A Borrowed Man Author: Gene Wolfe Release Date: October 20, 2015 Publisher: Tor Books Genre(s): Science Fiction, Mystery Rating: ★★★☆☆ Review Spoilers: Mild GoodReads | Amazon A Borrowed Man has one of the most unique premises for a mystery novel that I’ve seen in quite a while. I’m honestly not the biggest fan of the genre so […]
The #NerdsRead Pull List – December 9, 2015
This week Sam looks at Giant Days and Lantern City from BOOM! Studios, with one fairing better in terms of entertainment for her. Kylee continues to enjoy Harrow County – seriously, if you’re not reading this series, you’re missing out on some fantastic horror! From DC Comics, Jackson read New Suicide Squad and Batman, both of […]
New Star Trek Beyond Teaser Trailer Takes Us Off Ship
From director Justin Lin comes Star Trek Beyond starring Idris Elba, Chris Pine, Simon Pegg, Zach Quinto, Zoe Saldana, John Cho, Anton Yelchin, and Karl Urban. In theaters July 22nd. In case after Star Wars: The Force Awakens you’re in withdrawal and need another JJ Abrams space fix, Star Trek Beyond […]
Preview IDW’s ‘Gutter Magic’ with an Interview from Writer Rich Douek
Rich Douek and the creative team, including Brett Barkley, Jules Rivera, and Nic Shaw, have come together with IDW Publishing to bring the previously self-published Gutter Magic to your local comics shop this January! Gutter Magic is an urban fantasy series that takes the unique approach of magic as a commodity, rather […]
Life and Death Won’t Bore You to the Grave
Life and Death Twilight Reimagined Author: Stephanie Meyer Release Date: October 6, 2015 Publisher: Little Brown Genre(s): Fantasy, Magic, Paranormal, Romance, YA Spoilers: Mild Rating: ★★★☆☆ GoodReads | Amazon It was actually good. Damn it all. I can’t lie, this was a much better retelling than what I was hoping for. Meyer did us right by “retelling” […]
Thor Goes Whaling “In the Heart of the Sea”
In the Heart of the Sea (2015) Release Date: December 11, 2015 Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Benjamin Walker, Cillian Murphy, Tom Holland, Ben Wishaw, Brendan Gleeson Director: Ron Howard Studio: Village Roadshow Pictures, Roth Films, Image Entertainment Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures Genre(s): Biographical Adventure Thriller Based On In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick […]
The New X-Men: Apocalypse Trailer Makes Us Lose Our Hair Too
X-MEN: APOCALYPSE Release Date: May 27, 2016 Director: Bryan Singer Cast: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Oscar Isaac, Nicholas Hoult, Rose Byrne, Tye Sheridan, Sophie Turner, Olivia Munn, Lucas Till, Evan Peters, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Alexandra Shipp, Josh Helman, Lana Condor, Ben Hardy SYNOPSIS Following the critically acclaimed global […]
The Vampire Diaries: Cold as Ice Recap
Synopsis: Stefan and Damon hunt Julian, only to be caught and forced into the Phoenix Stone. Caroline freaks out about having Alaric’s babies. Rating: ★☆☆☆☆ Well that was one of the weakest mid-season finales in Vampire Diaries history. This episode was fairly unremarkable — we’ve got a story going in […]
The Vampire Diaries: Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me Recap
Synopsis: Nora and Mary Louise celebrate their anniversary while Lily plots to kill Julian. After a betrayal ruins Lily’s plans, Lily stabs herself. In the meantime, Caroline tells Stefan she’s pregnant. He does not handle it very well. Rating: ★★★☆☆ I read an article on how this episode supposedly empowered […]
Fassbender Excels In a Cinematic “Macbeth”
Macbeth (2015) Release Date: December 11, 2015 Cast: Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard, Paddy Considine, Sean Harris, Jack Reynor, Elizabeth Debicki, David Thewlis Director: Justin Kurzel Studio: Anton Capital Entertainment, DMC Film, Creative Scotland, Film4, See-Saw Films Distributor: Studio Canal, The Weinstein Company Genre(s): War Drama Based On The Tragedy of Macbeth by William Shakespeare […]
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