The Last Unicorn – book review
Like most of the best books, The Last Unicorn is worth reading more than once and is different to me each time I…
Tag: preteens and up
Miss Minoes (Undercover Kitty) – film review
Miss Minoes (also known as Undercover Kitty) is an award winning children’s Dutch film about a cat who laps up toxic waste and…
The Hobbit – animated film review
Way back in 1977, 37 years ago yesterday, Rankin/Bass aired on television for the first time their animated musical adaptation of The Hobbit.…
Godzilla (2014) – film review
When I heard there was going to be a new Godzilla movie, I thought, “Oh no.” My friend dragged me to see it…
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…
Galilei Donna – anime television series review
Imagine a future where energy is scarce and in the hands of a mega corporation. Imagine pirates fly elaborate fish-like ships that defy…
When Marnie Was There by Joan G. Robinson – book review
I had never heard of When Marnie Was There by Joan G. Robinson until Studio Ghibli announced they were adapting the book into…
Nagi no Asukara – anime television series review
Nagi no Asukara (A Lull in the Sea) hit my TV viewing like a bomb last Fall. I was visually blown away by…
The Black Cauldron – animated film review
I remember reading one or two of the Prydain Chronicles books when I was younger, and I enjoyed them. Walt Disney’s animated film,…
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…
Rose by Jeff Smith and Charles Vess – graphic novel review
Rose by Jeff Smith and Charles Vess is a graphic novel that I really wanted to like, and mostly liked, but which had…
Short fiction review: Bugs in the Arroyo by Steven Gould
Bugs in the Arroyo by Steven Gould (author of Jumper) has an interesting premise where self-replicating bugs have decimated civilization in New Mexico…
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…
Captain America – The Winter Soldier – film review
I like superhero movies in general. I’ve enjoyed the Marvel superhero movies, in particular, especially how each superhero is allowed to have his…
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…
The Boy at the End of the World by Greg van Eekhout – book review
The Boy at the End of the World by Greg Van Eekhout is a post-apocalyptic tale from Bloomsbury about a young boy named…
The Time of the Doctor – television special review
And so we come to the end of Matt Smith’s reign as Doctor Who. For some of my daughter’s friends in 9th grade,…
The Day of the Doctor – television special review
Can you believe the Doctor is fifty years old? Having followed the Doctor since the Jon Pertwee years, with my favorite being Tom…
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs – The Art and Creation of Walt Disney’s Classic Animated Film by J.B. Kaufman – art book review
I have always loved “making of” specials, art books, and related materials for animated works. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs – The…
Arahan – film review
I know what some of you are thinking. Why on earth would you want to watch a Korean martial arts movie? I mean,…
Percy Jackson – Sea of Monsters – film review
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters is the sequel to the 2010 film Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief more than an…