Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and the Villain Who Wouldn’t Quit
A fan’s rewatch of The Wrath of Khan, the 1982 Star Trek sequel with Khan as the best villain in the series and the death of Spock at the end.
A fan’s rewatch of The Wrath of Khan, the 1982 Star Trek sequel with Khan as the best villain in the series and the death of Spock at the end.
A fan’s rewatch of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial: Elliott, Gertie, the backyard shed, the bike ride across the moon and the goodbye that still gets me.
My Rhythm of War review: some good elements, but the pace, characters and story struggled for me, and Urithiru fell far too fast. 3.5 out of 5.
A review of A Mighty Fortress, book four of David Weber’s Safehold series — the destruction of the Circle, the Markovian Sea, and where the rating starts to slip.
The Big Time by Fritz Leiber won the 1958 Hugo. A time war, a bar outside space and time, and a live atomic bomb. Full plot, characters and ending.
A review of The Path of Ascension 7 by C. Mantis, and why the endless dungeon delve through Minkalla left this reader wondering what the series is actually building toward.
My WandaVision recap, all nine episodes: the sitcom decades, Agnes next door, the Hex, the two Visions and the cabin. Still the best Marvel show on Disney+.
A fan’s rewatch of Superman II: the Phantom Zone, Zod and his crew fighting Superman as equals over Metropolis, and Lex being Lex.
A fan’s rewatch of Excalibur: the sword in the stone, Merlin, the Round Table and the love triangle of Arthur, Guenevere and Lancelot.
My Oathbringer review: Dalinar impresses, the Everstorm twist surprised me, but Kaladin disappoints and the book flagged for me in the middle.
Dune Messiah picks up twelve years after Paul takes the throne. A short, airless second book, and the one place this series leaves me wanting more.
My The Weapon Makers review: an immortal spy, a stolen starship and giant spiders, but it was a hard read that dragged and didn’t deliver what I expected. 2 out of 5.
A review of The Dungeon Phoenix, Book 4 of Konrad Ryan’s Dungeon Slayer series, and why the grind is starting to wear on this reader more than the series wants it to.
My The Way of Kings review: my first Sanderson, the best book in the Stormlight Archive, and a 5 out of 5 I’ve stuck to on every reread.
A fan’s rewatch of Flash Gordon: Queen’s score, Ming the Merciless, Vultan’s hawkmen and one very daft tournament. Camp, loud and loved.
My Resident Evil 2026 review: not an action movie but a proper horror one, funny, scary and gross, with a new lead to root for. 4 out of 5.
Dune by Frank Herbert, revisited as the new film lands. Half of this universe could actually happen, and the other half is pure fantasy in a stillsuit.
Betrayed By The Hero’s Party Book 2 takes the cozy LitRPG idea I liked in book one and stretches it until there’s nothing left. I nearly didn’t finish.
A review of Ascension, Book 5 of RinoZ’s Book of the Dead series. Tyron’s power spikes, the Realm of the Dead pays off, and the ending is a genuine gut-punch.
I Summoned Their Replacements takes the same betrayed-by-the-party hook and does something different with it. Rough edges, great dungeons, and I loved it.
A fan’s rewatch of Star Trek: The Motion Picture, the 1979 film that put Kirk, Spock and McCoy on the big screen, from the refitted Enterprise to V’Ger.