I’ve mentioned before that, although I had enjoyed the Russell T Davies-led revival of Doctor Who, I thought it could be rather self-indulgent and seemed to rely on a lot of people dying for the Doctor, which isn’t the happiest note to strike in a family-friendly programme. I've also said…
Welcome To Tranquility Books One and Two, collecting issues #1–12 by Gail Simone and Neil Googe I picked up these two trade paperbacks in the Gosh! half-price sale, but even then they were rather expensive – the full price for a single trade would have been £14.50 ($20), which is…
I love the Lego games and I love the Harry Potter books and films, so I knew in advance that I was going to love Lego Harry Potter Years 1–4. And it didn’t disappoint. If you enjoy the films and enjoy the cuteness and humour that Travellers Tales bring to…
Being a collection of quick thoughts concerning some programmes I’ve watched using legal means and without paid-for cable/satellite channels. Warehouse 13 Virgin recently showed the (appropriately) 13 episodes of the first season of this fun little series, which can be seen as The X-Files with humour: a male Secret Service…
Another Comic-Con has come and gone, and the internet pauses to have a bit of a breather, after running around posting images and talking about teaser footage and reporting on panels. And, another San Diego Comic-Con has happened without me being there; so am I bitter? No, and yes, but…
Dynamo 5 #1–7 by Jay Faerber and Mahmud A Asrar I'm not sure why I bought this trade paperback – I hadn't read anything by Faerber before, let alone own any of his work. I think there were several factors behind the decision: Greg Burgas was a big advocate of…
They will soon be releasing the remake of The Karate Kid in this country, which meant that they showed the original version on television. I thought I should capture some thoughts on it after revisiting it because I have a huge soft spot for it – the film came out…
[An old memory, from my time living in America, as I tried to capture my experience of going to an American football match, having only watched it on television.] Sunday, 15 September 2002. Indianapolis, Indiana. I have a ticket to see the Miami Dolphins take on the Indianapolis Colts at…
By Walter Mosley I remember seeing, and enjoying, the film adaptation of this book when it first came out; among a cast that included Denzel Washington as Ezekiel ‘Easy’ Rawlins, Jennifer Beals as Daphne Monet and Tom Sizemore as DeWitt Albright, I remember it particularly for the first time I’d…
[Being further notes I wrote a long time ago but never posted for some reason.] Die Hard 4.0 This film is essentially the same concept as the earlier films: a terrorist distraction tactic to disguise a large robbery. Not that we want originality in our franchises or anything … Bruce…