Category "Reviews"

Retro Book Review: The Name of the Wind

Retro Book Review: The Name of the Wind

Paperback: 672 pages Publisher: DAW ISBN-10: 0756405890 ISBN-13: 978-0756405892 Synopsis: I have stolen princesses back from sleeping barrow kings. I burned down the town of Trebon. I have spent the night with Felurian and left with both my sanity and my life. I was expelled [...]

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TV Review: Comic Book Men: Season 1, Episode 1

TV Review: Comic Book Men: Season 1, Episode 1

  Genre: Reality | Sci-Fi Air Date/Time: February 12, 10/9c Network: AMC Synopsis: AMC’s new unscripted series, Comic Book Men, dives deep into fanboy culture by following the antics in and around master fanboy Kevin Smith’s New Jersey comic shop, where both staff and customers [...]

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TV Review: Jules Verne’s Mysterious Island

TV Review: Jules Verne’s Mysterious Island

  Genre: Fantasy | Adventure Air Date/Time: February 11, 9/8c Network: Syfy Writer: Cameron Larson Director: Mark Sheppard Cast: Gina Holden, Lochlyn Munro, J.D. Evermore, Caleb Michaelson, Edrick Browne, W. Morgan Sheppard, Susie Abromeit, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Mark Sheppard Synopsis: Filmed on location in Louisiana, K2 Pictures and [...]

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Book Review: Antiquitas Lost: The Last of the Shamalans

Book Review: Antiquitas Lost: The Last of the Shamalans

  Paperback: 624 pages Publisher: Medlock Publishing Language: English ISBN-10: 061546047X ISBN-13: 978-0615460475 Synopsis: From American cardiologist Robert Louis Smith comes the unique fantasy novel Antiquitas Lost, peppered with more than 70 eye-popping illustrations by Marvel Comics legend Geof Isherwood. This epic fantasy tells the story of [...]

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Blu-ray Review: Real Steel

Blu-ray Review: Real Steel

  Genre: Action | Drama | Sci-Fi Director: Shawn Levy Writer: John Gatins, Dan Gilroy, Jeremy Leven, Richard Matheson Cast: Hugh Jackman, Dakota Goyo, Evangeline Lilly, Anthony Mackie, Kevin Durand, Hope Davis, Karl Yune, Olga Fonda MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for or some violence, intense action and brief language) Runtime: 127 [...]

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TV Review: Touch: Season 1, Episode 1 “Pilot”

TV Review: Touch: Season 1, Episode 1 “Pilot”

  Genre: Drama | Fantasy Air Date/Time: January 25 at 9/8c (Special Preview) Network: Fox Creator: Tim Kring Director: Francis Lawrence Cast: Kiefer Sutherland, David Mazouz, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Danny Glover Synopsis: We are all interconnected. Our lives are invisibly tied to those whose destinies touch ours. This is [...]

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