Movie Review: The Wolverine (2013)

I don’t know if it is common knowledge yet, but I pretty much hated the first stand-alone Wolverine movie.  Its plot didn’t make any sense, the CG was lazy (at best), and the far-reaching story-line left much to be desired.  Almost none of those problems exist here.  The Wolverine is a high-octane action thriller with […]

Month of Joy: “The Cardboard Robot” by Polenth Blake

After sending my critique partner a story about people living on the clouds, he commented that all my stories had robots. I denied everything. It was about cloud people! But there it was, the main character reminiscing on making a robot out of cardboard boxes as a child. Robots had made it in there. It […]

Jim Carrey, Guns, and Kick-Ass 2 (Late Thoughts)

I said I would throw in my two-cents on this Jim Carrey story.  I realize I’m late to the party on this one, but I feel compelled to talk about the entire issue.  Instead of trying to summarize the whole damn situation, I’ll just block quote something from the Guardian: Carrey, who has been an […]

The Mind Meld of Doom: Great SF/F Stories by Women

If you didn’t see it already, I’m one of many who contributed to the recent Mind Meld at SF Signal.  Head on over and see what everyone suggested, and then add your two-cents in the comments. All hail Joanna Russ!

The Vigilante in American Mythology (Brief Thoughts) #monthofjoy

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