Welcome to this review of All Elite Wrestling’s most eagerly-awaited pay-per-views. Forbidden Door 3, which builds on the tremendous pay-per-views of the same name we’ve had over the past two years. This time round not only are AEW and NJPW involved but we’ve also got wrestlers from CMLL and Stardom! It’s a packed show and […]
Welcome to this week’s review of AEW’s latest television show, Collision, which brings wrestling back to Saturday nights! We’ve got the commentary team of Excalibur and Nigel McGuinness calling the action, so let’s get into the review of this pre-Forbidden Door show! Match #1: Orange Cassidy & Tomohiro Ishii def. TMDK (Robbie Eagles & Shane […]
Stars: Lupita Nyong’o, Joseph Quinn, Alex Wolff, Djimon Hounsou | Written and Directed by Michael Sarnoski Before the world went silent, New York was the city metropolis that we all know and love. Sam (Lupita Nyong’o) is a cancer patient at a hospice, reluctantly joining a group outing to Manhattan. While there, the creatures descend […]
It’s Monday so you know what that means, it’s time for our weekly review of AEW: Rampage! This week’s show emanated from the PPL Center in Allentown, PA; and featured Tony Schiavone, Nigel McGuinness and Ian Riccaboni on commentary. Now let’s get to the review… Match #1: Orange Cassidy def. The Outrunners (Turbo Floyd & […]
Welcome to this review of this past Friday’s episode of Friday Night Smackdown, right here on Nerdly. Let’s see what went down on this week’s show! Match #1: Triple Threat Women’s Money in the Bank Qualifying Match – Tiffany Stratton def. Jade Cargill and Candice LeRae The following is courtesy of wwe.com: Toronto will operate […]
Based on the comic by Sara Varon | Written and Directed by Pablo Berger Based on Sara Varon’s 2007 comic of the same name, Robot Dreams is brought alive by writer/director Pablo Berger. Unfolding in a version of ‘80s New York where animals inhabit the world, the story follows Dog as he grows tired of […]
Stars: Simone Kessell, Andrew Howard, Rosie Day, Rachel Adedeji, Joseph Millson, Daphne Cheung | Written by Mark Shea Price | Directed by James Bamford Somebody seems to have a lot of faith in director James Bamford. After years of working as a stuntman and directing episodes of mostly DC Comics-related TV shows, Hard Home is […]
Welcome to this week’s review of TNA Wrestling, Let’s get straight into the review and see what went down on the show… Match #1: Masha Slamovich def. Xia Brookside The following is courtesy of tnawrestling.com: Xia Brookside started the match with momentum until Alisha Edwards caused a distraction, allowing Masha to turn things around. Xia […]
Welcome to this week’s review of AEW: Dynamite, which was broadcast from the KeyBank Arena in Buffalo, New York. We’ve got Excalibur, Taz and Tony Schiavone on commentary this week, as we head into Forbidden Door this weekend… so let’s get into the review! Match #1: Blackpool Combat Club (Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli & Wheeler […]
Stars: Glen Powell, Adria Arjona, Austin Amelio, Retta, Sanjay Rao, Molly Bernard, Evan Holtzman, Gralen Bryant Banks | Written by Richard Linklater, Glen Powell | Directed by Richard Linklater Based on Skip Hollandsworth’s 2001 article written for Texas Monthly magazine (which is still available to read online), Hit Man is a “somewhat true story” inspired […]
Stars: Saad Rolando, Alyssa Tortomasi, Ashwini Ganpule, Cass Huckabay, Gage Robinson, Grant Terzakis | Written by Nicolas Wendl, Dani Abraham, Tanner Adams | Directed by Nicolas Wendl, Dani Abraham “Play stupid games, wins stupid prizes.” It’s a saying almost as overused as “If it sounds too good to be true, it probably isn’t”. And in […]
Stars: Aaron Dunlap, Jessica Blaustein, Michael D. Acosta, Carl J Grasso, Anthony G. Marshall, Greg Holcombe, Rob Steinberg | Written by Michael D. Acosta | Directed by Adam Hulin A nameless man, the credits simply refer to him as Drillman (Aaron Dunlap; Loom, No Good Deed) sits alone in a diner as an old-school country […]
Welcome to this week’s review of NXT, right here on Nerdly. Let’s get straight into it and see what went down in this episode… Match #1: Tag Team Turmoil – Winners: Chase U The following is courtesy of wwe.com: Malik Blade and Edris Enofé kicked off the match against New Catch Republic, but Tyler Bate […]
Stars: Kacey Mottet Klein, Ariane Labed, Vassili Scheider, Grégoire Colin, Claire Duburcq, Gabriel Pavie | Written by Adrien Beau, Hadrien Bouvier | Directed by Adrien Beau The Vourdalak, or if you prefer, Le Vourdalak, is the most recent adaptation of Alexei Tolstoy’s novella The Family of the Vourdalak. Written in 1839 and first published in […]
Stars: Judson Vaughan, Kevin Stewart, Emilio Salgado | Written and Directed by Judson Vaughan The latest short film from Judson Vaughan, We Will Find You is a product of tireless work for the star who is also credited as writer, director, producer, cinematographer, editor, and sound designer. Considering how many tasks he undertook, do not […]
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 show! Match #1: Ludwig Kaiser def. Bron Breakker (DQ) The following is courtesy of wwe.com: Sheamus attacked Ludwig Kaiser to cause a premature end to Kaiser’s match against Bron Breakker. As […]
Stars: Gaylen Ross, Tony Fish, Harriet Bass, Seth Jones, Jan Claire, Alexander Murphy Jr., Tom Candela, Frederick Neumann, Michael Sullivan, Paul Ehlers, Tom Veilleux, Stephen Clark, Vicki Kenneally, Shelley Mathes, Lori Mathes | Written and Directed by Joe Giannone Urban Legends and camp-fires are the perfect way to start a horror film. Point to an […]
Stars: Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry, Dan Stevens, Kaylee Hottle, Alex Ferns, Fala Chen | Written by Terry Rossio, Simon Barrett, Jeremy Slater | Directed by Adam Wingard Adam Wingard returns to the director’s chair to deliver a second helping of the mother of all monster battles, following his superlative work on 2021’s Godzilla Vs […]
Stars: Paul Rudd, Carrie Coon, Finn Wolfhard, Mckenna Grace, Kumail Nanjiani, Patton Oswalt, Celeste O’Connor, Logan Kim, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Annie Potts, William Atherton, James Acaster | Written by Gil Kenan, Jason Reitman | Directed by Gil Kenan The Ghostbusters are back in New York for the second instalment of the sequel-slash-reboot […]
Welcome to this week’s review of AEW’s latest television show, Collision, which brings wrestling back to Saturday nights! We’ve got the commentary team of Tony Schiavone and Nigel McGuinness calling the action, so let’s get into the review of this special anniversary show! Match #1: Samoa Joe, HOOK & Katsuyori Shibata def. The Premier Athletes […]
Stars: Derek Ting, Chuck Norris, Marc Singer, Yarett Harper, Jason Scott Jenkins, Nikki Leigh, Christopher Showerman | Written and Directed by Derek Ting It wasn’t mentioned in any of the film’s publicity, but Agent Recon is the third film in a trilogy that began in 2017 with Agent Intelligence and continued with Agent Revelation in […]
