Oliver Davis reviews the sixth episode of Game of Thrones Season Four… The Laws of Gods and Men. Directed by Alik Sakharov. Written by Bryan Cogman. Davos Davos Seaworth (Liam Cunningham) really is one of Westeros’ nice guys. Despite his best friend, Stannis Baratheon (Stephen Dillane), locking him away in a dungeon for months on […]

Oliver Davis reviews the seventh episode of Game of Thrones Season Four…. Mockingbird. Directed by Alik Sakharov. Written by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss. Arya There are many odd couple pairings in Game of Thrones – Bronn and Jaime, Pod and Brienne, Stannis and Davos – but the most endearing by far is Arya […]

Oliver Davis reviews the second episode of Game of Thrones Season Four…. The Lion and the Rose. Directed by Alex Graves. Written by George R. R. Martin. Nobody major usually dies in these earlier Game of Thrones episodes. The big plot events are often kept until the close of a season, historically episode 9. So […]

EDC 2013: Under the Electric Sky, 2014 Directed by Dan Cutforth and Jane Lipsitz. Starring Pasquale Rotella, Tiesto and Avicii. SYNOPSIS: A documentary following revelers at EDC 2013, the largest dance music event in North America. 3D shades aside, I prefer to go into festival films as blind as possible. It’s a dangerous game of […]

They Came Together, 2014 Directed by David Wain. Starring Paul Rudd and Amy Poehler. SYNOPSIS: A couple tell the story of how they first met, which just so happens to have all the plot points of a by-numbers romantic comedy. Just look at that poster. At first glance, the tone appears like any other romantic […]

Hits, 2014 Directed by David Cross. Starring Matt Walsh, Meredith Hagner, Micheal Cera and David Koechner. SYNOPSIS: A disgruntled New Yorker’s cause is taken up by a hipster think tank from Brooklyn. “Written and directed by David Cross, based on a true story that hasn’t happened yet.” *Google translates opening credits* “Strap in.” Preconceptions are […]

Searching for Sugar Man, 2012. Directed by Malik Bendjelloul.Starring Rodriguez, Steve Segerman and Dennis Coffey. SYNOPSIS: A documentary looking for the elusive and mysterious 70s singer/songwriter Rodriguez. Rodriguez is an enigma. He was better than Bob Dylan, but didn’t sell. His albums sit alongside Abby Road and Bridge Over Troubled Water in fans’ record collections, but […]

Oliver Davis reviews Batman Incorporated #5… Grant Morrison has a wonderful way of mixing the absurdly camp with something terribly grown up. It’s as though he’s reached a higher plane through his niche occult habits, where cheesiness has gone-off and turned into post-modern mold. It’s a good kind of mold, though. Maturer, like Stilton. That’s […]

Oliver Davis reviews the first episode of Game of Thrones Season Four… Two Swords. Directed by D.B. Weiss. Written by David Benioff and D.B. Weiss. If ever a series needed a ‘Previously on [enter show title here]’ recap, it’s Game of Thrones. A lot of shizzle has gone down in and around Westeros. Political struggles […]

Oliver Davis reviews East of West #11… “THE NATION, XIAOLIAN…The Bride of Death makes her first moves in the great game of Nations. The Chosen begin to splinter.” Issue 11 opens on Xiaolian, ruler of the Mao region, preparing to leave for The Wall. There, she will confront her fellow Heads of States on the […]