Innocence
Synopsis: Gushing water. Subterranean rumbling. Sun-dappled green vistas behind huge stone walls. So begins Innocence, a fascinating fable about a mysterious school for girls, where one arrives by coffin to […]
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The Secret Garden (1993)
Synopsis: The timeless tale of a special place where magic, hope and love grow. It’s a special garden where friendships blossom, illnesses fade away and sorrows flee. There troubled orphan […]
Où le regard ne porte pas…, vol. 1
Où le regard ne porte pas…, vol. 1, by Georges Abolin and Olivier Pont 8.5 I was left completely disarmed by this book. It’s an engaging, realistic, emotional coming-of-age story […]
Franklyn
Synopsis: Four souls bound by fate, romance and tragedy collide in the parallel worlds of London and the futuristic Meanwhile City, where a single bullet will alter the course of […]
The Five Senses
Synopsis: Nothing can cure the soul but the senses. -Oscar Wilde Mary-Louise Parker (Fried Green Tomatoes) stars in this award-winning film that explores life and love through the five senses. […]
Last Night
Synopsis: Party like there’s no tomorrow because there isn’t. At the stroke of midnight, the world is going to end. With time running out, a crazy group of big-city dwellers […]
Maelström
Synopsis: A fish tells the story of 25-year-old Bibiane Champagne (Marie-Josée Croze) who accidentally hits a man while driving one fateful summer night. The 53-year-old victim is a fisherman who […]
White Room
Synopsis: From critically acclaimed writer/director Patricia Rozema comes the twisting tale of an aspiring young writer who has developed voyeuristic habits. One night, while prowling the backyards of an urban […]
Moving Pictures
Moving Pictures by Kathryn and Stuart Immonen 8.0 ‘Moving Pictures’ is the unique and mildly affecting story of a Canadian woman who remains in Germany during WWII to prevent works […]
Irredeemable, vol. 1
Irredeemable, vol. 1 by Mark Waid and Peter Krause 7.75 What would happen if the world’s greatest superhero, The Plutonian, became one of the bad guys? What if everything he […]
New & Used Blab!
New & Used Blab! by various authors and artists 8.25 This is a collection of comic strips, graphic art and stories. Some of it is new to this volume and […]
X’ed Out
X’ed Out by Charles Burns 7.75 It’s difficult to discuss this book because it is a bit surreal. Thankfully, I’ve read Burns’ works before so I expected it – and […]
Countess Dracula
Synopsis: When a voracious vampire vixen (Ingrid Pitt) discovers that virgins’ blood holds the secret to eternal youth, it’s not time at all before she’s squeezing her sweet young chambermaids […]
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