Star Wars – The Last Jedi – film review
Coming off the successes of The Force Awakens and Rogue One, I had high hopes for Star Wars – The Last Jedi. Great…
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Artemis by Andy Weir – audiobook review
After reading The Martian at the gentle (and repeated) insistence from a friend, I enjoyed it quite a lot. When I heard a…
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…
Doctor Who Series 5 – television series review
Doctor Who Series 5 brings us Matt Smith as the new face of the Doctor, and introduces us to Amy Pond, his new…
The Lord of the Rings – The Fellowship of the Ring – film review
The Lord of the Rings – The Fellowship of the Ring was released nearly 16 years ago in December 2001. It was the…
Alice Through the Looking Glass – film review
I loved Alice in Wonderland when it came out back in 2010. It was quirky, bizarre, and really caught the spirit of Lewis…
Planet of the Dead – television special review
One of the specials aired between Series 4 and Series 5, Planet of the Dead has the Doctor (David Tennant) suddenly transported to…
The Next Doctor – television special review
The Next Doctor was the 2008 Christmas special for the new Doctor Who series. After losing Donna Noble, the Doctor heads off in…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Pete’s Dragon (2016) – film review
Here we are, 39 years and a few months since the original Pete’s Dragon was released. Other than the title and the two…
Tarzan – animated film review
Tarzan originally came out when I was living outside the States, so it took a few years before I watched the film for…
Child of the Empire by Michaelbrent Collings – audiobook review
Michaelbrent Collings usually writes horror, so I’m not super familiar with his works in general. Child of the Empire, however, is solidly in…
The BFG – film review
I have never read the Roald Dahl book on which The BFG is based, so I went into this film without any preconceived…
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…
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…
Moana – animated film review
Disney’s latest “princess movie”, Moana, does a lot of things right. Inner Workings, the short that precedes the main movie, is charming and…