Welcome to the first wrestling show review I’ll have written here on Nerdly. NXT is the development system for WWE and is often spoken of as the best wrestling show out there right now, with the deep and excellent development roster that WWE has right now. The show opens up with Corey Graves talking to […]
Bloody mayhem reigns supreme in this gritty and uniquely stylised Viking actioner. Viking and Saxon go head to head in a thrilling new feature starring up-and-comer Charlie Bewley (The Twilight Saga, Like Crazy, The Vampire Diaries). With a cast of veteran actors, rising stars and a story slick with bloodthirsty action and an unnerving twist, […]
Stars: Elijah Wood, Nora Arnezeder, Liane Balaban, Morganne Slemp, Genevieve Alexandra, America Olivo, Sammi Rotibi, Sal Landi, Dan Hunter, Megan Duffy | Written by Alexander Aja, Gregory Levasseur | Directed by Franck Khalfoun While aware that there is another Maniac review here on Nerdly, I felt the urge to review it myself after sitting down […]
These days cinema-goers are much more likely to be faced with a cheesy remake or a poorly-written sequel-to-the-sequels’-sequel than they are a classic movie. Not to bemoan the current state of cinema, which of course is still coming out with some corkers, but it’s safe to say that no child of the Noughties will look […]
Welcome horror fans to the UK debut of the September edition of Horror Bites, the Horror Channel’s monthly guide to some of the highlights coming your way this month… Yes, you did read that right folks, our good friends at the Horror Channel have let us have the exclusive UK debut of their monthly show Horror […]
Opening Night and Saturday Frightfest 2013 opened on Thursday evening with Howard and John Ford’s The Dead 2: India, a sequel to their previous Africa-set zombie flick. To be honest, it wasn’t the most auspicious start to the weekend. A zombie epidemic reaches the Asian subcontinent and American engineer Nicholas (Joseph Millson) attempts to cross […]
21st August X-Men #4, Brian Wood, David Lopez, Marvel Comics Artist David Lopez fills in on this one-shot issue that sees Logan driving Jubilee and her new baby Shogo on a nostalgic tour around her native Los Angeles while Storm and the rest of her team attempt to rescue a falling plane, finding some time to […]
Stars: Sandra Bullock, Melissa McCarthy, Michael McDonald, Demian Bichir, Marlon Wayans, Michael Rapaport, Jane Curtin, Thomas F. Wilson | Written by Katie Dippold | Directed by Paul Feig Hello Nerdly readers, I should introduce myself, I’m Chris and I’m an al….wait. I’m Chris, 6’2, brown eyes…I like extreme bonda…wait. Forget it. We’ve all seen buddy cop movies. The […]
How do you get from Matt Damon playing a hispanic dude in an exo-suit to a nostalgic little tin can who just wants to know what love is? The answer, my friends, is a ton of spoilers for Elysium. 1. The World’s A Mess Even before Elysium begins, we’ve screwed up planet Earth good and proper. […]
The Golden Joystick Awards today announces the shortlist for its 2013 ceremony with public voting now open. Now in its 31st year and spread over 15 fiercely contested categories, the awards recognise every aspect of the world of gaming with gongs including Best Gaming Moment in association with Absolute Radio, Best Gaming Platform in association […]
Out now on DVD from Safecracker Pictures, The Bleeding House is a “powerful, riveting, dark and brutal…a nasty indie gem” (Planetofterror.com) directed by Philip Gelatt that sees an isolated family home invaded by a sweet talking Texan psychopath who is intent on drainning the family’s blood. What he doesn’t expect to encounter is an occupant even crazier […]
Stars: Louise Flory, Margot Kerlidou, Miguel Reyez, Peter Castle | Written by Chad Ritchie, Louise Flory | Directed by Chad Ritchie Over a year ago I heard of a film called Fields of November. The synopsis sounded like something I would want to watch and I watched teaser trailers and clips online over the following months. […]
Stars: Dolph Lundgren, Vinnie Jones, Randy Couture, Gianni Capaldi, Carly Pope, William McNamara | Written by Agustin | Directed by Giorgio Serafini At the rate Dolph Lundgren is pumping out direct to market action movies, you get the feeling that a quality script is not his highest priority – after all many of his recent […]
3 Venues… 5 days… 36 films! Yes, Northern England’s premier horror film festival, Grimmfest, is back for 2013, this time taking place at three venues across the north – including two in Manchester – allowing for a much bigger programme for this year. After the launch on October 2nd at Stockport Plaza, Grimmfest 2013 will continue […]
In 1978 John Carpenter’s Halloween scared audiences worldwide with a new breed of menace and a whole new set of rules. 35 years after its original release, Anchor Bay return to the original source material alongside creator John Carpenter and Director of Photography Dean Cundey to supervise an all new High Definition transfer. Containing the original […]
Firefly should be happy to hear that the beloved, if short-lived, series is set to return in comic book form from Dark Horse – who released the following teaser and message via their official blog. Joss Whedon’s beloved “Firefly” series and “Serenity” film’s lifespan may have been short-lived, but managed to produce one of the […]
Coming courtesy of the official CW Arrow Twitter feed here’s the new poster for season two of the hit DC Comics series that stars Stephen Amell as the titular character, aka Oliver Queen, Katie Cassidy (Laurel Lance), Manu Bennett (Slade Wilson aka Deathstroke The Terminator), Emily Bett Rickards (Felicity Smoak), David Ramsey (John Diggle), Willa Holland […]
Stars: Sasha Roiz, Jenny Mollen, Dominic Bogart, Sara Tomko, Richard Riehle | Written and Directed by Nir Paniry Tom (Sasha Roiz) is trapped inside someone else’s memories. After creating a machine that enables the user to observe a person’s recollections from the inside, he makes a miscalculation and ends up separating mind from body, existing […]
Stars: Mitch Ryan, Connor Christie, Dawn Olivieri, Jesse Malinowski, Kip Pardue | Written by Bruce Wood, Scott Poiley | Directed by Anthony DiBlasi Despite having seen both of Anthony DiBlasi’s previous films, Dread and Cassadaga, on the big screen at Frightfest, it’s safe to say I’m not the biggest fan of his work – his two […]
If, like me, you watch a lot of gamers vlogs on YouTube, you may have seen a few of them unbox a “Loot Crate” every now and again. Well now us nerds (again, like me) that aren’t heavy into gaming have our own monthly mystery-box service we can subscribe to – Nerd Block. The idea […]
Stars: Lautaro Delgado, Victoria Almeida, William Prociuk, Lucas Lagre, Maria Figueras | Written and Directed by Christoph Behl Axel, Jonathan and Ana live together in a fortified house, a safe haven bunker after a global catastrophe. Outside is a threatening apocalyptic landscape – inside was once a perfect three-way bond of supportive friendship. Now that […]
