With the new movie released tomorrow, Luke Owen looks at the Top 5 Godzilla movies…. For the last 60 years, one giant monster has stood tall above all others – the King of the Monsters: Godzilla. Since his first appearance in 1954, Godzilla has torn up cinema screens in Japan and around the world in […]
From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series – Episode Nine Review
Luke Owen reviews the penultimate episode of From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series…. We’ve reached the ninth step of this ten-episode run and… well… it just got odd. Not ‘odd’ in a good way, but ‘odd’ in that perplexing kind of way where you find yourself asking, “just how did we get here?”. Richie Gecko […]
From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series – Episode Eight Review
Luke Owen reviews the eighth episode of From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series… Last week’s episode was a madcap and bloody affair with plenty of decapitations, mutilations, throat slitting and a fair amount of titillation. This week’s episode, La Conquista, slows the pace down somewhat to deliver some much needed exposition to explain the history of […]
Comic Book Review – Ghostbusters #15
Luke Owen reviews Ghostbusters #15 from IDW… Louis Tully was an average accountant until the day that Vinz Clortho Keymaster of Gozer the Traveler—possessed him in service of the end the world. Now the news says New York is at the center of Sumerian shenanigans again, and Louis should want nothing more than to steer […]
From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series – Episode Seven Review
Luke Owen reviews the seventh episode of From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series… The episode is named Pandemonium and, for a time, it’s a completely apt title. This has everything you could want from a television remake of a blood-soaked b-movie homage and it comes by the blood-filled bucket load. However, Pandemonium does suffer from […]
Sundance London 2014 Review – Blue Ruin (2013)
Blue Ruin, 2013 Written and directed by Jeremy Saulnier Starring Macon Blair, Devin Ratray, Amy Hargreaves, Kevin Kolack, Eve Plumb SYNOPSIS: A mysterious outsider’s quiet life is turned upside down when he returns to his childhood home to carry out an act of vengeance. Proving himself an amateur assassin, he winds up in a brutal fight to […]
Sundance London 2014 Review – The Case Against 8 (2014)
The Case Against 8, 2014 Directed by Ben Cotner and Ryan White SYNOPSIS: A behind-the-scenes look inside the case to overturn California’s ban on same-sex marriage. Shot over five years, the film follows the unlikely team that took the first federal marriage equality lawsuit to the U.S. Supreme Court. Human emotion can be a powerful […]
Sundance London 2014 Review – Dinosaur 13 (2014)
Dinosaur 13, 2014 Directed by Todd Douglas Miller SYNOPSIS: The true tale of one of the greatest discoveries in history. Before 1990, only 12 Tyrannosaurus Rex fossils had been found which were, at best, 40% complete. However a dig site in South Dakota discovered a T-Rex that was around 80% in tact – the biggest paleontological […]
Sundance London 2014 Review – Obvious Child (2014)
Obvious Child, 2014 Written and directed by Gillian Robespierre Starring Jenny Slate, Jake Lacy, Gaby Hoffmann, Gabe Liedman, David Cross, Richard Kind and Polly Draper SYNOPSIS: Brooklyn comedian Donna Stern gets dumped, fired and pregnant just in time for the worst/best St. Valentine’s Day of her life. Anyone who has seen the superb Parks and Recreation might […]
Sundance London 2014 Review – Finding Fela (2014)
Finding Fela, 2014 Directed by Alex Gibney SYNOPSIS: A look at the life and music of Nigerian singer Fela Kuti. It would be fair to say that Fela Kuti isn’t as well known a singer as someone like Bob Marley or James Brown. However, those who do know his story and music will tell you […]
