onsdag 30 augusti 2023

Is the High Evolutionary a good villain?

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My opinions on Marvel's Phase Five so far have been crushingly unoriginal. I did think I'd like Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania  m...
onsdag 16 augusti 2023

Historical novels not set in Tudor or Victorian times

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Although I've read quite a respectable number of books lately (if not nearly as many as I've bought), blogging about them is another...
onsdag 2 augusti 2023

Not even the shapeshifting is fun in this Zygon – sorry, Skrull – invasion

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At the beginning of the latest Marvel Disney + series Secret Invasion, I thought I'd have a hot take on it – while others called it ...
onsdag 19 juli 2023

Pixar's Elemental: strong on romance, weak on allegory

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I have similar feelings towards Elemental , Pixar's latest film, as many others (judging mainly from YouTube). On the strength of traile...
tisdag 4 juli 2023

Filling a Downton-shaped hole: Sanditon series three

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Yep, I'm late with my blogging, which should really have taken place last week. My excuses are pre-vacation stress and a complete lack o...
onsdag 14 juni 2023

Finally, we can expect a new Disney villain – but then what?

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"That's just bad storytelling!" This reaction to the lack of "bad guys" in a game was one of the few worthwhile line...
onsdag 31 maj 2023

Zhivago adaptations (no, the balalaika is not in the book)

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This is a bit of a "duty post", to be honest: when I'd read Doctor Zhivago  and blogged about it, I mentioned an interest in w...