Novel Review: Blood’s Pride by Eve Manieri

Military fantasy. It’s a genre dominated by men, both inside and out. The characters are distinguished by their accomplishments in battle, their thirst for glory, the amounts of testosterone that drive them (especially the women) and their physical appearances. Your species informs a huge part of your character, both in terms of what you are […]

Star Wars Review: Tales of the Jedi–The Saga of Nomi Sunrider

If the shock of Ulic Qel-Droma and the Beastriders of Onderon was the presence of more than one Jedi one place, The Saga of Nomi Sunrider introduces another strange element, something that would remain out of place for film Jedi for years to come, that would to this day seem unusual for casual audiences to […]

Film Review: 1998’s Blade

When I wrote this review, I had no idea who David S. Goyer was, at least beyond the scope of Blade. Several of the points made here are made very interesting by the fact that as I was writing about Blade’s connection to Batman, a Goyer-scripted Batman film was being released on DVD.

Television Shows Watched: March 23 to March 29

Had I realized that I wasn’t missing anything, watched all of the episodes on time, and there were only three episodes, I probably would have posted this…in the first week of April, at least. So here’s my TV shows followed from March 23 to March 29.

7 Days of Classic Who: Marco Polo

What better episode to be the most-lost episode of Doctor Who than the one whose name has become synonymous (by other means, I’m sure) with groping around blindly? “Marco Polo” is the first “lost story”, which is all the more impressive when you take into account that this visual spectacle was distributed to more countries […]