Oliver Davis reviews Prophet #37… New father must finish the job that his lifebomb brother failed at (in Issue 31) and destroy the dismembered body city of Ixpoliniox.  Clones. Lots and lots of clones. That’s the wraparound cover for the latest issue of Image’s Prophet comic book. And for good reason. This installment follows another […]

The Act of Killing, 2013. Directed by Joshua Oppenheimer.Starring Anwar Congo, Herman Koto and Ibrahim Sinik. SYNOPSIS: Documentary following former Indonesian death squad leaders restaging their acts of killing for the camera. In 1965, the Indonesian government was overthrown by its military. The new leaders hired gangsters to execute any of the country’s remaining ‘Communists’. […]

Oliver Davis reviews East of West #4…“Flashback to the fallout of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Learn what shocking event tore them apart and the secret that has been hidden ever since. The most exciting new book of the year, EAST OF WEST continues in: THE PROMISE.” What could stop the Apocalypse? Humanity working […]

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 […]