Luke Owen reviews Mars Attacks Zombies vs Robots… The only thing worse than Earth having an inter-dimensional stargate that led to the Zombies vs Robots catastrophe are Martians using one of their own to lead a sneak attack on Earth. But what will happen when zombies get a scent of those big, exposed Martian brains…? […]

Movie 43, 2013 Directed by Elizabeth Banks, Steven Brill, Steve Carr, Rusty Cundieff, James Duffy, Griffen Dunne, Peter Farrelly, Patrik Forsberg, James Gunn, Bob Odenkirk, Brett Ratner and Jonthan van Tulleken.Starring Kate Winslet, Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, Naomi Watts, Anna Faris, Kieran Culkin, Halle Berry, Gerard Butler, Sean William Scott, Emma Stone, Richard Gere, Kate […]

Martin Deer on the latest issue of Batman… Spoiler Warning: Plot points will be discussed. Suspenseful. Gripping. Terrifying. Incredible. All of the words above could be used to describe the latest issue of Batman from Scott Snyder, plus many many more if my grey cells had the sharpness of Greg Capullo’s art and my vocabulary […]

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 […]