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Film Review: Beowulf! in 3D!
Besides the odd swimming feeling after removing the 3D glasses and confronting unfiltered reality, I thought the 3D version of Beowulf rather good ( Read more... ) -
Book Review & Poll!
So, I finished Kushiel's Dart. I always welcome the change to broaden by reading horizons, and this was certainly page-turning fun ( Read more... ) -
Radio: Golden Age of Children's Fantasy?
PRI's To the Best of Our Knowledge^ has a podcast on the subject. Including more Oxonian productions, such as Matthew Skelton's work, as well as Geraldine McCaughrean's Peter Pan in Scarlet sequel ( Read more... ) -
Multi-Media Reviews
1. Book: Altered Carbon (2003) by Richard K. Morgan.
A thoroughly enjoyable page-turner hard-boiled action adventure, set in a futuristic San Francisco ("Bay City"), cut from the wholecloth of Dashiell Hammet's (and Raymond Chandler's) Bay Area private eye storiesRichard K. Morgan borrows from these authors' universe of violence, sex, and mystery ( Read more... ) -
Film Review: Pan's Labyrinth
Pan's Labyrinth/El Laberinto del Fauno:
Wow! What a great film! I really really enjoyed the attention to detail that polished the film into a region far beyond its conventional production budget.
Acting:- Sergi Lopez owned the role of fascist pig, and though I swore I had seen him before, I didn't tweak that it was he (him?) in Dirty Pretty ( Read more... )
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Repeat Broadcast? Resurgent Fantasy in Children's Fiction
PBS/KQED's To The Best of Our Knowledge: Lions, Witches and Wizards (sic ( Read more... ) -
Radio 4: regarding Oxford's fantasy inspirations
On why Oxford inspires so many fantasy writers...of Dons and Dragons
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