Haul of Books 2010: Stuff For Me v.9

Most of the books that have arrived at my doorstep in the last couple weeks have been for an independent study I am taking over the summer on Caribbean literature. A good portion are science fiction, but some aren’t, and the books below are in the latter category. Should be a very interesting summer for […]

Science Fiction Criticism: A Necessary “Evil”?

What is the value of science fiction criticism, both in its literary form and as a medium used by the science fiction community to dig into the good and the bad of the genre? If you buy Kyle Brady’s argument, its value is a negative number. Back in March of 2010, Brady wrote an article […]

Haul of Books 2010: Stuff For Me v.8

I only have a few more pictures left before hitting a long wall of silence on this feature. I don’t buy books terribly often, just in large quantities, and I don’t expect to add many more books to my library in the next few months. This volume involves some books I discovered a week or […]

Movie Review: Robin Hood

I had high hopes for this addition to the Robin Hood canon. The trailers promised a new take on the folktale and lots of action. And it gives you a bit of both, but it does so with a lackluster plot, poor character development, and some uneven acting. Consider this my short review, because everything […]

Video Found: The Cup of Tears

What do you get when you take ninjas, samurai, spaceships, and slow motion fighting? The Cup of Tears, an indie-made fake trailer for a film that doesn’t actually exist yet. And the trailer has apparently just earned its creator/director a movie deal with Universal. Cool? Let’s hope so. It looks kind of pretty, but pretty […]

Movie Review: How To Train Your Dragon

I’m reviewing this movie pretty late in the game, and that is entirely my fault. To be fair, I’ve been hyping How To Train Your Dragon on my twitter account since seeing it a few weeks back. And now I’m reviewing it on this blog. How To Train Your Dragon is by far one of […]