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The Mummy: Why we need more women like Evie

The Mummy’s Evie. This strong, smart, flawed, seductress is the kind of heroine that’s desperately needed today.

Reviewing A Civil Campaign (Vorkosigan Saga #12)

I am desperate for more books like A Civil Campaign, both in terms of writing and story. Please send recs my way. Human drives, not hyperdrives.

John Carter of Mars: A Much Needed Character Evolution

John Carter of Mars. The one time that Disney took something and made it better. And then they squandered it.

Episode 1 of Netflix’s Shadow and Bone

Justin Watson and Monalisa Foster discuss episode one of Shadow and Bone based on Leigh Bardugo’s YA Fantasy series.

Outlander’s Season 6 Review

Outlander season six delivers tension and intrigue despite its abrupt ending.

Shadow and Bone–A well-written YA fantasy

Shadow and Bone. Bardugo gets it right. Depth, characters, and well-written. I can see why it’s such a hit.

Lost City Review–When Romance and Comedy Fail

Story needs more than witticism and a neat idea. Why Lost City fails to deliver on its promise.

Hard sci-fi made me cry*

Three years later, Passengers is still a better sci-fi movie than anything else being hyped today.