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Filmy Fool | Films, Series, Books & more
Reviews and Opinions
Brandon Sanderson has been a phenomena in the fantasy fiction genre. He has a pedigree that is long and diverse with people calling him the greatest ‘adult‘ fantasy author of all time. Why not the greatest fantasy author? Two words: Harry Potter. ...
Project Power is a new addition to the family of Netflix Original films. Starring Jamie Foxx, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and, Dominique Fishback, Project Power is a Sci-Fi action film. It combines the underworld, drugs, and cops with superhuman powers, albeit with a twist. ...
Golden Son is the second book in the Red Rising trilogy written by Pierce Brown. The trilogy is a sci-fi dystopian tale set in the future where mankind has set up colonies on Mars and other outer planets. ...
The superhero genre has exploded with many shows and films coming up in the last few years. So it is a huge challenge for any show/film in this genre to create its own space. Hence, The Umbrella Academy deserves big applause for doing it not once but twice. ...
Recursion is my second Blake Crouch book (Dark Matter was the first), and I am thankful to KoolSkool bookstore for introducing me to Crouch in the first place. Recursion is science fiction at heart but is written as an out and out thriller. Unlike a lot of Sci-Fi books and films, this is not based in the future but rather set in the 2010s’, which makes it highly relatable. We are introduced to the two lead characters (Barry and Helena) and the structure of writing gives the feel of a journal, with dates marking the start of each entry. Every entry corresponds to ‘a day in the life’ of Barry or Helena, and the accounts are from the first-person point of view. This way of storytelling is engaging and as a reader, I started thinking from the point of view of the protagonists immediately. ...