Spy Kids: All the Time in the World movie review

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I’ve only seen the first of the Spy Kids movies and that was a decent enough kids flick. Nothing special, but not horrible. Somehow this weekend, I got tricked into going to see the new one Spy Kids: All the Time in the World. And…it was not good. It wasn’t bad enough to make me walk out, but it didn’t make me want to see it again, or recommend it to anyone. This is a movie that only a six-year old could like. And even then, the smell card will be the best part. So, let’s see what’s caused this disaster.

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The Magician King by Lev Grossman

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While I felt the Lev Grossman’s first book, The Magicians (my review), was overrated by many people, I still found it interesting. So, when the sequel, The Magician King,  came out, I decided to give it a chance. The book follow many of the same characters in the land of Fillory and also spends much time on Earth where we get to learn about the original book’s lost character Julia (which was one of my big complaints about that book). So, let’s see what our Magician King holds for us.

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Kill Shakespeare by Conor McCreery and Anthoy Del Col

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Kill Shakespeare is one of those comics that I keep meaning to check out, but never got around to. Finally, I grabbed the first volume and I’m not quite sure how I feel about it. It’s kind of like Fables, only with Shakespearean characters. Now, I’m not as up on my Shakespeare as I should be, so I know there are some inside jokes that just went over my head. But it’s an interestingly strange story, so let’s check it out.

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Takio by Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Oeming

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I hadn’t heard about Takio before I saw it in the library. But when I saw that it was from the creators of Powers (Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Oeming) based off an idea by Bendis’ oldest daughter Olivia, I knew I had to read it. It’s an all-ages superhero comic only with a story that features mostly girls. It’s a great idea for an under served market. So let’s go meet the heroes.

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A Dance with Dragons by George R.R. Martin

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And I’m all caught up with the series. I started the first book earlier this year when I was getting ready for the HBO series and finally got A Dance with Dragons last week and set about reading it. As with all the other books in the series, it was exciting, well written and leaves you hungry for more. However there were some chapters written for this book that were pushed into the next one and it does show. The book doesn’t seem like a coherent whole, but more like 1/3 of a book (with the book before and book after needed to finish up the arc). Having said that I still enjoyed the book. Let’s take a look at it (needless to say, spoilers ahoy).

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NPR’s Top 100 Science Fiction, Fantasy Books

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NPR has counted all the votes and listed out the Top 100 Science Fiction, Fantasy Books. My issues with the list:

American Gods at #10 (way too high and I like Gaiman)
Princess Bride at #11 (Movie is much better than the book)
Kingkiller Chronicles at #18 (the second book barely came out)
Xanth at #99 (yes it has dozens of books in the series, but most of them are juvenile and badly done).

This post is part of the thread: BestOf – an ongoing story on this site. View the thread timeline for more context on this post.

Falling Skies show finale and overview

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Not that season one of Falling Skies is over, let’s take a look back and see what was good and bad about the series. As I mentioned in the review of the pilot, there is nothing very new or exciting about the show, but the story was handled well (far better than the V reboot). The only highlights from the pilot were Noah Wylie and John Pope, so let’s see how the series worked as a full season. (Spoilers ahoy. Don’t read further if you haven’t seen the finale).

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Heaven’s Shadow by David S Goyer and Michael Cassutt

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Heaven’s Shadow reads like a movie and there is a good reason for that. The authors are screenwriters. David S. Goyer (Batman Begins and FlashForward) and Michael Cassutt (many TV shows including Dead Zone and Stargate SG-1) combined to write this book which felt (at times) more like a movie pitch than a novel. It’s a combination of Contact and Armegeddon that was well told, but not interestingly at times. So, let’s go see what Heaven’s Shadow is.

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