Earlier in the winter I stole one of Natasha’s book club titles to find out what all the fuss was about. Room by Emma Donoghue (a Canadian!) tore up the best-seller charts for good reason, it’s an excellent book that’s difficult to put down.

Room is written from the perspective of Jack, a 5 year old [...]

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Defendor – Awesome! – Woody Harrelson is utterly convincing as a mentally ill vigilante super-hero wannabe, beating up villainy with a trench-club and diving off of rooftops into dumpsters to thwart Captain Industry – who he blames for his mother’s murder. He does the “Batman Voice” even better than Christian Bale. The ethics of the [...]

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I’ve been writing a lot of negative reviews lately, and it’s not for lack of trying. I just find I’m reading and watching a lot of underwhelming media lately, and even then, in my reviews,  I’m mostly skipping the real bottom-dwellers.
One of the few things to vastly exceed my expectations lately was my reading of [...]

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I discovered the Foundation books by Isaac Asimov in the Aylmer library back in the late 80’s. I was drawn to the cover (a particular variant I’m having trouble finding of a glowing doorway) and the premise that a galactic encyclopedia project could restore civilization to a crumbled empire. The first few chapters were a [...]

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Weighing in at 324 pages, World War Z is an entertaining read that manages to only slightly wear out it’s fun premise – interviews with the survivors of the war against a full-on global zombie infection. The interviews work like a series of short stories, tales relayed to the author about surrounded farmhouses and doomed [...]

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My friends at work have been laughing at my reviews – I’m only up to 2003 or so in my game catalogue. But here’s a “golden oldie” from 7 years past, Dynasty Warriors 4: Empires.

DW4:E puts you in control of a super-powered army general during a Han Dynasty war for control of China. The goal [...]

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I’m a bit behind on my movie reviews – I’ve seen a bunch of things the past few weeks that I ought to give you the low-down on.
Skyline – What did I just watch? – We went out to see Skyline for John’s birthday, and it was hard for me to review. The script was [...]

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After a bunch of research and deliberation, I finally sprung for a new-generation wireless Kobo E-Reader, and I love it. The prices have come down so much I figure I can stand to take a loss if the Kindle wipes them out, but I was really interested in Kobo’s open-platform philosophy. Unlike the Kindle, you [...]

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I’m a big Michael Crichton fan. I loved ‘Jurassic Park’ and ate up ‘Congo’ and ‘Sphere’, ‘Prey’ and ‘Andromeda Strain’ – in fact I’d read all of his books except, up until now, Timeline.

Have you ever read a book so bad it makes you re-evaluate how you felt about the author’s previous books?
Timeline, a time-travelling [...]

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I was very excited earlier in the month to attend a bit of a “Plumtree” musical reunion – Carla and Lynette Gillis’ new band “Sister” were in Ottawa at Raw Sugar, and Catriona Sturton opened up for them. The show was awesome (but too short!) and I got to hang out with the ladies (and [...]

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