19th Jun2014

‘The Art of the Steal’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Kurt Russell, Matt Dillon, Jay Baruchel, Chris Diamantopoulos, Katheryn Winnick, Kenneth Welsh, Jason Jones, Terence Stamp | Written and Directed by Jonathan Sobol I love a good heist (or caper) movie, of course as do many others out there, just look at the success of the “Oceans” franchise and the recent Now You See Me […]

19th Jun2014

‘Alien Legion: Uncivil War #1’ Review

by Richard Axtell

Written by Chuck Dixon, Carl Potts | Art by Larry Stroman | Published by Titan Comics | Format: Paperback, 32pp As a civil war breaks out on one of the rim worlds in the galaxy, hundreds of refugees flee the system, seeking asylum in safer areas. However, it is up to Force Nomad, a team of specialists, to […]

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17th Jun2014

‘Kids Get Dead 2: Kids Get Deader’ Review

by Paul Metcalf

Stars: Leah Rudick, Alexander Kollar, Samantha Glovin, Bradley Creanzo, Bec Fordyce, Andrew Waffenschmidt, Jeff Foley, Kathy Biehl, Vonka Romanoff, Sam Albertsen | Written by Michael Hall, Robert J. Huntley | Directed by Michael Hall Kids Go Into the Woods Kids Get Dead, that’s a long title for a movie.  Imagine if a sequel came along, it would require […]

17th Jun2014

’22 Jump Street’ Review

by Dan Clark

Stars: Channing Tatum, Jonah Hill, Ice Cube, Jillian Bell, Peter Stormare, Amber Stevens, Nick Offerman, Wyatt Russell, The Lucas Brothers, Marc Evan Jackson, Rob Riggle | Written by Michael Bacall, Oren Uziel, Rodney Rothman | Directed by Phil Lord, Christopher Miller When 21 Jump Street came out it had little expectations. A reboot of a heavily dated […]

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17th Jun2014

‘Orange is the New Black: Season 2’ Review

by Paul Metcalf

There are moments in Orange is the New Black: Season Two where I thought to myself “oh I hate what you are doing here, don’t make her do that!” I almost hated the writers.  This sounds bad I know, but then you have to think, exactly what did they do to make me think so […]

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16th Jun2014

‘Wither’ DVD Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Patrik Almqvist, Lisa Henni, Amanda Renberg, Patrick Saxe, Ralf Beck | Written by Sonny Laguna, Tommy Wiklund, David Liljeblad | Directed by Sonny Laguna, Tommy Wiklund A cabin in the woods, a group of kids, and something in the basement. Given the idea that the film is based on Swedish folklore that tells the legend of almost-human creatures living […]

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15th Jun2014

‘Raze’ DVD Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Zoe Bell, Rachel Nichols, Doug Jones, Sherilyn Fenn, Adrienne Wilkinson, Tracie Thoms, Rebecca Marshall, Bailey Anne Borders, Rosario Dawson | Written by Robert Beaucage | Directed by Josh C. Waller Produced by its star, stuntwoman turned actress Zoe Bell, Raze has seemingly been “coming soon” for an eternity. I distinctly remember first reading about it […]

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15th Jun2014

‘Grindhouse Trailer Classics 4’ DVD Review

by Paul Metcalf

Don’t you just love Grindhouse trailers? After Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez made them popular again with the inclusion of some fake ones with their Grindhouse movie it reminded people just how silly they were, and how badly made they could be.  Now with Grindhouse Trailer Classics 4 we have another collection of trailers for […]

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15th Jun2014

Review Round-Up: Last Vegas & The Pretty One

by Phil Wheat

Welcome to the latest entry in our brand-new feature here on Nerdly – the Review Round-Up – where we take a look at some of the weeks new releases in smaller, more succinct capsule reviews with a rating to let you know whether to Rent, Buy, or wait for Netflix and/or other streaming services… Last […]

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12th Jun2014

‘Behaving Badly’ DVD Review

by Richard Axtell

Stars: Nat Wolff, Selena Gomez, Mary-Louise Parker, Heather Graham, Elisabeth Shue, Cary Elwes, Ashley Rickards, Patrick Warburton, Jason Lee, Mindy Robinson, Gary Busey, Dylan McDermott | Written by Tim Garrick, Scott Russell | Directed by Tim Garrick Behaving Badly is a story about Rick Stevens (Nat Wolff), a boy who makes a bet with a […]

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12th Jun2014

‘Thanks for Sharing’ Blu-ray Review (Scanbox Entertainment)

by Chris Cummings

Stars: Mark Ruffalo, Gwyneth Paltrow, Tim Robbins, Josh Gad, Alecia ‘Pink’ Moore, Patrick Fugit | Written by Stuart Blumberg, Matt Winston | Directed by Stuart Blumberg Stuart Blumberg, writer of Keeping the Faith, The Kids are All Right and The Girl Next Door, took to the director’s chair for the first time here, with Thanks for Sharing, […]

