REVIEW: Stimulant
Stimulant is a 2023 Canadian science fiction/cyberpunk movie. It has strong vibes like the Channel 4/AMC show Humans as well as David Cage video game Detroit: Become Human. Basically, it has elements of Blade...
REVIEW: The King of the Spoil by Jonathan D. Beer
The King of the Spoil is dead. Assassinated. In the massive hive city of Varangantua where the rich few use the unending mass of the poor to make their fortunes, a gang war is...
REVIEW: Fatale Vol. 1: Death Chases Me by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips
Fatale Vol. 1: Death Chases Me by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips is a work that I picked up after the fantastic The Fade Out comic. I’m a huge fan of film noir and...
REVIEW: Untamed Shore by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Silvia Moreno-Garcia is the most versatile writer out there right now. After giving us horror (Mexican Gothic, see our review here), vampires (Certain Dark Things) and retellings (The Daughter of Doctor Moreau, see our...
REVIEW: The Fade Out: The Complete Collection by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips
The Fade Out: The Complete Collection by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips, illustrated by Elizabeth Breitweiser is not my usual grimdark fair. However, grimdark is the fantastic cousin to film noir and detective fiction....
REVIEW: Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files Volume 1
Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files Volume 1 is the first installment of the adventures of comic books ultimate lawman. The satirical British comic debuted in the late Seventies and has been continuing in...
REVIEW: Reminiscence (2021)
Reminiscence is a movie that very strongly reminds me of a forgotten cult-classic called Strange Days starring Ralph Fiennes, Angela Bassett, Juliette Lewis, and Tom Sizemore. It was directed by Kathryn Bigelow and written...
REVIEW: 36 Streets by T.R. Napper
In T.R. Napper’s debut novel, 36 Streets, Lin Thi Vu is a bounty hunter working for the most feared gangster in Ha Noi. She works her trade in a cyberpunk future Vietnam where the...
REVIEW: The Immorality Clause by Brian Parker
The Immortality Clause by Brian Parker is the first book of his Easytown novels. The series takes place in the not-so-distant future. AI, cybernetics, androids, genetic engineering and virtual reality have all become common...
REVIEW: The Devil All the Time by Donald Ray Pollock
The Devil All the Time is a harrowing southern gothic-like novel that borders on straight-up horror. Written in 2011 by Donald Ray Pollock, this novel came to my attention due to the impending Netflix...