The Emperor’s Edge by Lindsay Buroker
Recommended by Intisar Khanani Book one in the series of the same name. Amaranthe Lokdon is one of the few female law enforcers in the Empire. And she is pretty good...
29 March 2015
The Siege by Ismail Kadare
Sometime in the fifteenth century, an unnamed Albanian citadel is under siege by the Ottoman army. Among the besiegers is Mevla Celebi, the chronicler or historian. He will record the events...
7 March 2015
Cyrus dir. by Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass
John (John C. Reilly) and Jamie (Catherine Keener) have been divorced for seven years. He never got over that. And now she is getting married again. John is upset, so to...
28 February 2015
Riders of the purple sage by Zane Grey
Jane Withersteen is a single woman who wields power despite her Mormon faith. She should be married, have given up control of her ranch and her property to her husband, but...
21 December 2014
The Hobbit : the battle of the five armies [based on the book] by J.R.R. Tolkien dir. by Peter Jackson
Bilbo and the dwarves have woken the dragon, and Smaug awake is something you don’t want to encounter. As the film begins he is busy destroying Laketown and burning its inhabitants....
14 December 2014
Interstellar dir. by Christopher Nolan
Some time in the near future a blight hits earth. At first it hits the wheat and then spreads to other crops. The whole world turns its attention to farming, to...
11 November 2014
Hawkeye : my life as a weapon by Matt Fraction
The first five issues of the Hawkeye series together with issue #6 of Young Avengers. This is the story of what Hawkeye does when he’s not Avenging1 . Clint Barton battles...
1 November 2014
The Night Watch by Sarah Waters
Starting in 1947 The Night Watch tells the story, in reverse chronology, of various people in and around London during the Blitz. Their stories progress by going backwards in time, so...
1 October 2014
A walk among the tombstones [based on the book] by Lawrence Block dir. by Scott Frank
In 1991 three men robbed a bar that was known not to charge police officers for their drinks. Matthew Scudder was off duty and drinking at the time. When they shot...
20 September 2014
Captain America : Hail Hydra by Jonathan Maberry
Opening in 1944 this graphic novel spans decades as it shows how Captain America has battled with Hydra for as long as he has been alive. But in the history of...
30 August 2014
The Far Country by Nevil Shute
In Australia Jane and Jack Dorman own a prosperous sheep farm, or station. For the past few years most of the money they earned has gone to pay off loans and...
21 August 2014
Dawn of the Planet of the apes dir. by Matt Reeves
The sequel to Rise of the Planet of the Apes1 and if you’ll recall at the end of Rise the apes had escaped to the forest and the human world was...
22 July 2014
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