Film Review: The Amazing Spiderman

Alright, so I don’t normally review films and don’t intend to make a habit out of it. Occasionally, I feel moved or inspired by a film enough to mention in a blog or even comment about it on my Facebook page. The reason why I’m doing a more full-on review for this particular movie is […]

Its the Season to be Spooky, Fa La La La Argh!

If you’re thinking that I’m not really the Halloween type, then you would be right. The origins of Halloween lie in the creepy pre-Christianity past of Britain, though its also celebrated as All-Hallows Eve. But then I’m a Muslim, so it doesn’t make a difference to me one way or another (…I’m gonna find ya, […]

Review: Will Hill’s Department 19

Department 19 by Will Hill My rating: 4 of 5 stars Department 19, a covert government agency, was set up by Van Helsing and the small group of men who survived the destruction of Dracula. A fresh spate of killings across Western Europe alerted them to the fact that Dracula had made three other vampires, […]

Review: Suzanne Collin’s The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins My rating: 5 of 5 stars The Hunger Games is based in a post-apocalyptic USA, where only one city remains standing, the Capitol. Around the Capitol are 13 districts, each producing an important resource for the people who live in the Capitol. The districts tried to rise up against […]

Review: Tracie McBride’s Ghosts Can Bleed

Ghosts Can Bleed is an eclectic collection of short stories and poems, in fantasy, horror and sf genres, by New Zealander, Tracie McBride. The titular story is about a chap called Maurice, who believes he is dead and is trying to convince his wife of this fact but all is not as it seems. The […]

9 – by Shane Acker

I just finished watching 9 on dvd. The movie is directed by Shane Acker and produced by Tim Burton. 9 is an animated fantasy adventure set in a parallel, futuristic past. Humanity has been destroyed by the machines they built. Just before the apocalypse, a scientist animates 9 ‘sackboy’ styled puppets and gives them a […]

Reading and Writing Habits

This past weekend, I finished my editing mark up of Draft 1 of Adventures of Some Kid, and thus began working on Draft 2. I’ve had a bit of a break from writing these past few weeks, burying instead my head in books. Even writers need a break now and then even if writing is […]