ReviewFantasy
The Ferryman Institute by Colin Gigl (book review).
It’s tough being part of ‘The Ferryman Institute’ and Charlie Dawson is finding his job particularly onerous. As he is one of the…
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ReviewScifi
On Spec: The Canadian Magazine Of The Fantastic vol. 27 no. 4 #103 (mag review).
As Paulo de Costa is this issue of ‘On Spec’s interviewed author, I might as well start with him. ‘Once Dad, Always Here’…
NewsAnime/manga
Yo-Kai Watch: The Movie Event (2016) (a film review by Mark R. Leeper).
Fast-paced and amusing, ‘Yo-Kai Watch: The Movie Event’ is a Japanese animated fantasy action film aimed seemingly at children but in Japan probably…
ReviewFantasy
The Kingdom Of Bones by Stephen Gallagher (book review).
A Pinkerton detective, an immortal and a brave new world, such is ‘The Kingdom Of Bones’, in which our author Stephen Gallagher begins…
TrailerFilms
Rogue One: save the rebellion, save the dream! (2nd trailer for the new Star Wars).
Ah, so here’s the second trailer for the new Star Wars Rogue One movie you have been waiting for. Let the clarion call…
ReviewFantasy
The Somnambulist And The Psychic Thief by Lisa Tuttle (book review).
Getting past the title and it’s a bit of a mouthful, not to say a spell-check nightmare, ‘The Somnambulist And The Psychic Thief’…
ReviewMagazines
Back Issue # 92 October 2016 (magazine review).
If you read the top headline on Back Issue # 92’s cover, you will see it is called the ‘Bronze Age Halloween Issue’.…
ReviewScifi
Outposts Of Beyond edited by Tyree Campbell (ebook review).
The cover painting for this fourth anniversary issue of ‘Outposts Of Beyond’ is a ‘Dune’ sandworm and the picture is credited as ‘Shai…
ReviewComics
Essential Iron Man – Volume 5 by Len Wein and Mike Friedrich (graphic novel review).
In black and white on cheap paper, Essential Iron Man # 5 follows the usual pattern. It contains reprints of Iron Man #…
ReviewHorror
Angel: The Official Collection: Heroes & Guardian Angels: Volume One (book review).
As time passes and TV’s ‘Angel’ is remembered fondly and occasionally pops up on cable there is a certain mistiness about memory. This…
ReviewFantasy
The Last Adventure Of Constance Verity by A. Lee Martinez (book review).
Connie is an action hero thanks to being gifted this by her fairy godmother at birth. She’s had enough now, thank you. Recruiting…
NewsFantasy
The Great Wall: new Matt Damon fantasy movie.
Matt Damon gets to travel to China’s Great Wall to make a last stand against some dragon-werewolf style critters in the middle ages.…