Star Trek Spock: Reflections
Feb27

Star Trek Spock: Reflections

Star Trek Spock:  Reflections Graphic Novel Collection Volume 04     First appearing in 2009 as a four issue mini-series and released as a graphic novel collection from IDW at the start of the following year, the first thing to say about Spock:  Reflections is that it is an enjoyable read.  And yes, I’ll get to the ‘but’ in a moment. It is written by Scott Tipton and David Tipton, with layouts by David Messina and inked by...

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Star Trek: The Next Generation – Hive
Feb22

Star Trek: The Next Generation – Hive

Star Trek: The Next Generation Hive Graphic Novel Collection Volume 03   I had really only intended to comment on the first couple of volumes of the Eaglemoss Collection of Star Trek graphic novels; but I’m finding them weirdly addictive. As mentioned previously, I wouldn’t be a huge Trek fan outside of the movies, although I seem to have absorbed more info than I had thought, probably through a form of osmosis mixed with sheer...

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Rings (2016)
Feb11

Rings (2016)

Don’t Call Us: Rings (2016)   Yeah; I know.  That’s a pretty cheesy header, but it’s all I could think of. I didn’t really expect cinematic lightning to strike me twice in the same week.  After all, it was hardly likely that F. Javier Gutiérrez’s sequel to the sequel of a Japanese original was going to be in any way groundbreaking.  Not after just having seen M. Night Shyamalan’s wonderful Split. Still, Rings is a handsome,...

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Split (2016)
Feb11

Split (2016)

We’re All Here to Protect Kevin: Split (2016)   Bursting onto the scene with his third outing, The Sixth Sense in 1999, writer-director M. Night Shyamalan’s critical star went very quickly into decline with his follow-up, the excellent but under-appreciated Unbreakable.  His films have in the main continued to hold their own financially (or in the case of that execrable turkey The Last Airbender, a damned sight more than hold its...

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Star Trek : The City on the Edge of Forever
Feb05

Star Trek : The City on the Edge of Forever

Star Trek Harlan Ellison®’s The City on the Edge of Forever The Original Teleplay   Sooooo…here we have the second volume in the Eaglemoss Collection of Star Trek graphic novels. Their initial one – Countdown, reviewed on this blog – was an absolute cracker.  And with the second outing carrying that title I was all set to be writing that this was even better. The overall package and presentation is indeed once again simply...

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