Reviews

Collection of my reviews so they don't get lost. Some of them are on this blog, some of them are on Worlds Imagined, a blog that I co-author on.

Books 
Bone Dance: A Fantasy for Technophiles - a post-apocalyptic fantasy. Author: Emma Bull 

Ex-Heroes - comic book style novel with zombies and superheroes. Author: Peter Clines 

Goliath - The final book in the YA steampunk trilogy Leviathan. Author: Scott Westerfeld 

John Dies at the End - a horror comedy. Author: David Wong 

Pump Six and Other Stories - a collection of dystopian stories. Author: Paolo Bagigalupi 

Slan - golden age science fiction novel about persecuted telepaths. Author A.E. Van Vogt

Song of Scarabaeus - space opera adventure with a touch of romance. Author: Sara Creasy

The Skinner - the first book in the wacky world of Splatterjay. Author: Neal Asher

World War Z - What happens when zombies overrun humanity on a global scale? Author: Max Brooks 

Magazines and Anthologies
Arcane - horror anthology, edited by Nathan Schumate.

Movies 
Cowboys and Aliens - SF meets Western flick in this action packed film, starring Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford.

Dark Shadows - A campy parody of the late 1960's series, starring Johnny Depp.

Elysium - A sci-fi action film with heavy sociopolitical themes, starring Matt Damon and Jodie Foster.

Eyes Without a Face - a 1960 French-language psychological horror film.

Excision - a black comedy about a disturbed teenaged girl who has sexual fantasies involving surgery and blood. 

Fire and Ice - 2D animated movie for adults by  Ralph Bakshi. 

Heavy Metal 2000 - 2D animated movie for adults. Homage movie to Heavy Metal film released in 1981.

Iron Man 3 - The last Iron Man (for now), starring Robert Downy Jr. and Gwyneth Paltrow.

Jacob's Ladder - psychological thriller with bits of gore splattered about

Looper - a near-future thriller involving time-travel and the consequences it brings for one man who fails to kill his future-self

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides - the fourth installment in the Jack Sparrow pirate saga 

Terminator 4: Salvation

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (US version) - based on the novel by Swedish author and journalist Stieg Larsson, a crime thriller revolving around a family secret and the murder of women.

The Toxic Avenger - 1984 schlock film about a mop boy becoming a tutu-wearing mutant super hero.

Thor - live action film based on the Marvel comic book

TV
ABC's THE STAND miniseries - the made for TV adaptation of Stephen King's post- apocalyptic novel

Under the Dome - the craptastic "mini-series" based off of Stephen King's novel (but not really), from CBS

Anime (Japanese Cartoons)
Shamanic Princess - 6 episode series about a girl with supernatural powers trying to do what's right while also saving her friend.

Music
F.L.A.G. (Fight Like a Girl) - Emilie Autumn