Iron Man 3 – film review
I enjoyed Iron Man 3. It is the last of the Iron Man trilogy, though they do promise us more from Iron Man…
Tag: science fiction
After Earth – film review
After Earth promises a lot and doesn’t completely deliver on all of it (as seems to be the norm lately for director M.…
Discovery by Daft Punk and Interstella 5555 by Leiji Matsumoto – album review
Discovery by Daft Punk is a 2001 album which was animated into a short science fiction film (about 62 minutes) titled Interstella 5555:…
Vader’s Little Princess by Jeffrey Brown – picture book review
Vader’s Little Princess by Jeffrey Brown is a sequel of sorts to his previous Darth Vader and Son which I reviewed back in…
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…
Wreck-It Ralph – animated film review
Wreck-It Ralph is an animated film from Disney, part of the new wave of the “Pixar method” of film-making: story is king. Period.…
Oblivion – film review
Oblivion is a science fiction film directed by Joseph Kosinski and starring Tom Cruise, Olga Kurylenko, Morgan Freeman, and Andrea Riseborough. It is…
The Iron Giant – animated film review
The Iron Giant (loosely based on the 1968 novel The Iron Man by England’s poet laureate Ted Hughes) is set in the 1950’s…
Looper – film review
It’s 2074 in Looper. Guys use their telekinetic abilities to float coins to impress chicks, the future looks like a war ravaged, poverty…
Time Traveller – The Girl Who Leapt Through Time – film review
Time Traveller: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, is a Japanese science fiction film, the fourth based on the novel The Girl Who…
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time – anime film review
Once upon a time there was a book. It was called The Girl Who Leapt Through Time. Published in Japan in 1967, and…
Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou by Hitoshi Ashinano – manga review
Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou (literally Yokohama Shopping Travelogue) is a 14-volume “soft science fiction” series by Hitoshi Ashinano published in the manga anthology magazine…
The Cat Who Walks Through Walls by Robert A. Heinlein – book review
The Cat Who Walks Through Walls by Robert A. Heinlein is the very first and only Heinlein book I’ve ever read. I’ve been…
Fire Season by David Weber and Jane Lindskold – book review
Fire Season, by David Weber and Jane Lindskold, is the second book in the spinoff Honorverse young adult series set in the far…
Liō – There’s a Monster in My Socks by Mark Tatulli – graphic novel review
Liō – There’s a Monster in My Socks by comics artist Mark Tatulli is a delightful mix of science fiction, horror, fantasy, and…
Darth Vader and Son by Jeffrey Brown – picture book review
Darth Vader and Son is a wonderful little gem which combines Star Wars with father and son time. This hardcover graphic novel features…
The Star Wars Craft Book by Bonnie Burton – craft book review
Well, high art it is not, but for fun, reasonably quick, Star Wars themed crafts, The Star Wars Craft Book by Bonnie Burton…
Star Trek – film review
Editor’s Note: George Bogler passed away in 2010. This review was written just a few months prior to his passing, but was never…
Summer Wars – anime film review
Summer Wars is a 2009 anime film by director Mamoru Hosoda, with a screenplay by Satoko Okudera based on an original story by…
Legion by Brandon Sanderson – short work review
Legion is a science fiction novella by Brandon Sanderson. Sanderson is known mainly for his fantasy works, but he occasionally dabbles in science…
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…