The problem with reviewing things on a strictly amateur basis is that it’s often very hard to be impartial. The things that I review are chosen by me and as such, are more often than not, things that I’m attracted … Continue reading ‘Fingers Crossed’ by Miki Berenyi: Review
Warning: Contains Spoilers! She-Hulk emerged from the late-70s/early-80s boom for female Marvel Superheroes, which also saw the arrival of Spider-Woman, Dazzler and the original Ms. Marvel. In her early adventures, she was pretty much a female version of the Hulk, … Continue reading She-Hulk: Attorney at Law: Review
Warning: Contains Minor Spoilers! There’s a pattern that occurs in film series when they make the decision to become more light-hearted and it can be clearly seen in everything from 1970s Bond to 1990s Batman; you start with a movie … Continue reading Thor – Love and Thunder: Review
Warning: Contains Minor Spoilers. There may be some people out there who, unfamiliar with Christopher Priest’s body of work, read his previous novel, 9/11 set An American Story and thought that The Evidence was something based around conspiracy theories. It … Continue reading ‘The Evidence’ by Christopher Priest: Review
I remember Ms. Marvel from my childhood in the early 80s. Not this Ms. Marvel, of course – the Ms. Marvel who became Captain Marvel. Captain Marvel was a man. Look, it’s all very complicated; all you really have to … Continue reading Ms. Marvel: Review
Chunky in-depth books about the making of a movie are something of a rarity these days and when they do appear, it’s usually as a lavishly-illustrated coffee table book that you have to mortgage your house to afford. The days … Continue reading ‘Blood, Sweat & Chrome – The Wild and True Story of Mad Max: Fury Road’ by Kyle Buchanan: Review
Warning: Contains Spoilers! When people talked about the ‘Predator franchise’ in the 1990s, I used to think what franchise? You’ve had one hit movie, one flop sequel and a bunch of graphic novels that only comics fans have read. There … Continue reading Prey: Review
Warning: Contains Minor Spoilers! The title character in Moon Knight has Dissociative Identity Disorder and the story that surrounds him is equally schizoid. He’s never quite sure whether the events that he is experiencing are real, a dream or an … Continue reading Moon Knight: Review
Frank Herbert’s Dune has a turbulent history with the visual media. Published in 1965, the novel quickly acquired a cult following among counter-culture types due to its trippy prose and drug-taking analogies, but it was considered unfilmable. In 1970, fresh … Continue reading Dune: Review
Warning: Contains Spoilers! It’s pretty well known that Nothing Lasts Forever by Roderick Thorp is the book upon which the film Die Hard (1988) is based, but even if you were blissfully unaware of that fact, it’s plastered all over … Continue reading ‘Nothing Lasts Forever’ by Roderick Thorp: Review
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