Release Date: September 30, 2016 Cast: Eva Green, Asa Butterfield, Chris O’Dowd, Allison Janney, Rupert Everett, Terence Stamp, Ella Purnell, Judi Dench and Samuel L. Jackson Director: Tim Burton Studio: Chernin Entertainment, Tim Burton Productions, TSG Entertainment Distributor: 20th Century Fox Genre(s): “Dark fantasy,” adventure film Review Spoilers: Low IMDB | Rotten Tomatoes | Wikipedia Tim Burton is back, this […]
The #NerdsRead Pull List – September 21, 2016
Sam continues to enjoy Joyride from BOOM! Studios, while Kylee is curious to see how Lucas Stand is going to wrap things up in two more issues. Kingsway West from Dark Horse Comics continues to fascinate Kylee and Jackson isn’t quite sold on Green Lanterns from DC Comics, but it’s a decent issue. Check out […]
Required Reading for STEM Educators and Students – Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World
Title: Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World Author: Rachel Ignotofsky Release Date: July 26, 2016 Publisher: Ten Speed Press Genre(s): non-fiction Review Spoilers: N/A GoodReads | Amazon Did you know that a woman invented the calculator? How about that another woman discovered the sun’s chemical composition? And another conducted the famous “Doll Experiment” from Brown v Board […]
Lethal Weapon: Surf N Turf Recap
Synopsis: A noise complaint turns into a deadly shootout. Riggs and Murtaugh learn more about each other, and get in deep water over all the trouble they’ve caused. I’m pleased to say that I can – at least somewhat – scale back on most of my complaints about Lethal Weapon from […]
Shipwreck Makes the Leap from Stage to the Page in Loose Lips: Fanfiction Parodies of Great (and Terrible) Literature
Loose Lips Editors: Amy Stephenson and Casey A. Childers Release Date: September 27, 2016 Publisher: Grand Central Publishing Genre(s): Humor, Parody, Literature, Fanfiction Review Spoilers: Low GoodReads | Amazon If you haven’t heard of Shipwreck then you are missing out. An erotic fanfiction contest hosted regularly at the Booksmith bookstore in San Francisco, it’s a […]
You Should Be Watching The Good Place
Let me ask you some questions. Do you like Master of None and Emmy Winners of color? Because “Chapter Two” of The Good Place is written by Alan Yang. Do you like Cabin the Woods as produced by Joss Whedon? Because the pilot, “Chapter One,” was directed by Joss Whedon’s protege Drew Goddard, […]
From Dusk Till Dawn: Shady Glen Recap
Synopsis of 4×05: A cannibal attack in a suburban neighborhood forces Seth to bring his makeshift team together to save innocent civilians. God, do I love small town horror. “Shady Glen” brings it back to the good old days of small town horror movies, mixing Twilight Zone and Alien and The Fog, it had […]
Gotham: Burn the Witch Recap
Synopsis of 3×02: Fish takes Harvey hostage and hunts down Hugo Strange in the search for a cure. Penguin leads a mob to kill Mooney as Gordon searches for a way to rescue his former partner. I’ve written about Gotham for a year or, in years-of-watching-and-writing-about-Gotham time, what feels like an […]
“A Night Without Stars” is High-Concept Science-Fiction at its Best
Author: Peter F. Hamilton Series: The Commonwealth Series / Chronicle of the Fallers Series Release Date: September 27, 2016 Publisher: Del Rey Genre(s): Science Fiction, Space Opera Review Spoilers: Low GoodReads | Amazon Picking up A Night Without Stars, the follow up to The Abyss Beyond Dreams from Peter F. Hamilton and a part of his Commonweath […]
‘Comics Confidential’ Goes Inside the Minds of Some of Your Favorite Graphic Novelists
Comics Confidential Editor: Leonard S. Marcus Release Date: September 27, 2016 Publisher: Candlewick Press Genre(s): Non-Fiction, Interviews Review Spoilers: N/A GoodReads | Amazon As you may have noticed, pop culture has entered into a sort of nerd renaissance. Comic books and graphic novels in particular have become increasingly popular in recent years. We’re not just talking […]
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