Let's get right to the reviews:
Battlefield: Los Angeles
This appeared to be a scifi alien movie, but in actuality, it's a war movie against overwhelming odds. This very easily could have been set in WWII without missing much. Sure, there was a little advanced tech and aliens, but you get my point. That being said, I enjoyed it. It was predictable, but in a comfortable way. (Spoiler: the good guys win). This movie got bad reviews but I didn't find it any worse than much else in the genre, in fact better than many. ***
Star Wars: Han Solo at Star's End
Brian Daley's Han Solo trilogy is good Star Wars fun. This is not a deep, hard-hitting novel (I would put Shatterpoint in that category), but this is one of the early Expanded Universe titles that set the stage for the Star Wars fiction that followed, and a good read. Han displays his cleverness, his fly by the seat of his pants flair, and tries to live up to his moniker 'Solo' but ends up revealing unwavering loyalty and honor when the sabacc cards are on the table. ***
Sherlock Holmes: His Last Bow
This is the last of Watson's recounting of Holmes's adventures and he is well established by this point as the world's leading detective. Even the villains have heard of him by this point and the stories herein feature much of Holmes's famous disguises. The last tale is perhaps the best featuring Holmes coming out of his retirement of studying bees to rejoin Watson on one final mission for king and country. ****
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