Category: Reviews

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Reviews
Guest Writer

Review – Judas and the Black Messiah

In our continuing coverage of Oscar-nominated films, guest reviewer Roope Backlund of PurgatoryFlicks has a look at Judas and the Black Messiah, nominated for five Oscars including Best Picture, two Best Supporting Actors, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Cinematography. Fred Hampton (Daniel Kaluuya), a young, charismatic activist, becomes Chairman of the Illinois chapter of the

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Review – Minari

In our continuing coverage of Oscar-nominated films, guest reviewer themovieguy_ng has a look at Minari, nominated for six Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Original Score, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay. Set in the 1980s Arkansas, Minari was written and directed by Lee Isaac Chung, who wrote this based on

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Review – Mulan (2020)

In our continuing coverage of Oscar-nominated films, guest reviewer Michele D of raccoonandpossum has a look at Mulan, nominated for Best Visual Effects and Best Costume Design. I already promised myself NOT to write a review about the big budget Mulan remake that absolutely none of my friends care about. Well, guess what: I’m on

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Review – Promising Young Woman

In our continuing coverage of Oscar-nominated films, guest reviewer PopC has a look at Promising Young Woman, nominated for five Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Film Editing. “Wow” did I say after one of the strongest openings in recent film history, and “wow” did I say when

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Books
Kathryn Adams

2021 Hugo Awards – The Finalists

The Hugo Award finalists for 2021 were announced by DisCon III on April 13, 2021. This year’s award ceremony will take place in person (I know, right?) at the 79th Word Science Fiction Convention in Washington DC on December 15-19, 2021. Due to (gestures vaguely in all directions) everything, the award ceremony has been pushed

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Books
Kathryn Adams

Review: Later

There’s always a later, I know that now. At least until we die. Then I guess it’s all before that. Jamie Conklin is a little boy who can see dead people. And let’s just deal with the comparisons to the Bruce Willis and Haley Joel Osmet movie right now, because really, this story is nothing

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Review – The Father

In our continuing coverage of Oscar-nominated films, guest reviewer 420filmclub has a look at Father, starring Anthony Hopkins and Olivia Colman, and has been nominated for six Oscars. One of the finest psychological horror films I’ve ever seen. There’s no need for blood, jump scares or supernatural chills here; it’s the realistic horrors of dementia

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Review – Sound of Metal

The Oscars are less than two weeks away where the heck did the time go?! In our continuing coverage of this year’s Oscars, guest reviewer Fourth Wall Film Reviews has a look at Sound of Metal, nominated for six Oscars! A heavy-metal drummer’s (Riz Ahmed) life is thrown into freefall when he begins to lose

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Comic Books
llyzabeth

Review – Far Sector #11

“I take it back. Not playing Uno with you, ever. You’d hit me with a stack of Draw Fours, and then I’d have to kill you.” Keep reading for a review of Far Sector #11. Minor spoilers below for this issue. Great big spoilers for previous issues. Man alive. This series. This issue. I seriously

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