Features

In the Features archive, find a wide array of articles, interviews, reviews, podcast discussions, and posts from Cosmic Circus writers and contributors.

Refer to the Stellar Picks archive to find some of our top-rated movies, shows, books, games, and more!


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My Most Anticipated New Games of 2024

2023 was an amazing year when it came to games and stories, gameplay elements, and characters that were used in them. It looks like 2024 will be the same or maybe even better for new games in some aspects. As we await wait the first exciting premiere, let’s check my most anticipated 2024 games and why they’ll be important to the

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Cosmic Circle Ep. 48: The Best Movies of 2023

Another year has gone by and we’ve completed another revolution around the sun. 2023 was a fantastic year for movies, so The Cosmic Crew was excited to sit down and rank their top 5 of the year. From Barbie to The Color Purple to Bottoms and John Wick: Chapter 4, it was a lively chat, and an hour just isn’t long enough for The Cosmic Circle.  There were

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The Best Anime Starting Points For Beginners

The problem with getting into anime is that there is so much of it, and it’s all so incredibly different. Anime is a medium that’s full of its own genres and tropes, it can be confusing and even a little intimidating to figure out where to start. Not to worry! This guide is here to help you on your journey exploring

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Cosmic Cuisine: ‘Doctor Who’ Jammie Dodgers Recipe

The Doctor might be an era-hopping, space-traversing Time Lord, but he is still quintessentially British and that means that he loves his tea and biscuits (that’s cookies for you Americans). And his favorite biscuit for tea time is a nice jammie dodger. What is a jammie dodger you say? It’s a shortbread sandwich cookie, I mean biscuit, that is layered with

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‘Mission: Impossible’ Theory: Ethan Hunt Could Be New Head Of IMF

Tom Cruise’s roles are some of the most iconic. He played Maverick in Top Gun, Ethan Hunt in the Mission: Impossible films, Barry Seal in American Made, and Lt. Daniel Kaffee in A Few Good Men amongst others. This year Cruise’s Ethan Hunt was again in the spotlight in a new Mission: Impossible film with a part two still on the

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Cosmic Psychologist: Grief, Loss, and ‘The Marvels’

Since the closing films of Phase 3 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, there’s been one unifying theme connecting most, if not all of the projects. No, it’s not the multiverse, although that is also threaded through so many of the films and series in Phases 4 and 5. It’s the idea of grief and loss that began with Avengers: Infinity War.

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‘Doctor Who’ Anniversary Specials Ranked So Far

For some it’s Thanksgiving, but for sci-fi fans across the globe, it’s Doctor Who Day! For those blissfully unaware, November 23rd marks 60 years of the world’s longest-running science fiction program. Spanning a whopping soon-to-be forty seasons, a TV movie, and countless expanded universe media, Doctor Who is one of the most prolific and beloved franchises in television history. In the

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Thanksgiving: The Cosmic Crew Gives Thanks

Happy holiday season dear readers! How has this year flown by? It seems like just yesterday that we were setting off fireworks and headed to the beach. But now the air is getting colder and if you’re like Lorelei Gilmore, you just might smell snow in the air. However, before we completely dive into the holiday season which comes with December,

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Coriolanus Snow’s Journey in ‘Songbirds and Snakes’ Reframes Original ‘Hunger Games’

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes has been released at long last! Fans of the novel have been waiting on the edge of our seats to return to Panem on the silver screen. Lionsgate satisfied us with a solid, if imperfect, adaptation of the story focused on Lucy Gray Baird and Coriolanus Snow. But what we really need

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