Musings of A Bookworm and Movie Lover

My Favorite Movies It's very hard indeed to pin down a certifiable movie buff like myself to what are her favorite movies. But for you I will endeavor to elaborate on them. Keep in mind you will most likely see movies that are not on many peoples favorite list. But it's my blog, so who cares if others don't agree with me. So here they are, not particularly in order: 1.Armageddon 2.The Matrix 3.The Matrix Reloaded 4.Speed 5.A Walk In The Clouds 6.The Replacements 7.The Empire Strikes Back 8.The Incredibles 9.X-Men 10.X-2: X-Men United 11.Swordfish 12.Van Helsing 13.A Room With A View 14.The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 15.The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 16.The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 17.Lethal Weapon 18.Daredevil 19.Snatch 20.The Lady and The Tramp 21.Mulan 22.The Mummy 23.The Mummy Returns 24.Gone in 60 Seconds (Nicolas Cage) 25.Face/Off 26.National Treasure 27.Phantom of the Opera 28.Great Expectations (Ethan Hawke) 29.Elekt...

These are my all time favorite shows on the small screen. Some are old and defunct...Others went out in the a blaze of glory, some are new out of the gate, and a small few are still going strong. What makes a show my favorite? Great writing, excellent characters, an interesting premise. Lots of action or special effects. Great animation. A hint of the arcane. Deep entrenchment in the supernatural. Gut-bustingly funny, you name it. Here they are (not in particular order as usual): 1.The Simpsons 2.Buffy The Vampire Slayer 3.Angel 4.Alias 5.Hercules 6.Xena Warrior Princess 7.King of the Hill 8.Batman The Animated Series 9.Challenge of the Superfriends 10.Living Single 11.The X-Files 12.Just The Ten of Us 13.The Facts of Life 14.21 Jumpstreet 15.The Others 16.Miracles 17.The Magnificent Seven 18.Lost 19.House 20.ER (I outgrew it when Kerry Weaver became a major character) 21.Dynasty 22.Relic Hunter 23.The Lost World 24.Dark Angel 25.Firefly 26.Battlestar Galactica (New Version) 27....

Top 100 Historical Romances I love historical romance. I read my first one at 12 years of age. I was hooked ever since. The magic of them has soothed my savage breast many times. I retreat into the world of adventure, romance, and pagentry easily, and hunger for more. These books definitely make the top of my list for wonderful historical romance reads. Here they are: 1.Lord of Scoundrels-Loretta Chase 2.The Shadow and The Star-Laura Kinsale 3.Seize The Fire-Laura Kinsale 4.The Prince of Midnight-Laura Kinsale 5.A Heart So Wild-Johanna Lindsey 6.A Rose At Midnight-Anne Stuart 7.Lord of Danger-Anne Stuart 8.The Charm School-Susan Wiggs 9.The Horsemaster’s Daughter-Susan Wiggs 10.A Well-Pleasured Lady-Christina Dodd 11.Rules of Engagement-Christina Dodd 12.Rules of Surrender-Christina Dodd 13.Lost in Your Arms-Christina Dodd 14.All Through The Night-Connie Brockway 15.A Dangerous Man-Connie Brockway 16.Dreaming of You-Lisa Kleypas 17.Lady Sophia’s Lover-Lisa Kleypas 18.Then Came You-Lisa...

Top 100 Contemporary Romances These are the contemporary romances that I've read, enjoyed, added to my collection and found irrestible for various reasons. I would definitely want to take these if I had to flee the country or ended up stranded on a desert island. There are some tried and true authors, and some that I may have just read one book and enjoyed. But they made the top hundred because of the exceptionalness of the read. Without further ado... 1.The Mercenary-Cherry Adair (Harlequin Temptation) 2.Iguana Bay-Theresa Weir 3.Some Girls Do-Leanne Banks 4.Kiss And Tell-Cherry Adair 5.Cool Shade-Theresa Weir 6.Reckless Lover-Carly Bishop (Harlequin Intrigue) 7.Rafe’s Revenge-Anne Stuart (Harlequin American Romance) 8.Hide and Seek-Cherry Adair 9.In Too Deep-Cherry Adair 10.Gone Too Far-Suzanne Brockmann 11.Lone Rider-Lauren Bach 12.Lazarus Rising-Anne Stuart (Harlequin American Romance) 13.Rancho Diablo-Anne Stuart (Harlequin American Romance) 14.Ritual Sins-Ann...

