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Howard reviews movies, books, and sometimes music. Here's a handy link list to all that stuff. Movies (grouped by the year in which the film released): 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Books: (coming soon) Music: (coming soon) Read more
Introducing Howard Tayler... DOT COM Saturday August 16, 2014
I know, I know... dot-coms are so "turn-of-the-century," so "last decade." Trends and missed boats notwithstanding, howardtayler.com is a thing now. It's the hub for all the stuff I do. It's like putting all of my eggs in one basket, only without the actual risk associated with dropping the basket.… Read more
Let’s review some movies Friday December 18, 2020
It’s been a while, I know. I haven’t been to the theater since February, and I suppose I could describe my spring, summer, and fall to you, but all three of them were mightily 2020’d, so let’s just give that a miss. Will I make it back to a movie… Read more
The Webcomicker reviews Under New Management Friday June 9, 2006
The Webcomicker just reviewed four recent webcomic print collections, and Schlock Mercenary: Under New Management got some glowing praise. The reviews are here, and the pertinent bits (you know... the ones that pertain to MY work) are the last four paragraphs on that page. My second-favorite quote from the review:… Read more
Calendars, Horses, Reviews, and Comfy Con Friday November 15, 2013
Here are some things I don't want you to miss, but which have dropped way below the fold: Calendar Pre-orders are Open Sandra is Kickstarting a gorgeous picture-book I reviewed Thor: The Dark World I reviewed Bowl of Heaven, by Benford and Niven Also, this weekend is Comfy Con! I'm… Read more
Movie Review: V for Vendetta Friday March 17, 2006
I need to see this film two or three more times. Only then can I write the review it deserves, but that wouldn't be a review -- it would be critical analysis, bordering perhaps on deconstruction. One thing is certain: this film falls far outside the typical range for comic-book… Read more
Stripped: review coming on April 1st Friday March 14, 2014
It's getting to be that time of year when I clear my calendar each Friday so I can see a movie and write about it. Today, however, nothing is playing that I find interesting. Of course, last night I watched my Kickstarter Exclusive HD Reward Copy of Stripped, the documentary… Read more
Movie Review: Cars Friday June 9, 2006
I just got back from Cars. It was wonderful. Sure, the story arc and character arcs are predictable (especially if you've seen lots of similar Disney/Pixar films), but it is still a wonderful film. The animation and voice characterization is uniformly brilliant, and the art direction and concept design is… Read more
A Quick Megamind Review Tuesday November 9, 2010
I saw Megamind Tuesday morning with my fellow Writing Excuses co-host Dan Wells and his talented-and-currently-dayjobless brother Robison. The verdict? Megamind is my new #7 for the year. I laughed a lot. I was surprised. They didn't put all the best bits in the trailers (the most recent set of… Read more
Hardcore Henry —a Guest Review from Bob Defendi Sunday April 17, 2016
Howard here… I couldn’t bring myself to see Hardcore Henry. I was too busy, and too stressed out, and this did not look like something that would make me in the least bit less anxious. Fortunately for all of you, my friend Bob saw it. He started to tell me… Read more
A Casual, Hacked Review of XCOM 2 Monday March 14, 2016
I have loved XCOM 2, but not unconditionally. There are some things you should know when you consider my review: I’m a “hardcore casual” gamer. I will spend dozens of hours exploring all the corners of a game, but only if it doesn’t abuse me with unrelenting punishment and frustration for… Read more
2024 In Review Thursday January 23, 2025
How did 2024 go for me? Well, the beginning of the answer to that question can be found in the date of this post. We’re two-thirds of the way through January and I’m only now finding the time and energy to write a year-end thingy. The end of the answer… Read more
Movie Review: Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby Saturday August 5, 2006
I'll try and make this review short, because tomorrow is my anniversary and I haven't gone shopping yet... This is not a great movie, and might not even be a great comedy. Somehow, though, I went in the right frame of mind, and with the right person (my brother Randy,… Read more
Kubo and the Two Strings Tuesday September 6, 2016
See Kubo and the Two Strings before it leaves theaters. Please? I don’t have any skin in the game here, but I feel like this film deserves more attention than it is getting. I loved it. The artistry involved is absolutely stunning. Aside from being a really good story, told… Read more
No Time For Reviews: Fright Night and Rise of the Planet of the Apes Monday August 29, 2011
I've got too much script-writing and comic-drawing to give these two films proper reviews with pictures and stuff. I liked "Apes" more than Fright Night, but then again I'm not a fan of horror as a genre. Still, David Tennant and Colin Farrell were fantastic. The only serious failing of… Read more
DVD Review: Doom Tuesday February 21, 2006
For some reason I've had a hankering to see Doom for a while now. Last night I rented it via RedBox, and while it's certainly not great cinema, I enjoyed it a lot. I've played the game on which the movie is (probably very loosely) based, but not all the… Read more
DVD Review: Tim Burton's Corpse Bride Saturday March 11, 2006
We rented Tim Burton's Corpse Bride a while back, and loved it. I'd already seen it in the theaters, but it was worth seeing again... this time with the kids. Burton's work is always hard to categorize, but it always has elements to it that say "Tim Burton did this."… Read more
Book Review: Matt Furey's Combat Conditioning Sunday July 9, 2006
As promised, here's a review of Matt Furey's Combat Conditioning: Functional Excercises for Fitness and Combat Sports. Let's start with the title: Furey is using a very wide, Darwinist definition of "fitness" in that subtitle. This is not a book that will make you fit for body-building competitions, nor for… Read more
The Fleening of Chupaqueso.com Wednesday January 18, 2006
Ordinarily when a blog gets blogged, the blogged blog is the only blog to mention the blogging, and may blog back. When Fleen blogged Chupaqueso.com, however, the blogging blog was also a blog of topical interest in the blogged blog's blogger's OTHER blog (even if that relationship requires the blogged… Read more
DVD Review: The Man Friday February 10, 2006
I rented The Man this evening, and just now finished watching the movie, and then the blooper reel. The verdict? Don't bother. The movie was amusing, but neither laugh-out-loud funny nor edge-of-the-seat exciting. And the blooper reel was downright disappointing. The film had SERIOUS potential: Samuel L. Jackson and Eugene… Read more