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Among Others

Jul

11

2012

I don’t think I would have read Among Others (Jo Walton) if it weren’t for its Hugo nomination. That would have been a serious shame, since it’s a beautiful and interesting book. I definitely think that it deserves the nomination. SPOILERS FOLLOWSort of like Brave, I think Among Others isn’t really best served by the way it’s ...

Book: Twilight of the Elites

Jul

9

2012

This book is both interesting, and depressing. Interesting, of course, in the way just about anything Chris Hayes decides to talk about is worth reading. What actually motivated me to give the book a read is that Chris Hayes has been a frequent guest on the Rachel Maddow show, and he’s always interesting there. I ...

The Hollow Crown 2: Henry IV Part 1

Jul

8

2012

Henry IV part 1 today. Hilariously enough it was delayed by an hour because of Wimbledon. A tennis delay seems like something that would be so much more appropriate to Henry V… …not that I’m in any way asking for a tennis delay by the time we get to that play. I might implode. I don’t ...

An open letter to Prometheus

Jul

4

2012

Yo, here be spoilers.Dear Prometheus: I wanted to love you, I really did. From the moment I first saw the trailer I thought this was going to be one of the movies I was born to love. Horseshoe ship! Space jockey! Michael Fassbender! Flamethrowers! And it’s not like I generally have standards that high, right? ...

Brave

Jul

1

2012

There are many things I manifestly Do Not Get about the reactions people seem to be having to Brave. I’ve been hearing a lot of talk about it not being up to the standards of other Pixar movies. Or it’s just too much of a girl movie. Or something. What? Did we even see the ...

The Hollow Crown 1: Richard II

Jul

1

2012

I have been in a state of nerd DEFCON 2 all year, I swear. 2012 is starting to feel like the apology for the (other than Thor) rather thin offerings of things that to watch in 2011. But I haven’t just been vibrating with barely controlled glee over the various extravaganzas of shit blowing up ...

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter 1

Jun

24

2012

Try, for a moment, to imagine the most ridiculously awesome thing possible. Imagine a unicorn composed of woven rainbows and cotton candy with hooves of chiming silver bells and a goofy, horsey smile. Imagine this unicorn galloping across a sky made of pie and pudding and baby giggles while Eric Prydz’s Call On Me remix plays in ...

Thor Loki Makes Me Go Squee

May

9

2011

I liked the hell out of Thor; it’s a fun movie, and I hope I’ll get to see it again while it’s still in theaters. Watch out, mateys, THAR BE SPOILERS AHEAD! SPOILERS I liked Thor as a character well enough, and I appreciated that his major arc was realizing that he was kind of ...

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