Tag: Review

  • Gamera 2: Attack of Legion is a Kaiju Horror Movie and I Love It

    Gamera 2: Attack of Legion is a Kaiju Horror Movie and I Love It

    Y’know, it’s funny. Kaiju movies can be so cheesy that it’s easy to forget how the genre started. Before these movies were basically WWE matches with rubber costumes, they were horror films. Giant unstoppable monsters or swarms of aliens are far more terrifying when you take away the goofy costumes and silly special effects. On…

  • Valor: Bright Star and Black Sun

    We’re back again with the ‘Faithful and the Fallen‘ series. I absolutely adored the first book. So much so that I picked up book two the day my next Audible credit was available. I was starving for more! And John Gwynne served me a whole damn feast. The Banished Lands have been consumed by the…

  • Stardust: Unicorns, Witches, and First Loves

    Neil Gaiman books are always a delight. I only review one, maybe two a year. But they’re a treat that I always look forward to. Like a holiday sweet. In 1856, the rural English village of Wall stood on the border between the normal world and Faerie, a world of magic and wonder. Though the…

  • Starting Fresh with Gamera: Guardian of the Universe

    Starting Fresh with Gamera: Guardian of the Universe

    Here we are, folks. It’s the 1990s. The Heisei era has officially begun. I know nothing about the Heisei Gamera trilogy. But I am vaguely aware of its pedigree. From what tidbits I’ve gathered, these movies seem to be considered the GOATs of the franchise. Or so I understand. There’s only one way to find…

  • A Wizard of Earthsea: A Man and His Shadow

    Ah, classic fantasy. Feels like it’s been a while since I’ve read one of these. Like visiting your grandparents after a long time. I knew absolutely nothing about the Wizard of Earthsea series going into this. Nothing beyond the fact that it was classic fantasy. Having grown up on the genre, that was all I…