Ruben Lee Shaw

Movies have been a part of Ruben's life for as long as he can remember. His first film experience was E.T. when he was 5 in a dark grotty cinema in Amsterdam (at least that is how he remembers it). He grew up in South Africa and studied Film and Television production in the UK, which is where he now resides with his stunning wife, 2 interesting teenagers, a fat cat, a crazy dog, and sometimes a dark passenger, (his very imaginative imagination). He has worked on both features and short films and has experience as a journalist/reviewer for films, tv, and games. In 2016 he created his own super Geeky brand called The Ruby Tuesday.  Ruben has a love for horror and things that go bump in the night, although he himself will admit to being a scaredy-cat. Ruben's first teen-fantasy-horror novel is to be released in 2018. Some of his favorite creatives and their creations are Stephen King (It and on writing), Dean Koontz, (Odd Thomas series) Ridley Scott (Alien), C. S. Lewis (Narnia and Screwtape letters) John Carpenter (The Thing and Big Trouble in Little China), James Herbert (Rats) and Guillermo del Toro (Pan's Labrythn, Hellboy and The Book of Life). Ruben continues to push the boundaries of his imagination and intends to release three novels and short films in the coming years.

‘Level 16’ (2018) Movie Review

Level 16 comes from the creative mind of Danisha Esterhazy (The Banana Splits – upcoming). The movie was obviously a labor of love for her, as she both wrote and directed it. The story follows a gaggle of young girls in what is meant to be a boarding school. It …

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‘The Fly 2’ (1989): 30 Years Gestation Period – Retro Review

In 1986, Jeff Goldblum graced our eyeballs with more than his hairy chest in The Fly, and let’s face it, the more Goldblum we can get the better all our lives will be. David Cronenberg (Rabid 1977) gave us this cult hit motion picture. Just three years later in 1989, …

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BITS 2018: ‘Deadsight’ (2018) Movie Review

Deadsight is a movie from Director Jesse Thomas Cook (The Hoard 2018) and is about a partially blind man named Ben Neilson (Adam Seybold: Let Her Out 2017) and the very pregnant police officer Mara Madigan (Liv Collins Cook: Pandora’s Box). The film opens with Ben in the back of an ambulance, …

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BITS 2018: ‘Fugue’ Movie Review

In Tomas Street’s (The Plan 2011) feature length directorial debut, Fugue is about an amnesic named Malcolm (Jack Foley: Lifechanger 2018). The film immediately put me on edge as I watched Malcolm wake up, unsure of who or where he was. It was such an uneasy feeling that, if it wasn’t for …

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BITS Festival 2018: ‘Hammer of the Gods’ Movie Review

Director Nick Szostakiwskyj’s Hammer of the Gods is the story of a band called Sled Dog, whose members need some inspiration for new songs and creativity. It’s been ten years since their last hit single, “Backfire,” and as such, they are in desperate need to do something new. Songwriter/guitarist Eric (Rob …

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‘I Think We’re Alone Now’ (2018) – Movie Review

I Think We’re Alone Now is a visual story told mostly through the eye of the camera. It follows Del (Peter Dinklage: Game of Thrones) in a post-apocalyptic future where everybody is dead. There is no electricity and the dead litter the streets. Del lives in a small town and is …

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Paulina Lagudi’s ‘Mail Order Monster’ – Movie Review

Mail Order Monster is about a little girl named Sam Pepper (Madison Horcher: Adventures in Babysitting 2016) who is trying to deal with the loss of her mother after a tragic car accident. The bulk of the movie is centered around Sam 3 years after her mom has died. The …

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‘Blade’ Is 20 Years-Old And May Be A Little Long In The Tooth!

Blade (1998)

Before Black Panther and Donald Trump, before sparkly vampires and tax evasion, there were “some mother truckers trying to ice skate uphill” in Blade. It’s been 20 years since Wesley Snipes uttered the words, “It’s open season on all suck- heads,” in the 1998 vampire flick by New Line Cinema. Remember, this …

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‘What Still Remains’ (2018) Movie Review

In the post-apocalyptic film, What Still Remains, Anna, played by Lulu Antariksa (T@gged TV series) has to survive in a world that has long since been destroyed by disease. When she meets a stranger named Peter, played by Colin O’Donoghue (Once Upon a Time TV series), who offers her a place in …

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Dontnod Studios’ RPG ‘Vampyr’: A Bloodsucking Sherlock Holmes

Warning: Sparkly vampires were definately harmed in the making of this game review. This is a first impressions review of the video game Vampyr, so cue up your best vampiric voices and let’s get our fangs stuck in. Let’s start with a little history on the makers of the game. …

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