Anime Review: Kill la Kill In the indefinite future, Ryuko Matoi is the delinquent daughter of a mad scientist who arrives home after a long time away at school to find him murdered with one blade of a giant scissors. The killer, too far away to identify, has the other blade. Ryuko vows vengeance. In… Continue reading Anime Review: Kill la Kill
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Book Review: Rot Riot and Rebellion: Mr. Jefferson’s Struggle to Save the University that Changed America
Book Review: Rot Riot and Rebellion: Mr. Jefferson’s Struggle to Save the University that Changed America by Rex Bowman & Carlos Santos Disclaimer: I received this book through a Goodreads giveaway on the premise that I would review it. If I told you about a school where the students constantly engaged in partying, drunkenness and… Continue reading Book Review: Rot Riot and Rebellion: Mr. Jefferson’s Struggle to Save the University that Changed America
Movie Review: Hammer of the Gods
Movie Review: Hammer of the Gods (2013) It is the 8th Century C.E. and the Viking invaders are struggling with the Saxons in middle England. King Bagsecg was given a slow but fatal wound in the last battle, so it’s time for him to choose a successor. Prince Steinar is a good warrior, but… Continue reading Movie Review: Hammer of the Gods
Book Review: The Spider #7
Book Review: The Spider #7 by Grant Stockbridge When the Shadow kickstarted the pulp hero magazines in the 1930s, it was no surprise that a similar character, the Spider, was featured at a rival publishing house. Written under house name Grant Stockbridge (usually Norvell Page), the Spider was wealthy socialite and amateur criminologist Richard Wentworth.… Continue reading Book Review: The Spider #7
Manga Review: Ninja Papa
Manga Review: Ninja Papa by Yasuhito Yamamoto. Nobuo Matsuri is a typical Japanese salaryman (office worker.) At thirty-two, he’s got a low-paying dead-end job at a second-rate food company, an incompetent boss who treats him like dirt, a heavily-mortgaged home and a nagging mother-in-law who never hesitates to point out all the many ways in… Continue reading Manga Review: Ninja Papa