The Importance of Romance Novels In My Life I read my first romance at the young age of twelve years. It was Fires of Winter by Johanna Lindsey. I was bored and my mom's box of books was right next to me. I browsed through and was attracted by the artwork on the cover. I was hooked by the first sentence.... And now I am thirty-five years of age (as of 2008). I have probably read thousands of books, most of them romances. I have been teased innumerable times for my tendency to read this "lascivious, unrealistic, sleazy, unredemable sex books" many times. But I am at the point in my life where I sing it out loud and proud: I LOVE ROMANCE NOVELS. If I were to elucidate why I love them, it would take quite a while. I could have a website dedicated to romance novels and their authors. That is my intention some day. If you have read through my blog, you know by now that it is one of my favorite subjects. But I will endeavor to deliver a brief discussion on one of my favorite su...

Interracial Romances List Let me tell you one thing about me. I love interracial romance. I guess it's because I was raised to be open-minded about those things. But also I have some ethnic diversity in my background: African, Irish, English, Scottish, Native American. I think love is not about color , it's about a soul-deep connection . And I love books that show this. So I have definitely pursued these stories. Here is a list of some that I have read and enjoyed. Fate by Pamela Leigh Starr--very old fashioned, sweet love story Renee' And Jay by J.J. Murray--hip but heartfelt Three Wishes by Seressia Glass--soulmates finding each other No Commitment Required by Seressia Glass Gone Too Far by Suzanne Brockmann I'll Be Your Shelter by Giselle Carmichael Something Real by J.J. Murray My Forever Love by B.A. Isachor At Last by Lisa G. Riley Against The Wind by Gwynne Forster Once Upon A Blue Moon by Dorriane Cole Passion's Journey by Wanda Y. Thomas A Twist...

When life gets wacky...turn to Buffy I've been rediscovering my love of the wonderful show Buffy The Vampire Slayer lately. My sister and I watched the sixth season the past month. Nothing better than watching television shows on DVD. The second time around I totally got the message. Life is the big bad!!!!! It's totally true. The hardest thing about life is living, as Dawn said. And life isn't bliss, life is just living, Spike sang eloquently. Well I can feel that big time. I can understand the isolation and desolation that Buffy felt because I feel it often. Getting up and going to work is like saving the world sometimes. And poor Buffy. She has to do both. Okay I don't have crazy hot sex with a fine, studly vampire or man for that matter, but I did lose my father like Willow lost her true love Tara. I have to struggle to pay bills like Buffy did too. I've dealt with the pain of letting go of something that feels good and comfortable but just isn't right ...

My British Actors If you know me long enough, you know that I am definitely in love with the British, i.e. anyone or thing from Great Britain or the British Isles. So whenever I find out that an actor that I see in a movie is British, I get a smile on my face. Man there is something about a guy with a British accent. Have Mercy!!! God Bless Them. Here are some of my British actors that I adore. I will list their country in parenthesis. And just to clarify, some of these actors may have varying ethnicities but they are British because of where they grew up, trained in acting, or maybe even just because they have the accent :) PS. For purposes of simplification I am including Ireland although only Northern Ireland is officially a part of Great Britain. Not in order of preference necessarily. 1.Christian Bale (Wales) 2.Gerard Butler (Scotland) 3.Stuart Townsend (Irish) 4.Ioan Gruffudd (Wales) 5.Jason Statham (England) 6.Adrian Paul (England) 7.Orlando Bloom (England) 8.Christien Anholt (E...

How About Those Bad Boys? There is one truth about women, we can’t resist bad boys. Be it rogues, antiheroes, scoundrels, or rakes, they manage to captivate a reader. They can even be on the right side of the law as cops, soldiers, or spies, but they have done their share of sketchy deeds in the service of ultimate good that has cast a pall over them and caused them to struggle with inner demons that make it hard for them to find love. Or maybe they just like the ladies a little too much, and since the ladies like them back, they do their best to cut a swathe through the female masses. Personally, I like the antiheroes who have a past full of dark deeds but are struggling down the path to redemption. Or the right woman comes along to lead them that way. There are some writers like Anne Stuart and Sherrilyn Kenyon/Kinley MacGregor who specialize in bad boys. Bad boys are just addictive because they call out to the inner desire in a woman to fix their problems. Without furthe...

