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Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – Scoob

Reviewer Hugh Verheylewegen has a look at Scoob, the latest incarnation of Scooby Doo. Directed by Tony Cervone, Scoob follows Scooby Doo and the gang on an all new mystery-solving adventure. Scoob was initially supposed to be newest theatrical release of the popular Scooby Doo franchise. With theaters still closed we had the movie given to us

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Kathryn Adams

2020 Hugo Awards – Two Novelettes and a Novella

Two of this year’s Hugo-nominated stories are only available via short-story collection (the same short story collection. C’mon, Ted Chiang, stop hogging the noms), so this week I’ll be reviewing a tale of an interstellar colony that sends an agent back to the ruined homeworld, a roundabout explanation for why a poet would write an

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Leland Pierce

Review: Justice League Dark: Apokolips War

Justice League Dark: Apokolips War is the sequel to 2017’s Justice League Dark, the fifteenth and final film in the DC Animated Movie Universe (DCAMU) and the 38th film overall in the 38th DC Universe Animated Original Movies. Directed by Matt Peters and Christina Sotta, featuring the voice talents of Matt Ryan, Jerry O’Connell, Taissa

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Binary System Podcast
Kathryn Adams

Binary System Podcast #221 – We watched some things!

You can listen to this episode on our Binary System Podcast channel at Anchor.fm! No Night Vale episode to recap, so this week we tried something different. We both said we were going to watch something that’s been on our to-do list…and then we watched them. So Kathryn watched the 2007 movie Sunshine (written by

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Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – Capone

Reviewer Hugh Verheylewegen has a look at Capone, starring Tom Hardy. Directed by Josh Trank, Capone (originally titled Fonzo) chronicles the final days of notorious gangster Al Capone (played by Tom Hardy) as he succumbs to dementia and relives his past through tormenting memories, while also coming into conflict with the authorities. I have always had a

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Books
Kathryn Adams

Review: A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan Book 1)

Empire was empire – the part that seduced and the part that clamped down, jaws like a vise, and shook a planet until its neck was broken and it died. Next up in the Hugo nominees is Arkady Martine’s novel of interplanetary intrigue, A Memory Called Empire. The book’s cover art of a lone figure

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TV & Movies
llyzabeth

Binary System Podcast – Watch Party #5 – Casablanca

It’s time yet again to Social Distance the heck out of this epidemic and watch a movie together while still staying in three different states: North Carolina, Florida, and California. Next up for the Tri-State Watch Party, we’re going with a classic: Casablanca. The Netflix Watch Party app ended up being a little complicated, so

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Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – The Clone Wars: the final season

The saga has come to an end: reviewer Hugh Verheylewegen has a look at the final season of Star Wars: The Clone Wars. The final season of The Clone Wars has concluded, finishing a beloved, long running series that had rough beginnings but a solid finish. This is a bit different from my normal reviews as

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