With Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice about to hit theatres worldwide I thought I’d take another look at Warner Bros’s first entry in their DC Comics Extended Universe. Man of Steel was directed by “visionary director” Zack Snyder and as is often the case the term “visionary director” is to highlight the director’s unique…
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Tarzan of the Apes – Book Review
Stories of humans being raised by animals date as far back as the 5th Century BC with Romulus and Remus who were suckled by a she-wolf before founding Rome, and of course in the 1800s Rudyard Kipling wrote many short stories about young Mowgli who was also raised by wolves, but it wasn’t until 1912,…
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness: Book Review
“The monster showed up just after midnight. As they do.” Thus begins A Monster Calls, Patrick Ness’s hauntingly beautiful story of loss and pain.
Pirate Blood: Edgar Rice Burroughs – Book Review
Pirate Blood was another story, along with The Wizards of Venus, that was discovered in the safe of Edgar Rice Burroughs after his passing, and like The Wizards of Venus it was an unfinished work.
Die Hard: From Book to Screen
When Die Hard first exploded onto screens in 1988 no one could have foreseen the impact that film would have on the action genre, and certainly never guess that it would create its own subgenre “Die Hard on a insert other location here” but the biggest game changer was having an “everyman” as the protagonist…