Category: Reviews

TheIronClawReview
Reviews
Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – The Iron Claw

Directed by Sean Durkin, The Iron Claw tells the true story of the inseparable Von Erich brothers, who made history in the intensely competitive world of professional wrestling in the early 1980s. Through tragedy and triumph, under the shadow of their domineering father and coach, the brothers seek larger-than-life immortality on the biggest stage in

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Kathryn Adams

Mammoths at the Gates (The Singing Hills Cycle Book 4)

“I’m going home to the Singing Hills abbey…” Nghi Vo’s latest installment in the Singing Hills Cycle is a bit of a departure from the previous novellas. Cleric Chih isn’t travelling to an exotic location to collect new stories. Instead, they’re returning to the Singing Hills abbey to be reunited with their old friend Cleric

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FuriosaReview
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Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

Directed by George Miller, Furiosa is set 15 to 20 years before the events of Mad Max: Fury Road and follows a younger Furiosa (Anya Taylor-Joy) who is snatched from the Green Place of Many Mothers and into the hands of a Biker Horde led by the Warlord Dementus (Chris Hemsworth). While two Tyrants war

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IfReview
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Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – IF

Directed by John Krasinski, IF follows a young girl named Bea (Cailey Fleming), who has been going through a troubling experience in her life and unexpectedly gains the ability to see people’s imaginary friends (referred to as “IFs” for short) who have been abandoned by the kids they helped. Bea also discovers that her mysterious

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XMen97 review
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Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – X-Men ‘97

Created by Beau DeMayo and Marvel Studios Animation, X-Men ‘97 continues the story of X-Men: The Animated Series (1992–1997) and follows the X-Men, a team of mutant superheroes founded by Professor Charles Xavier (Ross Marquand) to protect mutants and humans alike. It picks up a year later and sees the X-Men facing new challenges and

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Kathryn Adams

2024 Hugo Awards – Three More Novelettes

The last three of the 2024 Hugo-nominated novelettes go from dystopian to near-utopian (with a lot of work from devoted neighbors), to a fantasy set in the outskirts of the jazz area. I AM AI – Ai Jiang My hands shake at the prospect of finally getting rid of the one thing outside of my

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PoolmanReview
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Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – Poolman

Directed by Chris Pine, Poolman tells the story of Darren Barrenman (Chris Pine), a native Angeleno who spends his days looking after the pool of the Tahitian Tiki apartment block and fighting to make his hometown a better place to live. When he is tasked by a femme fatale to uncover the truth behind a

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Reviews
Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

Directed by Wes Ball, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes takes place 300 years after the events of War for the Planet of the Apes; ape civilizations have emerged from the oasis to which Caesar (Andy Serkis) led his fellow apes, while humans have regressed into a feral, primitive state. When the ape king

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