Category: Films
Reviews: The Ghost Brigades, The Last Colony, World War Z, Sovereign, and Hellboy: The Golden Army
August 19th, 2008The Ghost Brigades and The Last Colony by John Scalzi - 7.5/10 and 7/10, respectively
The sequels to the earlier-reviewed Old Man's War return us to the interesting universe Scalzi has cooked up. Lots of good action, and a plot where all sides believe… more »
Reviews: Iron Kingdom, The Worst Hard Time, Wanted, The Dark Knight, X-Files
July 28th, 2008Back from Comic-Con. I'll blog about that in a bit.
The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl by Timothy Egan - 7/10
I went to the book store looking for a sci-fi or fantasy novel, and as so frequen… more »
Reviews: Iron Man, Prince Caspian, Indiana Jones v 4.0, Kung Fu Panda, Mongol
July 8th, 2008We've gotten out to a fair number of movies in the last few months. Back in May we saw Iron Man, which was excellent. Of course, Hollywood has in the last decade or so proven that they can get the super hero origin story movie right, and they do so here… more »
Reviews: The Bank Job, Red Lightning
April 3rd, 2008The wife and I went to see 'The Bank Job' last night. Decent film, nothing to write home about. I give it a 6/10.
Also finished John Varley's Red Lightning a few days ago. Decent book, nothing to write home about. The folks at Boing Boing raved about… more »