All Girls Weekend, 2016. Written and Directed by Lou Simon. Starring Jamie Bernadette, Katie Carpenter, Gema Calero, Karishma Lakhani and Sharron Calvin. SYNOPSIS: High school friends reunite after many years to spend a weekend in the mountains, but when everything goes wrong, there is no time for girl bonding. It’s impossible not to be misled by […]
Comic Book Review – Giant Days #16
Mark Allen reviews Giant Days #16… Daisy has to draw on new reserves of inner strength after she loses control of a party of prospective students on an open day, while the ‘lonely, unlovable spinster’ Susan tries dating again with disastrous results. Giant Days is a rare treat these days: a low-stakes teen comic about three […]
Comic Book Review – Throwaways #1
Mark Allen reviews Throwaways #1… THROWAWAY (n.) 1. A disposable asset, used for a single mission; 2. A disavowed assassin, meant to die alongside their target. Abby Palmer and Dean Logan are two broken people—Abby a vet with severe PTSD and Dean a burnout trying to escape the shadow of his infamous father—when they are […]
Comic Book Review – East of West #27
Mark Allen reviews East of West #27… “FINDING BABYLON” Death gets closer to finally reuniting with his son. East of West has had pacing issues for a while now, and issue #27 exemplifies them perfectly. Many of the lead characters are missing (contrary to the synopsis above, Death doesn’t actually feature in this issue whatsoever) and […]
Comic Book Review – Plutona #5
Mark Allen reviews Plutona #5… MINI-SERIES CONCLUSION With the kids torn apart and lost in the woods, nothing can prepare them for what happens next. The startling conclusion to PLUTONA, with an ending that no one will see coming! Trust Jeff Lemire to tell a superhero story that ends with teenagers knifing each other. The […]
Comic Book Review – Cry Havoc #6
Mark Allen reviews Cry Havoc #6… A climactic battle for the folked-up future with fang-gnashing throat-ripping bulletstorm insanity. Cry Havoc is a book of willful contradictions. The final page of issue #6 – the last in its first arc – uses a caption to tell us that this is “the beginning”. Add to that Lou […]
