Fantasy and science fiction books and blogposts
I watched Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker, last weekend, and I doubt I will surprise anyone when I say that I didn't like it. That is not to say that there weren't bits of it I loved fervently - I think all of the fight scenes between Rey and Kylo were excellently... Continue Reading →
Last weekend the S.O. and I sat down to watch The Dark Crystal at his insistence, likely in response to Netflix's recent announcement of a prequel series. This movie obviously has a special place in many hearts and mine is one of them - I watched this movie around the same time I was also... Continue Reading →
Hello, and welcome. Did you catch the premier? I did, and I recommend you brush up on the following movies: The AvengersCaptain America: Winter SoldierCaptain America: Civil WarDr. StrangeAvengers: Infinity War While watching all the movies is a great goal, most of us don't have time for that. These five should get you to a... Continue Reading →
Happy one week anniversary of one of my favorite recent superhero movies. Let's talk about Captain Marvel. I've said before and I'll say again that I'm not a reader of the Marvel comics. I'm not much of a comic book reader in general. So my introduction to all Marvel superheroes is generally the one I... Continue Reading →
This blogpost finishes up my analysis of Infinity War, previously started last week. Here we'll be taking a look at the stakes and the level of uncertainty in the film. Let's proceed. In the last blogpost, I talked mostly about characterization that needed to be beefed up to have made Infinity War connect for me.... Continue Reading →
I finally got around to seeing Avengers: Infinity War. This movie is the latest Marvel installment in their current franchise reboot. They've done some really fun and amazing ones recently, but there have also been some major flops for me, including Dr. Strange and Guardians 2. For me, Infinity War fell closer to these two... Continue Reading →
So here's a weird thing. I was really sick and high on cough medicine a few weekends ago and I happened to finally watch Thor: The Dark World (hereafter Thor 2 or The Dark World). Obviously, I was watching this movie well after having seen the glory that was Thor: Ragnarok, and it gave me... Continue Reading →
I've been looking forward to the movie adaptation of Annihilation for a long time, largely because I really enjoyed the book and also because of one specific reason: the cast of the book is, with one exception, entirely female. This is a big deal, since the story revolves around a bunch of highly-educated, idiosyncratic scientists... Continue Reading →
I've had some time to think about The Shape of Water, which I saw a few weeks ago, and I have decided the thing that most impressed me about the film was not the beautiful composition, nor the aesthetic, nor, even, the commentary on how society attempts to break the outsiders among us into something... Continue Reading →
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