Oliver Davis reviews Batman, Incorporated #12… “Leviathan and the Heretic are on the ropes…could Batman be on the verge of avenging all he’s lost?” THE FINAL BATTLE BEGINS, reads the caption on the front cover. It could just as easily say: FINALLY, THE BATTLE BEGINS. It’s been over two months since the cliffhanger of #10, […]

Oliver Davis reviews Spawn #234… “The violent, soul-shattering struggle between Jim Downing and the increasingly powerful K7-Leetha threatens to overwhelm the world’s new savior. Whoever wins – Jim or the symbiote – will change the world.” Underneath the ‘Spawn’ title on issue #234’s cover is another name, ‘Haunt’, in a similar way to the recent […]

Oliver Davis reviews East of West #5… “Hear the good word, hear the MESSAGE. In this issue of East of West we find out the contents of the apocrypha that predicts the end of the world. Or does it? The most exciting new book of the year, EAST OF WEST continues in THE LOST WORDS.” […]

Oliver Davis reviews Prophet #38… It’s a race for power, with Prophets seeking to enslave the children of Badrock to use them as living weapons against a new mysterious foe. After an entire issue off, Brandon Graham has returned from his holiday on Koktok (Costa del Sol for psychedelic comic book writers) for #38. Regular […]

In the House (French: Dans la maison), 2012. Directed by François Ozon.Starring Fabrice Luchini, Ernst Umhauer and Kristin Scott Thomas. SYNOPSIS: A literature teacher becomes obsessed with one of his students’ strange writing assignments. At first, In the House feels as though it’ll be one of those macrocosm of society films. It opens with a […]

Oliver Davis reviews East of West #6… “The work of the Chosen is revealed as the RANGER is recruited to hunt down and kill Death.“ After an issue focusing on the relationship between Death and Xiaolian (which contained one rather sizeable plot point reveal), East of West #6 instead details the plight of The Chosen […]

Everybody Has A Plan, 2012 Directed by Ana Piterbarg.Starring Viggo Mortensen, Viggo Mortensen, Soledad Villamil, Daniel Fanego, and Sofía Gala. SYNOPSIS: A man has to pose as his murder-implicated twin brother in rural Argentina. “I’m seeing double – four Viggo Mortensens!” Everybody Has A Plan is a lot like Twins. Only instead of Arnold Schwarzenegger […]

Oliver Davis reviews Prophet #39… Die-Hard, a cyborg trying to regain his humanity, looks back over the thousands of years since his birth. “DIEHARD” reads the front cover of Prophet #39. No, not a new titling convention for the John McClane franchise. It’s the name of a 10,241 year old robot. Issue 38 ended on […]

Pain & Gain, 2013. Directed by Michael BayStarring Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson, Ed Harris, Rebel Wilson and Anthony Mackie. SYNOPSIS: Three body-builders take a rich client for all he’s worth, and then live the high life until the cash runs out. Perhaps the best screenshot of anything, ever. Pain & Gain is a film about […]

Becoming Traviata, 2012. Directed by Philippe Béziat. Starring Natalie Dessay, Jean-François Sivadier and Louis Langrée. SYNOPSIS: French language documentary on the staging of Giuseppe Verdi’s opera La Traviata, celebrating the bicentenary of his birth. Becoming Traiviata’s opening sequence shows the unhurried preparation of an opera. Workmen carry planks across the stage; paint brushes are framed […]