If Batman, Detective Comics, Batman Inc., Batman & Robin, and Dark Knight aren’t enough to scratch that serious Batman itch, then you’re in luck. October has brought us the beginning of yet another series starring the Caped Crusader: Legends of the Dark Knight.
I was honestly relieved when I ran across The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making, because here is a book that has everything I was looking for. Lately I feel like publishers are pushing so hard for books in the currently popular genre of vampires, magic, Game Of Thrones ripoffs,
Having recently reviewed the Tritton AX 720, I was more than intrigued to take out the newest 720+ for a test ride. I always appreciate when a company chooses not to deviate from former technology, but instead revisits and enhances it to near perfection. Gaming headsets like these are a dime a dozen, but not
Since their humble beginning, the robots in disguise have built a franchise of comics, movies, TV shows, and many video game incarnations. Everything that’s come from the original Transformers series (Generation One, or “G1”) has been hit or miss, but in 2010 High Moon Studios delivered an old school win with Transformers: War for Cybertron,
The Perks of Being a Wallflower is one of the best films you will see this year. Based on the book of the same name, writer/director Stephen Chbosky has produced a great coming of age film. Every now and then a coming of age film comes along that is heralded for “defining a generation;” films
Adolf, written by the father of manga Tezuka Osamu, is not your basic average manga. Rather than using fluffy shoujo plot devices or muscly shounen characters, Adolf ties together three different worlds in a political thriller both intelligent and captivating. Synopsis Adolf, by father of manga Tezuka Osamu, is a microcosm of three distinct societies during the
I myself had all but given up on reading. Not finding too many titles that interested me, I felt I needed to be a tween to enjoy any of the current medium. (Not to knock Potter or even the Twilight series; I understood the fan base and I was glad that someone was writing for
The secret to reading a China Miéville story is this: he’s going to give you an impossible premise to accept. It’s going to be weird and unrealistic and against all laws of nature, but you’re going to have to believe that that’s the way this world works. Once you accept it, your reward is a very
When most people think of Prohibition they picture sexy speakeasies and jazz, the songs of Billie Holiday and sweaty bodies dancing dangerously close together. Others think of Al Capone and the rise of organized crime with all their style, charisma, and money. Adapted from the historical novel The Wettest County in the World, by Matt