Black Amazon of Mars by Leigh Brackett – short audiobook review
I have a few friends who keep suggesting I read stories by Leigh Brackett. They pointed out that she co-wrote the screenplay for…
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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 – film review
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is a worthy sequel to the first one. Not by any means flawless, but a lot of…
Doctor Who Series 4 – television series review
Doctor Who Series 4 was the final full season with David Tennant as the Doctor. His companion—first introduced in the “Runaway Bride” Christmas…
Binti Home by Nnedi Okorafor – short fiction review
Binti Home picks up almost a year after the first novella by Nnedi Okorafor. Binti finds she has a lot of anger issues,…
Doctor Who Series 3 – television series review
After the devastating ending to Series 2, the Doctor (David Tennant) takes on a new companion in Doctor Who Series 3. Freema Agyeman…
Detroit Christmas by Larry Correia – short audiobook review
Detroit Christmas is a short story adapted as a full-cast audiobook from Baen. Set in the Grimnoir Chronicles, it follows a missing person…
Doctor Who Series 2 – television series review
Doctor Who Series 2 picks up right after the first series, with the Doctor in the middle of regenerating. As with every Christmas…
Power Rangers – film review
I never watched the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers when it was on TV (or any other time, for that matter). It was aimed…
Doctor Who Series 1 – television series review
I’ve been a fan of Doctor Who for a number of years. The first Doctor I watched was Tom Baker, but I have…
Witchy Eye by D.J. Butler – novel review
Witchy Eye, by D.J. Butler, is set in an alternate history version of early America where magic works. Sarah Calhoun finds out there…
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind – anime film review
I did not see Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind until it had been out for about 11 years. It was much…
Monty Python and the Holy Grail – film review
Monty Python and the Holy Grail has been a favorite of mine for years. It follows King Arthur (played by Graham Chapman) as…
Talking to Yourself in the Dark by Tom Carr – nonfiction review
I am not an aficionado of paranormal investigations. I have never been on one, I’ve only watched a few minutes of one or…
EMT by David L. Burkhead – short work review
EMT follows Kristine, an EMT working on the Moon. She wants to save everyone, but recent budget cuts are threatening to cause her…
Binti by Nnedi Okorafor – short work review
Binti tells the story of the human girl, Binti Ekeopara Zuzu Dambu Kaipka of Namib, the first Himba to leave Earth and attend…
Rogue One – A Star Wars Story – film review
After loving The Force Awakens, I was looking forward to Rogue One. It’s now been a week since it came out, and I…
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them – film review
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is set in the same fictional world as the Harry Potter books and movies, but this…
Arcanum Unbounded – The Cosmere Collection by Brandon Sanderson – collection review
Arcanum Unbounded – The Cosmere Collection is the much-anticipated (at least among many people I know) collection of short fiction set somewhere in…
Sukeban Deka 2 – The Kazama Sisters’ Counter Attack- film review
Sukeban Deka 2 – The Kazama Sisters’ Counter Attack is set following the Sukeban Deka III television series. An evil mastermind has gained…
The Pirate Movie – film review
The Pirate Movie has always been one of my favorite popcorn flicks. It’s a parody of The Pirates of Penzance (which is itself…
At the Sign of Triumph by David Weber – book review
The last couple books in the Safehold series have been gradually building up to the events found in At the Sign of Triumph…