ReviewDoctor Who
Torchwood: Children Of Earth (blu-ray TV series review).
The third season of ‘Torchwood’ is one 6-part serial, ‘Children Of Earth’. Back in the day, there were already signs of problems with…
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August 2025
ReviewMagazines
Marshall Rogers: Brightest Days And Darkest Knights by Jeff Messer and Dewey Cassell (book review).
Comic book artist Marshall Rogers (1950-2007) was admired by fans for his work on the ‘Detective Comics’ comic book as written by Steve…
ReviewMagazines
Comic Book Creator #37 Winter 2025 (magazine review).
There are a lot of smaller articles in this ‘Comic Book Creator’, so I’ve focused on some of the more significant ones. Take…
ReviewFantasy
The Society Of Unknowable Objects by Gareth Brown (book review).
The bad news, reader, is that you cannot join the Society of Unknowable Objects. Membership is inherited, passed down from father to son…
ReviewFantasy
Dark Wraith Of Shannara by Terry Brooks (book review).
There are surly no fans of fantasy who have not heard of Terry Brooks. His seminal first novel, ‘The Sword Of Shannara’ is…
ReviewScifi
The Prometheus Crisis by Thomas N. Scortia and Frank M. Robinson (book review).
Now writers Thomas N. Scortia and Frank M. Robinson wrote ‘The Glass Inferno’ in 1974, and another book, ‘The Tower’ by Richard Martin…
ReviewFantasy
The Stars Are Dying (Nytefall Trilogy book 1) by Chloe C. Pen᷉aranda (book review).
There are times when a writer’s enthusiasm for the book they are writing gets in the way of something coherent. They invest their…
ReviewScifi
Attack Of The 50ft Women (1958) (blu-ray film review)
I was surprised how short this film, ‘Attack Of The 50ft Women’, was, running at 65 minutes. During the orbit and crash of…
ReviewDoctor Who
Torchwood: The Complete Second Series (blu-ray TV review).
The second season’s extras review will be brief compared to the first season’s. No audio commentaries and only 10-minute unclassifieds for each, which…
July 2025
ReviewScifi
Tiamat’s Wrath (The Expanse book 8) by James S A Corey (book review).
‘Tiamat’s Wrath’ is the eighth novel of ‘The Expanse’ space opera series by James S A Corey. High Consul Winston Duarte rules the…
ReviewHorror
The Stuff (1985) Limited Edition 4K UHD (blu-ray/UHD review).
Forget about eating ice cream; you want to try The Stuff. It’s got a sweetness that will make you want to eat it…
ReviewBooks
Slow Horses (Slough House Thrillers book 1) by Mick Herron (book review).
I’ve seen the ‘Slow Horses’ TV series on DVD and thought it was about time I looked at the books, especially as they…