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…
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A Monster Calls – film review
I went into A Monster Calls not knowing what to expect, other than being given the title and a very brief summary about…
Arrival – film review
Based on the novella “Story of Your Life” by Ted Chiang, Arrival tells the story of a reserved, gifted linguistics professor, Louise Banks…
Doctor Strange – film review
For reasons unfathomable (Disney magic, perhaps?), the Marvel movie machine keeps turning out entertaining films—I can’t think of a single turkey among them.…
Kubo and the Two Strings – film review
In Kubo and the Two Strings, Kubo and his mother live in a seaside cave near an unnamed village. Every day, the young…
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…
The Martian – film review
Although it is science fiction, The Martian takes place in a future so near to us it could almost be confused for the…
Turbulence by Samit Basu – novel review
As I read Turbulence, a niggling question kept popping into my brain: what, exactly, is the problem with this book? It’s not the…
The Mystery of Lewis Carroll by Jenny Woolf – book review
The full title of this book—The Mystery of Lewis Carroll: Discovering the Whimsical, Thoughtful, and Sometimes Lonely Man Who Created Alice in Wonderland—should…
Physics of the Future by Michio Kaku – book review
If you’ve watched the Discovery Channel in the last decade, chances are you’ve seen Michio Kaku—his flowing white hair and ready knack for…
Into the Woods – film review
Into the Woods seems destined to be compared to the stage musical by James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim on which it is based,…
Spell Check by Julie Wright – book review
Until her 16th birthday arrives just before Halloween, Allyson Peterson’s life isn’t really that odd. She lives with her divorced mom and video-game-obsessed…
Mistress Masham’s Repose by T.H. White – book review
Maria, a plucky ten-year-old orphan, is the sole heir to a sprawling, run-down English estate known as Malplaquet (a satirical version of the…