I was surprised to love this story much more than I expected. It’s one of the best stories I’ve read this year. However, I’m learning that I have a much harder time talking about why I love a book than criticizing what I dislike about it. In essence, this is a very classic faerie tale…
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Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher – Book Review
I had read another T. Kingfisher story late last year called Thornhedge that was, like Nettle & Bone, revisiting of a classic fairytale. While I really enjoyed Thornhedge, I came to Nettle & Bone prepared for more of the same. Nevertheless, in this story, T. Kingfisher was not only able to tell a story with…
Six Fantasy Novellas
I love fantasy fiction. As a genre, it brings the reader to so many wonderful, scary, imaginative, and vivid worlds and realities. Having magic in a story really opens up the possibilities for fun exploration and creativity. Over the last few months, I’ve read six novellas (i.e. short novels) that represent a pretty good variety…
The Residence – TV Mini-Series Review
While I do love a clever murder mystery, I can’t say that I watch a lot of them. I grew up in the 80s with the likes of Remington Steel, Murder She Wrote, and Moonlighting, where solving a mysterious murder was a fun way to spend an evening each week. Now victims seem to die…
Wicked – Movie Review
I am a big fan of the Wicked musical. It’s one of my favourites. So I came to this movie with love for the material, along with high expectations. Shockingly, and happily, this film adaptation exceeded them all, and brought the musical wonderfully to cinematic life. I enjoyed the stage musical primarily for its soundtrack….
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Movie Review
The 2018 movie Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse was a fun, visually-stunning, refreshingly-creative success that left some very large shoes to fill. Not only did this sequel, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, need to impress us with amazing animation, but also needed to continue the meaningful, heartfelt, humorous story that was begun in the first film. I’m…
Top Gun: Maverick – Movie Review
I hadn’t watched the original Top Gun until last night, but I’m glad I did and even gladder that I watched this amazing 35-year-later sequel today. As a teen in the 80s, I never understood the love for Top Gun. Its cocky, rule-breaking hero; its macho, slogan-filled dialogue; and its dizzying, testosterone-fuelled cockpit action sequences…
Spider-Man: No Way Home – Catch-up Movie Review
I’m probably one of the last people to see this movie, which has been out for almost two months. But at least this way I can comment freely without fear of giving anything away about this movie because you’ve all seen it, right? Nevertheless, just in case, I’m still issuing a spoiler alert for this…
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse – Movie Review
After having seen so many super-hero movies (especially Spider-Man movies) already, I did not expect to be impressed (never mind blown-away) by this movie. It not only needed to bring something fresh to the well-trodden Spider-Man story, but in order to be visually impressive, it also has to compete with Pixar’s animation benchmark and other…
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