Locke, 2014 Directed by Steven Knight Starring Tom Hardy, Ruth Wilson, Andrew Scott and Olivia Coleman SYNOPSIS: A construction manager’s life slowly falls apart on his drive home from work. Locke’s titular character is Ivan Locke (Tom Hardy), a Welsh (it takes a while to get past the ‘camp Bane’ accent quickly) construction manager, who’s […]

Oliver Davis reviews Prophet #43… Issue 43 begins telling the story of Hiyonhoiagn. At first, it’s a little bewildering, and you worry that this is another filler installment like last month’s. The art is different, smudged somewhat, like Szymon Kudranski’s work on Spawn. But within eight pages, Hiyonhoiagn is revealed as the nerve centre of […]

Safety Not Guaranteed, 2012 Directed by Colin Trevorrow.Starring Aubrey Plaza, Mark Duplass and Jake Johnson. SYNOPSIS: A journalist and his two interns investigate a ‘time travel partner wanted’ advert that appears in a newspaper. WANTED: Someone to go back in time with me. This is not a joke. You’ll get paid after we get back. […]

Oliver Davis reviews East of West #10… “Death finally tracks down someone who knows where his son has been hidden, right as the Ranger finds that exact same man. Someone shoots, someone gets shot, and someone dies.“ East of West #10’s synopsis above hints at a frustrating trait of the series so far: “Death finally […]

Oliver Davis reviews 2000AD Prog 1909… Borag Thung, Earthlets! We begin with an ending. The ending of Kingdom, to be precise – and the story of how Gene the Hackman found it. Beyond mindless action and a consistent (if irritating) dialect, there is little to enjoy in Dan Abnett’s tale of mutant dogs fighting a […]

Last month, shortly after David Ayer’s Suicide Squad movie was officially announced as part of Warner Brothers’ massive DC Comics film slate, a report came out saying that the studio had already approached four actors for roles. Those actors were Will Smith, Tom Hardy, Ryan Gosling, and Margot Robbie. While we have yet to hear updates about […]

In which Gerry Hayes makes Bob Cratchett type up his latest filmy polemic while he amuses himself kicking Tiny Tim’s crutch from under him. Filthy urchin. Something a little different this week. Given it’s the season to be jolly and all, I’ve decided I could be considerably more jolly by not doing much work for […]

In which Gerry Hayes looks at Alexander The Great and thinks, ‘the hair proves it.’ Alexander, 2004. Directed by Oliver Stone. Starring Colin Farrell, Angelina Jolie, Val Kilmer, Anthony Hopkins, Jared Leto, Rosario Dawson and tons more. Written by Oliver Stone, Christopher Kyle and Laeta Kalogridis. Christ, another epic. Stone gives us the story of […]

In which Gerry Hayes considers Rule One: Anything where Statham’s driving… The Transporter, 2002. Directed by Corey Yuen. Starring Jason Statham, Qi Shu, Matt Schulze. Written by Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen. You know, I almost don’t want to include The Transporter in this series. Oh there’s no doubt that it’s drivel but the […]

In which Gerry Hayes falls in love with Roberts and Gere all over again, just like it says on the poster… Runaway Bride, 1999. Directed by Garry Marshall. Starring Julia Roberts, Richard Gere, Joan Cusack, probably others – I didn’t really see. Written by Josaan McGibbon and Sara Parriott. You read that title correctly. After […]