Stars: Elle O’Hara, Michaela Longden, Sarah Jane Duncan, Jacob Roberts, Johnny Vivash, Julie Hannan, David Howell | Written and Directed by Hayden Hewitt Credits rolling over, a montage of images that include dildos and men’s faces leering from computer monitors give way to a nightmarish hallucination sequence. Cara, a new psychological horror film from writer/director […]
Stars: Chris Hemsworth, Leehom Wang, Wei Tang, Viola Davis, Holt McCallany | Written by Morgan Davis Foehl | Directed by Michael Mann About an hour into my viewing of Blackhat I was struggling to remain conscious from boredom. About an hour later I was glued to my seat, my eyes and ears on full alert for whatever the film was going to throw […]
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 Netflix-broadcast show! Match #1: AJ Styles def. “Dirty” Dominik Mysterio The following is courtesy of wwe.com: After neutralizing Carlito and knocking the apple right out of his mouth, AJ Styles overcame […]
Stars: Emily Hampshire, François Arnaud, Christian Convery, Tristan D. Lalla, Cat Lemieux, Erika Rosenbaum, Mariah Inger | Written by Adam O’Brien, Philip Kalin-Hajdu | Directed by Adam O’Brien Meredith is a struggling mother abandoned by her family and partner after the appalling death of their newborn son. Alone in her house after separating, she becomes […]
Stars: Jessa Flux, Ashleigh Amberlynn, Mel Heflin, Kelsey Livengood, Angel Nichole Bradford, Anna Clary, Mia Katz, Lynn Lowry, Ann Myrna | Written by Steve Hermann | Directed by Angel Nichole Bradford, Steve Hermann Horror films and sorority houses are a combination that go back at least as far as 1957’s Blood of Dracula and 1961’s […]
Stars: Michael Paré, Costas Mandylor, Anthony Loddo, Johan Wickholm, Rebecca Davis, Tayah Kansik | Written and Directed by Martin Nuza In Tenebras: Into the Darkness begins with text telling us that at the end of World War II, a German U-boat was seized off the coast of Gibraltar. Its contents were hidden somewhere in the […]
Welcome to this review of NXT: Vengeance Day, which took place this past Saturday, right here on Nerdly. Let’s get straight into the review! Match #1: NXT Women’s North American Championship – Stephanie Vaquer def. Fallon Henley The following is courtesy of wwe.com: La Primera is officially a champion, as Stephanie Vaquer captured the NXT […]
Stars: Robert Pattinson, Mark Ruffalo, Toni Collette, Steven Yeun, Naomi Ackie, Holliday Grainger | Written and Directed by Bong Joon Ho Writer-director Bong Joon Ho (Snowpiercer) returns to futuristic sci-fi for this space exploration thriller based on the 2022 novel by Edward Ashton (entitled Mickey7). As such, it’s not without its flaws, but it’s still […]
Stars: Anya Taylor-Joy, Miles Teller, Sigourney Weaver, Sope Dirisu | Written by Zach Dean | Directed by Scott Derrickson Drasa (Anya Taylor-Joy; The Northman, The Witch) is a sniper for hire and business has been good. At least until she finds out her identity has been compromised. Needing to drop out of site for a […]
Welcome to this week’s review of AEW Grand Slam: Australia, which emanates from Brisbane, Australia – the first time we’ve had a major AEW show from down under! We’ve got the commentary team of Tony Schiavone and Nigel McGuiness calling the action, so let’s get into the review… Match #1: Will Ospreay & Kenny Omega […]
Welcome to this review of this past Friday’s episode of Smackdown, right here on Nerdly. Let’s see what went down on this week’s show! Match #1: Elimination Chamber Match Qualifier – Naomi def. Chelsea Green The following is courtesy of wwe.com: Naomi made Women’s United States Champion Chelsea Green feel the glow with a decisive […]
Stars: Olivia Holt, Mason Gooding, Gigi Zumbado, Michaela Watkins, Jordana Brewster, Devon Sawa | Written by Phillip Murphy, Christopher Landon, Michael Kennedy | Directed by Josh Ruben Directed by Josh Ruben, Heart Eyes is a darkly comic Valentines-themed slasher with considerable franchise potential. To that end, it’s co-scripted by some of the writers behind the […]
Stars: Anna Jacoby, Josh Andres Rivera, Ana Auther, Todd Robert Anderson, Kevin Nealon | Written and Directed by Matt McClung Inhabitants, not to be confused with The Inhabitant, is the story of Olivia (Anna Jacoby; Finding Carter, Stranger Things) and her boyfriend Francis (Josh Andres Rivera; The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, […]
Welcome to this week’s review of TNA Wrestling, Let’s get straight into the review and see what went down on this week’s show… Match #1: TNA World Championship – Joe Hendry def. Jake Something The following is courtesy of tnawrestling.com: We kick things off with a TNA World Championship match as Joe Hendry defends against […]
Welcome to this week’s review of AEW: Dynamite, which was broadcast from the H-E-B Center in Austin, TX. We’ve got Excalibur, Nigel McGuiness, and Tony Schiavone on commentary, so let’s get into the review! Match #1: ‘Best Wrestler Alive’ Open Challenge Match – “Hangman” Adam Page def. Max Caster The following is courtesy of allelitewrestling.com: […]
Stars: Anthony Mackie, Harrison Ford, Danny Ramirez, Shira Haas, Carl Lumbly, Giancarlo Esposito, Tim Blake Nelson | Written by Rob Edwards, Malcolm Spellman, Dalan Musson, Julius Onah, Peter Glanz | Directed by Julius Onah Anthony Mackie steps into the title role for the fourth movie in the MCU’s Captain America series, following the events of […]
Stars: Julian Gamm, Carl Wharton, Andrew Rolfe, James Graeme, Hannah Al Rashid, Joseph Campbell | Written and Directed by George Threadgold Writer/director George Threadgold (Dinner at Vanessa’s) has revisited his three-part web series White Crow and expanded it into a feature film with several of the same cast members. The film begins with JD (Julian […]
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 week’s review of NXT, right here on Nerdly. Let’s get straight into it and see what went down on this week’s show! Match #1: Cora Jade def. Bayley The following is courtesy of wwe.com: Cora Jade picked up the biggest win in her singles career to date as she defeated Bayley in […]
Stars: Justine Wachsberger, Akil Wingate, Lewkowski Yovel, Nicolas Cazalé, Élise Tilloloy, Ivaylo Zahariev, Kalin Tsakov | Written and Directed by Jérémy Minui Top Floor deserves credit from early on, as it reminds us how the single-location thriller is an evergreen idea among cinematic concepts. On a budgetary level, it offers a money-saving solution that can […]
Stars: Blu Hunt, Katherine Hughes, Ben Smith-Petersen, Josh Marble, Brennan Mejia, Joey Millin, Aerial Washington | Written by Elric Kane, Webb Wilcoxen | Directed by Elric Kane The Dead Thing opens with an extended montage that gives us a look at Alex (Blu Hunt; The New Mutants, Another Life) and the dead-end routine that takes up […]
Stars: Jun Etoh, Mari Shirato, Kentarō Shimizu, Seiji Miyaguchi, Junko Miyashita, Yoshiro Aoki, Takashi Kanda | Written by Takuya Nishioka | Directed by Toshiharu Ikeda Mermaid Legend is a 1984 feature from the late Toshiharu Ikeda (Evil Dead Trap) that had never been released in any format internationally or played at a film festival outside […]
