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For a long time, I’ve asked myself the following question: Have I aged out of Pixar, or has Pixar lost its magic? With Daniel Chong’s Hoppers, we finally have an answer to this question. It was the latter. In a post-Incredibles 2 era, only Turning Red felt like the masterpieces the animation studio consistently released and pushed the medium forward in
Read MoreI was fully expecting to hate Patrick Hughes’ War Machine while watching it. Another Netflix piece of content that essentially amalgamates known films into one another and tries to pass it off as an “original film”? What could go wrong? For the first twenty minutes or so, a compact montage that distills the backstory of Staff Sergeant 81 (Alan Ritchson) as
Read MoreROMEO IS A DEAD MAN is a surprising project that feels like it shouldn’t exist in today’s market. What makes it special is undoubtedly why it stands out in today’s gaming market. It is a strange, slightly uncomfortable, and emotionally messy game. Whether you connect with it or not, you can’t deny that it commits fully to its vision. This is
Read MoreWhen the credits roll on Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Bride! it’s impossible to think that anyone would come away from it having no strong feelings, to say the least. The film acts as a complete revamping of the 1935 classic Bride of Frankenstein, which changes everything about it from the settings to the central framing of its story. Gyllenhaal follows up her
Read MoreIn the World of Warcraft Alleria and Turalyon are heroes of epic proportions. They have been fighting for a millennia against the Burning Legion, and now they’ve returned to find their son, Arator, is fighting the same cause. Despite sharing blood, this small family doesn’t really know how to relate. Now they’re working together to investigate rumors that demonic activity is
Read MoreHigh on Life 2 was one of my most anticipated sequels from Squanch Games. It immediately steals the show by being a very confident sequel that knows exactly what kind of experience it gives the players. It was built directly on the foundation of the first High on Life game, but it clearly aims to be bigger and better in every
Read MoreStyx: Blades of Greed was first announced as a game that was meant to become a cinematic spectacle. From the first minutes, it felt like the quiet return of a genre that rarely gets the spotlight anymore. Big publishers and developers often aim to create a game that attracts players by showing them epic, interesting, or even funny moments from the
Read MoreScream 7 was always destined for backlash. The film received criticism when Paramount fired Melissa Barrera for expressing an opinion. An opinion that, unfortunately, was correct. And for the most part, the new generation of Scream fans were ready to hate this film. A little background. I grew up on Scream and actually saw the original with my older brother in
Read MoreThe town of Blossomdale needs your help to pull the community back together and restore the beauty of this community. Spring Tales is a short and relaxing narrative game that’s filled with intertwining puzzles, developed and published by RAF Games. While these puzzles themselves are not challenging, they play a vital part in stringing the narrative-heavy parts together. You’ll get to
Read MoreResident Evil Requiem is one of those games that I had really high hopes for. As I mentioned in previous reviews of horror games, I am not a huge fan of this genre. But, over the years, I started to appreciate it and checked out many of the horror games. And with Resident Evil, it was really worth it. As
Read MoreApparently, I need to die? Not really, but the concept of finding a main character of a novel with the same name as you becomes a lot harder when you have a less common name like I do. In comes Apparently, Sir Cameron Needs to Die by author Greer Stothers. The name alone was enough to intrigue me into checking it
Read MoreIn this episode of Cosmic Circus Reviews, Vin and Drew breakdown the first season of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms from the Game of Thrones universe. They also discuss the state of the franchise overall and what other media adaptations can learn from the success of the show. A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms season 1 is now streaming on
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