To countdown to this year’s Halloween, Luke Owen reviews a different horror film every day of October. First up – documentary, The American Scream… After the cult success of Best Worst Movie, Michael Stephenson returns with the Louis-Theroux style documentary The American Scream, following the lives of people obsessed with Halloween and the scaring that comes […]

Citadel, 2012 Written and directed by Ciaran FoyStarring Aneurin Barnard, James Cosmo, Ian Hanmore, Amy Shiels, Wunmi Mosaku SYNOPSIS: An agoraphobic father teams up with a renegade priest to save his daughter from the clutches of a gang of twisted feral children who committed an act of violence against his family years earlier. Citadel is the […]

Luke Owen reviews the first episode of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D… The Marvel Cinematic Universe makes the leap from big to small screen with the debut episode of The Avengers spin-off, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.. It’s a show that had a lot of hype around it, with the first part being the geek crowd excited […]

Luke Owen looks at Dinosaurs Attack! #3 from IDW… Is anyone on Earth safe from the time-displaced, flesh-hungry dinosaurs, phased into modern-day reality by Prof. Thorne’s particle beam experiment gone awry?  Will a dream-like conversation with a sentient humanoid dinosaur spark a plan to end all this global destruction, or actually hasten humanity’s demise?Last month, […]

Luke Owen looks at Sex Criminals from Image Comics… Suzie’s a normal girl with an extraordinary ability: when she has sex, she stops time. One night she meets John…  who has the same gift. And so they do what any other sex-having, time-stopping, couple would do: they rob banks. In the vein of THE 40-YEAR […]

Luke Owen looks at Godzilla: Rulers of Earth #4…While the CKR forces won the battle in San Diego, the war has just begun! When new forces pit their ultimate weapon against a weakened Godzilla, help from unexpected allies will be needed! The action hits a fever-pitch in an event that fans will be talking about […]

Luke Owen looks at why Ariel, The Little Mermaid is a terrible role model for children… The Little Mermaid swam out of the Disney vaults recently for a Blu-Ray release to much praise from world. It was a movie that really kick-started Disney’s renaissance in the late 80s and early 90s, is a firm fan-favourite and […]

Luke Owen reviews Ghostbusters #7 from IDW… While Egon Spengler and Roger Baugh are on their journey into the mind of Melnitz, we pick up with Venkman, Stantz, and Kylie Griffin off the eastern coast of Long Island, where they seek out a spectral ship that first sank sometime in the 1860s! And where is […]

Showgirls 2: Penny’s From Heaven, 2011 Written and Directed by Rena RiffelStarring Rena Riffel, Glenn Plummer, Greg Travis, Dewey Weber, Peter Stickles, and Shelley Michelle SYNOPSIS:Las Vegas stripper, Penny Slot, sets out on an adventure to become the star dancer on a dance television show. With stars in her eyes, she tries to find the […]

Luke Owen reviews Reality Check #1 from Image Comics… A struggling artist, Willard Penn, scores an unlikely hit with his new comic. The story centers on a hero more concerned with his libido than serving justice. After an unexpected sell out, Willard can’t recall anything about his story. That night the book’s hero shows up […]