The Orville Season One – television series review
When I first heard about The Orville Season One, the trailers gave the impression that it would be a parody of space opera…
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Son of the Black Sword by Larry Correia – audiobook review
It’s been a couple years since Son of the Black Sword, by Larry Correia, came out. For those familiar with his Monster Hunter…
Origin by Dan Brown – book review
Origin, by Dan Brown, started off strong, but quickly became a lecture on the eventual replacement of religion by science. If you were…
The Undead Road by David Powers King
I’m not really a huge horror fan. I’m especially not a huge zombie fan. Films, books, television series, and games that feature them…
Mathematics of Eternity by David M. Kelly – book review
Mathematics of Eternity is the first book in a new series by David M. Kelly. Joe Ballen is a cab driver who used…
Wonder Woman – film review
Wonder Woman is, finally, the DC film you’ve been waiting for. You may have been patient through the brooding reinvention of Superman and…
Super Issue 2 by Joshua Crowther – comic book review
Super Issue 2 picks up pretty much where the first left off. Mark has been captured, but nothing else is shown of that…
Ghost in the Shell – film review
I read the Ghost in the Shell manga way back in the day, not too long after it came out in English, so…
The Martian by Andy Weir – audiobook review
A friend of mine kept telling me I ought to read The Martian by Andy Weir because it was really good. So—over a…
Monster Hunter Memoirs – Sinners by Larry Correia and John Ringo
Monster Hunter Memoirs – Sinners picks up shortly after Monster Hunter Memoirs – Grunge. After making a mistake while being the playboy that…
I Am Not a Serial Killer – film review
Back when the book first came out, I read I Am Not a Serial Killer and enjoyed it. I am not one who…
Clover by Clamp – manga review
I love Clamp’s artwork, and the artwork in Clover is no exception. In fact, the artwork here is some of my favorite by…
Her Brother’s Keeper by Mike Kupari – book review
In Her Brother’s Keeper by Mike Kupari, Catherine Blackwood finds out her brother has been kidnapped by a warlord on a distant planet.…
Monster Hunter Memoirs – Grunge by Larry Correia and John Ringo – book review
I was excited when I heard that John Ringo was going to be writing books in Larry Correia’s Monster Hunter series. Monster Hunter…
Dick Tracy – film review
Back when Dick Tracy first came out, I went to the opening night event. The tickets were T-shirts with tickets printed on them…
10 Cloverfield Lane – film review
Much has been said in advance about 10 Cloverfield Lane, the surprise “sequel” to the 2008 film Cloverfield. And that’s a shame, because…
SuperMutant Magic Academy by Jillian Tamaki – graphic novel review
A few people mentioned Jillian Tamaki as a clever and interesting artist and writer, and I had seen some of her art in…
Mobile Suit Gundam 0083 – Stardust Memory – original video animation review
I have to admit: I really enjoy most Gundam series. Many people dismiss Gundam as “just another giant robot anime”, but they miss…
The Shannara Chronicles Season 1 – television series review
Among my friends, I’m somewhat of an anomaly. I have only read the first part of the first book in Terry Brooks’ The…
Allegiant by Veronica Roth – book review
Book Three in Veronica Roth’s Divergent series begins with Tris in jail for defying the authorities by releasing the video that explained what…
Insurgent by Veronica Roth – book review
The next volume of Veronica Roth’s Divergent series, Insurgent, begins right where Divergent ends. Tris and Four have just thwarted the plans of…