18th Aug2020

WWE Raw – August 17th 2020: Results & Review

by Nathan Favel

Welcome to this week’s Monday Night Raw review, right here in Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and this is the big go-home show before SummerSlam, which means it’s gonna suck! You know there ain’t a damn thing on here worth talking about. I’m just gonna make shit up. Kamala walked out and knocked John Cena on […]

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18th Aug2020

Rewind: ‘High Rise’ Review

by Chris Thomas

In the latest in his series of Rewind reviews looking back at the career of writer/director Ben Wheatley, Chris takes a look at his 2015 film, High Rise. Stars: Tom Hiddleston, Jeremy Irons, Sienna Miller, Luke Evans, Elisabeth Moss, James Purefoy, Keeley Hawes, Peter Ferdinando, Sienna Guillory, Reece Shearsmith | Written by Amy Jump | […]

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17th Aug2020

Fantasia 2020: ‘Crazy Samurai Musashi’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Tak Sakaguchi, Kento Yamazaki, Masaaki Takarai, Akihiko Sai | Written by Sion Sono | Directed by Yuji Shimomura When I was a kid I thought all martial arts movies were fight after fight after fight. We didn’t get many martial arts movies on TV in those days but there were plenty of shows like […]

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17th Aug2020

Fantasia 2020: ‘Yummy’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Maaike Neuville, Bart Hollanders, Benjamin Ramon, Clara Cleymans, Annick Christiaens, Eric Godon, Joshua Rubin, Taeke Nicolaï, Tom Audenaert | Written by Lars Damoiseaux, Eveline Hagenbeek | Directed by Lars Damoiseaux Heading into surgery is stressful enough, but Alison (Maaike Neuville) has no idea what awaits her when she arrives at Klinika Krawczyk for a […]

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17th Aug2020

Fantasia 2020: ‘A Costume For Nicholas’ Review

by Alain Elliott

Features the voices of: Paty Cantú, Fran Fernandez, Cristina Hernandez, Ricardo Tejedo | Written by Miguel Uriegas | Directed by Eduardo Rivero I do have quite a strong affinity with animated movies but it’s perhaps surprising that it doesn’t come from when I was a child. The only animated Disney film I remember liking was […]

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17th Aug2020

Friday Night SmackDown – Aug 14th 2020: Results & Review

by Nathan Favel

Welcome to this week’s Friday Night SmackDown review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we’re SMOKINNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!! We’ve got The Tramp looking at that blind girl and biting his hand, because he’s a mute twit-dink! I’m so ready for all those pervs in foreign countries that have kids stolen and killed left to suffer […]

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17th Aug2020

‘WWE 205 Live’ Review (Aug 14th 2020)

by Nathan Favel

Welcome to this week’s 205 Live review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have Nick Cave talkin’ real deep and singin’ real low. I’m tired of this. Where’s my beach ball? Spike! Okay. Let’s get to the matches before I swipe right. Did I ju…a Tinder joke?! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! DAMN IIIIIIIiIIIIIIIIIIITTTT!!!!!!!!!! Match #1: […]

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15th Aug2020

Fantasia 2020: ‘Morgana’ Review

by Chris Cummings

Features: Morgana Muses | Directed by Isabel Peppard, Josie Hess Give me something new in the guise of a strange premise-based documentary any day of the week and I’m going to be pleased. Documentary films can be incredibly powerful, intriguing and hugely entertaining, and when I read the synopsis for Morgana, from Josie Hess and […]

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15th Aug2020

‘All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite’ Review (Aug 12th 2020)

by Nathan Favel

Welcome to this week’s All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have my prostate hitched to a tractor trailer. Hey, it’s Dynamite, baby! We’ve got orange juice fighting Winnipeg, you idiot! Paul Williams used to drink and now he doesn’t, so rock n’ roll, ass-hole! Dynamite starts…BOOM!…like the […]

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15th Aug2020

‘WWE NXT’ Review (Aug 12th 2020)

by Nathan Favel

Welcome to this week’s NXT review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have Rambo: First Blood Part 6 starring…BERT CONVY. Suck it, dweebs! Bert Convy can carry a picture. We’ve got more three-ways, because monogamy is for wimps. Hey, do you wanna lick a portrait? Dorian Grey may not taste so good, […]

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15th Aug2020

‘All Elite Wrestling: Dark’ Review (Aug 11th 2020)

by Nathan Favel

Welcome to this week’s review of All Elite Wrestling: Dark, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and Canada can suck it! On this episode of Unsolved Mysteries, we look into the case of this show and why there are SO MANY PHUCKEN SQUASH MATCHESSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!! If I see another squash match on this show, then […]

