Category: Reviews

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Kathryn Adams

Review: Through Gates of Garnet and Gold (Wayward Children Book 11)

Much like the Doors themselves, Eleanor’s rules were simple and absolute: No solicitation. No visitors. No quests. Nancy was one of the first Wayward Children we were introduced to in Book One of Seanan McGuire’s series, and also one of the first to find her way back to the world that Eleanor West’s school was

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28 Years Later- The Bone Temple review
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Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple

Directed by Nia DaCosta, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple follows the stories of Dr. Kelson (Ralph Fiennes) and Spike (Alfie Williams) in the direct aftermath of the events of 28 Years Later. Dr. Kelson finds himself in a shocking new relationship with consequences that could change the world as he knows it, while Spike’s

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Percy Jackson and the Olympians Season 2 review
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Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – Percy Jackson and the Olympians Season 2

Helmed by Rick Riordan and Jonathan E. Steinberg, Percy Jackson and the Olympians Season 2 sees Percy (Walker Scobell) returning to Camp Half-Blood one year later to find his world turned upside down. His friendship with Annabeth (Leah Sava Jeffries) is changing, he learns he has a cyclops for a brother, Grover (Aryan Simhadri) has

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Books
Kathryn Adams

Review: A Mouthful of Dust (The Singing Hills Cycle Book 6)

Where there was hunger, there was desperation, and eventually, the belly cried louder than the children, or the elderly, or the dead. For a series that stars a gender-neutral cleric and their sassy neixin companion (bird-shaped, but most definitely not a bird, don’t be rude), Nghi Vo’s Singing Hills series can get surprisingly dark. The

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Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – Primate

Directed by Johannes Roberts, Primate follows a group of friends on a tropical vacation that goes awry when Ben, a family’s adopted chimpanzee, is bitten by a rabid animal and suddenly becomes violent, forcing the group into a fight for survival. This creature feature first made its appearance at Fantastic Fest last September, where it

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Books
Kathryn Adams

Review: Snake-Eater

It’s almost 2026! Boy, 2025 was quite a year, wasn’t it? There’s time for one more book review, and I can’t think of a more appropriate choice than a T. Kingfisher story about a young woman who finally decides she’s had enough of the crap that life has dumped on her, and nopes out to

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AnacondaReview
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Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – Anaconda (2025)

Directed by Tom Gormican, Anaconda (2025) follows four childhood friends: Doug (Jack Black), Griff (Paul Rudd), Kenny (Steve Zahn), and Claire (Thandiwe Newton). Seeking to recapture their youth, they travel to the Amazon to film an amateur remake of the 1997 film Anaconda. Their project unravels when a real giant anaconda emerges, turning the light-hearted

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Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – Avatar: Fire and Ash

Directed by James Cameron, Avatar: Fire and Ash follows Jake, Neytiri, and their family, grieving Neteyam’s death and facing a new threat from the fiery, war-worshiping Ash People led by Varang, who’ve allied with Quaritch. As the RDA escalates its attack on Pandora with new technology, Jake’s family must unite warring Na’vi clans, confront internal

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The Mighty Nein Review
Reviews
Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – The Mighty Nein

Created by Critical Role Productions and Amazon Prime, The Mighty Nein follows a group of misfits with troubled pasts and secrets who find themselves drawn together by circumstance. They become entangled in a larger conflict and must work together to save the realm after a powerful arcane relic known as “The Beacon” falls into dangerous

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