Not-a-review: Pineapple Express (2008)
Note: This is my attempt to write a review that doesn’t grade the film or make any direct statements about whether it was good, bad, or sort of good, etc. So there are NO stars, just thoughts. The idea behind this is that whether you enjoy a film or don’t actually has very little …
Book Review: Odd Girl Out
Review: Odd Girl Out
Ann Bannon
http://www.annbannon.com/
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Perhaps it isn’t fair to review a first novel written in 1957 from the point of view of 2001, but at least it’s interesting.
Spirited sorority star Beth takes high-strung newcomer Laura under her wing, with results that can be predicted from the title by anyone familiar with 1950s terms for …
Book Review: Bobby Blanchard, Lesbian Gym Teacher
Review: Bobby Blanchard, Lesbian Gym Teacher
Monica Nolan
http://monicanolan.com/
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The year is 1962. Bobby Blanchard is fresh out of college, and fresh out of dreams since a nasty fall disqualified her from professional field hockey. Instead, she’s taken a post as the Games Mistress in the exclusive Metamora Academy for Young Ladies. Behind its tall gates await …
Review: Red Dwarf: Back to Earth
Review: Red Dwarf: Back to Earth
Grant Naylor production
http://reddwarf.co.uk
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I am not even going to pretend I’m not biased towards this franchise. I totally am. However, I’ll try to keep some perspective.
The original Red Dwarf TV series was a BBC sitcom based on a lone earth mining ship, the Red Dwarf, travelling through space three …
Comic Review: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: 1910
Review: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: 1910
Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill
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1910 is another more or less standalone entry into the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen comic series by writer Alan Moore and artist Kevin O’Neill. I say “comic” because as this instalment is fairly short it would be a bit cheeky to call it a …
Book Review: Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can’t Avoid
Review: Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can’t Avoid
Lemony Snicket
http://www.lemonysnicket.com/
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Note: I realize it’s a bit cheeky reviewing a book of quotations, but it’s either this or another bit of nothing.
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Horseradish is a book of quotations drawn mostly from Lemony Snicket’s Series of Unfortunate Events books. The author, as you might know, is also a fictional character, …
Review: New Swedes
Review: New Swedes
Kristina Müntzing
http://www.kristinamuntzing.com
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Sometimes a piece of art seems pointless until you read the artist’s intention. At other times, it is so much better if you don’t. The latter is the case with “New Swedes”.
The piece is a collection of modified dolls mounted on a wall on individual red shelves. The …
Review: Ten Thousand Waves
Review: Ten Thousand Waves
Isaac Julien
http://www.isaacjulien.com/
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Ten Thousand Waves is a video installation – a film played on four different screens – inspired by a tragedy where 13 Chinese clam collectors drowned off the coast of North Wales, by the British artist Isaac Julien. It’s currently on display in Helsinki’s Taidehalli.
The film mainly …
Book Review: A Man of Means
A Man of Means
P.G. Wodehouse & C.H. Bovill
P.G. Wodehouse Society
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Perhaps it’s a mistake to even attempt to review a P.G. Wodehouse novel. If you’ve read one, you have a pretty good idea of what they’re all like, and you’ve probably already decided whether or not you like them. I happen to like them.
In …
Book Review: Mirror, Mirror
Mirror, Mirror
Gregory Maguire
http://www.gregorymaguire.com
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Warning: Contains the f-word, repeatedly.
I give up, Greg.
Wicked gave us a gritty re-imagining of a fantasy world that most of us know best from the saccharine weirdness that was the 1939 film, with intricate characterization, gay people, complex morality and sex! And a weird-ass disability depiction. Okay. I got past that, though …
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