12 May 2013
Cast: Anton Yelchin, Benedict Cumberbatch, Chris Pine, Karl Urban, Simon Pegg, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana
Script: Alex Kurtzman, Damon Lindelof, Roberto Orci
Genre: Action, sff
Setting: space, the future
6 Stars
5 Comments
Terrorism is everywhere these days. From Iron Man to Star Trek and everywhere in between, you just can’t get away from it. In this case Capt. Kirk is on the trail of a Star Fleet operative gone rogue. He’s blown … Continue reading
14 April 2013
Cast: Andrea Riseborough, Melissa Leo, Morgan Freeman, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Olga Kurylenko, Tom Cruise
Script: Joseph Kosinski, Karl Gajdusek, Michael Arndt
Genre: Action, sff
Setting: 2070s, the future
6 Stars
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Jack is a drone repair man. Before his assignment on earth his memory, and that of his communications officer, was wiped, to protect the mission. 60 years ago, or so, the alien scavengers attacked. They destroyed the moon and forced … Continue reading
20 October 2012
Cast: Hanna Stanbridge, James Nesbitt, Karen Gillan, Katie Dickie, Niall Bruton
Script: Colm McCarthy, Tom K. McCarthy
Genre: horror, sff
Setting: 2010s, Scotland
6 Stars
3 Comments
Part of my RIP Peril Onscreen Fergal and his mother are on the run. They arrive in a rundown block of flats, clearly hiding out. Mary wants to keep her son safe, but he is a teenager, and trying to … Continue reading
6 October 2012
Call no: 800
Genre: sff
6 Stars
2 Comments
Over a thousand years ago the first Human came to Everland. And that led to the Melding; the Human world crashed into the Folk world and out of the destruction both worlds were now joined. Ever since the Folk have … Continue reading
Book 1 in the Barsoom series In post-Civil War Arizona John Carter has found a gold rich mine. His partner sets out to buy machinery to let them work it properly, but as he leaves the mine site he is … Continue reading
25 August 2012
Call no: 800
Genre: sff, short stories
Setting: Italy
6 Stars
6 Comments
Giovanni moves to a new city, and finds that his apartment overlooks an enclosed garden where beautiful flowers grow. And a beautiful woman tends to them. She is Beatrice, the daughter of Rappaccini. But a friend of his father, Baglioni, … Continue reading
23 June 2012
Call no: 800
Genre: historical fiction, sff
Setting: alternate world, C19th, Naples
6 Stars
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Conrad Scalese’s latest opera was a great success. Unfortunately the theatre in which it was performed has just been stuck by lightening. And since the composer and many of the performers have fled Naples the church decides to blame him. … Continue reading
14 January 2012
Call no: 800
Genre: Juv/YA, sff
Setting: 1580s, C16th, Prague, Vienna
6 Stars
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Jan lives with his aunt and uncle. His parents died of the plague and he had to leave his home village and move to Vienna. At first he is, understandably withdrawn and upset, but after a few months his uncle … Continue reading
Sequel to Pegasus and the flame As I said about the first book, this is a children’s book and is written for its market. Which means that it isn’t too concerned with character twists and darkness, or subverting genres, or … Continue reading
31 December 2011
Cast: Jeremy Renner, Miraj Grbic, Paula Patton, Simon Pegg, Tom Cruise
Script: André Nemec, Josh Appelbaum
Genre: Action
6 Stars
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Ethan Hunt is in prison, but do not fear, an IMF team are here to break him out. No one seems quite sure of what happened between him and his wife, and no one wants to ask. But the mission, … Continue reading
