Category: Reviews

GladiatorReview
Reviews
Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – Gladiator II

Directed by Ridley Scott, Gladiator II follows Lucius Verus Aurelius (Paul Mescal), the son of Maximus, who must enter the Colosseum after the tyrannical twin emperors of Rome conquer his home. With rage in his heart and the future of the empire at stake, he looks to the past to find the strength and honor

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WickedReview
Reviews
Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – Wicked

Directed by Jon M. Chu and based on the stage musical and novel of the same name, Wicked tells the untold story of the witches of Oz: Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo), a young woman misunderstood because of her unusual green skin, who has yet to discover her true power; and Glinda (Ariana Grande), a popular young

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NiceHouseByTheSeaReview
Comic Books
llyzabeth

Review: The Nice House by the Sea

I’ve been meaning to do some catchup comic book reviews, and since this series has been eating my brain (in a good way) I’ll start here: keep reading for a review of James Tynion IV and Álvaro Martínez Bueno’s The Nice House by the Sea issues 1-4. Major spoiler warnings, both for this series and

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ThePenguinReview
Reviews
Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – The Penguin

Created by Lauren LeFranc and produced by Matt Reeves, The Penguin takes place a week after the events of The Batman and follows Oswald “Oz” Cobb aka the Penguin (Colin Farrell) as he attempts to rise to power in Gotham City. He faces numerous challenges, from Sofia Falcone (Cristin Milioti) who is trying to reclaim

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RedOneReview
Reviews
Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – Red One

Red One Review: Directed by Jake Kasdan, Red One follows Callum Drift (Dwayne Johnson), the North Pole’s Head of Security, who must team up with the world’s most infamous hacker and bounty hunter (Chris Evans) in a globe-trotting, action-packed mission to save Christmas after Santa Claus (J.K. Simmons), code-named: Red One, is kidnapped by a

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AgathaAllAlong Review
Reviews
Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – Agatha All Along

{🚨SEMI-SPOILERS🚨} Created by Jac Schaeffer, Agatha All Along follows the infamous Agatha Harkness (Kathryn Hahn), who finds herself down and out of power after a suspicious goth teen (Joe Locke) helps break her free from a distorted spell cast by Wanda Maximoff. Her interest is piqued when he begs her to take him on the

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TheLegendOfVoxMachinaSeason3 Review
Gaming
Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – The Legend of Vox Machina Season 3

Created by Critical Role Productions and Amazon Prime, The Legend of Vox Machina Season 3 once again follows the misfit band of mercenaries directly after the events of season 2 as they embark on a perilous journey to hell and back. The Chroma Conclave’s path of destruction spreads like wildfire while the Cinder King, Thordak

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VenomTheLastDance Review
Reviews
Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – Venom: The Last Dance

Directed by Kelly Marcel, Venom: The Last Dance follows Eddie Brock (Tom Hardy) and the symbiote Venom (Tom Hardy) as they are on the run after the events of Let There Be Carnage and their brief multiverse visit in Spider-Man: No Way Home. Hunted by both of their worlds and with the net closing in,

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Books
Kathryn Adams

Review: Not a Speck of Light – Stories

We’re getting closer to Halloween, smack in the middle of Spooky season, time for a Spooky book! The original plan was to read Stephen King’s latest, but then I found out that Laird Barron – cosmic horror writer extraordinaire – just released his fifth short-story collection. Stephen King can wait, this one’s MINE. I’ve been

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