live’ Review (Oct 30th 2020)

by Nathan Favel

Welcome to this week’s 205 Live, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and I used to be a Cambodian combat ballerina, so don’t piss me off or I’ll dance you to death. We’ve got two more super-duper-pooper-scooper matches to make your heart go whoomph! It’s a one-time sound…whoomph! If you have it twice…call a […]

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02nd Nov2020

‘Super Mario Bros. 35’ Review (Nintendo Switch)

by Jason Brigger

Per the official website: “Race against time, defeat enemies, and sabotage your opponents in an online battle to be the last Mario standing!” The newest digital-only Mario game from Nintendo celebrates the 35th anniversary of the original Super Mario Bros. game while adding a “last-man-standing” competitive twist with you and 34 of your closest online […]

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02nd Nov2020

‘Black Water: Abyss’ DVD Review

by Matthew Turner

Stars: Luke Mitchell, Jessica McNamee, Amali Golden, Benjamin Hoetjes, Anthony J. Sharpe | Written by John Ridley, Sarah Smith | Directed by Andrew Traucki Director Andrew Traucki returns to croc-infested waters for Black Water: Abyss, a stand-alone sequel to his 2007 crocky horror Black Water. As crocsploitation pictures go, it’s a largely toothless affair, but […]

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02nd Nov2020

‘WWE NXT: UK’ Review (Oct 29th 2020)

by Nathan Favel

Welcome to this week’s NXT UK review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have…oh screw it…let’s just get to the main event! Match #1: Aoifye Valkyrie def. Dani Luna The following is courtesy of wwe.com: Dani Luna looked to score a major upset and had Aofie Valkyrie on the ropes for much […]

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02nd Nov2020

‘WWE NXT: Halloween Havoc’ Review (Oct 28th 2020)

by Nathan Favel

Greetings, you pathetic maggots! “Smart” Mark D. Mark here to piss all over the return of the biggest abortion in wrestling, Halloween Havoc. NXT has brought us the return of yet another shit-show from World Championship Wrestling’s moronic past and I will not play along, ladies and gentlemen! Nathan Favel, the prissy little putz who […]

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02nd Nov2020

‘Ring of Honor: Pure Tournament – Week 7’ Review

by Nathan Favel

Welcome to this review of Ring Of Honor, right here on Nerdly.  I’m Nathan Favel and we have the semi-finals of the Pure Title Tournament to get to, so shut the mouth and watch the match…skoogy. Match #1: Jonathan Gresham def. Josh Woods (w/ Silas Young) – Block B Final The following is courtesy of […]

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02nd Nov2020

‘Ring of Honor: Pure Title Tournament – Week 6’ Review

by Nathan Favel

Welcome to this review of Ring Of Honor, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have the semi-finals of the Pure Title Tournament to get to, so shut the mouth and watch the match…skoogy. Match #1: Tracy Williams def. Fred Yehi – Block A Semi-Final Match The following is courtesy of rohwrestling.com: Williams […]

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30th Oct2020

Frightfest 2020: ‘Slaxx’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Romane Denis , Sehar Bhojani, Stephen Bogaert, Brett Donahue, Kenny Wong, Tianna Nori, Erica Anderson | Written by Patricia Gomez, Elza Kephart | Directed by Elza Kephart Back in 2010 writer/director Quentin Dupieux brought forth Rubber on an unsuspecting genre audience. That film, about a tyre that killed people – not by running them […]

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30th Oct2020

Frightfest 2020: ‘Butchers’ Review

by Chris Cummings

Stars: Simon Phillips, Michael Swatton, Julie Mainville, Anne-Carolyne Binette, James Hicks, Nick Allan, Blake Canning, Samantha De Benedet, Jonathan Largy, Frederik Storm | Written by Adrian Langley, Daniel Weissenberger | Directed by Adrian Langley I remember seeing Tobe Hooper’s The Texas Chainsaw Massacre in the middle of the 90s, almost two decades after it was […]

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30th Oct2020

Frightfest 2020: ‘The Reckoning’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Joe Anderson, Charlotte Kirk, Sean Pertwee, Steven Waddington | Written by Edward Evers-Swindell, Charlotte Kirk, Neil Marshall | Directed by Neil Marshall England. 1665. The great plague has caused a frenzy of fear, distrust and death. Desperate and terrified, the population turns to superstition, the Catholic Church taking cruel advantage of the grim witch-hunting […]

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30th Oct2020

‘Spell’ VOD Review

by Paul Metcalf

Stars: Omari Hardwick, Loretta Devine, Lorraine Burroughs, Hannah Gonera, Kalifa Burton, John Beasley, Tumisho Masha, Steve Mululu, Peter Butler | Written by Kurt Wimmer | Directed by Mark Tonderai If there is one thing that horror films have taught us by now, don’t return to your childhood home that you ran away from in the […]

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30th Oct2020

‘The Times of Harvey Milk’ Blu-ray Review (Criterion)

by Chris Cummings

Features: Harvey Milk, Anne Kronenberg, Tory Hartmann  | Written by Judith Coburn, Carter Wilson | Directed by Rob Epstein Back in 1984, director Rob Epstein (Lovelace, Howl) along with narration writers Judith Coburn and Carter Wilson, worked together to bring us the acclaimed documentary film, The Times of Harvey Milk. A powerful 90 minute look […]

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30th Oct2020

Rewind: ‘Psycho’ Review

by Xenia Grounds

Stars: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, John Gavin, Martin Balsam, John McIntire, Simon Oakland, Frank Albertson | Written by Joseph Stefano | Directed by Alfred Hitchcock There’s no denying that when we look back on the horror film genre, one of the directors that we strongly associate with it is Alfred Hitchcock. Yes, there […]

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30th Oct2020

‘Batgirl #50’ Review (DC Comics)

by Dean Fuller

Written by Cecil Castellucci | Art by Emanuela Lupacchino, Various | Published by DC Comics First off, full confession, I have not read a single issue of this book before this one. No particular reason, but there are only so many hours in the day, and this was not a book that really registered on […]

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