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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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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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Binary System Podcast
llyzabeth

Binary System Podcast #409 – Lore Olympus episode 276 and 277

Okay everybody GIANT SPOILER WARNINGS DANGER DANGER THIS IS NOT A DRILL. So, way back on August 2, 2018 the 24th episode of Lore Olympus was released. Apollo let himself into Persephone’s bedroom and what happened next set in motion a series of events that changed the story forever and made a lot of people

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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
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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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Binary System Podcast
llyzabeth

Binary System Watch Party – Gold Diggers of 1933

We didn’t have time to recap the latest Night Vale this week, and we won’t be fast passing the latest episode of Lore Olympus for another few days, so it’s time for another Watch Party! Chiming in from three different states, this time we’re watching the very fun and often bonkers pre-Code musical Gold Diggers

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AbigailReview
Reviews
Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – Abigail

Directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, Abigail focuses on a group of kidnappers who capture and must watch over the daughter of a powerful underworld figure from whom they demand a $50 million ransom. However, they soon get more than what they bargain for when they realize that they are trapped inside with no

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