Fiction

Aliens: A Critique
Ripley’s second round with the xenomorph has it all! ACTION PACKED! Badass colonial marines, cute kid, weird robot guy. And of course monsters, more monsters. Bigger and badder. Ripley in Caterpillar Power Loader exoskeleton machine fights massive alien queen. Best sequel ever made. Dare I say, better than the original?
By Rae Fairchild (MRB)3 years ago in Critique
A Bite Sized Review
This novel sparked the inferno that was teenage angst and rose colored glasses. Almost twenty years since its debut, Twilight has amassed a cult following that also contain its biggest critics. As a "Twi-hard", I can comfortably say there are far better, and healthier, vampire romances to get lost in.
By Ellie Beauchamp3 years ago in Critique
Breaking Bad
A camper, blue sky, pork pie hat, and Los Pollos Hermanos chicken. Superb casting, well written script, Dynamic connection of Jesse and his teacher.
By C. H. Richard3 years ago in Critique
Inception (Film)
Nolan intricately challenges traditional narrative boundaries. Against dream espionage, the storyline intertwines love, loss, and redemption. Its multi-layered plot, paired with cinematic visuals and an evocative soundtrack, beckons repeated viewings. Far more than just a heist narrative, it's an exploration into human consciousness, perception fragility, and the malleability of memory.
By J G3 years ago in Critique
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Rowling unveils an enchanting realm where magic and reality converge. Anchored by young Harry's transformative journey, the tale is saturated with lore, endearing characters, and ethical lessons. Beyond whimsical elements, the narrative emphasizes friendship's enduring power, valor, and the eternal battle between good and evil, resonating with readers across ages.
By J G3 years ago in Critique
Ridley Scot's Alien
No one can hear you scream in the vacuum of space. Claustrophobia in the empty void. A perfect monster hiding in the shadows. Practical effects. Disturbing androids. Corporate dystopia.
By Alexander McEvoy3 years ago in Critique
The Thing
Technically a remake of a novel adaptation, one of the greatest horror movies ever. Isolation, the dark, the unknown, paranoia, tentacled terrors out of space and time, legendary Lovecraftian body horror. Tragedy in the opening minutes.
By Alexander McEvoy3 years ago in Critique
The Master and Margarita - Critique
Bulgakov’s novel is arguably the world’s best-known work by a modern Russian writer. However, Bulgakov would have been horrified that his “novel of temptation by evil” became a mass culture commodity. He wrote it for one reader - Stalin - pleading to set free dissident writers kept in lunatic asylums.
By Lana V Lynx3 years ago in Critique
The Giver by Lois Lowry
The Giver is a great book set in a dystopian future where everyone is forced to act the same and sees in black and white. The Giver eventually gives a young boy his memories from before everything was the same. The boy revolts and wants freedom to finally be different.
By Alex H Mittelman 3 years ago in Critique
The Sandman Volume 10 - "The Wake"
The overarching storyline of The Sandman ends with the "death" of Dream of the Eternals (but I thought he was a brother to Death herself?), even though he is still undeniably present as a white, ghostly figure. Various characters, Cain and Abel, Superman and Batman, mythological gods such as the cat-headed Bast, and Wesley Dodd, the original "Sandman" from the "Golden Age of Comix" all come forward to deliver eulogies. Even Dream's ex-lovers appear in this Dreaming, having been pulled in the beginning of the book.
By Tom Baker3 years ago in Critique
Charlatan
When they get online, they look to see what they can find. Was their creativity ever there? Is it in decline? Writing isn’t hard. It comes with ease. It takes no more effort than to blow a breeze. Now we question all you’ve created. Was it yours, or just imitated?
By Atomic Historian3 years ago in Critique
50 Critics: E.T.
When Science Fiction auteur Stephen Spielberg gave us E.T. He gave us the most iconic film about Alien life ever. E.T. Is a masterpiece because it gives us a more personal look into the life of an extraterrestrial, as opposed to just the eyes of the humans who fear them.
By Joe Patterson3 years ago in Critique