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Twenty years of reading, watching, writing, and asking questions. Explore my latest essays, book and movie reviews, and dispatches from the world of The Chronicles of Purgatory Station.
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If You’re Looking For the Heroic Anakin Skywalker
If you’re like me, the film version of Anakin Skywalker never quite lived up to his legendary status referred to in the original Star…
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To Honor Darwyn Cooke
Cancer steals those we love on an alarmingly regular basis. Some of those victims we love because they are friends or family; others we…
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Star Wars: Vader Down – A Book Review
This is probably the coolest Darth Vader story I’ve ever experienced, and that’s no small statement. The first crossover between Marvel’s Darth Vader and…
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Captain America: Civil War – A Movie Review
(Spoiler-free) When it comes to Marvel movies, I am pretty good at remaining objective. DC movies … not so much – I’m a fanboy.…
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Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice – A Movie Review
I should explicitly state from the beginning that I am an unabashed Batman fanatic. I discovered him at the age of three and have…
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Arcadia by Iain Pears – A Book Review
Know from the onset that this is a book you will need to read twice. That’s not a bad thing, though. Arcadia is so…
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Bats Of the Republic by Zachary Thomas Dodson – A Book Review
I should say from the outset that this book warrants a second read. I’ll explain why in a bit. If you’re a book lover…
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Deadpool – A Movie Review
Though I’m an avid lover of all things superhero, even I must admit that the genre has become somewhat formulaic when adapted to film.…
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