Year: 2017
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How to Catch a Witch – Book Review
By: Ned Miller It is not often that I get to fall in love with a book or an author, these days. I have read too extensively to have this fresh perspective, required in order to read a book with the same wide-eyed wonder as I used to in my youth. But it does happen, and when it happens it’s…
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Split, by Maayan Sulami
Split By: Maayan Sulami 4 isn’t answering her phone again. She always forgets it at home or doesn’t charge it, and then I have no way of contacting her; it drives me crazy. It’s fine when she goes to the grocery store, but when she picks Romi from kindergarten, it freaks me out. I text the group to see if…
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Space Oddities: SnarfQuest (Larry Elmore, 1983)
Each month, Raz Greenberg reviews an overlooked piece of science fiction, fantasy or horror – be it a film, a television episode, a comic or a game – one that should have gotten more attention when it first came out and should still be remembered, in his opinion. This month, he reviews the only comic strip drawn by one of…
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In Defense of Supporting Characters – Some Thoughts on Thor: Ragnarok
By: Ned Miller Thor: Ragnarok may be lots of fun but in this Spoiler response to the movie I wish to discuss its treatment of supporting characters. One of the things which made MCU’s Thor so human and relatable was that he normally did not operate alone. He had his gang, his group of adventurer friends, who have been by…
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Thor: Ragnarok, 2017 – Movie Review
Probably since the first Avengers movie, directed by Joss Whedon, Marvel has earned itself a place of honor in audience’s hearts, thanks to the shameless self-humor it introduced into its comics movies. This attitude was backed by viewers who voted in favor with their feet and wallets, and reached its culmination in the first “Guardians of the Galaxy.” By…
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The Rest of Us Just Live Here – Book Review
By: Ned Miller The synopsis on the back of Patrick Ness’ book, The Rest of Us Just Live Here is both true and misleading. It briefly tells the premise of the plot: a parody of supernatural high school narratives, which recounts a Buffy the Vampire Slayer-like story, from the point of view of the regular students. Had Ness contented himself…
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