Pages Tagged “Moved: Reviews”
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- I Finally Saw “Ragtime”
Ragtime has even more emotional impact on stage than the songs do alone, and the historical themes resonate strongly with the present day.
- Goin’ On a Typo Hunt
Two friends cross the country with a Sharpie pen, correcting grammatical and spelling errors in road and shop signs. And there’s a book.
I may need this.
- Finished The Gathering Storm (Wheel of Time) – It’s Good
The first book of the 3-part conclusion to The Wheel of Time lives up to its promise. It may not be 100% Robert Jordan, but it’s the next best thing.
- Seeing Transformers 2
I finally saw Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen today. In some ways it wasn’t as awful as I’d heard, and in some ways it was worse. I’m glad I waited for the second-run showing and only spent $1.75. Read on…
- Review of Justice League: The New Frontier
One of the highlights of WonderCon this weekend was the premiere of Justice League: The New Frontier. I really liked Darwyn Cooke’s original mini-series, DC: The New Frontier, and I’d been looking forward to the animated adaptation. Overall, I’d say the film succeeds. The story links the dawn of the Silver Age of comics, and […]
- Bully!
At long last, I’ve located a copy of Tales from the Bully Pulpit! It’s a sci-fi comedy graphic novel featuring a time-traveling Teddy Roosevelt and the ghost of Thomas Edison, battling a descendant of Adolf Hitler. On Mars. Wearing mecha armor. (No, really, I am not making this up!) Seriously, how can you co wrong […]
- Technicolor Wheel
The first issue of the New Spring comic book was surprisingly good. I wasn’t sure how well Robert Jordan’s writing would translate to the medium, and of course a lot of details are lost, but Chuck Dixon has done a good job adapting the story, and Mike Miller’s art is incredible. The book opens with […]