Reviews of a lot of movies and books!

I've been meaning to write about the books and movies I've come across lately, some for their own sakes, some because it seems fair to toss a bit more info out there into the world. Inspired just now by having just watched "Fast Five", and mentally comparing it to "X-Men: First Class". Upshot: Fast Five was a good movie, while X-Men: First Class was just an alright movie. (Sorry, ebonlock.)

( Some race stuff, Fast Five )

( Hold on a second, this gets really spoilery about X-Men, and it wasn't that bad a movie, so here's a chance to skip the spoilers )

( So right, on to books: a couple civil war fiction books, Harry Connolly, Sherwood Smith )

( Also, a really good movie )