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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‘High on Life 2’ Game Review

High 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

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‘Styx: Blades of Greed’ Game Review

Styx: 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

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‘Scream 7’ Review: Paramount Stabs and Misses

Scream 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

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‘Spring Tales’ Game Review: Short And Sparse on Content

The 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

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‘Apparently, Sir Cameron Needs To Die’ by Greer Stothers Book Review

Apparently, 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

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‘A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’ Season 1 Review Podcast with Vin & Drew

In 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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‘Monarch: Legacy of Monsters’ Season 2: One Of The Biggest Shows On Television

Apple TV’s Monarch: Legacy of Monsters returns with a monster-sized season 2, immediately picking up after the fantastic climax to the series’ first season. Series regulars Kurt Russell, Anna Sawai, Kiersey Clemons, Ren Watabe, Wyatt Russell, Mari Yamamoto, Anders Holm, Joe Tippett, and Takehiro Hira all return for the new season. Notable newcomers to the series are Prey star Amber Midthunder

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‘How to Make a Killing’ Clumsily Reinterprets an Ealing Classic

Many might not know that John Patton Ford’s latest film, How to Make a Killing, is loosely based on Robert Hamer’s 1949 classic Ealing comedy Kind Hearts and Coronets. The 1949 film was adapted from Roy Horniman’s Israel Rank: The Autobiography of a Criminal. If you’ve seen Hamer’s film, chances are you’ve seen Patton Ford’s reinterpretation. It sadly doesn’t do much to

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