Unreviewed books
Monstress Volume Two: The Blood by Marjorie M. Liu and Sana TakedaMaika travels to find out more about her dead mother, Moriko, and about the monster inside her. As she crosses the sea to a land shrouded in mist, ghosts, ghouls, and the bones of a dead god increase the eerie mood in this graphic novel.
The Road To Farringale by Charlotte E. EnglishCordelia Vesper and her magic-using friends are sent to investigate a mysterious decline in troll settlements around Britain. The first in the Modern Magic series.
Binti:Home by Nnedi OkoraforAfter going to university offworld, Binti wants to return home to see her family, and to bring her new friend, an alien Meduse, back with her. But has she changed and grown too far beyond her family? The second novella in the Binti series.
Antidote: Love and War by R. A. SteffanA fugitive carrying vital data crash lands at an outpost with a group of renegades. In order to prevent a genocide, an antidote must be produced quickly in this science fiction romance. The first in the Love and War series.
Saga: Volume Seven by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona StaplesReunited with her family, Hazel travels to the comet of Phang in order to refuel. There they will make new friends and lose others as war rages on.
Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples by Saga: Volume EightHazel wishes for a sibling to keep her company as her family flee from planet to planet. Meanwhile their friend Petrichor is hiding painful secrets and memories.
Demon Hunter by Mary AbshireDemons seem to be multiplying, whilst a group of vampires stand as the protectors of humanity. The first in the Divine Justice series.
Clouds of Venus by Jeff TanyardAfter the mayor of a flying city orbiting Venus is murdered, a student is framed and must work to clear his name. The first novel in the Free Space trilogy.
Melokai by Rosalyn KellyThe ruler of her people is expecting to be banished at the end of her reign, as is custom. Instead she is faced with the threat of rebellion and dark prophecy. The first novel of the In The Heart Of The Mountains series.
The Proem by F. F. JohnIn the 25th century Neith expects to marry for money, not love, and a poor match could ruin her family. A prequel novella to the Nome series.
Ladycastle by Delilah S. Dawson, Ashley A. Woods, and Becca FarrowThe men of Mancastle disappear on a quest, leaving the women to deal with a curse attracting monsters to their castle and to sort out their own leadership.
Lady Mechanika Volume 3: The Lost Boys of West Abbey by Joe Benitez, M. M. Chen, Martin Montiel, and Beth SoteloLady Mechanika and her friends look into the disappearance of children from a poor area of the city. But this case triggers nightmares about her own forgotten past in this graphic novel.
Unreviewed films
Bright directed by David AyerA human cop is unhappy about being paired with an orc in a Los Angeles filled with magical beings, as they go after a dangerous wand that people will kill to obtain.
Otherlife directed by Ben C. LucasA company makes a drug that can be programmed to give someone a day worth of memories in a minute. But will the inventor be able to use it to revive her comatose brother?
Wonder Woman directed by Patty JenkinsDiana, Princess of the Amazons, gets involved in the Great War when a pilot crashes into her island.
Geostorm directed by Dean DevlinAn international network of satellites built to control the weather starts to malfunction with deadly consequences. The man who built it must figure out what is going wrong to prevent global catastrophe.
Justice League directed by Zack SnyderAn extraterrestrial threat wants to take power over the world, filling it with monsters and making it uninhabitable for mankind. Batman knows he will need a team of heroes to rise to the challenge.