My Excellent Friends, Today maybe Valentines and love may be in the air, but to quote Sheila Broflovski, “the world is such a rotten place, and city life is a complete disgrace”. But rather than move to a redneck, meshuggeneh, quiet mountain town like she did, I have opted for a more simple approach – […]

Luke Owen reviews Mars Attacks #7…“Little Tommy Bailey was a bright boy with a vivid imagination. It’s no wonder why no one believed his warnings of an invasion from space. But his discovery just might save his life, and his dog’s! Also, what role will the mysterious organization Novas Vira play in the invasion?” I […]

Luke Owen reviews the second issue of The High Ways…“The mystery deepens as Marilyn and Eddie explore Europa and find much more than they expected. And just why is Cagney suddenly so eager to leave?”As I said last month, The High Ways #1 did enough to draw me into wanting to read the next issue. […]

Luke Owen reviews the first issue in IDW’s Ghostbusters series… The Ghostbusters are gone, spirited away by some dastardly demons from another dimension! But spectral shenanigans haven’t ceased in the city that never sleeps, meaning a new group will need to step up and don the proton packs. Will the New Ghostbusters be able to […]

Luke Owen reviews the first episode of Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror season 2… Back for a second series, Black Mirror once again holds up its broken mirror to society to show us what we may not want to see. In the first episode Be Right Back, Martha (Hayley Atwell) struggles with the death of her […]

With A Good Day to Die Hard getting a 12A certificate, Luke Owen examines the lost art of editing movies for TV…In the 80s and 90s it was common place for you to find edited versions of 18 rated movies on TV. In fact to this day you’ll still see edited versions of movies with […]

Luke Owen reviews the third chapter of Transformers Prime: Rage of the Dinobots…SPAWNS OF SHOCKWAVE! The mind-blowing introduction of the DINOBOTS into the PRIME universe continues here! The Dinobots enter the belly of the beast in an attempt to save their comrades. But when SHOCKWAVE’s minions turn the tables, GRIMLOCK will have to decide whether […]

Luke Owen reviews Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye #13… SHORE LEAVE! The AUTOBOTS visit the planet Hedonia—and get a chance to put recent events behind them, ingest some energon, and relax. Everyone, that is, except Swerve, who faces the toughest challenge of his life: in just six hours, he has to teach Ultra Magnus […]

Luke Owen reviews Transformers Spotlight: Megatron…MEGATRON IS BACK! Writer/artist Nick Roche (Last Stand of the Wreckers) takes us back to the last time MEGATRON returned—when he found his DECEPTICON forces in tatters under the control of STARSCREAM. In this never-before-revealed tale, we learn exactly how Megatron reacted… and how Starscream survived! Taking place before the […]

During the New York Comic Con, IGN caught up with Jonathan Nolan, younger brother of director Christopher Nolan and screenwriter of this summer’s epic conclusion to the ‘Dark Knight’ trilogy, The Dark Knight Rises. Nolan shared his thoughts on the ending to the blockbuster sequel, comparing it to Memento in terms of ambiguity, as well […]