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12th Jun2014

‘Punishment Park’ Blu-ray Review (Masters of Cinema)

by Chris Cummings

Stars: Patrick Boland, Kent Foreman, Carmen Argenziano, Luke Johnson, Katherine Quittner, Scott Turner, Stan Armsted, Mary Ellen Kleinhall | Written and Directed by Peter Watkins “Under the provision of Title 2 of the 1950 Internal Security Act, also known as the McCarran Act, the President of the United States of America is still authorized, without […]

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12th Jun2014

‘Devil’s Due’ DVD Review

by Jack Kirby

Stars: Zach Gilford, Allison Miller, Sam Anderson, Roger Payano, Vanessa Ray | Written by Lindsay Devlin | Directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett If this was the first found-footage horror you’d ever seen, then Devil’s Due would probably strike you as a fairly shocking tour de force. Unfortunately, it’s 2014 now and 78% of all mainstream horror […]

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11th Jun2014

‘Shadow Walkers’ DVD Review

by Richard Axtell

Stars: Rhys Wakefield, Logan Miller, Ashley Hinshaw, Natalie Hall, Rohan Kymal, Adam David Thompson, Ronald Ogden, Bernard D. Jones, April Billingsley, Peter Luis Zimmerman, Chelsea Hayes, Marla Malcolm | Written by Bill Gullo | Directed by Dennis Iliadis Three friends are attending the biggest party of the year when things take a turn for the […]

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11th Jun2014

‘Ping Pong Summer’ Review

by Dan Clark

Stars: Marcello Conte, Judah Friedlander, Amy Sedaris, Lea Thompson, Susan Sarandon, John Hannah, Quinn McColgan, Emmi Shockley, Robert Longstreet, Maddie Howard, Joseph McCaughtry, Andy Riddle, Helena May Seabrook | Written and Directed by Michael Tully Writer and director Michael Tully’s latest film Ping Pong Summer  has such a strong personal connection a more apt title may […]

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10th Jun2014

‘WWE Wrestlemania XXX’ Blu-ray Review

by Paul Metcalf

Wrestlemania is the biggest wrestling event of the year, or that is what the WWE want you to believe at least. Wrestlemania XXX was billed as a huge event, especially as this was the shows 30th anniversary of the show, fans expected something special and WWE in many ways had something to prove, the big […]

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10th Jun2014

WWE RAW: Results & Review (9/6/14)

by Chris Cummings

It has been a strange time for WWE recently, with the excitement and positive reaction from WrestleMania faded due to poor booking decisions and injuries, the main one being that of the WWE World Champion, Daniel Bryan, who recently underwent neck surgery. We have been promised a big announcement for this episode of RAW, probably […]

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10th Jun2014

‘Non Stop’ Blu-ray Review

by Richard Axtell

Stars: Liam Neeson, Julianne Moore, Michelle Dockery, Lupita Nyong’o, Scoot McNairy, Anson Mount, Corey Stoll, Linus Roache | Written by John W. Richardson, Chris Roach | Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra Liam Neeson is Bill Marks, federal air marshal on a flight to London. Not everything on this flight is as it seems however, as he begins to get […]

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09th Jun2014

‘CSI: Complete Season 13’ DVD Review

by Paul Metcalf

CSI: Miami and CSI: New York are no more, soon we’ll have CSI:Cyber but who would have thought that we would still have CSI: Las Vegas? When reviewing CSI: Complete Season 13 the most noticeable thing is it is a show that survives not only by pure popularity, but that it constantly adapts itself, never letting itself […]

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08th Jun2014

‘Oculus’ Review

by Jack Kirby

Stars: Karen Gillan, Brenton Thwaites, Katee Sackoff, Rory Cochrane | Written by Mike Flanagan, Jeff Howard | Directed by Mike Flanagan Creepy kids have been a staple ingredient of horror films for a long time and recent examples of the genre such as the Insidious films, Dark Touch, Mama and The Quiet Ones show that our fear […]

07th Jun2014

‘The Complete Dr. Phibes’ Blu-ray Review (Arrow Video)

by Paul Metcalf

Horror tends to come in many forms, but it can be truly at its best when something so offbeat comes along that feels truly original. The Abominable Dr. Phibes and Dr. Phibes Rides Again make up Arrow Video’s new Blu-ray collection The Complete Dr. Phibes and manage to have this feel. These are two movies […]

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07th Jun2014

‘If…’ Blu-ray Review (Masters of Cinema)

by Paul Metcalf

Stars: Malcolm McDowell, Christine Noonan,  David Wood, Richard Warwick, Rupert Webster, Robert Swann, Hugh Thomas, Arthur Lowe | Written by David Sherwin | Directed by Lindsay Anderson If…. is a satirical look at the public school system in the late 1960s but while there is a dark sense of humour in place there is also a […]

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