Category: Reviews

ElementalReview
Reviews
Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – Elemental

Directed by Peter Sohn, Elemental is set in Element City, a world inhabited by anthropomorphic elements of nature, where fire-, water-, land- and air-residents live together. The story follows Ember (Leah Lewis), a tough, quick-witted, and fiery fire elemental, whose friendship with a fun, sappy, go-with-the-flow water elemental named Wade (Mamoudou Athi) challenges her beliefs

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TheFlash2023Review
Reviews
Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – The Flash (2023)

Directed by Andy Muschietti, The Flash follows Barry Allen who uses his superpowers to travel back in time in order to change the events of the past. But when his attempt to save his family inadvertently alters the future, Barry becomes trapped in a reality in which General Zod (Michael Shannon) has returned and threatens

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MagicOrder4issue5Review
Comic Books
llyzabeth

Review – The Magic Order Volume 4, #5

“…you really need to get over yourself.” Keep reading for a review of The Magic Order 4, issue #5. Warning, some pretty significant spoilers below. This issue was a heck of a chance for Dike Ruan and Giovanna Niro to show off their skills. The fight in the arena, with increasingly horrific monsters springing up

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TransformersRiseOfTheBeastsReview
Reviews
Hugh Verheylewegen

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts

Directed by Steven Caple Jr, Transformers Rise of the Beasts follows Optimus Prime (Peter Cullen) and the Autobots who take on their biggest challenge yet when they detect the signal of an ancient Cybertronian artifact with the ability to return them to their homeworld of Cybertron. They find out they aren’t the only ones searching

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TheBoogeymanReview
Reviews
Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – The Boogeyman

Directed by Rob Savage and based on the short story by Stephen King, The Boogeyman follows the story of high school student Sadie Harper (Sophie Thatcher) and her little sister Sawyer (Vivien Lyra Blair), who are still reeling from the recent death of their mother. Devastated by his own pain, their father Will (Chris Messina),

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SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerseReview
Reviews
Hugh Verheylewegen

Spider-Man Across The Spider-Verse

Directed by Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers and Justin K. Thompson, Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse takes place one year after Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Miles Morales (Shameik Moore) is unexpectedly approached by his love interest Gwen Stacy (Hailee Steinfeld) to complete a mission to save every universe of Spider-People from the Spot (Jason Schwartzman), who

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Books
Kathryn Adams

Review: The Orpheus Machine (Emancipator Book 3)

It’s springtime, politics are still an absolute dumpster fire, and several world leaders are using the version of diplomacy best summed up as “Oh Yeah? Come Over HERE And Say That.” Time for some more escapism via a thirty-year-old sci-fi fantasy epic. The Orpheus Machine is the final book in Ray Aldridge’s Emancipator trilogy. And

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Saga64Review
Comic Books
llyzabeth

Review – Saga #64

“…the friends and even acquaintances my family left in our wake continued risking their lives to take care of me.What the hell did I ever do to deserve them?” Keep reading for a review of Saga #64. Some spoilers below. We open the issue with a view of Special Agent Gale and ohhhhh my goodness

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Clear3Review
Comic Books
llyzabeth

Review – Clear #3

“This is what we’ve become. A people helplessly aware.” Keep reading for a review of Scott Snyder and Francis Manapul’s Clear #3, the final issue in the series. (Maybe?) Some spoilers below. I avoid the biggest plot points, but I do drop some pretty strong hints. First up, the art is excellent. It’s hard to

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