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 …
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: 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 …
Film Review: Dorian Gray (2009)
Dorian Gray (2009)
Directed by Jon Cunningham
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Dorian Gray (Ben Barnes) is a young, innocent country gentleman who arrives in London and becomes the subject of a campaign of corruption and induction into cynicism by the highborn, civilly sordid Harry Wotton (Colin Firth). As Dorian commits sin after sin, a beautiful portrait drawn after he first …
Film Review: The Wolfman (2010)
The Wolfman (2010)
Directed by Joe Johnston
http://www.thewolfmanmovie.com/
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Prodigal son Lawrence Talbot (Benicio del Toro) returns to the country house of his estranged father (Anthony Hopkins) after hearing his brother has gone missing, but finds he has come too late. His brother’s dead body was found in the forest, mauled by a strange beast, which the …
Film Review: Alice in Wonderland (2010)
Alice in Wonderland (2010)
Directed by Tim Burton
http://adisney.go.com/disneypictures/aliceinwonderland/
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Alice Kingsley (Mia Wasikowska) faces a choice that will affect the rest of her life – whether or not to make an advantageous match with a man she does not particularly like. Instead of deciding, she takes a moment to follow a white rabbit, who leads …
Film Review: Brother Bear
Brother Bear
http://www.disney.com
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In an undefined past in an undefined part of North America, young Kenai, a member of an undefined tribe, receives his totem and loses his older brother on the same day. Rejecting his totem, “the bear of love”, he hunts down and kills the bear he blames for his brother’s death. His brother’s …
Book Review: Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister
Confessions of an Ugly Step Sister
Gregory Maguire
http://www.gregorymaguire.com
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It’s pretty clear what Gregory Maguire’s schtick is – find a well-known story and derivate the heck out of it. He writes a very specific kind of pro-fanfic, which challenges the accepted interpretation of a beloved tale by injecting realism, death, sex and grime and telling it from …
TV Series Review: Leverage – Season 1
Leverage, Season 1
http://www.tnt.tv/series/leverage/
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An alcoholic insurance investigator teams up with five world-class criminals to play Robin Hood, ripping off big companies and corrupt, powerful figures to help out the little man.
The name of the game is sting. Or possibly con. Swindle. Heist. Think Ocean’s 11, Once a Thief or well, The Sting, in a handy …
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