Monthly Archives: November 2011

Book Review: A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Borroughs Written by the man who would later go on to create Tarzan, this is the first book in the ‘Barsoom’ set of books (Barsoom being a name for the planet … Continue reading →

Red Dwarf Series 4 A great outing for the crew of Red Dwarf, maintaining the feet they found in series 3, and containing some wonderful sci-fi ideas as well as excellent gags. It consists of 6 episodes: ‘Camille’, ’DNA’, ’Justice’,  … Continue reading →

An Idiot Abroad – Series 1 and 2 This show is about the travels of Karl Pilkington, a long-time colleague of the comedy writers/performers Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant.  Karl is rather close-minded, glum and always seems to find the … Continue reading →

Game of Thrones This is an excellent 10-part drama about the intrigues, violence and everything else you’d expect in a clearly adult drama series set in fictional kingdoms that bear than more than a passing resemblance to Tolkein’s middle earth … Continue reading →

The Grinch (2000) Made in 2000 and directed by Ron Howard but mostly dismissed somewhat by critics and held up in many circles to be a bit of a Christmas turkey, this is, in my opinion, a most excellent and … Continue reading →

I am Spock by Leonard Nimoy This is a memoir by Nimoy which zooms through his involvement with the TV series (but gives enough to be interesting) and then more exhaustively covers his involvement with the 6 star trek movies … Continue reading →

Ronin An interesting work by Miller predating his more famous works (such as The Dark Knight Returns, Sin City and 300), and hailed by some as his first masterpiece, I was definitely engaged for the first half of book one … Continue reading →

Rather over-extended story (spanning 7 episodes) about Marco Polo encountering the Tardis crew and taking their ‘flying caravan’ as a gift for the Kublai Khan.  This was a really-drawn-out, wordy story, that meandered about for much of its running time, … Continue reading →

Beneath the Planet of the Apes Okay, this starts with 5 minutes from the end of the first movie, after which we see Charlton Heston as Taylor disappear into a landscape, leaving his non-talking companion Nova alone on a horse … Continue reading →

Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett This is the third book by Pratchett about Discworld, and involves no characters from the previous books – and as such the reader can read this one as a standalone without being disadvantaged. It involves … Continue reading →

The 40 year-old virgin The film wasn’t that funny or particularly engaging for the first 10 or so minutes, the characters seemed flat, and there weren’t many laughs. It warmed up a bit during a poker game, where a little … Continue reading →

Batman: Year One This 2011 animated movie is adapted quite directly from a graphic novel of the same name.  It’s a rather good origin story, plotting the course of two men arriving in Gotham – Bruce Wayne after years of … Continue reading →