Did you get a wad of cash for Christmas? Any gift vouchers for book stores? Good news is, I know exactly what you need to buy with that money. Doesn’t a story about a nun with a gun sound amazing? ...
Read More »Nostalgic Impulse: Short Circuit
Perhaps it is just my age, but the 80s always feel like it was a great time to be a kid. The kids films back then are still enjoyable today with their synth-heavy soundtracks, camp effects, and appealingly sweet and ...
Read More »Veronica Mars and The Thousand Dollar Tan Line
The Thousand Dollar Tan Line is the first book in a new mystery series based on the Veronica Mars television series and film. The series is written by the show’s creator Rob Thomas with Jennifer Graham. The second book in ...
Read More »The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
It is no secret that I tend to loathe anything Tolkien. I haven’t been a fan of Peter Jackson’s adaptations of The Lord of the Rings or The Hobbit so far, so it should come as no surprise that I didn’t think all that ...
Read More »Lazarus: Protect your family at all costs
This year I have discovered some great comics series. And all of the new series I’ve latched onto have been from Image Comics. Their output is fantastic and I can’t wait to read more (Fatale is the next one I ...
Read More »St. Vincent: Love thy neighbour
I’m not really sure what I expected of St. Vincent. Anything with Bill Murray in these days is at least interesting, so I wanted to see it. But the trailer didn’t give all that much away about what the film ...
Read More »The Invisible Library: Saving books in a place out of time and space
Discovering new voices in SFF writing is always exciting. Tor UK has acquired a new series from debut author Genevieve Cogman, the first in the series being The Invisible Library, due out in ebook form on December 18th, 2014 and in ...
Read More »Snowpiercer: We must all of us on this train of life remain in our allotted station
When I first heard about Snowpiercer I was excited. Who wouldn’t be? It’s a post-apocalyptic science fiction film with Captain America (Steve Rogers, wait no, I mean Chris Evans), and is based on a French comic book, Le Transperceneige by Jacques Lob! What’s not ...
Read More »The Art of Asking: How to ask for help and beat your inner Fraud Police
I have been a fan of Amanda Palmer’s for many years. I can’t remember who or how I was first turned on to the Dresden Dolls (her band before going solo), but I fell in love with Yes, Virginia and ...
Read More »The Imitation Game: The unappreciated war hero
The story of The Imitation Game is (for the most part) a true story. Turing and his team worked on breaking the code of Enigma – an encoding machine used by the Germans for all of their radio transmissions during ...
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