04th Apr2019

‘WWE 205 Live’ Review (April 2nd 2019)

by Nathan Favel

Welcome to this week’s 205 Live review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have the final card before Wrestlemania, so let’s see if Vince phones it home or actually lets the good $#!@ happen. Match #1: Oney Lorcan def. Kalisto The following is courtesy of wwe.com: Last week, WWE 205 Live General […]

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04th Apr2019

‘Ring of Honor’ Wrestling Review (March 31st 2019)

by Nathan Favel

Welcome to this week’s review of Ring Of Honor, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have a few good matches to talk about, so let’s do so. Match #1: RUSH defeated Mark Haskins The following is courtesy of rohwrestling.com: RUSH wasted no time taking the fight outside the ring and tossing LifeBlood’s […]

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03rd Apr2019

‘Stone Age: Anniversary Edition’ Board Game Review

by Matthew Smail

Regular readers would be forgiven for experiencing a sense of deja-vu at opening our latest board game review, which, today, is the recently release Stone Age: Anniversary Edition. I say that not simply because Stone Age was first released over ten years ago, but also because we actually reviewed the base game last year, just […]

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03rd Apr2019

‘The Highwaymen’ Review (Netflix)

by Jak-Luke Sharp

Stars: Kevin Costner, Woody Harrelson, Kathy Bates, John Carroll Lynch, Thomas Mann, Dean Denton, Kim Dickens, William Sadler, W. Earl Brown, David Furr, Jason Davis, Josh Caras, David Born, Brian F. Durkin, Kaley Wheless | Written by John Fusco | Directed by John Lee Hancock The Highwaymen – not to be confused with the Johnny […]

03rd Apr2019

‘Leprechaun Returns’ DVD Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Taylor Spreitler, Pepi Sonuga, Sai Bennett, Linden Porco, Mark Holton, Oliver Llewellyn Jenkins, Heather McDonald, Ben McGregor, Emily Reid | Written by Suzanne Kelly | Directed by Steven Kostanski Who would’ve though that back in the 90s, when the original film debuted, we’d still be talking about the Leprechaun franchise over 25 years later? […]

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03rd Apr2019

‘The Beach Bum’ Review

by Jak-Luke Sharp

Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Snoop Dogg, Isla Fisher, Stefania LaVie Owen, Martin Lawrence, Zac Efron, Jonah Hill, Donovan St V. Williams, Clinton Archambault, Jerry Ascione, Ricardo Matallana, Joshua Ritter | Written and Directed by Harmony Korine The Beach Bum is directed by independent auteur filmmaker Harmony Korine and his first feature film in a seven-year interval […]

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03rd Apr2019

WWE Smackdown – April 2nd 2019: Results & Review

by Nathan Favel

Welcome to this week’s Smackdown Live review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have the final Smackdown Live before Wrestlemania, so let’s see If Vince gave the WWE World Title Match some extra time to get you excited about it for the big card. Match #1: The Usos & Aleister Black & […]

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02nd Apr2019

‘The Old Man & the Gun’ DVD Review

by Jak-Luke Sharp

Stars: Robert Redford, Sissy Spacek, Casey Affleck, Danny Glover, Tom Waits, Tika Sumpter, Ari Elizabeth Johnson, Teagan Johnson, Gene Jones, John David Washington, Barlow Jacobs, Augustine Frizzell, Jennifer Joplin, Lisa DeRoberts | Written and Directed by David Lowery [NOTE: With the film out now on DVD in the UK, here’s a reposting of our review […]

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02nd Apr2019

‘Assassination Nation’ DVD Review

by Rupert Harvey

Stars: Odessa Young, Hari Nef, Suki Waterhouse, Abra, Colman Domingo, Bill Skarsgård, Joel McHale, Anika Noni Rose, Bella Thorne, Maude Apatow, Cody Christian, Danny Ramirez | Written and Directed by Sam Levinson The Salem witch trials are brought screaming into the 21st century through the lens of the modern teenage experience. This is the story of […]

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02nd Apr2019

‘Hell Fest’ DVD Review

by Jak-Luke Sharp

Stars: Bex Taylor-Klaus, Reign Edwards, Amy Forsyth, Tony Todd, Courtney Dietz, Michael Tourek, Christian James, Matt Mercurio, Roby Attal, Elle Graham, Alicia Rosato, Brooke Jaye Taylor, Mason Pike | Written by Seth M. Sherwood, Blair Butler, William Penick, Christopher Sey, Akela Cooper | Directed by Gregory Plotkin Hell Fest is the latest simplistic, conventional, horror […]

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02nd Apr2019

WWE Raw – April 1st 2019: Results & Review

by Nathan Favel

Welcome to this week’s Raw review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and this is the final Raw before Wrestlemania, so let’s see if Vince got it right or not. Match #1: WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions The Boss ‘N’ Hug Connection, Beth Phoenix & Natalya def. Nia Jax, Tamina & The IIconics The […]

