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PussInBoots TheLastWish Review
Reviews
Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – Puss in Boots: The Last Wish

Directed by Joel Crawford, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish follows Puss in Boots (Antonio Banderas) as he goes on a journey to find the mystical Last Wish from the Wishing Star and restore the eight of his nine lives that he has lost over the course of his life. But he is pursued by

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Binary System Podcast
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Binary System Podcast #344 – The Birthday Edition from Mammoth Cave

It’s a Binary System Birthday Edition as we’re joined by sister and frequent guest Hannah in the wilds of Kentucky! (“Wilds” meaning “a very nice Vrbo with wiFi and a fireplace.” Except we only get Netflix in the upstairs bedroom. Like SAVAGES.) Listen in as we discuss our first trip back to Mammoth Cave in

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Favorite-Books-2022
Books
Kathryn Adams

My Favorite Books of 2022

Whoops, sorry this is late everyone! Big milestone birthday this month, so I’ve been busy with a pretty wild celebration (said celebration involved exploring several miles of natural caverns, and reading in front of a fire every night. It’s how we roll.) I read at least a dozen excellent books from 2022, far too many

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Binary System Podcast
Kathryn Adams

Binary System Podcast #343 – Lore Olympus #225 and #226

Happy New Year from the BSP team! We hope you all had a fantastic celebration (or a safe and relatively chill evening at home if that’s your jam.) It’s a quick Travel-Edition recording this week (we may not have been at home when we recorded this, but we’re definitely back home now, or if we’re

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TheSeaBeastReview
Reviews
Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – The Sea Beast

Directed by Chris Williams, The Sea Beast tells the story of a sea monster hunter (Karl Urban) and a young orphan girl (Zaris-Angel Hator) who joins his group of hunters on their search for the elusive Red Bluster. But as they embark on this dangerous voyage they soon discover the hidden secrets of the beasts

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MagicOrder3 no6 review
Comic Books
llyzabeth

Review – The Magic Order Volume 3, #6

“…Cordelia’s side has a terrible curse so I’d recommend joining the winners…” It’s the end of arc three! Keep reading for a review of The Magic Order 3, issue #6. Massive, great big spoilers below. I tried to write this review spoiler-free, but it was too annoying. So the Uncle Edgar plot line is on

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Books
Kathryn Adams

Review: Sea of Tranquility

“We knew it was coming…” Aaa! Emily St. John Mandel (author of Station Eleven and The Glass Hotel) released another book months ago and I’m only just finding out about it now! Two days left to post a review before the end of 2022 so let’s do this really fast because omgyouguysthisbookisbeautiful. We start with

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TV & Movies
llyzabeth

Binary System Podcast – The Text-Only Travel Edition Strikes Back!

On account of holiday traveling (which was mercifully quick and painless; shout out to anyone still stuck in an airport) this week’s episode is text only! KathrynLast Night Vale recap of 2022… …feels like we need a more auspicious beginning to the episode ElizabethHeh, I tried to think “auspicious” and just went with “all caps”

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TheWhale Review
Reviews
Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – The Whale

Directed by Darren Aronofsky, The Whale tells the story of a 600 lb (270 kg) man named Charlie (Brendan Fraser), who is trying to reconnect with his seventeen-year-old daughter (Sadie Sink). The two grew apart after Charlie left his family for a man, who later died and as a result, Charlie then went on to

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