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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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Kathryn Adams

Binary System Podcast #342 – Lore Olympus #223 and #224

Happy Holidays from the Binary System Podcast team! This year one of our Christmas presents is some very welcome Lore Olympus backstory on Aphrodite (Ares is his own worst enemy, and for Aphrodite’s sake we hope the breakup takes). Elizabeth is also happy to report that the latest season of The Crown is well worth

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Books
Kathryn Adams

Review: The Kaiju Preservation Society

We’ve got a few more days before the end of the year to fit in some 2022 books, and John Scalzi’s COVID-era adventure has been showing up on quite a few Best-Of lists The start of the pandemic in early 2020 was a difficult time to navigate: lockdowns pending, fear of contagion all around, businesses

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Avatar TheWayOfWater Review
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Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – Avatar: The Way of Water

Directed by James Cameron, Avatar: The Way of Water is set more than a decade after the events of the first film and tells the story of the Sully family. Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) and Neytiri (Zoe Saldana) have formed a family and are doing everything to stay together. However, they must leave their home

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LACC 2022 Cosplay AfterParty
Cosplay
Lauren Wilson

LA Comic Con 2022 – Cosplay and more

I had a great time at Los Angeles Comic Con this year, despite some adventures with my car and a lens that stopped auto focusing so I was manually focusing all day (not fun, do not recommend). But the great cosplay and a very fun after party more than made up for it. If I

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Natasha Bowman

LA Comic Con 2022 – Cosplay Gallery #1

My husband Rob and I were thrilled to return to LA Comic Con this year. When we weren’t busy running the “HR – Hero Resources” panel, Rob found time to take photos of some excellent cosplay!

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GlassOnionReview
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Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Directed by Rian Johnson, Glass Onion is a new Knives Out mystery that follows tech billionaire Miles Bron (Edward Norton) who invites his friends for a getaway on his private Greek island. When someone turns up dead, Detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) is put on the case to peel back the layers of this new

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