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Side by side with the mundane world sits the world of magic. Powerful families with a rigid caste system rule this unseen world. But the wheel of fortune has begun to turn. Anything can happen during a “turning” and a young, unknown magician, Sydney, is hoping to turn the magical world on its head during this one. She has come to
Read MoreThe zany and wacky minds at Illumination have finally unlocked the cheat code to the world’s most beloved Italian plumber. Instead of trying to clumsily adapt them into sci-fi elements (much like the entertainingly bad 1993 film), directors Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic, and screenwriter Matthew Fogel, decided to embrace them directly. With The Super Mario Bros Movie, there are certainly
Read MoreLoki’s Ring is an artificial alien world that humans don’t really understand. Even though humanity has spread out to cover many different planets and star systems, they leave Loki’s Ring alone. There are plenty of other places to explore in space after all. But now greed has brought humans there, and they’ve unleashed something that could destroy the entire known universe
Read MoreTetris tells the unseen story of the vicious battle over the rights of one of the most addictive games ever made. As the marketing promises, the attempts to acquire exclusive ownership over the video game brought great trepidation in Russia. There are factual details depicted in Tetris but the adaptation of the story behind the Russia-made video game is exaggerated to silliness. Tetris is
Read MoreAlmost three months and sixteen episodes. That’s how long it took for Star Wars: The Bad Batch season 2 to end. The road to the finale was rough and, at times, harsh, but here we are. After the second season was given the green light, there was much talk about the future of the production. Both the creators and viewers knew that
Read MoreRogues is a brand-new 4-part miniseries from DC Black Label. It’s one of the first standalone series ever to focus on the Rogues, an infamous group of Flash villains. As with any great story centered on morally gray characters, Rogues is filled with tremendous twists, intense moments, and significant character development. Some of the most iconic Rogues include Captain Cold, Captain
Read MoreSilver Sable has made a deal with the devil in Cath Lauria’s Silver Sable: Payback. Well, Doctor Doom anyway so close enough. Doom has been trying to track down the Clairvoyant, a future-telling machine, and has failed. He believes Silver Sable can succeed where he failed. Silver is reluctant to help but feels trapped. She’s certain that telling Doom no is
Read MoreHere’s your chance to get to know some of the characters from the upcoming movie Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves. The Road to Neverwinter by Jaleigh Johnson shares the origin story of a group of thieves at the center of the film. First, they meet, then they try to pull off the heist of a lifetime. If they succeed they’ll
Read MorePeople are once again going missing in Arkham. This time it’s a college student and a professor. The police aren’t connecting the two yet. But Elliot Raslo, the best friend of the missing student, Chester, knows they’re connected. For one thing, Chester and the missing professor were collaborating on Chester’s special research. The research that Chester has been obsessed with for
Read MoreA terrible curse known as the Drought of Girls has inflicted the matriarchal society of the Five Queendoms for the past fifteen years. An entire generation without females has left the citizens of the queendoms fearful of the future. But with the death of the sorceress Sessadon, the drought has ended. Hope has returned but the change affects each of the
Read MoreAquaman: Andromeda is a brand new DC Black Label comic from Ram V, Christian Ward, and Aditya Bidikar. Black Label is DC’s mature, prestige comics line that strives to deliver high quality standalone stories like Wonder Woman Historia without the confines of continuity. Aquaman is the perfect candidate for the Black Label approach. Despite being a founding member of the Justice
Read MoreThe Star Wars franchise is incredibly expansive across all forms of entertainment. Beginning with A New Hope in 1977, the franchise has spawned numerous sequels, both animated and live-action series, video games, audio dramas, and plenty of books. Each entry works to develop and enrich the lore and world of Star Wars, covering different eras and points of view. One of
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