Category: Reviews

TheBatmanReview
Reviews
Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – The Batman (2022)

Directed by Matt Reeves, The Batman follows the caped crusader (Robert Pattinson) in his second year of fighting crime as he pursues the Riddler (Paul Dano), a serial killer who targets elite Gotham City citizens and leaves behind cryptic clues for only Batman to follow. He soon begins to uncover a corruption that connects to

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MagicOrder2 5Review
Comic Books
llyzabeth

Review – The Magic Order Volume 2, #5

“This is the worst thing any of you have ever faced.” Keep reading for a review of The Magic Order volume 2, issue #5. Big spoilers below. The art this issue was gorgeous, as always. Stuart Immonen’s lines are always crisp and dynamic, and David Curiel’s colors are vibrant and detailed, together even the simplest

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Books
Kathryn Adams

Review: The Emperor of Everything (The Emancipator Book 2)

“You’re a sensualist, and a stoic, a libertine and a Spartan. You make love and death with equal facility. You are that most intriguing of candidates, a genuine mystery.” So we’re in the third year of a global pandemic and we’ve got what could quickly become a global conflict starting in Ukraine. A little interplanetary

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Saga56Review
Comic Books
llyzabeth

Review – Saga #56

“Who Mom DID trust was anyone with at least one serious vice.It’s the virtuous she told me to watch out for.” Keep reading for a review of Saga #56. I’m avoiding major spoilers in this review but I dance around the edges of several events, so if you want to avoid any and all revelations

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TheTragedyOfMacbethReview
Reviews
Guest Writer

Review – The Tragedy of Macbeth

Guest reviewer Mara Ahmed has a look at The Tragedy of Macbeth, nominated for three Academy Awards. Joel Coen’s The Tragedy of Macbeth is stunning. I will take a risk and say that I love how Americans do Shakespeare, at least on film. There is something earthy and unpretentious, something instinctually physical and meaty in

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UnchartedReview
Reviews
Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – Uncharted

Directed by Ruben Fleischer and based on the video game series of the same name, Uncharted follows the early life of Nathan Drake (Tom Holland) who is recruited by the mysterious Victor Sullivan (Mark Wahlberg) in a race against his rivals Santiago Moncada (Antonio Banderas) and Jo Braddock (Tati Gabrielle) to locate the fabled treasure

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EncantoReview
Reviews
Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – Encanto

Directed by Byron Howard and Jared Bush, Encanto follows The Madrigals, an extraordinary family that lives hidden in the mountains of Colombia in a charmed place called the Encanto. The magic of the Encanto has blessed every child in the family with a unique gift — every child except Mirabel (Stephanie Beatriz). However, she soon

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Books
Kathryn Adams

Review: Punderworld Vol. 1

“Knowing what you know now, you’d expect this to be a story of death, darkness, overall gloomy things. You’d be mistaken. This is a story about life thriving in the darkest of places, and love blossoming where once thought impossible. It is the story of the goddess who captured my heart, and changed the state

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BookOfBobaFettReview
Reviews
Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – The Book of Boba Fett

Helmed by Jon Favreau, Dave Filoni, and Robert Rodriguez, The Book of Boba Fett takes place on the sands of Tatooine and follows former bounty hunter Boba Fett (Temuera Morrison) and mercenary Fennec Shand (Ming Na Wen) who navigate the Galaxy’s underworld and fight for Jabba the Hutt’s old territory. Together they face great opposition

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