my reads: Rivers of London and London Falling
The incredibly surface similarities between these two urban fantasy series in no way hampered my immense enjoyment of either.
Month: June 2014
Forgotten Men documentary review: antiwar hopes from between the wars
This 1934 English antiwar propaganda film is a fascinating and, in retrospect, bittersweet document of the brief era between WWI and WWII.
Pluto movie rating: yellow light
Brings a socially aware twist to the Korean horror genre, but ultimately fizzles as a cultural cautionary tale.
London photo: porn for Baldrick
At Borough Market.
The Totally Geeky Guide to The Princess Bride now available for Kindle on Amazon
And also for the Nook, iBooks, and just about any e-reader device you might have.
London photo: procession in aid of the football
On Thursday afternoon, I witnessed this procession in Leicester Square…
there’s a new Star Trek Continues… and it’s Mirror Universe!
Herewith E03, “Fairest of Them All.” Enjoy!
London photo: one last view from the Shard (33rd floor)
One last look out at the world from Chinese restaurant Hutong, on the 33rd floor of the Shard…
Coherence movie review: night out of mind
Deploys twisty sci-fi concepts to warp the almost-clichéd dinner-party soap opera into a horror story of the human condition in the face of quantum philosophy.
3 Days to Kill movie rating: red light
If it’s meant to be a spy thriller, it’s not exciting. If it’s meant to be a comedy, it’s not funny. If it’s meant to be dumb, absurd, and risible, it’s a success.
