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…
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The Spirit Is Willing – film review
The Spirit Is Willing is a movie I first saw around the summer of 1988, so about 21 years after it was originally…
Under the Dome, Season One – television series review
It seems that all Stephen King needs to to these days is scribble an idea on a napkin and option it for millions.…
The Hobbit – The Desolation of Smaug – film review
It’s been a year since the first Hobbit film was released, and fans have been eagerly awaiting the second of the three films.…
The Hunger Games – film review
The Hunger Games is a dystopian vision of a possible future where an elite upper class lives a life of luxury while the…
Continuum Season Two – television series review
Continuum Season Two, the Canadian science fiction and Leo award winning series, continues its exploration of how Kiera Cameron (played by Rachel Nichols),…
Awake – television series review
You know how good television usually gets canceled? I recently found a show that was canceled so quickly that I never heard of…
Beautiful Creatures – film review
Beautiful Creatures starts out of the gate with the speed and grace of a dark stallion, then ends the race on the back…
The Wolverine – film review
The Wolverine is a great summer blockbuster movie. It is ultimately flawed, but you’ll have a lot of fun being disappointed. Logan is…
Twilight Graphic Novel 1 & 2 by Stephenie Meyer and Young Kim – graphic novel review
I just finished reading Twilight: The Graphic Novel, Vol. 1 & 2 by Stephenie Meyer and Young Kim, and I have some very…
City of Bones – book review
Many authors dream of their first novel becoming a cult favorite that scores a movie deal. City of Bones by Cassandra Clare has…
Theocracide by James Wymore – book review
Theocracide is a novel of a possible future by James Wymore. It has slight young adult leanings, though I’m not sure if that’s…
Encounters of Sherlock Holmes, edited by George Mann – short fiction review
Imagine 221B Baker Street transplanted into the worlds of H.G. Wells or Mary Shelley. If you’ve ever wondered how Sherlock Holmes would fare…
9 – film review
9 is the directorial debut film of CG animation newcomer, Shane Acker. The film is an adaption of Acker’s UCLA senior thesis short…
Nightingale by David Farland (part two) – novel review
Nightingale by David Farland was released in paper and eBook formats, but it is the enhanced eBook that I’ll be covering here in…
Nightingale by David Farland (part one) – novel review
Nightingale by David Farland is the first big release by Farland’s new East India Press. This young adult contemporary fantasy was released as…
Q and A by Mitsuru Adachi – manga review
Q and A is an unusual, slightly-fantastical, slice-of-life manga from Mitsuru Adachi, best known in the States for his baseball manga, Cross Game.…
Warm Bodies – film review
Warm Bodies is an unexpected gem. It’s a romantic comedy zombie apocalypse film from director Jonathan Levine and based on the novel of…
The Emperor’s Soul by Brandon Sanderson – short work review
The Emperor’s Soul is a 2012 fantasy novella from Brandon Sanderson set in the same world as his debut novel, Elantris (which I…
Urusei Yatsura volume 1 by Rumiko Takahashi – manga review
Urusei Yatsura has been one of my favorite manga and anime series for many years, and while a very small percentage of the…
Transistor ni Venus by Izumi Takemoto – manga review
Transistor ni Venus is a seven-volume science fiction espionage manga series by Izumi Takemoto. It has only been released in Japan as far…