ReviewHorror
Scream Park (2012) (DVD review).
How many years has it been since the heyday of drive-in movies where, especially in America, you could park your car at an…
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ReviewScifi
The Art Of John Harris: Beyond The Horizon (book review).
I first put a name to the paintings of SF artist John Harris with his book, ‘Mass: The Art Of John Harris’, which…
ReviewBooks
Transmetropolitan Volume 4: The New Scum by Warren Ellis and Darick Robertson (graphic novel review).
The fourth volume of ‘Transmetropolitan’, ‘The New Scum’, continues the satire, brilliance and general nastiness of its predecessors whilst still managing to ramp…
ReviewScifi
Red Planet Blues by Robert J. Sawyer (book review).
Imagine the near future where Mars has a small colony going. Mostly, it’s populated with fossil hunters and auxiliary people who keep the…
ReviewFantasy
47 Ronin Blu-ray (film review).
Japanese culture has always seemed a bit strange to Americans. Not able to comprehend its complexities with the language a complete no-no, fighting…
ReviewBooks
The Paleoart Of Julius Csotonyi by Steve White and Julius Csotonyi (book review).
There is one immediate reaction from do a page flick of this book: WOW! Paleoartist Julius Csotonyi looks like he hopped into a…
ReviewFantasy
Talus And The Frozen King by Graham Edwards (book review).
When the King of Creyak, a remote island in ‘the North’ is found dead, the villagers are thrown into confusion. Regicide is something…
ReviewBooks
The Virgin’s Promise by Kim Hudson (book review).
Before you think ‘The Virgin’s Promise’ is some sort of honour fulfilment for things to come, author Kim Hudson’s book’s sub-title is ‘Writing…
ReviewBooks
The Batman Filmography by Mark S. Reinhart (book review).
I should point out that this is a revised edition as when Mark Reinhart wrote the first version, there weren’t as many ‘Batman’…
ReviewGames
Strider HD: Original Game Soundtrack composed by Michael John Mollo (album review).
The 80s was a crucial decade for many elements of popular culture. It was the first decade that someone could actually be accused…
ReviewComics
Tarzan: In The City Of Gold by Burne Hogarth and Don Garden (graphic novel review).
These days, the late artist Burne Hogarth is seen as being somewhat legendary. Back in the 70s, there was little of his work…
ReviewAnime/manga
Anime: A History by Jonathan Clements (book review).
Japanese animation or anime is a huge successful and very diverse multimedia industry. As Jonathan Clements says himself in ‘Anime: A History’, it…