Bowser by Gloustershire based contemporary artist Richard Woods, was inspired by minor rioting that occurred when flooding left parts of the county without clean drinking water.

You can see more of Richards artwork at www.wbart.tk, an online portfolio he shares with contemporary landscape artist Anthony Boulton.

If you reside in the west of England you can catch the exhibition "Facing The Uncertain" Anthony Boulton and Richard Woods, at The Gardens Gallery, Montpellier, Cheltenham. 31/07/08 - 05/08/08. 10am - 5pm daily

A Vargas-esque portrait of Sally Jupiter, played by Carla Gugino in the Watchmen movie. The piece was created by the supremly talented James Dean who's blog you can find at www.processrecess.com

Above: Four character posters for No Right Turn, "A haunting fairy-tale thriller set between snowy landscapes and a neon city".  The posters feature (in order) the characters Johnny, Nina, Monella and Teddy.

Teaser trailer and "Slide show" for David Noel Bourke's No Right Turn

No Right Turn (Official Site) | www.myspace.com/lastexitproductions

I, Zombie is Part of Abaddon Books, Tomes of The Dead series, which aims to showcase some of the "very best eyeball popping, gut munching, zombie fiction around".

Written by Al Ewing author of "El Sombra" and a contributor to cult UK comic 2000AD (Most famous for fascist future cop Judge Dread). I, zombie follows the exploits of John Doe, a man desperate to just fit in with the rest of us. Only its not quite as easy as John would like, what with his deathly cold skin, lack of heartbeat and a rather disturbing hunger for ... brains.

At the start of the novel we find John working as a London based hit-man for hire. His past is hazy as he remembers nothing further back than 10 years. Things are going OK for him he has the trendy flat, alphabetically ordered DVD collection and a selection of the "right" books on his shelf. That is until he goes to meet an associate only to be confronted by something more deadly than himself. Nine foot of hair covered muscle in the form of a werewolf, and its hungry for icy cold flesh. After that things go from bad to worse for john who finds himself the prisoner of a mysterious ex-boxer and even more mysterious telepathic freak who inform him he is destined to end the world. From that point on things start to unravel for John and then finally everything goes berserk. The second half of the book pretty much turns I, Zombie into the novel of the greatest B movie never filmed.

Unashamedly modern pulp fiction I, Zombie is packed with pop culture references particularly those of a filmic nature. Al Ewing seems to really understand the way his probably sub 40 audience will take its imaginative cues from the films they have watched and he plays on this throughout the novel. Also he has a rather impressive talent for bait and switch when it comes to cliches which should keep the reader constantly surprised and entertained. This is the kind of fiction you would probably only find in a graphic novel, especially with the constant barrage of action. For this type of writing the authors experience of writing for  a medium which demands interest levels be kept high at all times has really paid off. Though the obligatory Lovecraft references are there, this is pulp in far more in the vain of Robert E. Howard, rapid paced, visually descriptive and brutal.

If you fancy reading some apocalyptic zombie fiction (and if you don't whats wrong with you?)  I, Zombie really is great fun.

www.abaddonbooks.com

Imagination combines stop motion animation techniques with live action drama. It is the tale of two gifted yet challenged young female twins. The gifts come in the form of heightened intelligence and, more importantly, a heightened imagination. The challenges they face include near blindness for one, and the rare mental condition Asperger syndrome, which is similar to a form of autism, for the other. These things cause the young twins to develop a bond beyond that of normal sibling ties and escape into a world of repetition, art and fantasy that only they can perceive. With their parents stressed to breaking point a Dr tries his best to understand and treat the twins, but it may be that their imagination is the best place for them to be.

The film is the combined work of Eric and Jeffrey Leiser, themselves artistically gifted siblings. Eric is a stop motion animator (and directer of this film) and Jeffrey a composer (he also co-wrote the film with Eric). Imagination takes its influence from a mix of sources particularly the avant garde school of film making and the works of Czech stop motion master Jan Svankmajer (Little Otik). The animation is wonderful as you would expect and not just the figurines, the earthquake scene is a simple looking yet fascinating. However the live action parts of the film give mixed results, the acting while not bad, feels more amateur theatrical than it should. The shots are set up nicely they can at times feel wasted. As the film switched between live action and animation it can be slightly jarring as well. However, these are things those of you used to watching films produced on a tighter budget will probably be able to understand and forgive. I must admit the stop motion would be the draw to a film like this for me anyway. A mention must be given to Jeffrey Leiser's outstanding score, the music is beautiful and really compliments the animation. In some of the live action scenes the aural outshines the visual.

Imagination does, I feel, suffer from unstructured creativity to some degree and the dramatic does feel slightly retrofitted to the animation and music. This does meen the film lacks a certain cohesiveness, but it does make up for this buy being genuinely interesting and covering ground rarely if ever explored in film. Esoteric and at times surreal in nature, avant garde in execution, Imagination is certainly a film those interested in something "more" from moving images should seek out.

www.myspace.com/imaginationfilm

www.albinofawn.com

Vanguard International Cinema     

"Watchmen" is set in an alternate 1985 America in which costumed superheroes are part of the fabric of everyday society, and the "Doomsday Clock" - which charts the USA's tension with the Soviet Union - is permanently set at five minutes to midnight. When one of his former colleagues is murdered, the washed up but no less determined masked vigilante Rorschach sets out to uncover a plot to kill and discredit all past and present superheroes. As he reconnects with his former crime-fighting legion - a ragtag group of retired superheroes, only one of whom has true powers - Rorschach glimpses a wide-ranging and disturbing conspiracy with links to their shared past and catastrophic consequences for the future. Their mission is to watch over humanity... but who is watching the Watchmen? (IMDB) 

You can view the trailer in HD over at Apple - Trailers

www.watchmenmovie.com 

The "Lullaby Trailer" was banned by the United States' ESRB (Entertainment Software Rating Board), and therefore was only officially released in Europe. However, thanks to the internet, here it is.

Five hundred years in the future, humanity has exhausted much of the Earth's natural resources, and competition for survival is tight. In response, Earth's mega-corporations send immense mining ships called "Planetcrackers" into deep space to mine planets on a global scale – they rip the planet apart, smelt it down and then bring all the material back to Earth. When all contact is lost with the most famous Planetcracker, the USG Ishimura, Isaac Clarke and a small repair team are dispatched to restore communications.  Isaac is a normal systems engineer, but what he and his team find upon arrival at the Ishimura is anything but normal. The ship is nearly lifeless and powerless. The crew has been horribly slaughtered and transformed into terrifying abominations. Now Isaac is cut off, trapped, and overwhelmed in a desperate fight to survive.  Under development at EA Redwood Shores, DEAD SPACE is not yet rated by PEGI or ESRB. The game will be shipping on October 21st, 2008. For more information about the game, go to its website at www.deadspacegame.com.

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Pete Rock & CL Smooth's 1992 Hip Hop Classic "They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)", taken from the 12" vinyl.