Nicholas Bruner
Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Young Adult Author
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Ranking: Dark Phoenix
This is the second time Marvel has made a film version of Dark Phoenix, the greatest X-Men saga of all time. The first attempt was X-Men 3: Last Stand, which was an awful movie, overloaded with pointless special effects and actors phoning in their… Continue Reading “Ranking: Dark Phoenix”
What I’m Reading: This Is Not a Love Scene
What a treat, a book by my fellow Writers of Chantilly writer, S.C. Megale! This Is Not a Love Scene is Megale’s first published novel, although she’s well known at the writer’s group table for a number of books she’s read to us over… Continue Reading “What I’m Reading: This Is Not a Love Scene”
Ranking: Avengers: Endgame
I’ve now seen Avengers: Endgame twice. It is the second part (not a sequel) of last year’s Avengers: Infinity War (which I reviewed here). It is the culmination not only of the two-part Avengers movie, but also of the entire 22-movie Marvel Cinematic Universe… Continue Reading “Ranking: Avengers: Endgame”
What I’m Reading: Medieval Cities: Their Origins and the Revival of Trade
Medieval Cities, by French professor Henri Pirenne, was published in 1952 but is the synthesis and culmination of lectures he had been building on since the 1920s. I believe Dr. Pirenne was the one who came up with the theory that it was not… Continue Reading “What I’m Reading: Medieval Cities: Their Origins and the Revival of Trade”
Ranking: Captain Marvel
A few weeks ago while visiting Nashville, my family went to see Captain Marvel. In the comics Captain Marvel, alter ego Carol Danvers, is a character I don’t follow too much, but I think the movie kept pretty close to her character. She starts… Continue Reading “Ranking: Captain Marvel”
Ranking: Ant-Man and the Wasp
Missed Ant-Man and the Wasp in the theaters, so I watched it with my family at home a few weeks ago. (I reviewed the original Ant-Man back in 2015 here.) In it, we revisit Scott Lang, who is now under year-long house arrest following… Continue Reading “Ranking: Ant-Man and the Wasp”
What I’m Reading: Ten-Seven
Ten-Seven is the second Penns River Crime Novel I’ve read by Dana King (I reviewed the first one, Grind Joint, here) and it’s a special pleasure for me to read it not only because Dana is a fellow member of my writer’s group, but because he… Continue Reading “What I’m Reading: Ten-Seven”
What I’m Reading: Change-Up: Mystery at the World Series
Change-Up: Mystery at the World Series is one of the books my son is reading for his Battle of the Books team at school. (I recently read Re-Start, another of the books he’s reading for BoB.) I can see why Virginia picked this one for… Continue Reading “What I’m Reading: Change-Up: Mystery at the World Series”
