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Books
Kathryn Adams

Review: The Butcher of the Forest

“I have returned. I am one known to you. Please allow me safe passage to bring back those who are lost.” Author Premee Mohamed takes a new look at a familiar fairy tale trope (two children lost in the woods) in her new book The Butcher of the Forest, a frightening combination of horror and

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Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – Kung Fu Panda 4

Directed by Mike Mitchell, Kung Fu Panda 4 follows Po (Jack Black) on the next step of his journey where he must train a new warrior when he’s chosen to become the “Spiritual leader of the Valley of Peace”. However, when a powerful shape-shifting sorceress called “The Chameleon” (Viola Davis) sets her eyes on his

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llyzabeth

The 2024 Oscar-nominated Documentary Shorts

This was a satisfying category to watch this year, partly because they weren’t all complete downers (I applaud the effort that goes into documentary films, but some years they’re all so depressing it’s really difficult to power through the whole list) but also because I didn’t have any trouble tracking them down; they were all

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Binary System Podcast
llyzabeth

Binary System Podcast #401 – WTNV #243 “Lost and Found” and more of the Oscar Nominations

On this week’s Night Vale episode, we highly approve of Cecil devoting an entire broadcast to Lost and Found submissions, because writer Brie Williams is very good with lists of random weirdness, unexpected sweetness, and things with TEETH. From there we jump into three more Oscar nominated films we finally watched, namely Oppenheimer (brilliant but

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Events
Leland Pierce

Midsummer Scream 2024!!!

Midsummer Scream is back! From July 26-28 the world’s largest Halloween and horror convention will return to the Long Beach Convention Center, and I’m excited to share the very first news about this year’s event: July 26-28th! It’s never too early to begin thinking about Halloween, and thousands of haunt-lovers will get first looks at what

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Kathryn Adams

Review: Iron Widow

He should be the Iron King, and I should be the Iron Queen. Yet Iron Demon and Iron Widow is all they’ll let us be. It’s back to my reviews of Books I Really Should Have Read Ages Ago, and this week’s review is for Xiran Jay Zhao’s debut novel, Iron Widow. In Huaxia, the

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Guest Writer

Review – Poor Things

Reviewer David Leninhawk returns with a look at Poor Things. Poor Things is an absolute triumph of a motion picture. It is an often hilarious tale of female self-actualization set in a visually splendorous world which recalls the Victorian age by way of Georges Méliès and, mildly, even a bit H.G. Wells or Terry Gilliam.

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llyzabeth

Review – How Long ’til Black Future Month?

Before February ends I wanted to review a collection I’ve been meaning to read for years: N. K. Jemisin’s How Long ’til Black Future Month? I love a good short story collection, and I’ve loved every Jemisin work I’ve read (her Far Sector Green Lantern series from DC was amazing) so I had high hopes

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