Comic Book Review: Doctor Who: Once Upon a Time Lord written by Dan Slott, art by Christopher Jones, Matthew Dow Smith & Mike Collins Among the many spinoffs of the long-running Doctor Who franchise have been quite a few comic strips and comic books. These have been highly variable as to quality, but give multiple… Continue reading Comic Book Review: Doctor Who: Once Upon a Timelord
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Movie Review: White Comanche
Movie Review: White Comanche (1967) directed by Gilbert Kay Johnny and Notah Moon (both William Shatner) are twin brothers, identical save for slightly different eye colors. Their father was white, and their mother of the Comanche nation. Early on, they were raised in both traditions, but their father died early, and when their mother died around… Continue reading Movie Review: White Comanche
Book Review: The Bird’s Nest
Book Review: The Bird’s Nest by Shirley Jackson Elizabeth Richmond is, at first glance, a very dull young woman. She lives with her maiden aunt in a small city somewhere in New England in the early 1950s. Elizabeth has a nearly mindless clerical job at the local museum, but has no interest in the exhibits.… Continue reading Book Review: The Bird’s Nest
Movie Review: GoldenEye
Movie Review: GoldenEye (1995) directed by Martin Campbell Nine years ago, MI6 agents 006 Alex Trevelyan (Sean Bean) and 007 James Bond (Pierce Brosnan) infiltrated a Soviet chemical weapons plant hidden inside a dam. A alarm was tripped early, and 006 was caught and shot by the base commander, Colonel Ourumov (Gottfried John). Bond shorted the… Continue reading Movie Review: GoldenEye
Book Review: The Last Quarry
Book Review: The Last Quarry by Max Allan Collins Quarry is a professional killer, a hitman if you will. He was good at the job, too. He tried retiring once, only to have political enemies track him down and kill his wife. They’re very dead now. At loose ends, he accepted an old friend’s (from… Continue reading Book Review: The Last Quarry
Manga Review: Case Closed Volumes 91-94
Manga Review: Case Closed Volumes 91-94 by Gosho Aoyama Very quick recap: Shin’ichi Kudou (Jimmy Kudo in the dub) is a teen genius detective. He crossed paths with the mysterious Black Organization, criminals that gave him an experimental poison. Instead of killing him as intended, it shrunk him to child size, so he must solve… Continue reading Manga Review: Case Closed Volumes 91-94
Book Review: The Book of Heroic Failures
Book Review: The Book of Heroic Failures by Stephen Pile There have been many books about great achievements and successful people. This isn’t one of those. This is a book about people who failed, sometimes spectacularly. It was supposedly sponsored by the Not Terribly Good Club of Great Britain, a group composed of incompetent people… Continue reading Book Review: The Book of Heroic Failures
Movie Review: A Girl Walks Home Alone By Night
Movie Review: A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014) directed by Ana Lily Amirpour Bad City may be an oil town, but black gold hasn’t brought prosperity to the majority of its inhabitants. Arash (Arash Marandi) is a hard-working young man who works as a handyman for a wealthy family, but himself lives in the… Continue reading Movie Review: A Girl Walks Home Alone By Night
Open Thread: It’s My Birthday! 2025
Open Thread: It’s My Birthday! 2025 Yes, that time of year has circled back once again. Had my birthday party this last weekend, with as many of the family as could come. Got a Tobie’s Restaurant cinnamon rolls t-shirt. This may be the last party at the old homestead as Mom’s thinking of moving into… Continue reading Open Thread: It’s My Birthday! 2025
Comic Book Review: The Best of DC #30: Detective Comics
Comic Book Review: The Best of DC #30: Detective Comics edited by Len Wein Detective Comics is one of DC’s longest-running comic book series, and indeed, they’re named after it. While it’s best known as the birthplace of Batman, over the years it’s hosted several other features involving some form of detection or mystery solving.… Continue reading Comic Book Review: The Best of DC #30: Detective Comics