Basically the front page is usually full of politics and/or wholesomeness, like that whole homemade/cheap schtick you guys have going around here. So I thought I'd leaven it out a bit with some cheap mass entertainment. So sue me, I'm a science fiction geek.

This is one of those cases where I'm glad I didn't read the reviews, because if I had, I wouldn't have seen Push, which is much much better than what the critics on rottentomatoes are giving it. It's a birth-of-superhumanity movie in the same genre as X-Men and Jumper, but much grittier with an Octavia Butler-novel feel to it (think Wild Seed). At the same time, it's a Hong Kong action thriller, and yes, it has a plot hole or two. It stars Chris Evans, who is a better actor than I thought, and more importantly, the now-adolescent Dakota Fanning, who retains her consistent talent as she grows.

My sister has an excellent rule, one that I don't follow and I'm not going to follow here. She doesn't start unfinished series, no matter how good. I think this one is worth it, even as I'm frustrated that the author is too busy with some other series to get back to this one soon. She says on her website that she will, so I hold out some hope, and recall that Jack Vance took 30-odd years to finish one of his series, but he did finish it.

If you like romance, sweeping epic storytelling, gender bending and intrigue, you'll love these books.