False Trail (Jägarna 2), 2011. Directed by Kjell Sundvall.Starring Rolf Lassgård, Peter Stormare and Annika Nordin. SYNOPSIS: When a young girl goes missing, Erik Bäckström is called in to help with the investigation. Although a sequel to the 1996 Jägarna, False Trail (known in Sweden as Jägarna 2) never feels like the second part of a movie series. Instead, […]

Luke Owen reviews the latest issue in IDW’s January Mars Attacks series… “The weekly invasion continues: AUTOBOTS vs. DECEPTICONS vs… MARTIANS?! The invaders from Mars take advantage of the colossal Cybertronian’s conflict and begin their assault on Earth in full force. It’s Martian vs. Machine as the audacious Autobots and the devilish Decepticons begrudgingly join […]

Luke Owen reviews the latest issue of Godzilla… “The end is NIGH! Space Godzilla and other interstellar enemies arrive on Earth and they’re here to stay… and destroy humanity! Boxer, with his team decimated, realizes just how over his head he is. There’s only one possible ally he can turn to… his greatest enemy, Godzilla!” […]

Just a quick note to shamelessly plug today’s North American release of my book, Holy Franchise, Batman! Bringing the Caped Crusader to the Screen, which traces the entire screen history of the Caped Crusader, from the early movie serials of the 1940s through to Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy and beyond. If you’d like to […]

The Royle Family: Barbara’s Old Ring, 2012. Directed by Caroline Aherne.Starring Ricky Tomlinson, Sue Johnston, Caroline Aherne and Craig Cash. SYNOPSIS: Christmas is coming but Barbara is not happy. Not only has she lost her wedding ring but Jim has won on a scratch card she found down the back of the sofa whilst looking for […]

Luke Owen takes in a Muppet movie marathon…Where 3 guys (this time joined by girlfriends and children) watch franchise movies one after the others. This marathon is sponsored by pizza.(This was back in December, so I’m a bit late on the report – sorry!) It’s time to play the music, it’s time to light the lights, it’s […]

Piranhaconda, 2011 Directed by Jim Wynorski. Starring Michael Madsen, Rachel Hunter, Shandi Finnessey, Terri Ivens, Robert ‘Rib’ Hills and Chris De Christopher. SYNOPSIS:Part Snake! Part Fish! All Killer! No budget maestro Roger Corman and his merry band of exploitation filmmakers are back with another made for TV giant monster movie in the form of Piranhaconda […]

During an interview with Access Hollywood Live, former Dick Grayson Chris O’Donnell has revealed that Warner Bros. intended to develop a spin-off that would have seen him reprising his role as Robin from Batman Forever and Batman & Robin: “They were going to do [a Robin movie] back in the day and then [Batman & […]

Life Just Is, 2012 Written and Directed by Alex BarrettStarring Will de Meo, Jack Gordon, Nathaniel Martello-White, Fiona Ryan, Paul Nicholls, Jayne Wisener and Rachel Bright SYNOPSIS:Pete, Tom, Claire and Jay are university graduates having trouble making the move into adult life. “Well there’s an hour and a half of my life I’ll never get […]

With Disney and Lucasfilm having secured a writer for the upcoming Star Wars Episode VII in Academy Award-winner Michael Arndt (Little Miss Sunshine, Toy Story 3), the big question now is, just who will direct the latest instalment in the Star Wars saga? From the moment that Disney made the shock announcement that a new […]