FILM REVIEW: THE AVENGERS, 142minutes, Starring Robert Downey Jr.,Chris Evans, and Scarlet Johansson. Once again, mankind has created another monster. In search of the perfect inexhaustible energy source, S.H.I.E.L.D has set up experiments to convert the power of the Tesseract … Continue reading
Book Review: ENDER’S GAME, Orson Scott Card, 324pages, $6.99 Some time in the future, children as young as three years old have a monitor inserted in the back of their necks. This so it may be determined if they have … Continue reading
THE THREE STOOGES, Starring Sean Hayes, Chris Diamantopoulos and Will Sasso, As a kid, it was always a crap shoot what the Saturday afternoon movie on television would be. Usually the possibilities ranged between W.C.Fields, Mae West, The LI’l … Continue reading
DEATH WATCH, Ari Berk, 523pages, $17.99 Hardback Silas Umber has always been told that his father is an Undertaker. Well, that’s what the people of Lichport call him. And Silas comes by the misunderstanding of his father’s profession honestly: Amos … Continue reading
THE GOLEM’S EYE, Jonathan Stroud, 562pages, $8.99 Nathaniel is gliding the winds of success. He has saved the Prime Minister and other government higher ups from death, (it would appear singlehandedly). And now, with everyone hailing his brilliance and the … Continue reading
LEGEND, Marie Lu, 305pages, $17.99 Hardback Reviewed by Laura Bird If you’re looking for a fast paced dystopian romance, you are in luck. “Legend” will take you on a ride. The two main characters tell their stories against the backdrop … Continue reading
CHRONICLE There are three good reasons to see this film. But first I admit that I gave a loud snort when I heard this was another camcorder film. I had had it with this genre and its jerky hand held … Continue reading
THE SUBTLE KNIFE, Philip Pullman, 326pages, $Prices vary at Amazon Will Parry has to get his mother to safety. There are men trying to find out whether his father, an explorer lost somewhere in the north pole, has been in … Continue reading
THE GOLDEN COMPASS, Philip Pullman, 399pages, $ Varies at Amazon Lyra’s Oxford is a little different than the one most of us might travel to: For one thing, people in her world don’t have spirits the way we do. … Continue reading