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Reviews
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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Reviews
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
Reviews
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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KingdomOfThePlanetOfTheApesReview
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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Books
Kathryn Adams

Review: Starter Villain

John Scalzi’s Hugo-nominated novel Starter Villain is a surprisingly light-hearted look at the section of the population with the kind of power and money that can make changes on a global scale and not bother with pesky little things like rules. And we see all of this through the eyes of former business journalist and

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StarWarsTalesOfTheEmpireReview
Reviews
Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – Star Wars: Tales of the Empire

Created by Dave Filoni, Star Wars: Tales of the Empire is a six-part animated anthology series and sequel to the anthology series Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi, focusing on the characters Barriss Offee and Morgan Elsbeth. After losing everything, young Morgan Elsbeth (Diana Lee Inosanto) navigates the expanding Imperial world toward a path of

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TheFallGuyReview
Reviews
Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – The Fall Guy

Directed by David Leitch, The Fall Guy follows battle-scarred stuntman Colt Seavers who, after leaving the business one year earlier, springs back into action when the star of a big studio movie directed by his ex-girlfriend suddenly disappears. As the mystery surrounding the missing actor deepens, Colt soon finds himself ensnared in a sinister plot

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TheBadBatchSeason3Review
Reviews
Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – The Bad Batch season 3

Helmed by Dave Filoni, Brad Rau, and Jennifer Corbett, Star Wars: The Bad Batch Season 3 continues and concludes the story of Clone Force 99 aka The Bad Batch. Their limits are tested in the fight to reunite with Omega (Michelle Ang) as she faces challenges of her own inside a remote Imperial science lab

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