Reviews

Although we mainly focus on reviews of movies and TV or streaming series, we have a wide array of reviews here at Cosmic Circus. This includes concerts, tech and other products, travel, games, books, and comics.

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


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Book Review: ‘The Keeper’s Six’ by Kate Elliott

Ester is awakened in the night by the phone ringing. It’s a terrible connection but she makes out her son calling for help and saying “ruin…” before the call drops. She tries to call back but the phone didn’t register the call. That’s when she knows that something is wrong. Despite being forbidden from using her magic, she summons her Hex

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Book Review: ‘The Tower of Nerek: A Descent: Legends of the Dark Novel’ by David Guymer

Welcome to another book series based on the world of a role-playing game from Aconyte. This time David Guymer brings the world of Descent: Legends of the Dark to life in The Tower of Nerek. In a world of magic and danger, three warriors have banded together to try and destroy the greatest threat they see to Terrinoth, even if they’re

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Book Review: ‘Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries’ by Heather Fawcett

Every researcher dreams of getting as close as possible to their subject. But what happens when the researcher gets too close? Under the best of circumstances, it clouds their objectivity and calls their research into question. But if a subject is sufficiently dangerous it can be a deadly mistake. This is exactly what happens to Emily Wilde in Heather Fawcett’s Emily

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Comic Book Review: ‘Crescent City Monsters’ by Newton Lilavois

In our current day and age, comic books and their adaptations have taken over the entertainment industry. If it isn’t a new film coming out, it’s a TV show or a video game to fill the gap. While Marvel and DC lead this charge, many other companies and publishers are fighting for their products to get noticed within the white noise

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Review: HBO’s ‘The Last of Us’ Premiere

HBO’s The Last of Us series is easily one of the most anticipated video game adaptations of the last decade. The game is an undeniable success that still remains fresh. Adaptations of wildly popular video games rarely seem to capture the magic and success of the game. Has this TLOU series fallen into the same pitfall, or does it succeed where

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Book Review: ‘Witches Unleashed: A Marvel Untold Tales Novel’ by Carrie Harris

In Carrie Harris’ Witches Unleashed: A Marvel Untold Tales Novel, Lucifer has escaped from Hell. In the process, his soul was split into 666 different pieces that possessed 666 recently deceased people. The Ghost Rider has been busy tracking them down and I do mean busy. 657 pieces of Lucifer’s soul have been sent back to Hell, but the next one proves

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Cosmic Circle Ep. 16: Daredevil – The Story So Far

In this episode, Brian, Ayla, and Anthony discuss Charlie Cox’s Matt Murdock aka Daredevil, from the Netflix series to his recent appearances in the MCU. A future episode will discuss what lies ahead for Daredevil in the MCU, so follow us and stay tuned! WARNING: This episode contains spoilers for Netflix’s Daredevil, Spider-Man: No Way Home, Hawkeye, and She-Hulk.  Episode 16: Daredevil

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Book Review: ‘Mr. Breakfast’ by Jonathan Carroll

What if you could see three different versions of your life? And what if you could choose which of those three lives you wanted to live in? The catch is that once you choose you’re stuck, you won’t even remember that you made the choice, and you have to live with the consequences. This is Mr. Breakfast boiled down to its

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Book Review: ‘Smart Pop Explains Peter Jackson’s The Lord of The Rings and The Hobbit Movies’

Way back in 1997, Peter Jackson began the epic undertaking of translating J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy a live-action masterpiece for the big screen. In an unprecedented move, Jackson filmed all three movies simultaneously. After the success of his LOTR movies, Jackson decided to take Tolkien’s The Hobbit, split it into three, and film another trilogy set in

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