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Books
Kathryn Adams

Review: The Kaiju Preservation Society

We’ve got a few more days before the end of the year to fit in some 2022 books, and John Scalzi’s COVID-era adventure has been showing up on quite a few Best-Of lists The start of the pandemic in early 2020 was a difficult time to navigate: lockdowns pending, fear of contagion all around, businesses

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Reviews
Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – Avatar: The Way of Water

Directed by James Cameron, Avatar: The Way of Water is set more than a decade after the events of the first film and tells the story of the Sully family. Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) and Neytiri (Zoe Saldana) have formed a family and are doing everything to stay together. However, they must leave their home

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Reviews
Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Directed by Rian Johnson, Glass Onion is a new Knives Out mystery that follows tech billionaire Miles Bron (Edward Norton) who invites his friends for a getaway on his private Greek island. When someone turns up dead, Detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) is put on the case to peel back the layers of this new

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Reviews
Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – Violent Night

Directed by Tommy Wirkola, Violent Night follows Santa Claus (David Harbour) who is called to action when an elite team of mercenaries breaks into a wealthy family compound on Christmas Eve, taking everyone hostage inside including a young girl who still believes in him and the true meaning of Christmas. With Santa Claus on the

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Reviews
Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special

Directed by James Gunn, The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special follows the rag-tag team of space-traveling heroes after the events of Thor: Love and Thunder, who are now back on the world of Knowhere. It’s almost Christmas time on Earth but Peter Quill (Chris Pratt) has been feeling very down as the event approaches,

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Comic Books
llyzabeth

Review – The Magic Order Volume 3, #5

“…because this is what happens when you mess with my family, dickweed…” Keep reading for a review of The Magic Order 3, issue #5. Minor spoilers below. We still have three storylines on pause this issue: Sammy Liu’s questionable use of his powers, Leonard and Salome’s hunt for “The Puzzle” that killed her father, and

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AndorReview
Reviews
Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – Andor

Created by Tony Gilroy, Andor takes place five years before the events of Rogue One and follows an ensemble cast of characters when a Rebel Alliance is forming in opposition to the Galactic Empire. One of these characters that connects them all is Cassian Andor (Diego Luna), a thief who becomes a revolutionary and eventually

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Comic Books
llyzabeth

Review – I Hate Fairyland #1 (2022)

(Heads up: spoilers below for the previous series!) Four years ago Gertrude, the psychopathic 30-something stuck in the body of a cute little six-year-old, finally escaped Fairyland. Decades of some truly horrific (and most of the time completely unnecessary) bloodshed were over, and Gert finally got to go home. …where she wakes up as a

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Reviews
Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Directed by Ryan Coogler, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever follows Queen Ramonda (Angela Bassett), Shuri (Letitia Wright), M’Baku (Winston Duke), Okoye (Danai Gurira), and the Dora Milaje (including Florence Kasumba) as they fight to protect their nation from intervening world powers in the wake of King T’Challa’s (Chadwick Boseman) death. As the Wakandans strive to embrace

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