Bad Actors - ★★★★
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Finished reading: Bad Actors by Mick Herron 📚 Probably Herron’s best installment of the Slow Horses series. This will make a great season if the Apple TV+ show makes it this far.Reviews
Excalibur - ★★★☆
Sunday, March 23, 2025
Bernard Cornwell’s Excalibur portrays a realistic take on Arthurian legend, focusing on Derfel Cadarn as the main hero while depicting Arthur as a reluctant leader whose goal of realizing a peaceful life in a peaceful Britain is ultimately doomed.Heretic - ★★★★
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
Brilliant. Disturbed. Disturbing. Brilliant.The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - ★★★★
Saturday, March 15, 2025
Andy Serkis is brilliant as he narrates Tolkien’s classic, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.Chaos: The Manson Murders - ★☆☆☆
Sunday, March 9, 2025
The story of Charles Manson is always intriguing, but this Netflix documentary loses all credibility within the first 10 minutes by subscribing to conspiracy theories that are based purely on speculation with no supporting evidence.Nosferatu - ☆☆☆☆
Tuesday, February 25, 2025
The title of this post should be read as including a rating of 0 out of 4 stars. Every time I agree to watch a movie like this with my wife, I finish it thinking, “Well, that was stupid!”The Hobbit - ★★★★
Tuesday, February 25, 2025
I highly recommend Andy Serkis’s incredible narration of The Hobbit and am eager to experience his reading of The Lord of the Rings trilogy.Enemy of God - ★★★☆
Sunday, February 23, 2025
Bernard Cornwell’s Enemy of God is the more tightly constructed second installment of his Arthurian trilogy, featuring a more prominent Arthur while setting the stage for the concluding book.