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Wolverine returns after a four year absence from the big screen in a well-made effort that’s solid rather than spectacular. After the events of X-Men: The Last Stand, Logan aka Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) is living alone in the Canadian wilderness and having nightmares about former teammate Jean Grey (Famke Janssen), who died at his hands… Read More Review: The Wolverine
Yes, it’s been out forever, but I have a galloping allergy to films everyone tells me I “have to see.” Seriously. Usually, because the majority of the human race has shit taste in film, and I hate Pretty Woman with all of my heart and soul. Now, that said, I actually quite liked The Cabin… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #259 – Cabin in the Woods
Ok, so I was fortunate enough to meet the lovely and talented Ms. Rambo at Norwescon this spring, and pick up a copy of this book to review. Needless to say, I am late. But… I loved the book! Once things settled down enough that I could actually sit and read the book, boy did… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #258 – Near + Far: Stories of the Near Future and the Far by Cat Rambo
Ok, I love all of the Animal Crossing games I’ve played to date. I have Animal Crossing: Wild World for the original DS, Animal Crossing: City Folk for the Wii. So, when my family told me that they (my parents) wanted us (my sister and I), to spend a week driving around the state of… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #257 – Animal Crossing: New Leaf
Best. Superman. Movie. Ever. Superman has been rebooted for the 21st century, but he’s still recognizably Superman. Sent to Earth from a doomed Krypton by his birth parents Jor-El and Lara (Russell Crowe, Ayelet Zurer), Kal-El is adopted by the Kents (Kevin Costner, Diane Lane). As an adult, Clark Kent (Henry Cavill) engages in anonymous,… Read More Review: Man of Steel
Iron Man 3 has a ’60s pulp spy novel vibe wed to irreverent black humor, giving it a different flavor than its predecessors. But it works. Oh, does it work. In the wake of his near-death experience in The Avengers, Tony Stark aka Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.) is obsessively struggling with PTSD and a… Read More Review: Iron Man 3
So, in post 253, I linked to the ShortPacked comic, where the female artist character demonstrates what Batman would look like if he were a female sexual fantasy instead of a male power fantasy. The reason that comic is so important, and so often cited, is that when we start talking about the sexualization of… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #255 – False Equivalency
Ok, so I bought this book the day after it came out, and then did not have time to read it until last week. Wherein, I devoured it in two days of bus commute, finishing it up over dinner while ignoring my husband and room-mates. I’m sure most of you already know what I’m… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #254 – Review: Midnight Blue-Light Special by Seanan McGuire
Kel McDonald draws and writes the Sorcery 101 webcomic, of which I am a huge fan. She has several other projects going on, but this time I want to talk about Fame and Misfortune. Fame and Misfortune takes place in the same world as her Sorcery 101 webcomic, but focuses on completely different characters. Rebecca… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #252 – Fame and Misfortune by Kel McDonald
Supernatural Noir is a short story collection, edited by Ellen Datlow (one of the best SF/F collection editors ever in my opinion) and published by Dark Horse Comics. The stories all concern supernatural elements, in a very noir style. Many of them emulate the literature of the Noir period (1930s) embodied in the works… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #247 – Review: Supernatural Noir
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