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Review: Game of Thrones, Season 2
I really meant to review this ages ago, but it had the misfortune of airing at pretty much exactly the start of the shittiest part of my year, and I didn’t really review much of anything (or do much of … Continue reading
Posted in A Game of Thrones, Review
Tagged A Game of Thrones, A Song of Ice and Fire, Arya Stark, Brienne, Brienne and Jaime's Very Bloody Buddy Movie, Catelyn Stark, Cersei, Charles Dance, Daenerys Targaryen, feminism, Game of Thrones, Gwendoline Christie, Jaime Lannister, kickass ladies, Lena Headey, Maisie WIlliams, Peter Dinklage, racism, Sansa Stark, Season 2, sexism, Tyrion Lannister, Tywin Lannister
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Review: The Dark Knight Rises
Title: The Dark Knight Rises Cinematic release: 2012 Starring: Christian Bale, Anne Hathaway, Gary Oldman, Tom Hardy, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard, Morgan Freeman, and Michael Caine Written by: Christopher Nolan and David S Goyer Directed by: Christopher Nolan I’d been … Continue reading
Review: The Amazing Spider-man
Title: The Amazing Spider-man Cinematic Release: 2012 Starring: Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans, Denis Leary, Martin Sheen, Sally Field, and Irrfan Khan Written by: James Vanderbilt, Alvin Sargent, and Steve Kloves Directed by: Marc Webb There are two things … Continue reading
Review: Prometheus
Title: Prometheus Cinematic Release: 2012 Starring: Noomi Rapace, Guy Pearce, Idris Elba, Logan Marshall-Green, Charlize Theron, and Michael Fassbender Written by: Jon Spaihts and Damon Lindelof Directed by: Sir Ridley Scott There has been an awful lot of hype about … Continue reading
Posted in Prometheus, Review
Tagged Alien, Aliens, Charlize Theron, film, Idris Elba, kickass ladies, Michael Fassbender, Noomi Rapace, Prometheus, review, Ridley Scott, science fiction
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Review: Rome Burning, by Sophia McDougall
Title: Rome Burning Author: Sophia McDougall Series/Stand alone: Volume Two of the Romanitas Trilogy Genre: Alternate History/Fantasy First Published: 2007 Edition Reviewed: Orion Books/Gollancz (2008) Hb/Pb/ebook: Paperback Price: Available from Amazon Market Place from £0.01 (+P&P) at time of posting. … Continue reading
Posted in Review, Romanitas, Rome Burning
Tagged alternate history, fantasy, kickass ladies, review, Romanitas, Rome, Rome Burning, Sophia McDougall
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Reviewing Through the Time Machine: The Glass Slipper
Title: The Glass Slipper Cinematic release: 1955 Starring: Leslie Caron and Michael Wilding Written by: Helen Deutsch Directed by: Charles Walters Genre: Fairytale/Fantasy/Romance Price: Only available on VHS. Available on eBay at time of posting at £15.75 + £11.49 P&P … Continue reading
Posted in Review, The Glass Slipper, Uncategorized
Tagged ballet, Cinderella, fairytales, feminism, film, kickass ladies, Leslie Caron, Michael Wilding, The Glass Slipper
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Review: Romanitas, by Sophia McDougall
Title: Romanitas Author: Sophia McDougall Series/Stand alone: Volume One of the Romanitas Trilogy Genre: Alternate History/Fantasy First Published: 2005 Edition Reviewed: Gollancz (2011) Hb/Pb/ebook: ebook – Kindle Price: £4.99 on Amazon at time of posting. Plot: Rome never died. The … Continue reading
Posted in Review, Romanitas, Sophia McDougall
Tagged alternate history, fatasy, kickass ladies, Marcus Novius, review, Romanitas, Rome, Sophia McDougall, Una
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Read Along with Rhube 14: A Dance with Dragons, Chapters 27 & 28
(Index to previous A Dance with Dragons posts, here.) An aside about the physical object: I still have no regrets about buying the hulking mass of maybe-I-won’t-read-this-one-whilst-I-walk-to-work; I still think the cover art is chic and stylish; the matt finish, … Continue reading
Torchwood: Mircale Day – Finale
(Index to previous Torchwood reviews here.) I feel like I’m the only person on the Internet who’s going to say this, but I thought this was non-stop bad-ass awesome. I simply don’t comprehend the level of vitriol this season has … Continue reading
Posted in Review, Torchwood
Tagged Episode 10, Esther Drummond, Finale, Gwen Cooper, Jack Harkness, Jilly Kitzinger, kickass ladies, Oswald Danes, Red Dwarf, Rex, Torchwood, Torchwood: Miracle Day
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