Category: Reviews

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Reviews
Guest Writer

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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Reviews
Guest Writer

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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Reviews
Guest Writer

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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Reviews
Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – Captain America: Winter Soldier

{🚨SPOILERS🚨}: Directed by the Russo Brothers, Captain America: The Winter Soldier follows Steve Rogers, aka Captain America (Chris Evans), after the events with his fellow Avengers in New York, where he now lives in the nation’s capital as he tries to adjust to modern times, working with the organization that brought him back: S.H.I.E.L.D.. An

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Reviews
Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – Godzilla vs. Kong

Directed by Adam Wingard, Godzilla vs Kong is the fourth installment of Legendary’s cinematic monsterverse and the most anticipated crossover, with two legendary monster icons meeting in a battle for the ages, while the fate of the world hanging in the balance. Kong and his protectors undertake a perilous journey to find his true home,

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Comic Books
llyzabeth

Review – Transformers #28

I’ve missed you.” Keep reading for a quick review of Transformers #28. (Some spoilers below.) Before I get into the review, can I just say how much I love the main cover by Casey Coller and John-Paul Bove? Starscream, being all sneaky, whispering into Megatron’s ear, while Megatron looks annoyed but is still listening? It’s

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