Kwaidan
Synopsis: Winner of the Special Jury Prize at Cannes, Kwaidan features four nightmarish tales in which terror thrives and demons lurk. Adapted from traditional Japanese ghost stories, this lavish production draws […]
Category Archives: Literature
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Synopsis: In a forgotten but defiant bayou community cut off from the rest of the world by a sprawling levee, a six-year-old girl exists on the brink of orphanhood. Buoyed […]
X: The Erotic Treasury
X: The Erotic Treasury, by various authors 7.5 I was given this gorgeous anthology by my partner some three years ago, for Christmas. It’s such a beautiful, almost velvety, book and […]
Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love
Synopsis: In a world ruled by pleasure, love is the ultimate seduction. Passion. Pleasure. Power. Kama Sutra brings the legends to life as it follows the fortunes of Maya (Indira […]
Chew, vol. 3
Chew, vol. 3, by John Layman and Rob Guillory 7.75 Layman and Guillory continue having fun and passing on the joy to their readers with “Just Desserts”, the third instalment […]
Alias Nick and Nora
Synopsis: Their on-screen chemistry in the Thin Man films forever linked William Powell and Myrna Loy in moviegoers’ minds. Now you can learn about the impressive careers–together and separately–of these […]
Song of the Thin Man
Synopsis: At a charity gambling benefit aboard the S.S. Fortune, the tables are hot, the jazz is hotter and before you know it, a bandleader’s body is growing cold. They’re […]
The Book of Human Insects
The Book of Human Insects, by Osamu Tezuka 7.25 ‘The Book of Human Insects’ is one of Osamu Tezuka’s first “mature” offerings, after the more family-friendly ‘Astro Boy’ and ‘Kimba […]
The Dark Knight Rises
Synopsis: It has been eight years since Batman vanished into the night, turning, in that instant, from hero to fugitive. Assuming the blame for the death of D.A. Harvey Dent, […]
Tokyo Days, Bangkok Nights
Tokyo Days, Bangkok Nights, by Jonathan Vankin, Seth Fisher, Giuseppe Camuncoli and Shawn Martinbrough 7.5 I read this book on the strength of Seth Fisher’s art alone. Impressed with his […]
Lucille
Lucille, by Ludovic Debeurme 7.0 ‘Lucille’ is the story of an anorexic girl and a malcontent boy, both from dysfunctional families, how they meet and how they affect each other’s life. […]
Walkabout
Synopsis: A young sister and brother are abandoned in the harsh Australian outback and must learn to exist in the natural world, without their usual comforts, in this hypnotic masterpiece […]
Irredeemable, vol. 7
Irredeemable, vol. 7, by Mark Waid and Peter Krause 7.25 Well, that’s it, then. I give up on ‘Irredeemable’. I know it’s considered one of the great new reads, and […]
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