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Howard Reviews

Robin Hood December 12, 2018
On a hunch, I decided to treat Robin Hood as a secondary world low-magic fantasy in which I’m allowed to forget everything I have learned about Earth’s Europe’s seventh century weapon technology, and pretend the whole thing is happening on a different dimension’s medieval Earth. It was a good decision. If you’re going to get knocked out […]
Ralph Breaks the Internet December 7, 2018
Up until about a third of the way through the film, Ralph Breaks the Internet had me worried. It wasn’t doing anything new, and the conflict was a pretty soft one, and I was afraid the film wasn’t going to give us anything like the joy¹ we got from Wreck-It Ralph. And then it got better. […]
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald November 16, 2018
I finally made it back out of the house to see a movie. I wish I’d enjoyed the movie more. Fantastic Crimes of Beastly Grindelwald or Something Like That suffers from some altogether too common pop-cinema ailments. Unmotivated action, Flanderization, and tokenism top my list, but I should also point out that it felt long […]
Ant Man and The Wasp July 8, 2018
Ant Man and The Wasp is set just prior to the events of Avengers: Infinity War¹, which allows it to revel in the same comedy/adventure realm as Ant Man and Thor: Ragnarok. It excelled at said revelry. My own favorite moment, which I shall not spoil, was when Luis (Michael Peña) gave someone his trademark high-speed […]
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom June 25, 2018
This morning, as I’m preparing to buy tickets: Me: “Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom?” 15yo: “Ugh” Me: “Ugh?” 15yo: “Why does that movie even exist?” Me: “People running from dinosaurs!” 15yo: “We’ve seen that.” Me: “In a glass ball!” 15yo: “That too.” Me: “And they get saved by a dino that eats another dino.” 15yo: “That […]

The latest Schlock Mercenary

Schlock Mercenary: December 17, 2018 December 17, 2018
Schlock Mercenary: December 16, 2018 December 16, 2018

The most recent Writing Excuses

13.50: What Writers Get Wrong, with Zoraida Córdova December 16, 2018
Your Hosts: Brandon, Mary Robinette, Dan, and Howard, with special guest Zoraida Córdova Zoraida Córdova, an award-winning author of urban fantasy, was born in Ecuador and grew up in Queens. She joins us to talk about what writers get wrong (and what they can get right and do well) when portraying latinas in the United […]
13.49: How to Finish December 9, 2018
Your Hosts: Brandon, Mary Robinette, Amal, and Maurice Last week we talked about character death. This week we talk about other, less fatal ways in which a character story can be finished, and how we, as writers, can tell when we’re done with a character arc. Credits: This episode was recorded by Andrew Twiss, and mastered […]

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