Top 10 Heroines-I had to list mine as an exercise on one of my groups and I had to post them here. It was very hard to narrow down my favorites to the ten on this list. Here these amazing heroines are... 1. Jessica Trent-Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase 2. Bailee McKoy-The Texan’s Wager by Jodi Thomas 3. Cristabel Gaines-Lawless by Diana Palmer 4. Guinevere Mary Fairchild-A Well-Pleasured Lady by Christina Dodd 5. Lady Caroline-My Darling Caroline by Adele Ashworth 6. Anne Wilder-All Through The Night by Connie Brockway 7. Lady Lily-Then Came You by Lisa Kleypas 8. Hester-Indigo by Beverly Jenkins 9. Nora-Lady Gallant by Suzanne Robinson 10.Mary Potter-Mackenzie’s Mountain

I was thinking about those heroines who definitely go against the sweet, innocent type and absolutely captivate the reader. They might be very sexually experienced, just plain wild, or perhaps even have a violent or tortured past that has made them lose their emotional innocence. Perhaps they are pure in body but have impure motives. Or they are neither pure nor have pure motives. They are the women that could possibly be a villain in another book or have enough anti-hero in them to make them interesting. Which ones stand out in your mind? These are the ones that I like. Feel free to elaborate on why you added them to the list. 1.Madeleine Dumais-Winter Garden by Adele Ashworth 2.Ghislaine de Lorny-A Rose At Midnight by Anne Stuart 3.Lady Alyx-The Rake by Mary Jo Putney 4.Serena Riverton-Forbidden by Jo Beverley 5.Lily Lawson-Then Came You by Lisa Kleypas 6.Sophia Sydney-Lady Sophia's Lover 7.Anne Wilder-All Through The Night by Connie Brockway 8.Tippy-Lawless by...

I finally watched Kill Bill. I was great! Let me tell you, I am not a huge fan of Quentin Tarantino. But he made one heck of a movie. It was amazing. Uma Thurman did a great job. I can totally see why she got an Oscar nomination. You can see that QT is definitely a lover of movies. If there was a genre that he enjoys, he put in the movie, but it made a lovely collage that was definitely stronger for the sum of its parts. The blood was a bit over the top, and that was one of the reasons I hesitated watching it, but it could have been worse. The scene that would have been really bad was in black and white so that it wasn't too excessive. I loved the swordplay, because that's my thing. Put a samurai sword and a good swordsman/woman in a movie and I'm there. Uma was a natural with the action and swordplay. And my girl Lucy was splendid as always. There were some great characters in the movie. Some were almost over the top and some played to excellent precision l...

I watched Spiderman-2 yesterday and I was totally feeling Peter Parker. He is in a terrible place in this movie. He is feeling overwhelmed on all sides. He is feeling like the world is falling apart. He keeps getting fired from jobs because he's chronically late, he is not doing well in school because of missing class and not having time for homework. He can barely pay his rent, and his friends are angry at him. Mary Jane doesn't understand why he can't be there for her. Aunt May feels disconnected from him as well. The problem is that his mission has overtaken his life. I feel that because that's where I am. My life is overwhelmed by obligations. Demands of people at work and at home. But he can't tell them why he seems like an unreliable person. He's too busy out there fighting evil. Isn't that more important? Not to the people who think you let them down personally. Poor Peter. He had a great journey to undertake. One of self-discovery. I...

I have always liked to read older books, because of my love of history and days long past. I read Louisa May Alcott's books, Edith Hamilton's Mythology, Jack London's White Fang and Call of the Wild, All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot, C.S. Lewis Chronicles of Narnia, To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, and others, including those I read in class and enjoyed. However, I am endeavoring to read more classics. Part of the reason is because I want my period stories to be authentic in writing style. Also I think there are a lot of great classic stories out there that I haven't read. I am particularly interested in classic horror and adventure stories. Here is my list, not in alphabetical order: 1.Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott 2.Dracula by Bram Stoker 3.The Last of The Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper 4.The Invisible Man/The Time Machine by H.G. Wells 5.Selected Stories of O Henry 6.Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson 7.Kidnapped by Robert Louis...

