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UncutGemsReview
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Review – Uncut Gems

Next up in our pre-Oscar-nomination coverage, The Atomic Nerd has a look at Uncut Gems.  Imagine this: you make a great movie. Everyone loves it. Robert Pattinson is in it. There is truly no way you can improve on it. And then you come out with another movie that makes the previous movie look awful

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Binary System Podcast
Kathryn Adams

Binary System Podcast #205 – Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

You can listen to this episode on our Binary System Podcast channel at Anchor.fm! Okay this is disconcerting: we actually managed to watch a major motion picture within three weeks of the release date, instead of waiting three months (or years. Sometimes it’s years.) Have we turned over a new leaf or have we been

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Review – Cats (2019)

This week guest reviewer Ryan Landy has a look at Cats. Cats is a cinematic adaptation of the musical, culminating into a feline circus fever dream on acid.

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Best Books 2019
Books
Kathryn Adams

The Best Books of 2019

It’s been a pretty chaotic year, what with family medical emergencies and other craziness (said other craziness being…more family medical emergencies), so I’m pretty happy to see the last of 2019. One good thing that 2019 did have was some fantastic books. Click the jump for a rundown of the five best (“best” here meaning

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llyzabeth

Favorite Comic Book Artists of 2019

As always, one of my favorite “problems” is that there’s way too much amazing comic book talent out there to see all of it in one year. Bearing that in mind, here’s my 2019 top 14 favorite artists, in no particular order, out of the comics I actually got to read.

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Comic Books
llyzabeth

Review – Transformers #15 (2019)

“I told you to keep your maniacs under control.” “…you’ll know it if I have to let the real maniacs out. Bots like Triggerhappy get noticed.“ Keep reading for a review of Transformers #15 (2019).

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Review – Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker

Guest reviewer Carl Bailey weighs in on Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. (This review is spoiler-free for major plot points but does contain details and descriptions of events in the film, so if you’d rather go into the movie absolutely unspoiled you should save this review for later.) This was a beautiful mess of

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Books
Kathryn Adams

Review: Laughter at the Academy

All these stories take place outside my pre-existing universes – so no Fighting Pumpkins, no October Daye, no Velveteen. They are quick glimpses of another room, with a door that will close in short order. It’s the last day of 2019, and there are so many fantastic books I haven’t gotten around to yet. I

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