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15th Aug2020

‘AEW Women’s Tag Team Cup Tournament: Deadly Draw – Night Two’ Review

by Nathan Favel

Welcome to this week’s All Elite Wrestling’s Women’s Tag Team Cup Tournament: Deadly Draw – Night Two review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have James “Buster” Douglas knocking Mike Tyson’s block off for I WANT MY MAYPO!!!!!!! Yeah, that’s right. Okay, let’s get right into this second card from this women’s […]

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14th Aug2020

Fantasia 2020: ‘Fried Barry’ Review

by Chris Cummings

Stars: Chanelle De Jager, Gary Green, Bianka Hartenstein, Sean Cameron Michael, Jonathan Pienaar | Written and Directed by Ryan Kruger I know of Ryan Kruger from some of his short film work things, such as 2014’s The Golden Rule and, of course, his 2017 short thing, Fried Barry. I was pleased as punch, you could […]

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14th Aug2020

‘The Diabolical’ Review (Horror Channel)

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Ali Larter, Patrick Fischler, Arjun Gupta, Tom Wright, Chloe Perrin | Written by Alistair Legrand, Luke Harvis | Directed by Alistair Legrand Single mother Madison and her two children keep being awoken nightly by an increasingly strange and intense presence. Seeking help from her scientist boyfriend, they embark on a hunt to destroy the […]

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14th Aug2020

‘The Flash #759’ Review (DC Comics)

by Dean Fuller

Written by Joshua Williamson | Art by Rafa Sandoval, Jordi Tarragona | Published by DC Comics Slightly under the radar Joshua Williamson has been putting together a mighty fine run on The Flash. I don’t know what it is about The Flash as a book, but down the years it has had some great runs […]

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14th Aug2020

‘Deathstroke: Knights & Dragons’ Blu-ray Review

by Phil Wheat

Features the voices of: Michael Chiklis, Sasha Alexander, Griffin Puatu, Chris Jai Alex, Faye Mata | Written by J.M. DeMatteis | Directed by Sung Jin Ahn Deathstroke: Knights & Dragons, from Warner Bros. Blue Ribbon Content shingle (the folks behind other digital DC content, including Constantine, Freedom Fighters: The Ray and Vixen), rather than the […]

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14th Aug2020

Fantasia 2020: ‘Sleep’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Sandra Hüller, Gro Swantje Kohlhof, Max Hubacher, August Schmölzer, Marion Kracht, Agata Buzek, Martina Schöne-Radunski, Katharina Behrens, Andreas Anke | Written by Michael Venus, Thomas Friedrich | Directed by Michael Venus Tormented by vivid nightmares she believes are real, Marlene (Sandra Hüller) starts piecing together her oneiric visions. Assembling nightmarish sketches, maddening notes, and […]

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14th Aug2020

Fantasia 2020: ‘Clapboard Jungle: Surviving The Independent Film Business’ Review

by Alain Elliott

Featuring: Chris Alexander, Dave Alexander, Chad Archibald, Charles Band, Yazid Benfeghoul, Justin Benson, Zack Bernbaum ana many more! | Directed by Justin McConnell If you watch independent movies, listen to the podcasts about them and follow the people that make them on social media, then Clapboard Jungle is the movie for you. Directed by Justin […]

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14th Aug2020

Rewind: ‘Kill List’ Review

by Chris Thomas

In the first of a new series of Rewind reviews looking back at the career of writer/director Ben Wheatley, Chris takes a look at his 2011 hit, Kill List. Stars: Neil Maskell, Michael Smiley, MyAnna Buring, Harry Simpson, Emma Fryer, Struan Rodger | Written by Ben Wheatley, Amy Jump | Directed by Ben Wheatley My […]

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13th Aug2020

‘G-LOC’ Review

by Kevin Haldon

Stars: Stephen Moyer, Tala Gouveia, Casper Van Dien, John Rhys-Davies, Mike Beckingham, Alana Wallace, Shayne Ward, Spencer Collings, Toby Osmond | Written and Directed by Tom Paton It’s pretty obvious by now that I am a fan of this man and his crew… I always look forward to seeing what he has cooked up in […]

13th Aug2020

‘Stargirl 1×13: Stars & S.T.R.I.P.E. – Part Two’ Review

by Jason Brigger

Stars: Brec Bassinger, Luke Wilson, Amy Smart, Yvette Monreal, Anjelika Washington, Trae Romano, Christopher Baker, Neil Jackson | Created by Geoff Johns It’s all leading to this, the season finale of Stargirl! It’s been a fun season and I’ve been looking forward to how the writers will tie everything together. The new Fiddler, Isaac Bowin, […]

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12th Aug2020

‘Watergate’ Board Game Review

by Matthew Smail

Even before the Covid-19 lockdown came into force, I had always enjoyed the focus of a good, thoughtful, two player game. I think this fascination comes from repeatedly playing Draughts, Chess and Stratego with my dad and friends when I was much younger. Nowadays, I play two player games with my wife mostly, but we […]

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