Rewatching Logan before Avengers Doomsday. In 2017 I said time would tell after repeated viewings. It told, and both goodbyes in it have since been undone.

The Hot Gate (Troy Rising Book 3) by John Ringo delivers the best space battle of the trilogy and the one argument I no longer buy. Full review.

Rewatching Thor: Ragnarok before Avengers Doomsday. That triumphant ending lasts about six months, and the tone that saved Thor later went much too far.

Evaluation starts as a mercenary-flavored LitRPG twist, then turns into an overpowered John Wick clone. Here’s why this Brad Botz book earned a 3/5.

Dungeon Crawler Carl Book 5 opens the crawl to trophy hunters and pays off the Carl and Donut bond. Here’s why The Butcher’s Masquerade is a series high.

Rewatching Captain America: The Winter Soldier before Doomsday. Steve dumps every file in 2014 and the MCU has been living in the wreckage ever since.

My Spider-Man Brand New Day review: the swinging that floored me, Bernthal’s Punisher, a monstrous Hulk, Jean Grey, and what Peter is now.

Dungeon Crawler Carl Book 4 sends Carl after four castles and a caged god. Why The Gate of the Feral Gods is the baggiest, biggest-hearted entry yet.

Solo Leveling Season 2 -Arise from the Shadow- picks up right after the Igris fight. Here’s how the Crunchyroll sequel builds on Season 1, arc by arc.

Dive into the action-packed world of Warrior: En Garde, the first book in Michael A. Stackpole’s beloved Warrior Trilogy. This BattleTech novel kicks off a thrilling saga of honor, betrayal, …

A review of Lamplighter Academy (Above the Drowning Light #1) by Kal Griffith, a post-apocalyptic Isekai LitRPG that leans on world-building over stat-grinding.

The Dungeon Predator is the darkest entry in The Dungeon Slayer yet — a brutal, exposition-heavy book five that tests how much punishment a series can take.

The Dungeon Titan buries you in grief for 80% of the book, then delivers the best fight scenes in the series. Here’s whether the payoff is worth the slog.

Nolan’s Odyssey is sprawling and occasionally disjointed — Matt Damon is jacked, Hathaway is better than expected, and that ending is pure Tolkien.

The 2026 He-Man movie is a tonal mess that bombed at the box office — and I still had a blast. Here’s why Jared Leto’s Skeletor saves it.

A review of Trash Alchemist (Book 1) — a LitRPG isekai with a genuinely interesting modern-knowledge premise, undercut by sloppy plotting and a magic system that doesn’t add up.

Disclosure Day is a solid 7. It’s the best straight-up X-Files successor since the show itself, it earns its first contact moment, and if you grew up believing the truth …

Knife of Dreams review: Perrin finally confronts Padan Fain, Mat marries Tuon, and the Wheel of Time reread gets its momentum back after a quiet stretch.

Crossroads of Twilight review: Mat and Tuon on the run, Elayne’s fight for Andor, and an honest look at the slowest book in the Wheel of Time reread.

Winter’s Heart review: the Cleansing of saidin, Perrin finally rescuing Faile, and one of the biggest payoff moments in the entire Wheel of Time series.

The Path of Daggers review: the Bowl of the Winds finally gets used, Rand’s battle rage escalates, and a Wheel of Time reread hits its shortest, quietest book.