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01st Apr2019

‘Room For Rent’ Review

by Alain Elliott

Stars: Lin Shaye, Oliver Rayon, Valeska Miller, Ryan Ochoa | Written by Stuart Flack | Directed by Tommy Stovall Sometimes it just takes one actor to be starring in a movie, and in particular, a horror movie, for me to give it a chance. This was the case with Room For Rent which has the […]

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01st Apr2019

‘MLW: Fusion’ Wrestling Review (March 30th 2019)

by Nathan Favel

Welcome to this week’s Major League Wrestling review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have Teddy Hart in the main event, which ought to be quite interesting, given his talent and his skills. Myron Reed is gonna be there too, so we’ll get to see him fly around that ring like Elijah […]

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01st Apr2019

‘Detour’ Blu-ray Review (Criterion)

by Rupert Harvey

Stars: Tom Neal, Ann Savage, Edmund MacDonald, Claudia Drake | Written by Martin Goldsmith | Directed by Edward G. Ulmer Thanks to its absurd plotting and an even more absurd running time (it’s not even seventy minutes long), Detour is a breeze of a watch. Essentially a noir road movie, it’s fast, funny, grimy and […]

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01st Apr2019

‘Impact Wrestling’ Review (March 28th 2019)

by Nathan Favel

Welcome to this week’s Impact Wrestling review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have a bunch of stuff that happened, so let’s get to that right now before I forg…$#!@. Match #1: Scarlett Bordeaux def. Glenn Gilbertti The following is courtesy of impactwrestling.com: Scarlett rolls up Glenn in the early going for […]

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01st Apr2019

Unboxing: Detective Pikachu TCG – Pikachu & MewTwo GX Case Files

by Kat Wheat

The Pokémon Detective Pikachu TCG set is a small sub-set of the Pokemon Trading Card game based on the movie Detective Pikachu. Released on March 29th 2019, the cards are available in numerous different sets: including a metal lunch box and a few “case File” sets; two of which – the Detective Pikachu Case File […]

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01st Apr2019

‘Dumbo’ Review

by Jak-Luke Sharp

Stars: Colin Farrell, Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito, Eva Green, Alan Arkin, Nico Parker, Finley Hobbins, Roshan Seth, Lars Eidinger, Deobia Oparei, Joseph Gatt, Miguel Muñoz Segura | Written by Ehren Kruger | Directed by Tim Burton Dumbo is the live-action remake of the much beloved 1941 Walt Disney film of the same name. This updated […]

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29th Mar2019

‘NEOM’ Board Game Review

by Matthew Smail

NEOM claims to be the game that allows players to “create the city of tomorrow” but I can’t stop myself from thinking that it’s an irrelevant claim. Unless the specific thing that future cities will feature is a perfectly square layout that positions neat rows and columns of buildings joined by slightly inconvenient road layouts. […]

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29th Mar2019

‘The Red Strings Club’ Review (Nintendo Switch)

by Rupert Harvey

It’s the future, and the Red Strings Club is an underground drinking dive run by Donovon, resident bartender, information broker and our nominal hero. Through the various visitors, he learns about the corporate shenanigans of Supercontinent, a global megacorporation which is apparently intending to control humankind through the use of cybernetic implants. In order to […]

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29th Mar2019

MANIFF 2019: ‘Far From The Apple Tree’ Review

by Matthew Turner

Stars: Sorcha Groundsell, Victoria Liddelle, Lynsey-Anne Moffat, Margaret Fraser, Adrienne-Marie Zitt, Scarlett Mack | Written by Ben Soper | Directed by Grant McPhee Directed by Grant McPhee (Night Kaleidoscope), low budget horror Far From The Apple Tree stars Sorcha Groundsell as Judith, a young artist who takes a job as the live-in assistant to acclaimed […]

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29th Mar2019

‘NXT: UK’ Review (March 27th 2019)

by Nathan Favel

Welcome to this week’s NXT: UK review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have Kelly Bundy working on her newest picture, “Contradictions of the Shy Stripper”. We’ve got a couple happy matches here to enjoy, so pull on up in the ol’ easy chair and get ready to spend a half hour […]

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29th Mar2019

‘Gloria Bell’ Review

by Jak-Luke Sharp

Stars: Julianne Moore, Alanna Ubach, Michael Cera, Sean Astin, John Turturro, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Brad Garrett, Holland Taylor, Rita Wilson, Caren Pistorius, Cassi Thomson, Tyson Ritter, Chris Mulkey, Barbara Sukowa | Written by Alice Johnson Boher, Sebastián Lelio | Directed by Sebastián Lelio Gloria (Julianne Moore) is a free-spirited divorcée who spends her days at a […]

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