The Duke of Burgundy, 2014. Directed by Peter Strickland. Starring Sidse Babett Knudsen, Chiara D’Anna and Monica Swinn. SYNOPSIS: A relationship based on sadomasochism slowly begins to unravel. The Duke of Burgundy…more like 50 Shades of Burgundy – amirite? Up top! Anyone? That’s ok. This is a highbrow picture. One with credits for ‘Lingere’ and […]

OXI, An Act of Resistance, 2014. Directed by Ken McMullen. Starring Gabriella Wright, Alexis Georgopoulou, Eleni Kallia and Dominique Pinon. SYNOPSIS: A documentary essay linking classical Greek texts with the financial crisis in that same country over two and a half millenia later. OXI, An Act of Resistnace. That’s a nice subtitle. It sounds like […]

The Way He Looks (Hoje Eu Quero Voltar Sozinho), 2014. Directed by Daniel Ribeiro. Starring Ghilherme Lobo, Fabio Audi and Tess Amorim. SYNOPSIS: A blind teenage boy falls in love with one of his classmates. There’s a particular branch of film theory that deals entirely with the sense of touch in cinema; about how you […]

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 […]