Mark Allen reviews The Black Monday Murders #1… “MAMMON” ALL HAIL GOD MONEY! From JONATHAN HICKMAN (EAST OF WEST, Secret Wars, Avengers) and TOMM COKER (UNDYING LOVE) comes a new crypto-noir series about the power of dirty, filthy money… and exactly what kind of people you can buy with it. THE BLACK MONDAY MURDERS is […]
Comic Book Review – Trees #14
Mark Allen reviews Trees #14… Trees grow on dirt full of dead things. Apparently aware of the unplanned six-month gap between issues 13 and 14, the conclusion of Trees‘ second volume begins with a propulsive scene of action that puts into motion events that have been brewing since the series began. It also serves as a […]
Comic Book Review – Kill Or Be Killed #1
Mark Allen reviews Kill Or Be Killed #1… The bestselling team of ED BRUBAKER and SEAN PHILLIPS (THE FADE OUT, CRIMINAL, FATALE) launch their new monthly series: KILL OR BE KILLED, the twisted story of a young man who is forced to kill bad people, and how he struggles to keep his secret as it […]
Comic Book Review – Mechanism #1
Mark Allen reviews Mechanism #1… In the aftermath of an alien invasion, a prototype military robot is rushed into the field before it is combat-ready. Now attached to a group of survivors, it studies them to learn what it means to be human. Will it come to understand man as a noble creature worth preserving or […]
Comic Book Review – East of West #28
Mark Allen reviews East of West #28… “THE FALL OF THE WHITE TOWER” The end of the Union, the fall of the Chosen. It’s becoming increasingly hard to tell what East of West is actually about any more. Jonathan Hickman, Nick Dragotta and Frank Martin’s apocalypse saga has been loafing towards its thematic conclusion with […]
Movie Review – Nerve (2016)
Nerve, 2016. Directed by Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman. Starring Emma Roberts, Dave Franco, Juliette Lewis, Emily Meade, Samira Wiley, Miles Heizer, Kimiko Glenn and Machine Gun Kelly. SYNOPSIS: A high school senior finds herself immersed in an online game of truth or dare, where her every move starts to become manipulated by an anonymous community […]
Comic Book Review – Casanova: Acedia #6
Mark Allen reviews Casanova: Acedia #6… Casanova studies his benefactor and his benefactor returns the favor as a mysterious woman with connections to them both emerges from the shadows of sun-soaked Los Angeles. What do well-endowed demons, interdimensional super-spies and metanarrative comics-within-comics have in common? Well, they’re all featured in Casanova: Acedia #6, which continues […]
Comic Book Review – Snotgirl #1
Mark Allen reviews Snotgirl #1… WHO IS LOTTIE PERSON? Is she a gorgeous, fun-loving social media star with a perfect life or a gross, allergy-ridden mess? Enter a world of snot, blood, and tears in this new ongoing series from New York Times Best Seller BRYAN LEE O’MALLEY (Scott Pilgrim) and dazzling newcomer LESLIE HUNG! […]
Comic Book Review – Horizon #1
Mark Allen reviews Horizon #1… Zhia Malen thought she’d fought her very last war, until she learned her planet was targeted for occupation… by a desperate world called Earth. The people of Earth will be told that her arrival on their planet means invasion; these are lies, this is retaliation. Skybound’s newest original series by […]
Movie Review – All Girls Weekend (2016)
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 […]
