The Acolyte: Jedi, Sith, cool helmets, and Great Fights!
The Acolyte episodes 3 to 6 recap and thoughts. Things get all feisty! I’m enjoying the Acolyte. It’s fun and has lots of Jedis fighting, other force users, and general … Read More
The Cosmic Scroll is a new Substack all about SFF
I finally started a Substack called The Cosmic Scroll! It will look at all things related to science fiction and fantasy – aka SFF. Exciting stuff. Here is the blurb: … Read More
Is the Fallout show worth watching? A gamer’s perspective
I finished the Fallout series recently. I am a huge fan of the games and have literally spent hours wandering around the post-apocalyptic wasteland, shooting mutants and crazed humans in … Read More
The Acolyte episodes 1 & 2 – Lost / Found, Revenge / Justice
I watched the first two episodes of The Acolyte last night – the shiny new Star Wars extravaganza. If you are reading this, you’ve either watched it and are wondering … Read More
Rebel Moon: The Scargiver. Better than Part One?
Rebel Moon Part Two: The Scargiver dropped on Netflix recently. If you are reading this, you’re probably wondering if it is better than Rebel Moon: A Child of Fire. Or … Read More
Is ‘The Three-Body Problem’ on Netflix worth a watch?
I’d always meant to read The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu. It has been much lauded, after all, and I like that about a book. But I had also heard … Read More
Rebel Moon Part One: A Child of Fire
I finally got around to watching Rebel Moon Part One: A Child of Fire by Zack Snyder. Partly because Rebel Moon Part Two: The Scargiver is coming out in a … Read More
The new Fallout Trailer looks mutastically superb
I love the Fallout games, and now they are coming to Amazon Prime in live-action form. Like most people, I’ve only actually played Fallout 3, Fallout New Vegas, and Fallout … Read More
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters – Secrets and Beasts in the MonsterVerse
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters is set just after the Godzilla movie – not the first black-and-white Godzilla movie, obviously, and not the rubbish 90s one. This was the 2014 version, … Read More
The Rats is a delightfully gory James Herbert classic
I first read The Rats by James Herbert in the 80s when I was a teen. I loved it then and thought it was time for a revisit. The book … Read More