A review by Nalini Haynes Ezra, Miran and Isa are children living in slavery, tending opium plans in a basement in Australia. They’re rarely allowed …
Fantasy
Big Over Easy by Jasper Fforde
A review by Nalini Haynes Humpty Dumpty fell off his wall and broke into hundreds of pieces. Detective Jack Spratt and Sergeant Mary Mary of …
Kong: Skull Island
A review by Nalini Haynes A US soldier and a Japanese fighter crash on Wonder Woman’s island. There can’t be two islands that look the …
Beauty and the Beast (2016)
A review by Nalini Haynes Beauty and the Beast opens with Belle (Emma Watson) living in a village in France, wandering around with her nose …
Logan (2017)
A review by Nalini Haynes Logan (Hugh Jackman) is back. Again. At least this time he wasn’t in a remake of his own origin story. …
Underworld: Blood Wars (2016)
A review by Nalini Haynes Death dealer Selene (Kate Beckinsale) is back, older but trying to look the same, replacing Bill Nighy with Charles Dance …
The Awesomes season 1
A review by Nalini Haynes The Awesomes is an animated superhero comedy created by Seth Meyers and Michael Shoemaker, both known for late night comedy …
Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them (book & movie)
A review by Nalini Haynes Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them begins with Tina (Katherine Waterston), dressed in early 20th century clothing, eating a …
Thorne by Charlotte McConaghy
A review by Nalini Haynes Finn is a rebel without a cause, a seemingly bipolar teenager. When she sees Prince Thorne, the son of ‘The …
Preacher Season 1
by Dr Gretchen Marie Stolte Dr Stolte is an anthropologist, art historian, bead artist, comic book ally & Nimi’ipuu/Nez Perce American Indian. She enjoys breaking …
Avery by Charlotte McConaghy
The Chronicles of Kaya book 1 A review by Nalini Haynes Avery is 25 years old when he dies during an assassination attempt: they were trying …
Daughter of Blood by Helen Lowe
A review by Nalini Haynes Daughter of Blood is book 3 in Lowe’s Wall of Night quartet, an award-winning epic fantasy science fiction series set …
Supergirl season 1
A review by Nalini Haynes Kara (Melissa Benoist) flees her home planet of Krypton in a space ship minutes after her cousin was launched, heading …
Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor
A review by Nalini Haynes Strange the Dreamer is Lazlo Strange’s nickname because his head is in the clouds and his research is in the …
Perfect Christmas (2012) aka Holly’s Holiday
A review by Nalini Haynes Holly (Claire Coffee) wants a perfect life with the perfect man and a perfect Christmas. She slips and falls on …