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Read Along With Rhube: A Dance With Dragons – Prologue & Chapter 1
There are already ample reviews of George R R Martin’s latest plump volume. I was never going to get ahead of the curve on this one, and I have no intention of rushing the pleasure of reading such a sumptuously … Continue reading
Posted in A Dance With Dragons, RAWR, Read Along with Rhube, Review
Tagged A Dance with Dragons, book, fantasy, George R R Martin, review, Tyrion, Tyrion Lannister
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Charmed Life, by Diana Wynne Jones
Title: Charmed Life Author: Diana Wynne Jones Series/Standalone: Originally a standalone, but spawned several Chrestomanci involved books Genre: Fantasy First Published: 1977 Edition Reviewed: Collins Modern Classics 2001 (illustration is a different edition, but I like it better) Hb/Pb: Paperback … Continue reading
Posted in Charmed Life, Diana Wynne Jones, Review
Tagged Charmed Life, Children's fiction, Chrestomanci, Diana Wynne Jones, fantasy, fiction, magic, review
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Game of Thrones – A Reflective
You may recall that I blogged six months ago at the precise moment when my squee for the proposed HBO adaptation of A Game of Thrones reached a level at which I felt I could say with conviction ‘This is … Continue reading
Posted in Game of Thrones, Peter Dinklage, Shameless Squee
Tagged A Game of Thrones, A Song of Ice and Fire, Arya Stark, Daenerys Targaryen, Emlia Clarke, Emmy, epic, fantasy, femnism, Game of Thrones, George R R Martin, HBO, Jaime Lannister, kickass ladies, Maisie WIlliams, Miltos Yerolemou, Nikolaj Coster, Peter Dinklage, Sean Bean, sexy gentlemen, Syrio Forel, TV adaptations, Tyrion Lannister, YouTube videos
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Possession
Title: Possession Release: 2009 Starring: Sarah Michelle Geller and Lee Pace Written by: Michael Petroni and Won-mi Byun Directed by: Joel Bergvall and Simon Sandquist Genre: Psychological Thriller Price: Available from Amazon Marketplace from £5.78 at time of posting (only … Continue reading
Posted in Lee Pace, Possession, Review
Tagged angst, body swap, DVD, fantasy, film, Lee Pace, movie, Possession, review, Sarah Michelle Geller, sexy gentlemen, straight to DVD, suspense, thriller
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Part II of my article on the end of The Dark Tower
So, things are somewhat less than 100% serene in Wombledonia at the moment, but one awesome thing that happened yesterday is that the second part of my article on the end of the Dark Tower came out in Hub. I’m … Continue reading
Posted in Article, Hub, Stephen King, The Dark Tower, Theories
Tagged cross-genre, epic, fantasy, Homer, Hub, literary analysis, literary criticism, review, science fiction, Stephen King, The Dark Tower, Tolkein, Virgil, western, writing
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Green Lantern
I really, really like superhero films. I like space. I like people with powers. I like skin-tight jumpsuits. I like secret identity angst. Although I do not think all superhero movies are good, they rarely bore me. X-men 3 was … Continue reading
Posted in Green Lantern, Review, superheroes
Tagged Blake Lively, fantasy, Green Lantern, review, Ryan Reynolds, science fiction, secret identity angst, superheroes, superpowers, Tim Robins
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X-Men: First Class
Except for the exceptions, this movie is exceptional. If there’s one superhero movie you should make the time to see this year, it’s this one. I haven’t decided yet whether to regard it as my favourite superhero movie of all … Continue reading
Posted in Review, superheroes, X-Men First Class
Tagged Charles Xavier, Emma Frost, fantasy, film, James McAvoy, January Jones, Jennifer Lawrence, Kevin Bacon, Magneto, Michael Fassbender, movie, Mystique, Raven, Rebecca Romijn, review, science fiction, Sebastian Shaw, superheroes, superpowers, X-men, X-men First Class
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