ANIME REVIEW: NARUTO SHIPPUDEN BOX SET 30

Naruto Shippuden Box Set 30
Released By: Manga Entertainment
Rating: 12
Running Time: 336 Mins
Audio: Japanese with English subs
Release Date: 13/11/2017
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes 

As Sasuke Uchiha has made an appearance, he has left the teams confused as to why he changed sides. Everyone thought he had sided with Lord Orochimaru and vowed to destroy the leaf village after what he discovered from his brother. Shikamaru thinks even less of Sasuke for turning up and doesn't accept him as part of the team. He doesn't have to. Sasuke wants to protect the leaf from further attack as his brother wanted peace above all; though there is the issue of him telling everyone present he will become hokage after the battle

BOOK REVIEW: PREDATOR: IF IT BLEEDS EDITED BY BRYAN THOMAS SCHMIDT

Predator: If It Bleeds
Editor: Bryan Thomas Schmidt
Publisher: Titan Books
ISBN: 9781785655401
Pages: 456
Reviewed by: Sandra Scholes

We had the Aliens omnibus series of books now it looks like fans of the Predator movies will have their own omnibus to enjoy.

BOOK REVIEW:MARCH OF WAR (VIRTUES OF WAR BOOK THREE) BY BENNETT R COLES

March of War (Virtues of War Book Three)
Author: Bennett R Coles
Publisher: Titan Books
ISBN: 9781783294
Pages: 336
Reviewed by: Sandra Scholes

In Virtues of War Katja, Jack and Thomas are sent to apprehend a spy in Cerberus, Ghosts of War I never had the chance to cover but now in March of War, Jack and Tom have to take on the Centauri rebels who threaten Terran Space while Katja working in Special Forces has to find the perps responsible, though in the process find the Centauri have new and dangerous tech that could do more damage.

ANIME REVIEW: COWBOY BEBOP THE MOVIE (BLU-RAY & DVD)

Cowboy Bebop the Movie
Released By: Manga Entertainment
Rating: 12
Running Time: 115 Mins
Audio: English 2.0 Stereo/ 5.1 Dolby
Release Date: 9/10/2017
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes 

Considered a modern classic, Cowboy Bebop has a small band of bounty hunters on the spaceship Bebop who are down on their luck and need some folding money very soon. Spike, Jet, Faye and Ed the hacker find out there has been an explosion and decide to check it out.

BLACK SAILS SEASON 4

Black Sails Season 4
Released By: Platform Entertainment
Rating: 15
Running Time: 572 Mins
Audio: Japanese with English subs
Release Date: Out Now!
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes 


Synopsis:

Hundreds of British soldiers lie dead in a forest... the Royal Navy sails back to England in retreat... the West Indies are now a war zone, and the shores of New Providence Island have never been bloodier. With the help of Eleanor Guthrie, Woodes Rogers transforms Nassau into a fortress without walls, as Captain Flint amasses a fleet of unprecedented strength, hoping to strike the final blow against civilization and reshape the world forever.


Meanwhile, from within the island... an insurgency builds, fuelled by the legend of its exiled leader, whose name keeps grown men awake at night... the one they call Long John Silver. But as Flint, Silver and their allies are about to learn, the closer civilization comes to defeat, the more desperately and destructively it will fight back. Oaths will be shattered, fortunes will change hands, and amidst the chaos, only one thing remains certain: it has never been more dangerous to call oneself a pirate...

ADVANCE REVIEW: ANIME REVIEW: KINMOZA COMPLETE SEASON 1 BLU-RAY/DVD COMBO

Kinmoza Complete Season 1 Blu-ray/DVD Combo
Released By: Animatsu
Rating: 12
Running Time: 300 Mins
Audio: Japanese with English subs
Due Out: 9/10/2017
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes 

Shinobu Omiya is a normal high school girl who has friends and enjoys her life at school until one day she goes to London, England to live with a host family who shows her what English life is all about - there she meets Alice Cartelet and gets a friend for life.

NOVEL REVIEW: GHOST IN THE SHELL THE OFFICIAL MOVIE NOVELIZATION

Ghost in the Shell The Official Movie Novelization
Authors: James Swallow/Abbie Bernstein
Publisher: Titan Books
Pages: 240
ISBN: 9781785657528
Reviewed by: Sandra Scholes

Based on the manga by Masamune Shirow and the animated movie directed by Mamoru Oshii, in the future people live longer and have artificial bodies with computer enhanced brains. The unfortunate outcome of this evolution is hackers can manipulate these cyberbrains to their advantage.

ADVANCE REVIEW: ANIME REVIEW: HALO THE COMPLETE VIDEO COLLECTION

Halo the Complete Video Collection 
Released By: Manga Entertainment
Rating: 15
Running Time: 125 Mins
Audio: English 2.0 stereo 5.1 dolby
Release Date: 23/10/2017
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes 

Halo the Complete Video Collection is a collection of short animations on the Halo universe interpreted by several different directors familiar with the hit gaming franchise. There are several animations to this collection; Halo Legends, Halo: Forward Until Dawn, Halo: Nightfall and Halo: Fall of Reach, but I want to concentrate on Halo: Legends.

ADVANCE REVIEW: ANIME REVIEW: YU-GI-OH! XEXAL SEASON 2

Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal Season 2 
Released By: Manga Entertainment
Rating: 12
Running Time: 1029 Mins
Audio: English 2.0 Stereo/ 5.1 Dolby
Release Date: 23/10/2017
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes 

Yumi has been sent a WDC Eve invitation to a special party that happens before the dual carnival finals. Everyone is jealous of course but someone behind the scenes thinks he can get in too.

CHILDREN'S BOOK REVIEW: SENSELESS BY STEVE COLE

Senseless by Steve Cole

While other people thought Kenzie K-Boy Mitchell was wasting his time playing games, he proves them wrong by winning a trip out to a games tournament. Thus means top air flight to the place, limo to the venue, top stay at a hotel and food and drinks on arrival. Its so great being a top gamer, but its not so simple.

LGBT POETRY REVIEW: OUR LADY OF THE CROSSWORD BY RIGOBERTO GONZALEZ

Our Lady of the Crossword 
Author: Rigoberto Gonzalez
Publisher: A Midsummer Night's Press
ISBN: 13:9781938334184
Pages:42
Reviewed by: Sandra Scholes

Rigoberto Gonzalez has written such poetry books as So Often the Pitcher Goes to Water Until it Breaks and Other Fugitives and Other Strangers so this book of poetry is the sort that can be read on the go to work or play and one of the best I have so far read from A Midsummer Night's Press.

LGBT POETRY REVIEW: WHEN I WAS STRAIGHT BY JULIE MARIE WADE

When I Was Straight
Author: Julie Marie Wade
Publisher: A Midsummer Night's Press
ISBN: 13:9781938334085
Pages: 42
Reviewed by: Sandra Scholes

I adore these small paperback books of poetry from LGBT authors from around the world.I got the impression that Julie Marie Wade wrote this series of poems to fully exorcise her demons about coming out.