Showing posts with label Zhaoyun. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Zhaoyun. Show all posts
Friday, April 27, 2018

Microreview [TV series]: Lost in Space (2018)

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Even the gorgeous visuals can't save this turd. Lost in Space (TV series). Netflix, April 2018. I remember watching Apollo 13...
Wednesday, March 21, 2018

Microreview [film]: Mute, directed by Duncan Jones

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A Gorgeous Onion! Jones, Duncan. Mute . 2018 'Tis available worldwide (only?) on Netflix, as of 2018. The name 'Duncan Jon...
Wednesday, March 14, 2018

Microreview [TV series]: The Frankenstein Chronicles

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They’ve squared the circle! Sean Bean's character shuffles off his mortal coal…yet is alive again for Season Two?!? Doesn't Sea...
Wednesday, February 21, 2018

Microreview [film]: Bright

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Way better than I expected--thanks, critics! Ayer, David, dir.  Bright. Netflix: Dec. 2017. It could simply be because I watche...
Friday, October 6, 2017

Microreview [novella]: Strange Dogs, by James S.A. Corey

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A delightful—because contained in scope—science fiction-y “what if”   Corey, James S.A. Strange Dogs . Orbit, 2017. Buy it here...
Friday, September 22, 2017

Microreview [book]: Babylon's Ashes (book six of The Expanse), by James S.A. Corey

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  A rather anticlimactic conclusion to the Holden/Nagata vs. Inaros saga, with too much Holden and Inaros and not enough Nagata! Core...
Wednesday, September 6, 2017

Microreview [book]: Nemesis Games, by James S.A. Corey

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‘The gang’  (and, you know, everyone else) imperiled—a satisfying ante-upper indeed! You can buy it here .  Since there was a b...
Friday, August 25, 2017

Microreview [book]: Cibola Burn (book four of the Expanse series)

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The weakest entry in the series (so far)…and yet still great fun! Corey, James S.A. Cibola Burn. Hachette Book Group, 2015. Buy...
Friday, May 19, 2017

Microreview [book]: Crossroads of Canopy, by Thoraiya Dyer

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If you haven’t read this yet, why on earth not? And if you have yet somehow didn’t like it, seriously: why on earth not? Dyer, Thoraiy...
Friday, May 12, 2017

Microreview [book]: Wrath, by John Gwynne

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A satisfying denouement to a tetralogy teetering on the edge of drowning in grimdark savagery The reviewer isn't kidding about ...
Wednesday, February 22, 2017

Microreview [books]: The (original) Muirwood trilogy, by Jeff Wheeler

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Beats the pants (most of the way) off of expectations, but—ironically—insists in a prudish way that everyone’s pants stay on Buy th...
Friday, December 2, 2016

Microreview [book(s)]: 2/3 of An Affinity for Steel, by Sam Sykes

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Going from not so great to pretty good (to better?) Sykes, Sam. An Affinity for Steel . Orbit, 2016. You can buy it here . Re...
Friday, November 11, 2016

Microreview [film]: The Zero Theorem, directed by Terry Gilliam

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To quote Keanu Reeves from practically any movie…whoa. Gilliam, Terry, dir. The Zero Theorem. 2013. Film. I’ve seen Brazil , and ...
Tuesday, October 4, 2016

Microreview [book]: Assimilation, by James Stryker

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An intriguing premise that turned out to be an explosive disappointment Stryker, James. Assimilation . Momentum, 2016. What if yo...