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Dr. No pre-review / Major Boothroyd thoughts

James Bond Retrospective Bonus So I was writing up my next Bond book review for Dr. No, and I ended up doing this intro piece about the character of Major Boothroyd. I was originally just going to include this as an

Ian T. Rideout April 23, 2025 Book reviews, Movie reviews 1 Comment Read more

From Russia, with Love

James Bond Novel Retrospective #5 Released: 1957 James Bond’s third confrontation with SMERSH, and where things really get personal. The first time I read Diamonds Are Forever, I was underwhelmed with it, but it grew on me upon my second

Ian T. Rideout February 22, 2025 Book reviews No Comments Read more

Super Mario Progress Update

Super Mario Retrospective Bonus Hello hello! Just wanted to chime in with a fun update. The inspiration for this post came when something dawned on me. Despite being a loyal Super Mario fan since childhood, I’ve never actually 100% completed

Ian T. Rideout June 25, 2024June 25, 2024 Video game reviews Read more

My Land Before Time DVDs – Part II

Continuation of Part I. Namely, in regard to the two copies of the 14-film DVD set that I own. I didn’t realize this back when I made the first post. It was a fun little oddity I noticed sometime afterwards:

Ian T. Rideout December 29, 2023December 29, 2023 Movie reviews, TV series reviews Read more

Diamonds Are Forever

James Bond Novel Retrospective #4 Released: 1956 A dog is a man’s best friend, while diamonds are a girl’s best friend. In my Fantastic Beasts Trilogy overview, I noted what my current top three franchises are; Star Wars, Harry Potter,

Ian T. Rideout December 20, 2023April 19, 2025 Book reviews Read more

Super Mario Bros. 2

Super Mario Retrospective #3 Released: – 1988 for Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) – Remade as part of ‘Super Mario All-Stars’ in 1993 for Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) – Ported as ‘Super Mario Advance’ in 2001 for Game Boy Advance

Ian T. Rideout December 19, 2023 Video game reviews Read more

Fantastic Beasts Trilogy

This is long overdue. I’ve been wanting to talk about Fantastic Beasts for a long time. Harry Potter is currently my second favourite franchise (behind Star Wars, and third place is probably Lord of the Rings/Middle-earth). When I covered all

Ian T. Rideout December 18, 2023December 19, 2023 Movie reviews Read more

The Land Before Time VI: The Secret of Saurus Rock – Second script overview

Review Archive – 2023 Hello hello! It has been quite a while, but I come bearing a gift. What is this gift, you ask? Why, it is a brand new Land Before Time production script! Specifically, it’s another script of

Ian T. Rideout May 23, 2023December 26, 2023 Movie reviews Read more

Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels

Super Mario Retrospective #2 Released: – 1986 for Family Computer Disk System (Famicom) (Japanese equivalent of the NES) – Remade as part of ‘Super Mario All-Stars’ in 1993 for Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) – Ported as part of ‘Super

Ian T. Rideout May 10, 2023June 24, 2023 Video game reviews Read more

Super Mario Bros.

Super Mario Retrospective #1 Released: – 1985 for Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) – Remade as part of ‘Super Mario All-Stars’ in 1993 for Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) – Ported as part of ‘Super Mario Bros. Deluxe’ in 1999 for

Ian T. Rideout April 18, 2023June 22, 2023 Video game reviews Read more
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