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Frankenstein (2025) Movie Review

Jacob Elordi shines in Del Toro’s big, bold, bombastic version of the Mary Shelley classic, but was it all worth it?

Oct 30

Frankenstein (2025) Movie Review

Oct 30

What was it with mid-century male sci-fi writers and their lack of imagination?

Deliberately provocative headline? Sure, but I have a point…

Oct 1

What was it with mid-century male sci-fi writers and their lack of imagination?

Oct 1

Book Review: Orbital by Samantha Harvey (2023)

I’m not especially interested in books simply because they win prizes; I’m a genre fan in my reading life, getting most of my enjoyment…

Jul 16

Book Review: Orbital by Samantha Harvey (2023)

Jul 16

Book Review: The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

In The Shawshank Redemption (1994), main character Andy Dufresne sets up a prison library and gets his less-than-well-educated co-prisoners…

Jun 15

Book Review: The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

Jun 15

Book Review: Monstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova (2023)

Magos and Joseph have just lost their son, Santiago, to a long-term health condition. Filled with grief, Magos decides to cut out a piece…

Jun 8

Book Review: Monstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova (2023)

Jun 8

Book Review: Space Opera by Catherynne M. Valente (2018)

An alien (the Esca) appears on Earth, projecting itself to every human at the same time to inform us that we are one quite boring species…

Mar 19

Mar 19

Book Review: the Shades of Magic series by V.E. Schwab (2015–2017)

Four Londons exist in parallel: Red, Black, White and Grey. Only Kell can travel between them with his Antari magic skills, working as an…

Feb 18

Book Review: the Shades of Magic series by V.E. Schwab (2015–2017)

Feb 18

Book Review: Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (2023)

Mexico City, the 1990s. Montserrat is a sound editor struggling to maintain a steady income, not because of any lack of skill, but because…

Feb 17

Book Review: Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (2023)

Feb 17

Book Review: A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness (2011)

TW: death & suicide

Jan 19

Book Review: A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness (2011)

Jan 19

Book Review: The Fisherman by John Langan (2016)

I’ve decided to try to write a book review every week in 2025. This is the first.

Jan 8

Book Review: The Fisherman by John Langan (2016)

Jan 8

Marcus Bines

Marcus Bines

SFF/horror writer/reader/viewer. Fantasy trilogy & horror novel on the go, a few short stories published. He/him LGBTQ+ ally. https://marcusbines.wordpress.com/

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