The Goob, 2014. Directed by Guy Myhill. Starring Sienna Guillory, Sean Harris, Hannah Spearritt and Liam Walpole. SYNOPSIS: A teenage boy in the rural North of England experiences life after school, dominated by his mother’s overbearing boyfriend.   There were a few different press screenings at 3pm on Thursday 9th October. Both Guidelines, a film in contention […]

Oliver Davis reviews East of West #14… “‘WARBOUND. The Endless Nation makes the first cut in the carcass once called America. The Apocalypse marches on in EAST OF WEST #14.” Again, East of West jumps from one storyline last issue to a different one here. Sometimes, several months could go by without us ever hearing […]

Oliver Davis reviews Prophet #45… “FINAL ISSUE OF PROPHET! The War in Space reaches its climax, but the story will continue…” Captain Qwest begins speaking, and occassional words are in closed brackets. There’s no explanation for what this means; does the fox-like being whisper? Are those words communicated telepathically? It’s one of the many maddeningly […]

Oliver Davis reviews 2000AD Prog #1893… Borag thungg, Earthlets! This week’s Prog has a senile pensioner, blue vampires, one of those deepwater fish with a bulb for a quiff and dog-faced humanoid zombies. A standard night out in Maidstone, then. The first of those – the senile pensioner – is Mrs Gunderson, currently hosting one […]

Oliver Davis reviews 2000AD Prog #1894… Borag thungg, Earthlets! This week’s Prog has space explorers, baby-killing gods and blue zombies. Colour-wise, that is; they don’t have the capacity to feel sadness. Unfortunately, it’s a dip in overall quality for the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic from the last few months, but there’s still fun to be had. […]

Oliver Davis reviews East of West #15… “THE GREAT BEAST” The son of Xiaolain and Death faces the Horsemen and becomes everything that the Message foretold. Apocalypse: Year One concludes with EAST OF WEST #15.” And just when you thought an epic battle was about to be waged between Texas and The Endless Nation…East of […]

Oliver Davis reviews the tenth episode of Game of Thrones Season Four…. The Children. Directed by Alex Graves. Written by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss.   Jon After his episode-length edition last week, Season 4’s climactic installment opened with Jon Snow (Kit Harington), and followed on from where he was last left: venturing beyond […]

Oliver Davis reviews East of West #13… “‘BUSILLIS’ Our first good look inside the Lair. The Son of Death and Xiaolain makes his move. The beast roams free in EAST OF WEST #13.” Last month’s issue was a frustrating read. Not only was it too wordy and static, and lacked the book’s most interesting characters, […]

Oliver Davis reviews 2000AD’s Prog #1889… Borag thungg, Earthlets! This week’s Prog has drugged-up boogeymen, sensitive reptilian aliens, clockwork universes and magical words! But first – Amazon. Or, at least, an Amazon parody in the returning Sinister Dexter. The fictional company is called Congo. Subtlety, be damned. New artist Jake Lynch’s black and white pencils […]

Bad Grandpa .5, 2014. Directed by Jeff Tremaine. Starring Johnny Knoxville, Spike Jonze, Jeff Tremaine and Catherine Keener. SYNOPSIS: A behind-the-scenes documentary on Bad Grandpa with over 40-minutes of never-before-seen footage. Ever heard of a .5 movie release? I certainly hadn’t. It’s basically a “glorified behind-the-scenes doc with unseen footage,” my understandably frustrated Flickering Myth […]