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MarvelsWhatIfSeasonOneReview
Reviews
Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – Marvel’s What If? Season 1

Following the creation of the multiverse at the end of Loki Season 1, What If…? explores the various branching timelines of the multiverse, where noteworthy events in the Marvel Cinematic Universe are reimagined, creating infinite possibilities shown to us by a being known as the Watcher (Jeffery Wright). Created by A.C. Bradley, this is the

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VenomLetThereBeCarnageReview
Reviews
Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – Venom: Let There Be Carnage

Directed by Andy Serkis, Venom: Let There Be Carnage is the sequel that takes place a year after the events of the first film and follows Eddie Brock (Tom Hardy) as he struggles to adjust to life as the host of the alien symbiote Venom (Tom Hardy), who gives him super-human abilities to act as

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Die20Review
Comic Books
llyzabeth

Review – Die #20

“…you were a place to learn lessons and their costs…” We’re finally here, the last issue: keep reading for a review of Die #20. (Very minor spoilers below, but I do hint at a lot of things.) It’s been a real treat, getting to see Stephanie Hans’ art every month or so. I fell in

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Books
Kathryn Adams

Review: Finna

“The unique layout of Liten­Värld encourages wormholes to form between universes. These wormholes connect our stores to Liten­Världs in parallel worlds.” Nino Cipri’s story Finna is the last novella that was left for me to read in the Hugo nominations for 2021. At 92 pages it’s also the shortest novella, and the most weirdly lighthearted.

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CandymanReview
Reviews
Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – Candyman (2021)

Directed by Nia DaCosta, Candyman is the direct sequel to the 1992 original and takes place in present day, years after the last of the Cabrini towers were torn down. The story follows a visual artist named Anthony (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) who has moved into a loft in the now gentrified Cabrini with his girlfriend

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shangchi TenRings Review
Reviews
Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings follows a young man, Shang-Chi (Simu Liu), secretly a martial arts master, who must confront his past when he is drawn into the web of the Ten Rings organization led by his father, Wenwu, aka the Mandarin (Tony Leung). This is another

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MonstersAtWorkReview
Reviews
Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – Monsters at Work Season 1

Created by Pixar, Monsters at Work is set directly after the main events of Monsters Inc, where the city of Monstropolis is making the transition to be fuelled by the sound of laughter rather than scares. Tylor Tuskmon (Ben Feldman), a recent Scare Major graduate from Monsters University, is forced to work as a mechanic

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Books
Kathryn Adams

Review: Riot Baby

…when people joke and call me Riot Baby for being born when I was, it ain’t with any kind of affection, but something more complicated… Tochi Anyebuchi’s Hugo-nominated novella starts in Los Angeles just before the Rodney King riots. Kev is born in a Los Angeles hospital in the middle of the riot, almost dying

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Die 19 review
Comic Books
llyzabeth

Review – Die #19

This is it, the second-to-last issue of the whole series. And after reading it, I still have no guesses as to how they’re going to wrap this up. Keep reading for a review of Die #19. Some spoilers below. So after last issue I decided that Ash was either a little evil or a lot

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