Paul Risker looks at Starz’s Spartacus and its place amongst the historical epics of the big and small screen… By the time Steven S. DeKnight brought his vision of Spartacus: Blood and Sand to the small screen in January of 2010, the story of Spartacus’ revolt against the might of the Roman Empire and its […]

I Didn’t Come Here To Die, 2010 Written and Directed by Bradley Scott SullivanStarring Indiana Adams, Kurt Cole, Madi Goff, Niko Red Star and Emmy Robbin. SYNOPSIS: The story of six young volunteers working on a humanitarian project in the woods. Horrific accidents, rash decisions and the unpredictability of human nature leads them all to […]

Paul Risker chats with Francesca Gregorini, writer-director of Emanuel and the Truth About Fishes… On day two of Sundance London 2013 I was fortunate to have an opportunity to sit down and speak with the writer-director of Emanuel and the Truth About Fishes, Francesca Gregorini. Despite Emanuel being Francesca’s second feature film following 2009’s Tanner […]

Luke Owen looks back at last year’s The Avengers…. Last year saw, for me at least, the biggest event in comic book movie history. The first movie to assemble some of the Earth’s mightiest heroes together on the big screen – Marvel’s The Avengers (or Avengers Assemble if you’re part of Good Ol’ Blighty). Although […]

Paul Risker reviews the twelfth episode of Sons of Anarchy season 5… Recently I recruited a master spy and sent him deep behind enemy lines to uncover some juicy season six spoilers. Okay this is a little exaggeration on my part. Truth be told, he just “Googled” Sons of Anarchy Season 6 rumours. Kurt Sutter’s […]

Luke Owen reviews the first issue of the 12-part Worlds Collide series… “Worlds Collide: Part One” – The crossover event of 2013 starts HERE! The Mega Man/Sonic the Hedgehog epic kicks off with a bang as the Blue Blur and Blue Bomber meet for the first time! And considering how hard they’re fighting each other, […]

Paul Risker continues his Terry Gilliam retrospective… Described by David Cronenberg as a “poetic horror film”, Terry Gilliam prefers to think of Tideland as Alice in Wonderland meets Psycho. The choice of words of both directors indicates that Tideland will sit as one of Gilliam’s more divisive films, offering the viewer an authentic Gilliamesque trip […]

Luke Owen reviews the first issue of Chris Ryall’s The Colonized #1 Part 1: “Minutemen in Black” – In this all-new miniseries, a spaceship crashes into a separatist camp and manages to reanimate the dead as well! It’s aliens vs. zombies vs. militiamen in a carnage-filled tale from the co-creator of Zombies vs Robots! Well, […]

Love Crime (French: Crime d’amour), 2010. Directed by Alain Corneau.Starring Ludivine Sagnier, Kristin Scott Thomas and Patrick Mille. SYNOPSIS: When ruthless business executive Christine (Kristin Scott Thomas) is threatened by her young and ambitious protégé Isabelle (Laudivine Sagnier), she begins to undermine and toy with Isabelle’s naive innocence. The fallout changes the lives of both […]

Luke Owen reviews the latest issue of Mars Attacks… In the small town of Tortilla Flats, New Mexico, events are unfolding that could change the direction of the war. What the heck do a boy and a former mobster have to do with it? I’ve been really impressed with this Mars Attacks series and felt […]