Space. The Final Frontier… Ever since I was a child I looked up at the sky in wonder. This is an experience that I think everyone has shared, but only a few of us grow up with that sustained sense of awe through the rest of our lives. After my introduction to Star Wars and…
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Marvel Encyclopedia – New Edition (2019) – Adam Bray, Tom Brevoort, Alan Cowsill, Andrew Darling, Matt Forbeck, Peter Sanderson, Micheal Teitelbaum, and Daniel Wallace
How well d you know the Marvel Universe? Do you know your Kree from your Skrulls? How about the original line up for the Guardians of the Galaxy? Do you know about the Secret Wars? Secret Invasion? Who’s Ironheart? How many iterations of the Avengers are there? While we sit and ruminate over what Phase…
The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower (2007) – Stephen King
Stephen King’s fantastic opus comes to its pic conclusion this week in the most epic way possible, and it’s a stunning read. Picking up where the previous installment left off, the ride doesn’t let up until the very last page as Roland Deschain and his ka-tet are reunited across worlds. We join up again with…
Be More Yoda and Be More Vader (2018) – Christian Blauvelt
The holidays are drawing closer, in fact some people have probably already started their Xmas shopping, and if you have a Star Wars fan on your list, or a businessperson, or someone trying to get the best out of their life, as well as achieving a bit of zen, then DK Canada may have the…
TAD 2018: Prospect (2018) – Christopher Caldwell and Zeek Earl
It’s Sci-Fi Night for Toronto After Dark, and Scotiabank Theatre is ready to blast off, starting at 7pm! Up first tonight is Prospect (the first film being released by Dust the sci-fi arm of the Gunpowder & Sky production house), starring Sophie Thatcher, Pedro Pascal and Jay Duplass. There’s a lot going on production and…
Avengers: Infinity War (2018) – Blu-Ray Review
After ten years, and eighteen previous films, the Marvel Cinematic Universe came together in a way that no other film series has done. Since 2008, with the introduction of Iron Man, Marvel has built upon each film, creating an interwoven reality, and hinting at a terrible threat to come. That threat has arrived. Avengers: Infinity…
Star Wars: Rebel Rising (2017) – Beth Revis
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away… I am truly enjoying the new canon Star Wars series, yes, I mourn some of the lost stories, now relegated to the Legends pile, but the new novels, comics, television series, and of course, the movies, all tie in with one another. Things are checked,…
Star Wars: Phasma (2017) – Delilah S. Dawson
It’s been awhile since I dived into a Star Wars novel, but I got my hands on Phasma, a novel about one of the new characters introduced in the new Star Wars Trilogy and found myself swept up in the canon tale of who she is, what drives her, and how far she is willing…
Doctor Who (Peter Capaldi) – Knock Knock, and Oxygen
Mike Bartlett pens this episode, Knock Knock, that first debuted on 6 May, 2017. The Doctor (Capaldi) gets pulled into investigating Bill’s (Pearl Mackie) new, rather expansive, and cheap new house, she shares with six others. The house is overseen by a creepy old Landlord (David Suchet), and the house, while beautiful isn’t without its…
Solo: A Star Wars Story – The Official Guide (2018) – Pablo Hidalgo
As a Star Wars fan, hell, as a pop culture fan, DK Canada gets me. Their constantly growing library of books, no matter what the subject, are always fun, informative, filled with trivia, gorgeous photos and illustrations, and always seem to be designed to give us a closer look at the subject matter. The official…
The Mind Reels 