Author Archives: Paige F MacGregor

Alterna Comics's graphic novel Risers presents an interesting new take on the recently oversaturated zombie genre, touching upon some rather heavy issues, including the meaning of life, cannibalism, morality, and mortality. Read More

Directly on the heels of the final green-band trailer release for George A. Romero's latest "... of the Dead" zombie film, Survival of the Dead, comes news that Romero's APP of the DEAD, set for release sometime in the next few weeks, has a new website, Read More

Although author Amelia Beamer's debut novel, The Loving Dead, gets off to a slow start, it picks up after the first 30 pages or so, proving to be a humorous and stomach-turning journey through a very realistic 21st century zombie outbreak. Read More

Robin Hood provides great acting and beautiful cinematography grounded on an original story, and for viewers able to get past their expectations and focus on the film as a stand-alone entity very loosely based on the Robin Hood tale it will provide a Read More

I approached Iron Man 2 with a mixture of excitement and apprehension. Thankfully, what I came to discover was a fun, if somewhat long, action film with a surprisingly complex plot and a cast of very interesting and diverse characters. Read More

Overall, the Defendor soundtrack is what you might expect of a score created for a limited release superhero movie starring Woody Harrelson: upbeat, but with a sinister undertone that hints at the complexity of the seemingly simple film. Read More

In another Xbox LIVE Game with Fame event, Method Man will take some time out to play Xbox LIVE Gold Members in Modern Warfare 2 on Friday, May 7th at 5:00 p.m. EST. Read More

Recently, I had the opportunity to speak with Ryan Mecum, the author of Zombie Haiku: Good Poetry for Your...Brains, Vampire Haiku, and the forthcoming Werewolf Haiku, set for release this September. He was kind enough to take some time out of his busy Read More

I spoke with Jared Skolnick — the man responsible for adapting H.P. Lovecraft's story The Music of Erich Zann into a short film by the same name — about independent filmmaking, including the necessity of multitasking, how it felt for him to bring his Read More

Samuel L. Jackson has teamed up once again with his Afro Samurai collaborator, Eric Calderon, to venture into the world of comic books. Cold Space is characterized as a "hard-boiled sci-fi action-adventure" series, and the first issue introduces readers Read More

The Guns of Shadow Valley is a Western adventure series, peppered throughout with a fair number of science fiction elements, from David Wachter and Jim Clark. I recently had the opportunity to speak with David and Jim about their webcomic, working as a Read More

Composer Debbie Wiseman adopts a full-bodied gothic orchestral approach for the film Lesbian Vampire Killers, peppering the soundtrack with fun, lighter selections and creating a whole musical entity that provides listeners with a range of compositions. Read More