Category: Reviews

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Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – Wonder Woman 84

Directed by Patty Jenkins, Wonder Woman 1984 follows the return of Diana (Gal Gadot) who has been living among humanity for many years since the end of World War I. And now in the year of 1984, during the Cold War, Diana rises up against a new threat in the form of two individuals: a

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Reviews
Leland Pierce

Review: WW84

After waiting almost two full years, Warner Brothers and DC Comics Entertainment finally released Wonder Woman 84, bringing back the team from the first movie: director Patty Jenkins, stars Gal Gadot and Chris Pine, with newcomers to the franchise Pedro Pascal and Kirstin Wiig. Coming off of the massive hit that the first movie was,

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Kathryn Adams

Review: Piranesi

I have climbed up to the Upper Halls where Clouds move in slow procession and Statues appear suddenly out of the Mists. I have explored the Drowned Halls where the Dark Waters are carpeted with white water lilies. I have seen the Derelict Halls of the East where Ceilings, Floors – sometimes even Walls! –

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Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – The Mandalorian Season 2

(🚨CHARACTER SPOILERS🚨) The lone Mandalorian warrior, Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal), returns with The Child after being tasked to explore the galaxy to find his “kind,” and to keep him out of the clutches of the Empire remnants under the command of Moff Gideon (Giancarlo Esposito) who are still desperate to have him. Their journey leads

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RogueOneReview
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Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – Rogue One

SOME SPOILERS PRESENT🚨 Directed by Gareth Edwards, Rogue One takes place days before the events of A New Hope, and follows Jyn Erso (Felicity Jones) and other rebel alliance fighters as they attempt to steal the plans of the Empire’s greatest weapon, the Death Star, engineered by her father, Galen Erso (Mads Mikkelsen), and director

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Kathryn Adams

Review: Axiom’s End

…It isn’t the failure to communicate that fascinates me; it’s the implication that these ETIs appear to have no interest in communication at all. And we humans, vain, egotistical creatures that we are, can’t help but take that a little personally… I’ve still got a few more weeks to add to my list of possible

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Comic Books
llyzabeth

Review – Transformers #25

“You with the Decepticons or against them?”“What’s a Decepticon?”“…that was a really bad answer.” It’s a double-sized issue this month, as Megatron and the Decepticons have disbanded the senate and declared martial law “for everyone’s good,” and the Autobots are literally going underground. Keep reading for a review of Transformers #25. There are tons of

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Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – Mank

Directed by David Fincher, Mank centers on the life of Herman J. Mankiewicz (Gary Oldman) as he wrote the screenplay for Citizen Kane, and the problems that arose with Orson Welles (Tom Burke) during production and leading up to the film’s release. Many people have been eagerly waiting for David Fincher’s newest work, after having

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Guest Writer

Review – Nomadland

Continuing our reviews of possible Oscar nominees, guest writer Siddharth Maitra has an in-depth and spoiler-free look at Nomadland. The year 2011. The small town of Empire, Nevada; home to the US Gypsum Corporation which used to provide jobs to a significant part of the population. A drop in demand for sheetrock has led to

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