‘Love, Nina’ promo
A nanny has adventures. Maybe.

‘Warcraft: The Beginning’ TV spot
No.

‘Gomorrah’ promo
No.

‘Science Of Stupid’ promo
No

‘XMen: Apocalypse’ TV spot
No.

‘Banshee’ promo
No.

‘The Pretender’ promo
An okay ad for TNT repeats.

‘Eastenders’ promo
Ross Kemp glowering. No.

‘A Hologram For The King’ TV spot
What?

‘Locked Up’ promo
Maybe.
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Zombie Apocalypse! Fightback created by Stephen Jones

This is the sequel to ‘Zombie Apocalypse!’. The Human Reanimation Virus goes on. Patient Zero Thomas Moreby plots, the infected get smart and surviving humans resist. This is told via eyewitness accounts, emails, twitter and various reports. This is an enjoyable story even if some parts are ( Read more... )

Irredeemable Volume 9 created and written by Mark Waid

This is a crossover with ‘Incorruptible’ which I’ve never read. The Plutonian meets his parents and learns his origin story. Also we learn how the Plutonian helped turn an unhappy teenage boy into poser bad guy Max Damage. This was okay.

Best Line:
“Epiphany is not the same as absolution.”

~
In The ( Read more... )

Lace by Shirley Conran

A classic women's novel from the 1980's. Four women are summoned to a hotel by Lili, a porn star turned international film star who demands to know which of them is her mother. The novel flashes back 30 years to show how Judy, Kate, Pagan and Maxine met in Switzerland. They became friends, had bad romances and one of them got ( Read more... )

Irredeemable Vol 7 created and written by Mark Waid

This was a disappointing volume as Tony escapes his prison while going large ham Roger Moore era Bond villain. Meanwhile Quibt and Modeus try to stop Tony escaping. It all ends on a cliffhanger. This was all very average and had way too much large ham Tony. Where have all the interesting characters ( Read more... )

Irredeemable Volume 6 written by Mark Waid

At last the Plutonian’s rampage has been ended. The superhero turned supervillain has fallen. He’s imprisoned in an inescapable alien prison and Earth breathes a sign of relief. But not for long.

The Plutonian’s one time team-mate the Survivor has made it his mission to rebuild and be the new beloved ( Read more... )

Irredeemable Volume 5 created by Mark Waid
Kaidan's powers give the Paradigm a chance. Multiple plots are in motion, an arch villain is uncovered and a late teammate reveals a secret. Also what's left of the Paradigm is falling apart with various members either AWOL or beating up on each other. Then some sort of allies show up. This is very good ( Read more... )

Casting the Runes and other ghost stories by M.R. James

This is an okay collection of Victorian ghost stories.

The Mezzotint A man buys a print of an old mansion house only to realise that something in it is moving, this is okay.

Count Magnus
A man unwisely becomes obsessed with the legend of a dead nobleman, this is very good.

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The Alchemist in the Shadows by Pierre Pevel
The sequel to ‘The Cardinal’s Blades’. Cardinal Richelieu knows France is under threat from the Black Claw. So the Blades are entrusted to seek out and eliminate that threat. But danger is all around and a plot is afoot. Can the Blades avert disaster? Cue swordplay, disguise and deception.

This is very ( Read more... )

Irredeemable Vol 2 Created and Written by Mark Waid
The saga of the ultimate superhero turned ultimate super villain continues. There are mad killer robots, flashbacks of happier times that weren’t really so happy, hints of the Plutonian’s past and the revelation that his former Paradigm team-mate Bette Noir is a slut. Also the Plutonian gave a ( Read more... )