My June Reads Great reading month although I hit a slump near the middle to end of the month. My highlight reads are starred. 1. Lady Defiant-Suzanne Robinson. (Historical Romance-Elizabethan) A+. Lovely story and characters who win your heart. (Roguish hero) 2. The Kissing Gate-Fiona Carr. (Historical Romance-Regency) A+. I really liked the writer’s style and it was enjoyably sensual. (Plump heroine) 3. The Perfect Wife-Jane Goodger (Historical Romance-Edwardian) A. Good book but I found some of the interactions between h/h annoying. (Ex-plump heroine) 4. Rightfully His-Tracy Grant (Historical Romance-Regency). A. Good read but a little slow at times. (Friends to lovers) 5. *Almost Like Being In Love-Christina Dodd (Contemporary Romance). A+. Another winner by a favorite author of mine-passionate, deep, compelling. Two characters that you want to end up together. (Tortured heroine) 6. *Lawless-Diana Palmer (Contemporary Romance). A++. Wonderful, excellent, en...

I just read Fantasy Lover by Sherrilyn Kenyon. I started it Sunday and finished it yesterday. What a great book. Definitely an A+. Sherrilyn just has a gift for making characters that you shed tears for and fall in love with. Julian really touched my heart and I felt for him in his pain. SK also has a great way with telling ancient history so that you're riveted. I admit I'm a history buff anyway, but she just brings it to light in a vivid and interesting way. And she seems fairly accurate in a way that Xena and Hercules aren't always. Her books make me want to go out and buy a book on ancient history and dive in headfirst. At first I was wondering if I shot myself in the foot reading the other Dark Hunter books first, but I'm glad I hadn't read this one. It gave me something to tide me over until Night Play comes out in August. This book has so many layers. I enjoyed the romance but also there was a family drama played out through Julian's relations...

I read Lawless a couple of weeks ago. It was wonderful and engrossing. Diana Palmer just gets better and better. I love her ability to make us fall in love with her characters, flaws and all. I enjoyed Christabel and Judd, but I especially love Cash Grier. He's such an amazing character. He's got a seductive, enigmatic air. He also had a tenderness about him that was appealing. I must admit for a little while, I was more enamored of Chrissy and Cash as a couple then Judd and Chrissy, but eventually Judd proved his worthiness. Thanks to the little tidbits about Cash, I am doing something I rarely do. I'm going to buy a hardcover book, Renegade. This is Cash Grier's story and I must have it. I know it's expensive, but Cash is worth it, and I'm dying to read his story and see him get his happy ending with Tippy, who was briefly introduced in Lawless. Lawless had wonderful exposition, storytelling, and sensuality. There's definitely something about...

Elements that I love in Romance Novels 1.Tortured heroes/heroines that overcome their demons in a realistic way and find someone who loves them and respects them despite their infirmities. 2.Scarred/flawed heroes/heroines. 3.A pure, true love story at the heart of the romance with a sensuality that evolves out of a deep, lasting connection between the hero and heroine. 4.Lots of interesting secondary characters with potential for their own stories. 5.Great conflict-internal or external. 6.A wonderful, rip-roaring adventure tale intermingled in a beautiful love story. 7.Virginal hero/heroine 8.Warriors or ex-warriors 9.Educated, intelligent heroes/heroines who get to solve problems and help people. 10.Pregnancies. I love books that have these! I think it's very much part of the happy ever after fantasy. 11.Men who are great fathers or who are wonderful with their children. 12.Beta heroes. I love them. Caring men who are masculine but not arrogant or overbearing. 13....

My Romance Novel Pet-Peeves 1.Rakes with no reason d' etre-just sleazy men sleeping with anything in a skirt. And the heroine is just panting for them. Did it ever occur to the heroine that it's really gross that this guy slept with half the ton, or town? 2.Really mean heroes who treat heroines like crap. Uber-alpha hero. 3.Stupid, silly heroines who mindlessly go from one scrape to another. Women are just as intelligent and capable as men are, and even if we need to be saved, it doesn't have to be because we need a keeper. 4.Transplanted modern-day heroes and heroines in a period piece. Please try to make the dialogue and behavior fit the period! 5.Rape between hero and heroine (Seduction is okay). 6.The Secret Baby. So tired! 7.When the characters think they just want to sleep together and never envision a future until practically the end of the book. 8.Adultery--The big no-no! Instant wallbanger if one of the characters cheat on the other! I grit my t...

You know I ought to be better about editing my blogs because I realized that I listed the wrong book by Jill Gregory as most disappointing read, which I later decided was superceded by Out of Sight by Cherry Adair. It was actually Cold Night, Warm Stranger. D-Oh!!

