ReviewHorror
Wednesday Season 2 (blu-ray TV review).
Wednesday Addams (actress Jenna Ortega) has a busy school holiday. She stalks a stalker who captures her but regrets it. Returning home, she…
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December 2025
ReviewScifi
Venus On The Half Shell by Kilgore Trout (book review).
Although it’s hardly a secret now who wrote it, you might not have heard of ‘Venus On The Half Shell’ by Kilgore Trout.…
ReviewCri-Fi
The Phantom Lady (1944) (film review).
There was a reference to this 1944 film in the box set of the ‘Phantom Lady: Collected Works’ comic book, so I decided…
ReviewScifi
MurderBot Season One (TV/blu-ray review).
I’ve watched the first series of ‘MurderBot’ with no real knowledge of the books, so I’m not sure how accurate they are to…
ReviewScifi
Above The Timberline by Gregory Manchess (book review).
When I reviewed the latest edition of ‘Illustrators’, I was really impressed by Gregory Manchess’ oil paintings enough to locate this 2017 book,…
ReviewScifi
Reality Rift (dark Shepherd book 2) by Fred Gambino (book review).
Many SFCrowsnest readers will, I imagine, be aware of Fred Gambino’s work as a freelance science fiction artist. Starting as an illustrator of…
ReviewScifi
Lexx: The Complete Series (DVD TV review).
Everyone seems to forget Lexx’. The first season is of 4 * 90-minute episodes, which might not be convenient for TV but goes…
ReviewScifi
All That We See Or Seem by Ken Liu (book review).
With the increased use of technology in our lives, it is inevitable that there will be those, often stereotyped as teenagers, sitting in…
ReviewBooks
Enshitification by Cory Doctorow (book review).
I have to confess that until this book by Cory Doctorow, I’d never come across its title word, ‘enshitification’, despite the fact that…
ReviewFantasy
Queen Demon (The Rising World book 2) by Martha Wells (book review).
After casting down the conspiracy to make prince-heir Bashat emperor, the coalition of the Rising World meets once more. Kaiisteron, Fourth Prince of…
ReviewCulture
Retro Fan #39 July 2025 (magazine review).
This edition of ‘Retro Fan’ has its usual mixture and from different perspectives. Writer Mark Voger has a look at writer-director (said under…
ReviewFantasy
The Burning Land (Talmont book 1) by David Hair (book review).
‘The Burning Land’ is the first volume in ‘The Talmont Trilogy’, an epic fantasy series set in the world of Coros. It was…