Tag: action
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Book Review: A Call to Arms by David Weber and Timothy Zahn
While A Call to Duty was something of an introduction to a time before the Star Kingdom of Manticore was a major power, A Call To Arms takes the time to show the reader just how messed up things are. Politicians spend more time trying to manipulate the system for their own game than they…
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Exploding Heads: Kingsman Movie Review
Kingsman: The Secret Service is, in many ways, a throwback to the spy movies of old. It doesn’t hesitate to be self-referential, with references to over-the-top maniacal villains, bizarre henchmen, and suave and sophisticated spies. All the same, the action and violence are modern, with raw violence and and tightly choreographed fight sequences that flow…
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Mila Kunis Falls A Lot (Jupiter Ascending Movie Review, Part 2 Spoilers)
With part 1 of this review, I kept it as spoiler free as I could. However, I think the movie warrants a bit deeper look, both from the perspective of what they did right and also from all the stuff they got very, very wrong. Starting off… the plot was about as easy to follow…