My Desert Island Books 1.The Shadow and The Star by Laura Kinsale 2.Seize the Fire by Laura Kinsale 3.Rules of Engagement by Christina Dodd 4.A Well-Pleasured Lady by Christina Dodd 5.Lone Rider by Lauren Bach 6.The Mercenary by Cherry Adair 7.Dreaming of You by Lisa Kleypas 8.The Texan's Wager by Jodi Thomas 9.Night Fever by Susan Kyle (Diana Palmer) 10.The Last Mercenary by Diana Palmer 11.Enamored by Diana Palmer 12.Born in Sin by Kinley MacGregor 13.Taming the Scotsman by Kinley MacGregor 14.Dance With The Devil by Sherrilyn Kenyon 15.Mackenzie's Mountain by Linda Howard 16.Night Shadow by Laura Renken 17.My Lord Pirate by Laura Renken 18.Forbidden by Jo Beverley 19.Perils Of The Heart by Jennifer Ashley 20.A Heart So Wild by Johanna Lindsey 21.Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase 22.Angels Wings by Anne Stuart 23.Ritual Sins by Anne Stuart 24.Lord of Danger by Anne Stuart 25.A Rose at Midnight by Anne Stuart 26.The Soldier and The Baby by Anne Stua...

I thought I'd take a page from the AAR (All About Romance) site and give you a short overview of my romance reading tastes. Favorite Romance: Seize the Fire by Laura Kinsale Favorite Romance Author: Anne Stuart Christina Dodd Favorite Funny: Lady Be Good by Susan Elizabeth Phillips Most-Hanky Read: tie between Never Love a Cowboy by Lorraine Heath and Dance With The Devil by Sherrilyn Kenyon Most Luscious Love Story: Anything by Lisa Kleypas Most Tortured Hero: Zarek from Dance With the Devil Feistiest Heroine: Jessica Trent from Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase Favorite Hero: three way tie between Samuel Gerard from The Shadow and The Star, Zarek from Dance With The Devil and Carter McKoy from The Texan's Wager Favorite Heroine: Jessica Trent from Lord of Scoundrels Favorite Couple: tie between Jessica Trent and Sebastian Ballister from Lord of Scoundrels and Bailee and Carter McKoy from The Texan's Wager Favorite Family: The Drakes by Laura Renken Mo...

Why I like virgin characters in my romances I know that some readers are weary and disgusted with the innocent virgin heroine. I don't feel that way. In fact, I prefer virgin heroines, and even virgin heroes. I even seek them out. I think that a virgin character can serve as a blank canvas, if you will, for the romantic feelings of love that we read romances for. It's all new and fresh, and we get to walk on the journey along with them. Isn't that the true fantasy of romance? You meet the person you are supposed to spend your life with and fall in love, in bed and in bliss and live happily ever after? Well that's my vision of romantic love. Don't get my wrong, I have read lots of books with non-virginal characters that I liked. But if that character is a virgin, it's all the more special to me. Let's discuss some arguments again virginal characters: 1)Nobody is a virgin anymore, so it's not realistic: This is blatantly false. I know quit...

My Favorite Authors I love to read, obviously. There are some writers that I flock to as often as possible because they particularly do a good job at making reading a pleasure. This authors are master artists at the written word, in my opinion. They create characters that are enduring and endearing at the same time. These characters may be and often are deeply flawed but more lovable for their character failings. But the writer uses them skillfully to tell a story and to entertain the reader. Most of these authors write in the romance genre. And the remainders are likely to be found in the horror or science fiction genre. A couple write thrillers or action adventures. But the thing they have in common most of all is that they have earned my respect and admiration as writers and the dubious honor to make it on my list of favorite authors. 1.Anne Stuart--the best of all time!!! 2.Christina Dodd 3.Diana Palmer 4.Lisa Kleypas 5.Laura Kinsale 6.Connie Brockway 7.Catherine Anderson...

I wanted to veer off subject and discuss my addiction...Books. My room is overflowing with them. I have probably several hundreds in that entity that us bookworms know as a To Be Read Pile or TBR pile for short. A thousand I have read but I cannot bear to be parted with. I have no room to buy new ones, but I will. Why can't I stop? This is a double-edged sword. Because I am glad that there are always new stories to be told, but at the same time if I didn't get the urge to read more books because I like the story or plot, then I would have a lot more money and room. I suppose there are worse addictions, but I feel guilty when I take a pile of books to the counter at the bookstore. Even at the ubs where the owner own's 4000 of her own, I still feel like a person who lacks self-control, a spendthrift, a frivolous person. I pray about it, and I ask God to forgive my materialism, this terrible urge to buy and collect books, but I cannot help it. If I have a bad day at...

