Tag: entertainment
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Star Wars: Leia by Claudia Gray – A Book Review
Claudia Gray completely won me over with Lost Stars, so I’ll read anything written by her now if it pertains to Star Wars. I initially felt a little strange as a forty-year-old man reading a book about a sixteen-year-old princess, but because it’s Leia, I forged ahead. I mean, after all, she is one of…
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Shade, the Changing Girl: Vol. 1 by Cecil Castellucci and Marley Zarcone – A Book Review
If you’re looking for weird, Shade, the Changing Girl is for you. As part of DC Comics’ Young Animal imprint, author Cecil Castellucci is unafraid to make this book as strange a trip as possible. However, as odd as it is, at the core, it’s still a story of self-discovery and independent choice. Fan of…
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Mother Panic: A Work In Progress by Jody Houser, Tommy Lee Edwards, and Shawn Crystal – A Book Review
The Young Animal imprint intrigued me, so when each of the various first issues debuted, I had to check them out. If we’re being honest with each other, Mother Panic #1 did not resonate. I did not much care for Violet Paige, the woman behind Mother Panic’s mask. I did not understand her motivation, her means,…
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The Dark Tower – A Movie Review
I very much love The Dark Tower series. I believe when it is all said and done, these books will be remembered as Stephen King’s masterpiece–his magnum opus. We have long wished for Roland of Gilead to grace the big screen, but time after time we were burdened with disappointment as it simply never seemed…
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Doctor Aphra: Volume 1 by Kieron Gillen and Kev Walker – A Book Review
First appearing in Darth Vader, Doctor Aphra quickly became a personal favorite of mine. In fact, along with Rey and Ahsoka Tano, I’d say she’s one of the most significant Star Wars characters to appear within the last ten years. Consequently, because she regularly stole the spotlight in Darth Vader and even Star Wars, Marvel…