Beyond the Sun edited by Bryan Thomas Schmidt – anthology review
I enjoy short stories for a variety of reasons. I like quick little bites of story which grab my attention and give me…
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The Three Caballeros – animated film review
The Three Caballeros is a sequel to Saludos Amigos, and features Donald Duck receiving gifts from his friends in Latin America. This film…
Book review: Vicky Peterwald – Target by Mike Shepherd
When I heard Mike Shepherd was doing a series about one of my favorite minor characters in the Kris Longknife books, I was…
Treasure Planet – animated film review
The first time I saw the poster (left) for Treasure Planet, I remember thinking, “Is Square working with Disney now?” The film came…
The Princess and the Frog – film review
I love the atmosphere of New Orleans, the food of New Orleans, and the architecture of New Orleans. So, when I heard back…
Lilo & Stitch – film review
The thing I noticed about Lilo & Stitch the first time I watched it was how “soft” all the character designs were. It…
Tangled – animated film review
I was excited when I heard Disney was doing a film based on the Rapunzel fairy tale. I remember reading several different versions…
Snow White and the Huntsman – film review
Snow White and the Huntsman came out about the same time as Mirror Mirror, and the trailers made it look spectacular. A darker…
Melody Time – animated anthology film review
Melody Time is an anthology of mostly musical short films. Some have regular plots and others are pretty free-form in nature, but all…
Battleship – film review
The first thing I thought when I heard someone was making a film based on the original Battleship board game from Milton Bradley…
Tinker Bell – An Evolution by Mindy Johnson – art book review
I have loved art books for as long as I can remember, especially those which show the progression from initial concept to finished…
Saludos Amigos – film review
Saludos Amigos was the first of several anthology-style films released by Disney in the 1940s. It was created as a way to engender…
Pixie Hollow Games – short film review
Shorter than the other Disney Fairies films, Pixie Hollow Games is also the first to not feature Tinker Bell as the main character…
Cauldron of Ghosts by David Weber and Eric Flint – book review
Cauldron of Ghosts, by David Weber and Eric Flint, is the third novel in the Crown of Slaves series set in the “Honorverse”,…
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad – animated film review
It’s been a long time since I last watched The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad, and I had pretty much forgotten about…
The Pirate Fairy – film review
Tinker Bell and her Pixie Hollow friends are back in The Pirate Fairy, the latest Disney Fairies adventure. This film introduces a new…
Fictional reference review: Star Trek Federation – The First 150 Years by David A. Goodman
Star Trek Federation: The First 150 Years aims to be an in-universe history book of the United Federation of Planets in the Star…
Dragon Knight by Miyuki Yamaguchi – manga review
The first thing that struck me with Dragon Knight, by Miyuki Yamaguchi, is how well Yamaguchi conveys emotion in her illustrations. The main…
Saving Mr. Banks – film review
There has been a lot of controversy surrounding Saving Mr. Banks. Due to that, I tried to reserve my judgment of the film…
Like a Mighty Army by David Weber – book review
Oftentimes, when epic series get into the middle somewhere, they tend to slow down and meander a bit. This is not the case…
Wolf Children – anime film review
Seeing as I’m a big fan of Mamoru Hosoda and his other works (e.g., Summer Wars, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time), I…