I was at one of my favorite places, Barnes and Noble and I saw this book that was called 1000 Movies You Should See Before You Die and it inspired this blog. It will probably take some time, but I want to list my 1000 (or close to that) that I recommend seeing before you die. Here goes nothing... 1.Armageddon 2.Mulan 3.Van Helsing 4.Bram Stoker's Dracula 5.The Mummy 6.The Mummy Returns 7.Room With A View 8.Lady Jane 9.Kiss The Girls 10.Deep Blue Sea 11.Rebecca 12.Topper Returns 13.Arsenic and Old Lace 14.The Long Hot Summer 15.Cat on A Hot Tin Roof 16.The Time Machine (both versions) 17.The Shadow 18.Mystery Men 19.Better Off Dead 20.Shag 21.The Rundown 22.My Chauffeur 23.Valley Girl 24.Sixteen Candles 25.The Breakfast Club 26.Original Sin 27.The 13th Warrior 28.Sleepy Hollow 29.The Brotherhood of the Wolf (Le Pacte De Loups) 30.Peace Hotel 31.The Killer 32.Face/Off 33.Hardboiled 34.Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 35.So Close 36.The Transporter ...

I saw Van Helsing on Sunday, May 9 and I loved it. It was a totally engrossing visual feast. I thought the acting was great, the story, and the special effects. It all combined to make great movie entertainment. I definitely want to see more of these movies. I would also like if they had some books based on the Van Helsing character. I think that Stephen Sommers never lost that magic that us movie buffs develop as a child and often lose along the way. I think movies that are dramas or character studies are great. But movies like Indiana Jones, The Mummy, and Van Helsing are also important. I went to Barnes and Noble and bought Bram Stoker's Dracula to read. I had started it years ago but didn't finish it. But I definitely want to. I don't want to leave that universe behind. Well, anyway, on the radio they were saying the critics hated Van Helsing, and I can't fathom why. Oh well. To each their own. In my opinion, there wasn't a thing wrong. But I ca...

I just want you to know that I'm totally hooked on the Sherrilyn Kenyon Dark Hunter books. I've tried but I can't stop reading them. I'm on Kiss of the Night right now, and although Dance With the Devil is still my favorite, I love how each book reveals a new layer. Zarek's story made me sob. I wanted to ease all his pain. I have never been so glad for a happy ending. It's so terrible the cruelty that man is capable of. Zarek's whole life was misery upon misery. He was horribly beaten and scarred. Maimed even. It makes me cry to think about it. I know that Jesus would have enfolded him in His big arms and held him tight against his chest. The books have a lot of paganism in them, being as they are based on ancient mythology. For myself as a Christian this is a different world. I'm glad that I have my background in mythology and watching Hercules and Xena or it would have turned me off. But one thing to say for the books, it has sparke...

Today I thought I'd talk about comic books. My Favorite Comic Book Characters. 10.Rogue 9.Storm 8.Batman 7.Lara Croft (Tomb Raider) 6.Blade 5.Deadpool 4.Daredevil 3.Elektra 2.Catwoman 1.Gambit Gambit makes number one because he's sexy and ambivalent. Blade is bad!!! Elektra is an assassin who twirls sais. Enough said. Deadpool is wonderfully sarcastic. Catwoman has been a villain and a hero. Daredevil takes the law to a new level. Plus he's sexy in read leather. And Ben played him in the movie. Storm is a role model for Black women everywhere. Lara Croft took Indiana Jones, made it XX chromosome and added more guns. Batman's just too cool for words. Rogue is Gambit's true love but also one touch senorita. I'm glad that we have good old comic books to translate into movies.

Sorry but I need to rant!!!!! I just watched the sixth to last episode of Angel, and I am pissed. Why oh why does poor Gunn have to stay in the hell dimension where he lives in suburbia and get his heart ripped out every day? Hello! They need to go and get him, and I mean now!!!! So he did a bad thing. Who the heck hasn't in the Buffyverse? I mean Willow flayed a person alive and tried to bring on the end of the world. What about the spells she cast multiple times on her fellow Scoobies. Buffy is the worst girlfriend ever! They should call her Buffy the Heartslayer. And let us consider Angel. Granted he did go to hell, but he did a lot of dirt in his day. What about the annoying kid sister Dawn? She deserves a little sojourn in Hell simply for being annoying. All I'm saying is that they need to go save Gunn. Alas, the body count grows....