Be advised: there will be spoilers in this treatise. I can’t discuss what I want to discuss without getting into detail about the plot and the arcs of the film’s characters. Fairly be ye warned. Before I saw Star Wars: The Last Jedi, I heard about all of the negative takes on it, all of… Continue reading The Lessons Within "The Last Jedi"
Category: Reviews
Adventure Review: Quelling the Horde
“Quelling the Horde” (DDEX03-09) is an Adventurer’s League module set during the Rage of Demons story arc. The story it tells is a classic one: farms and homesteads are getting sacked by goblins, and adventurers are needed to rise to the challenge. This time, some of the goblins seem to fancy themselves as ‘knights’. Calling… Continue reading Adventure Review: Quelling the Horde
Book Review: Ready Player One
I state the following without hyperbole: the first few chapters of Ernest Cline’s Ready Player One is some of the most difficult reading I’ve done in a very long time. Not because of the nature of the events, or even the quality of the writing, in and of itself. It was difficult because it was… Continue reading Book Review: Ready Player One
Doctor Strange Is My Hero
I’m going to take a break from pontificating on our current crisis and the implications of the resurrection of ultra-nationalism to talk about a comic book wizard. Because it’s a form of self-care and it’s something that tickles the cockles of my imagination. I used to do reviews on a fairly regular basis, and while… Continue reading Doctor Strange Is My Hero
The Aftermath Review: Let Go Of Your Hatred
There are a lot of people out there who don’t, and won’t, like this book. I’m pretty sure I know why, and it has nothing to do with the plot or characters of Aftermath: Star Wars. It has to do with the book’s very existence. You see, Aftermath, written by Chuck Wendig, takes place between… Continue reading The Aftermath Review: Let Go Of Your Hatred
"I Know A Guy": The Ant-Man Review
With my financial situation on shaky ground and everything else in upheaval, it’s difficult for me to justify expenses outside of feeding myself and keeping the utilities on. Even costs for transit, be it gasoline or passage on trains and busses, can be questionable. That said, I do want to keep up with the ongoing… Continue reading "I Know A Guy": The Ant-Man Review
The Call of the Nexus
When I got notice that I’d finally been chosen for the beta of Heroes of the Storm, I was pretty excited. As much as they ply their customers for ever-increasing amounts of cash, I am a fan of Blizzard Entertainment and their games. Sure, occasionally I will balk at their asking prices for things like… Continue reading The Call of the Nexus
The Sublime Beauty of Ex Machina
Ex Machina is a film you need to see. Yes, YOU. If you haven’t sought it out already, do so. I’m really eager to talk about it, now that I’ve finally corrected that particular oversight. What I’ll do is do the typical review stuff of a plot overview and the surface strengths of the film,… Continue reading The Sublime Beauty of Ex Machina
Walk the Fury Road
Have you seen Mad Max: Fury Road yet? … Seriously? Have you not been on the Internet at all? Are you not aware of how universally praised this film is by (almost) everyone? I want to discuss why there’s a parenthetical “almost” there, but I think that’ll work best if you’ve seen the movie. So… Continue reading Walk the Fury Road
Me And My Spider
As of yesterday, I finally have a complete set of Transmetropolitan. When the final volumes arrived, and I got home to pick them up, I immediately stretched out on the couch to finish reading the series. Then, last night, I started reading it again. I’m planning on reading through every trade paperback in sequence once… Continue reading Me And My Spider
