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Reviews
Guest Writer

Review – The Matrix Resurrections

This week guest writer Shalee has a look at The Matrix Resurrections, which is on the Oscars shorlist for Best Sound and Best Visual Effects. I finally went to see The Matrix Resurrections over the weekend and I absolutely loved it! I will start by saying, this is NOT as good as the original. Nothing

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Guest Writer

Review – Don’t Look Up

It’s never too early to get a jump on possible Oscar nominations; guest reviewer theseadogsentiment has a review of Don’t Look Up. It is not common to feel refreshed by a movie, but leave it to Adam McKay to run the bath AND be waiting for you with a towel afterward. In my opinion, his

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Comic Books
llyzabeth

Review – The Magic Order Volume 2, #4

“How dare you speak to me like that? I’m the son of a fucking lord and your father drove a bus.” Keep reading for a review of The Magic Order volume 2, issue #4. Big spoilers below for this issue and issue 3. First up, it hardly needs saying, but the art in this issue

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Kathryn Adams

Review: A Master of Djinn

“I am the Father of Mysteries.” He spoke in deeply accented English. “The Walker of the Path of Wisdom. The Traveler of Worlds. Named mystic and madman. Spoken in reverence and curse. I am the one you seek. I am al-Jahiz. And I have returned.” We’ve reviewed quite a few short stories by P. Djèlí

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Comic Books
llyzabeth

Review – Saga #55

“Sorry, boss.”“And don’t call me boss.”“Sorry, Alana.”“And don’t use my name in public.”“Sorry…you gigantic bag of douche?”“Better.” After three years it’s finally back! Keep reading for the review of Saga #55. Warning, minor spoilers below. When they announced Saga was coming back I was delighted and worried: I really wanted the adventure to continue, but

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WestSideStoryReview
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Guest Writer

Review – West Side Story (2021)

It’s never too early to get a jump on the potential Oscar nominations: guest reviewer Pasha Ivanov has a look at Steven Spielberg’s remake of West Side Story. This is not an easy movie to review. The difficulty for a reviewer these days lies in not giving away any spoilers. In this case everyone knows

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Kathryn Adams

Review: Along the Saltwise Sea

Even here in the Up-and-Under, where water could have opinions and people could be seasons, there was a cost for the things people might want to give you. Nothing came for free. A. Deborah Baker (pen name of Seanan McGuire) continues the adventures of Avery and Zib in the second book of The Up-and-Under series:

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Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – Scream 5

Directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, Scream 5 returns us to the quiet town of Woodsboro, California where, 25 years since the streak of brutal murders, a new killer dons the Ghostface mask and begins targeting a group of teenagers to resurrect secrets from the town’s deadly past. Now I will be totally honest,

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Comic Books
Kathryn Adams

Review: Taarna: The Last Taarakian, Trade Paperback

The trade paperback for Taarna: The Last Taarakian goes on sale January 18! Written by Stephanie Phillips (Batman, Harley Quinn), with art by Patrick Zircher (Action Comics, Suicide Squad), Al Barrionuevo (Batman, Martian Manhunter), and Christian Rosado, with colors by Jessica Kholinne and Bryan Valenza, this book collects all six issues of the Heavy Metal miniseries. The 1981

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