Category: Reviews

NopeReview
Reviews
Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – Nope

Directed by Jordan Peele, Nope follows two siblings, OJ (Daniel Kaluuya) and Emerald (Keke Palmer), who run a California horse ranch. They discover something strange and sinister in the skies above and try to get video evidence, while the owner (Steven Yeun) of an adjacent theme park tries to profit from the mysterious, otherworldly phenomenon.

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MagicOrder3 issue1 review
Comic Books
llyzabeth

Review – The Magic Order Volume 3, #1

“…we buried him on a Tuesday and he returned that Friday…” The Magic Order is back with a brand new arc, keep reading for a review of The Magic Order 3, issue #1. Spoilers below. The first issue of the new arc has everything I wanted: ridiculously lavish lifestyles, horrible violence from unexpected places, horrible

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Books
Kathryn Adams

Review: Elder Race

On its surface, Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Hugo-nominated novella Elder Race sounds like a standard coming-of-age fantasy-adventure. Lynesse Fourth Daughter is the only person in her mother’s court who still believes in the old stories, and the only one who doesn’t want to just wait out the strange demon infestation in the Ordwood and hope it goes

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Books
Kathryn Adams

Review: She Who Became The Sun

“…nothing.” That is what the fortune teller says when the girl gets up the courage to ask “Will you tell me my fate?” Her favored older brother Zhu Chongba is destined for greatness; the only surviving daughter of the Zhu family is destined to starve to death along with most of her village. But then

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MsMarvelReview
Reviews
Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – Ms. Marvel

Helmed by Bisha K. Ali, Ms. Marvel follows the story of Kamala Khan (Iman Vellani), a Muslim American teenager growing up in Jersey City. An avid gamer and a voracious fan-fiction scribe, Kamala is a Super Hero mega-fan with an oversized imagination – particularly when it comes to Captain Marvel (Brie Larson). Yet Kamala feels

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TheBoysSeason3Review
Reviews
Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – The Boys Season 3

Helmed by Eric Kripke, The Boys Season 3 is the continuation of the brutal, absurd, and satirical world of corrupt superheroes. It’s been a year of calm. Homelander (Antony Starr) is subdued. Butcher (Karl Urban) works for the government, supervised by Hughie (Jack Quaid) of all people. But both men itch to turn this peace

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Reviews
Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – Thor: Love and Thunder

Directed by Taika Waititi, Thor: Love and Thunder finds Thor (Chris Hemsworth) on a journey unlike anything he’s ever faced – a quest for inner peace that he can’t seem to achieve. But his personal quest is interrupted by a galactic killer known as Gorr the God Butcher (Christian Bale), who seeks the extinction of

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Saga60Review
Comic Books
llyzabeth

Review – Saga #60

“Everyone says that a parent losing a child is the worst pain imaginable. But a child losing a parent?Shit, that’s to be expected.” Keep reading for a review of Saga #60. Some spoilers below. First off, hats off once again to Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Stapes for consistently creating truly hateful characters, because Special

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Books
Kathryn Adams

Review: A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk and Robot, Book 1)

“What do you need, and how might I help?” This polite question is the core theme of a series of novellas by Becky Chambers. And yes I know I just did a review of another Becky Chambers Hugo-nominated story, but with *gestures around wildly* everything that’s going on lately I figured we could all use

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