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 […]

Oliver Davis reviews 2000AD’s Prog #1892… Borag thungg, Earthlets! This week’s Prog has diner-based showdowns, Albert Einstein-lookalikes, many trolls a’slayed and that niche, strange Eastern religion called Christianity. But first, we start at the beginning. Even more at the beginning than usual – the cover. What a lovely display by Judge Dredd artist Colin MacNeil. […]

Oliver Davis reviews East of West #12… “THE NIGHT BEFORE” A last ditch effort is undertaken to avoid a war between the nations by the most unlikely person on the planet. The remains of the Chosen reassemble.” Everything in East of West is ‘The’ something; THE Four Horsemen, THE Message, THE Meatball Marinara Footlong with […]

Oliver Davis reviews Prophet #44… “An Empire Red-Mother is sent to investigate a fallen Prophet arc.” Issue 44 marks the antepenultimate (great word) episode of Brandon Graham’s Prophet revival, with The War in Space climaxing next month. The story will continue in a miniseries run, but still – for a comic of this immense beauty […]

Oliver Davis reviews the ninth episode of Game of Thrones Season Four…. The Watchers on the Wall. Directed by Neil Marshall. Written by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss. The usual format of these Game of Thrones reviews – a by-character breakdown, emulating the chapter perspectives of George R. R. Martin’s books – falters this […]

Oliver Davis reviews 2000AD’s Prog 1885… Borag thungg! Just like the mighty organ, we’ll start with Judge Dredd and his latest storyline Trauma Town. Michael Carroll’s plot is decent enough, with Dredd and a few other Judges falling victim to nightmarish visions. The pervading theory is that a power Psi is the cause, but the […]

The Voices, 2014 Directed by Marjane Satrapi. Starring Ryan Reynolds, Gemma Arterton and Anna Kendrick. SYNOPSIS: A factory worker accidentally murders his co-worker after hearing voices from his pet dog and cat. Festival films come thick and fast during the press screenings. It’s hard to keep track of what the next movie is about. Glancing […]

Frank, 2014 Directed by Lenny Abrahamson. Starring Michael Fassbender, Domhnall Gleeson and Maggie Gyllenhaal. SYNOPSIS: A young musician joins an eccentric band led by the mysterious and enigmatic Frank. Lenny Abrahamson released a terrific film called What Richard Did last year. Leaving the theatre left you slightly winded, as was the movie’s moral punch. It was […]