Black Panther: 4-Word Movie Reviews

Full-length movie reviews are the worst. Four words? We’ve got plenty of time for that. Especially when we’re talking about BLACK PANTHER. 

 

Shuri = rules.

When is Shuri’s movie? — Tegan Hendrickson, @artfulusername

Representation that matters. Finally! — Jessa Phillips, @SultryMinxZoe

M’Baku is my cuddle-bunny.   –– Shaun Rosado, @Pneumaz

Genuine epic. Visually stunning. — Jennifer Hartshorn, @ThatJenHarts

Dora Milaje movie, please!  — Tegan

Gorillas save the day!  — Mark Finn, @FinnsWake

Killmonger was not wrong. — Jennifer

Where’s the brass frog?  — Michael Gordon, @NewLegendMike

Wakanda out-cosmics Asgard.    — Van Allen Plexico, @VanAllenPlexico

Suck it, white supremacists!    — Deanna Toxopeus, @UbalStecha

 

Book Probe: Indie Science Fiction Cinema Today: Conversations With 21st Century Filmmakers

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Book Probe: Indie Science Fiction Cinema Today


With advances in tech and advances in ways to get your stuff out to the public, it’s an incredible time to be a fan of science fiction and of movies and TV in general.

Today, you can make a thing and get your thing out to an audience in ways that makers for decades have dreamed about.

Kathleen Fernandez Vander-Kaay and Chris Vander-Kaay, the authors, talk to those people who are getting out there and making things, and their stories are fascinating.

I’ve had the opportunity here at RevolutionSF to talk to some people who are doing these things and to experience their work, and this book provides a critical mass of their experiences and enthusiasm all in one place.

I’ve already seen and loved “Iron Sky” and “Turbo Kid,” as well as a couple others profiled in the book; literally, a couple of others, out of the dozens profiled.

I thought I was fairly well-versed in these things. I literally had never heard of the overwhelming majority of these movies. I can’t wait to see them.

This book will make you want to get off your duff.

You will discover approximately a zillion new creators and their productions that are waiting out there for you to binge upon. If you get started now… well, you’ll still never finish. After all, you have your own stuff you need to make.

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Book Probe: Star Wars: Forces of Destiny Tales of Hope and Courage

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Star Wars Forces of Destiny: Tales of Hope and Courage

Of course, Star Wars fans should own this book, an anthology of stories about female heroes in all the Star Wars time frames, from Padme to Jyn Erso to Princess Leia.

The stories are thrilling and inspiring, with action, humor, and good triumphing over evil.

You know, Star Wars stuff.

As the dad of a daughter, these stories really poke me hard in the emotions. My daughter loves them. They’re the kind of stories that will be read and reread a jillion times.

For the younger young-uns, they’re suitable for bedtime stories. OK, I’ll admit it. They’re suitable for bedtime stories for any age.

 

Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Bomber Command

This is a novel starring Paige Tico, sister of Rose from The Last Jedi. Author Jason Fry digs into Paige’s character in this all-ages novel, as is the traditional style of the movie tie-in. Kids of any age are going to dig this story, a brand-new adventure with a terrific hero in the time frame of The Last Jedi movie.

The illustrations and the haphazard, fun journal-style design of the book will pull in younglings who are not quite ready for page after page of text.

All books should have design schematics for space bombers. There, I said it.

Bonus Review: The Dragon Inside by Alex Sapegin

This is a very fun fantasy novel, where a human from our own humdrum, dragon-free world discovers a fantasy realm that has all the elves orcs, quests, and mythos that one requires from such a thing.

The author beautifully reveals the world as the book’s hero discovers it, and by that I mean, I want to go there now.

The world has Eleraffs, a cross between an elephant and a giraffe. Eleraffs are my new favorite thing, and I want them to be in every book.

“The dungeon is not a spa” is the funniest quote I’ve seen in awhile.

This whole story is fun, with heroes, villains. You know, the good stuff. Highly recommended.

Book Probe: Frankenstein: The 200th Anniversary Edition

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Frankenstein: The 200th Anniversary Edition

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is the first science fiction novel, according to some learned individuals. You should have already read it. You’ve had 200 years. Get on that.

To celebrate properly, what you need is this fancy anniversary edition, with illustrations by David Plunkert.

The entire book is all here, with brilliantly moody art. The colors are dull and beige, which evokes the dread that encompasses the whole story. Many of the pieces look like haphazard assemblies of patchwork, which is totally appropriate, because, you know, Frankenstein.

Here is another one of the pieces, which is attached in the book in a vinyl inlay.

Even if you own a dozen other copies of the story, the art makes this edition worth your purchase.

Besides, without this story, there would be no Young Frankenstein movie, and that is a dreadful happenstance that I cannot imagine.