By Alan Moore 5 Stars Born and raised in a high-gravity chamber, Tom Strong is the world’s greatest and strongest science hero. Kept alive by the mysterious Goloka root, he has faced evil for a century alongside his equally immortal family. He has equal brains and brawn and uses it in forging the future for…
Graphic Novel Review: Sheriff of Babylon
By Tom King 4 Stars It is 2004, in Baghdad, capital of Iraq, a man named Ali al Fahar is killed. Chris Henry, a former police officer sent to train Ali and a group of others to police Baghdad, wants to know why he is killed. He calls in a favour with Saffiya al Agani…
Movie Review: Snowpiercer
Directed by Bong Joon-ho 5 Stars It is 2031, and after an experiment that was supposed to save the world from climate change causes it to freeze over and destroy most life on earth, humanity is but a fraction of what it used to be. The survivors of the disaster all live on the Snowpiercer…
Manga Review: Super Sentai: Himitsu Sentai Gorenger
by: Shotaro Ishinomori 3 Stars Tsuyoshi Kaijo’s father has been killed; the only thing left to him is a red suit that gives him abilities far greater than a normal man and a note that tells him to visit a curry restaurant. The perpetrators were the Black Cross Army, illegal arms dealers that sell both…
Graphic Novel Review: Boxers
by: Gene Luen Yang 5 Stars It is the 1900s, the waning years of the Chinese Qing Dynasty; Bao, a young man, has a life full of challenging work in his little village. He relaxes by watching the local opera, participating in the village's traditions, and honouring his local deity. When a crook who was…
Book Review: The City of Ember
By Jeanne DuPrau 4 Stars The City of Ember is about an underground city that "The Builders" made for 200 years in fear their world would fall into danger. So they made Ember. After 200 years, the city always had blackouts and power outages. So the Builders made instructions on how to leave Ember, which…
Movie Review: The Visit
Directed by: M. Night Shyamalan 5 Stars The Visit is a refreshing film that actually scared me. Directed by M. Night Shyamalan. Two children are sent to their grandparent's house to visit for a week, and they soon come to realize that there's grandparents aren't as they seem. They realize that something is wrong but…
Book Review: Airborn
By Kenneth Oppel 3 Stars Matt Cruse was the cabin boy aboard the airship he called home, the Aurora. He felt closest to his father when he was in the sky and on adventures. At the beginning of the novel, Matt was chosen to rescue an unconscious man from a hot-air balloon. Before he passed…
Book Review: The Words We Keep
By Erin Stewart 4 Stars Trigger warning: Self-harm, suicide, mental health The Words We Keep, written by Erin Stewart, is a book about mental health, finding yourself, and the power of family and love. Lily didn't want to think about it. Out of sight, out of mind, right? Ever since she found her older…
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