Vector

Vector 264

The latest issue of BSFA critical journal, Vector #264 (Autumn 2010), includes my review of SF novel Brain Thief by Alexander Jablokov. The magazine doesn't have ratings for reviews, but I'd give this book four stars, or 7/10.

IZ #231

Interzone's last issue (November/ December) of 2010 includes my 'Laser Fodder' column of DVD & blu-ray reviews... 

The Avengers - series five (6/10)
The Brothers Bloom (7/10)
Fanboys (3/10)
Heroes - season four (4/10)
Dollhouse - season two (8/10)
Black Death (7/10)
V - season one (4/10)
Nausicaä Of The Valley Of The Wind (3/10)

Black Static

In good time for Halloween reading, Black Static #19 (from TTA Press), includes my 'Blood Spectrum' column with nine pages of DVD and blu-ray reviews:

Black Lightning (6/10)
The Legend Of Fong Sai-yuk (7/10)
Dogtooth (5/10)
Inferno (9/10)
The Listener - season 1 (3/10)
Tears For Sale (5/10)
Bad Lieutenant - Port Of  Call: New Orleans (8/10)
The Loved Ones (6/10)
Grindhouse (Death Proof, 3/10)
Frozen (4/10)
Suck (5/10)
Zombies Of Mass Destruction (6/10)

     + rant-o-matic: round-up
Road Train (2/10)
Splintered (1/10)
The Sword With No Name (5/10)
Blood Snow (1/10)
Twelve (2/10)
Big Tits Zombie (2/10)
Life Blood (3/10)
Night Of The Demons (2/10)
The Collector (3/10)
The Experiment (4/10)
The Tortured (3/10)
Not Like Others (2/10)
Saturday Nightmares: The Ultimate Horror Expo Of All Time (0/10)

IZ #230

Interzone #230

The latest issue (#230) of Interzone magazine includes my Laser Fodder column of DVD & blu-ray reviews, with coverage of 16 new releases...

Stargate Universe - season 1 (6/10)
After.Life (7/10)
Hunter Prey (5/10)
Kick-Ass (5/10)
Fringe - season 2 (7/10)

    blu for you
Delicatessen (7/10)
Mulholland Drive (9/10)
Death Note 1&2 (8/10)
  
    + round-up: when voids collide
Mega Piranha (3/10)
Centurion (3/10)
Basement (1/10)
The Last Seven (3/10)
Beyond The Rave (1/10)
Cherry Tree Lane (1/10)
Death Tube (1/10)
Mega Shark Of The Malibu (1/10)

The 'B' word

How to fix UK gov deficit & clear national debt? Emergency powers for a special wealth tax (at 95 percent) on British billionaires. Yes, BILLIONAIRE should be filed under 'obscenity'. Wealth super-tax ensures a minimum number of victims, but with maximum claw-back of dosh from greedy Brits. Let's face it, if they can't survive and live comfortably on 5 percent of a billion, then... who cares?