Posts for "reviews"
The Bookables Will Continue Until Morale Improves
Posted on July 23, 2022Last time I said I should post these more often. I was right. 1634: The Baltic War, by Eric Flint and David Weber This is another one of the…
Yet More Bookables
Posted on September 07, 2021Hey, books! The House in the Cerulean Sea, by TJ Klune I read The Big Idea post about this one, was intrigued, and reserved it from the…
Further Bookables
Posted on April 26, 2021To be honest, I haven’t read a lot since my post last year. After the pandemic went global, I had a hard time reading. I mostly wanted…
Bookables
Posted on March 12, 2020I read, I swear. 😳 Sorcerer to the Crown, by Zen Cho I picked this up at Dublin 2019 last summer. The author, Zen Cho, spoke at the panel…
Avengers 2: The Avengening
Posted on May 07, 2015Not as good as the first movie. The Marvel movies tend to be overstuffed, and this was no exception. I kinda wish they’d cut back on some of…
John Wick
Posted on May 07, 2015Sorry! I started writing this post in particular ages ago (OK, a month) but never got around to finishing it. Tonight I catch up. So. John…
Jupiter Ascending
Posted on February 12, 2015Right! I just watched this film tonight. It wasn’t good, but I enjoyed it. Thoughts: CG action sequences are incredibly boring. As cool as…
Ex Machina
Posted on February 12, 2015I went to see Ex Machina a few weeks ago with the meetup group. It’s about a dev for some Facebook/Google amalgamation called “Bluebook” who…
The Imitation Game
Posted on December 13, 2014Another movie, yarr. If I remember correctly, I described it afterwards as “well-made rubbish”. It just felt artificial. The framing device…
Interstellar
Posted on December 13, 2014I liked it. It felt like three movies smushed together. I don’t think it entirely worked — in particular, the emotional core of the movie is…