Redshirts by John Scalzi – book review
I wanted to like Redshirts by John Scalzi. I loved the redshirt themed satire. I enjoyed the campiness of the dialog when the…
Author: Darien
Vampire Academy – film review
I caught Vampire Academy on a whim one day. It’s based on the book by Richelle Mead. The trailer for the movie seemed…
I, Frankenstein – movie review
I, Frankenstein is a movie that looks stupid but is a lot of fun. It’s based on the graphic novel by Kevin Grevioux…
X-Men: Days of Future Past – film review
X-Men: Days of Future Past is the latest installment in Marvel’s X-men franchise. It suffered from too-many-characters-itis like the previous movies, but was…
Odd Thomas – film review
Odd Thomas is a movie based on the book by Dean Koontz (actually, a series of books). It stars Anton Yelchin as Odd…
Miss Minoes (Undercover Kitty) – film review
Miss Minoes (also known as Undercover Kitty) is an award winning children’s Dutch film about a cat who laps up toxic waste and…
Catching Fire – film review
Some people weren’t fans of the first adaption of The Hunger Games, but I rather liked it. Going into the second movie, Catching…
Godzilla (2014) – film review
When I heard there was going to be a new Godzilla movie, I thought, “Oh no.” My friend dragged me to see it…
Paranoia – film review
Paranoia is a slightly-around-the-corner scifi thriller where competing telecoms vie for control over the market and over the lives of their customers. Starring…
Witch Hunter Robin – anime television series review
Back in 2002 I saw some artwork in Newtype for a new show: Witch Hunter Robin. Sometimes I can see something and know…
The Savage Grace by Bree Despain – book review
In this final book in the Dark Divine series, Bree Despain’s The Savage Grace ties up all the loose ends, reveals the deepest…
World War Z – film review
I don’t normally like zombie movies. I find the slow, shuffling monsters very silly. Then they eat somebody’s face, and the victim screams.…
How to Talk to Girls at Parties by Neil Gaiman – short fiction review
How to Talk to Girls at Parties by Neil Gaiman was originally included in the Fragile Things anthology, but was released as a…
The Tomorrow People – television series review
Remember The Tomorrow People? It was a show that ran in the 70s with a bigger budget than Doctor Who, or at the…
Super issue 1 by Joshua Crowther – comic book review
Something new came across my desk today. It was issue one of Super, a new comic from publisher Jay Crow Comics. Issue two…
Galilei Donna – anime television series review
Imagine a future where energy is scarce and in the hands of a mega corporation. Imagine pirates fly elaborate fish-like ships that defy…
Star-Crossed – television series review
Star-crossed usually refers to lovers whose love is doomed to failure by events out of their control. It has origins in Shakespeare and…
Nagi no Asukara – anime television series review
Nagi no Asukara (A Lull in the Sea) hit my TV viewing like a bomb last Fall. I was visually blown away by…
Burning Girls by Veronica Schanoes – short work review
Burning Girls by Veronica Schanoes had a fascinating premise but was fancy flesh hung on a thin skeleton—aggressive in scope, but falling short.…
Instructions by Neil Gaiman – picture book review
Instructions by Neil Gaiman with illustrations by Charles Vess, is a picture book that originally appeared in the more adult work, Fragile Things,…
All You Need Is Kill by Hiroshi Sakurazaka – book review
All You Need Is Kill is a Japanese novel by Hiroshi Sakurazaka, translated by Alexander O. Smith. It tells the tale of Keiji,…