ReviewDoctor Who
Doctor Who: The Complete Second Season 2006 boxset (DVD series review).
I’m going to do this as I did season one. I reviewed the episodes when they first came out, so I’m going to…
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Dark Shepherd by Fred Gambino (book review)
I first came across Fred Gambino’s name in 2011 when I found a copy of his art book ‘Ground Zero’ (2001) in a…
ReviewCulture
Hidden City (1987) (film review).
‘Hidden City’ is a relatively low-key film that focuses more on the characters than the events until the end, revealing a London you…
ReviewTV
X Company: Seasons 1-3 (DVD TV series review).
A Canadian/Hungarian company created ‘X Company’ on a whim. This is a take on elite teams trained in Canada for undercover missions during…
ReviewDoctor Who
Doctor Who season 14 episodes 2 & 3 (Doctor Who review).
Doctor Who: Season 14: Episode 2: Space Babies by Russell T Davies Today is not a good day for reviewers. Even those of…
ReviewMagazines
Alter Ego #37 June 2004 (magazine review).
To catch up on locating early issues, I have Alter Ego # 37, and, as you can see from the cover, it is…
ReviewComics
Batman: Volume 3: Death Of The Family [The New 52] by Scott Snyder, Greg Capullo and Jonathan Glapion (graphic novel review).
‘Batman: Volume 3: Death of the Family’ covers Batman 13–17 and the return of the Joker. Indeed, ‘Batman: Volume 3: Death of the…
ReviewHorror
His Own Most Fantastic Creation: Stories About HP Lovecraft edited by S.T. Joshi (book review).
In a recent episode of the excellent ‘The Good Friends of Jackson Elias’ podcast, one of the presenters recalled a situation where a…
ReviewFantasy
A Guile Of Dragons (A Tournament Of Shadows book 1) by James Enge (book review).
James Enge’s ‘A Guile Of Dragons’ is the first book in the `A Tournament of Shadows’ series. As such it is not strictly…
ReviewDoctor Who
Torchwood: Among Us part 2 by Ash Darby, Tim Foley and James Goss (CD review).
Propaganda by Ash Darby Orr (Samantha Béart) really wants to save someone, so when she gets the opportunity to get on a plane…
ReviewHorror
The Glasshouse (Polestars 3) by Emma Coleman (book review).
This third volume of Polestars, titled ‘The Glasshouse’, is by Emma Coleman. I will admit that Emma Coleman is a new name to…
ReviewFantasy
The Forgotten Beasts Of Eld: 50th Anniversary Special Edition by Patricia A. McKillip (book review).
It is hard to determine what makes a book a classic. Previously, schoolchildren were required to read books by deceased male authors like…