Below find reviews of all the best movies, shows, books, games, and more according to Cosmic Circus contributors and writers.
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 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 MoreDungeons & Dragons has been a part of my life for many years. During the beginning of the pandemic, every Friday my friends and I would gather over Zoom, diving into our characters and forgetting about the problems of the world. While I don’t play nearly as much as I would like anymore, D&D has remained an integral part of my
Read MoreDoric was abandoned by her parents in the woods when she was just a little girl. Luckily the wood elves found her and took her in. Since then, Doric has done everything she can to be useful. She figures this is the best way to assure that the elves don’t get rid of her as her parents did. When her guardian
Read MoreThere are good stories, there are great stories, and then… there are All-Star stories; there is All-Star Superman. Ever since its conclusion in 2008, All-Star Superman–the seminal work by Grant Morrison, Frank Quitely, and Jamie Grant–has cemented its legendary reputation within the comic book world. It’s a tale that, somehow, managed to not just live up to its already larger-than-life protagonist,
Read MoreThe time has come to say bid farewell to the first season of one of the best video game adaptations in recent years. The Last of Us broke many records in terms of audience score and fan acquisition. Episode 8 gained more than 8 million viewers, a big jump from the record 4.7 million during episode 1. The HBO series is
Read MoreIn the year 2259, the U.S.S. Enterprise heads off to a planet so remote that it is only known by its surveyor’s catalog entry, FGC-7781 b. They’re investigating the disappearance of Braidwood, a civilian anthropological expedition that had been missing for almost a year. What they discover on FGC-7781 b is something that no one was expecting. Find out just what
Read MoreAlina is in a precarious position. She has basically become the prisoner of the Apparat. Trapped deep underground, far from the sunlight she needs, Alina is unable to use her powers. She needs to find the third amplifier to defeat the Darkling, but first, she has to find a way out from under the mountain and from under the Apparat’s control.
Read MoreWonder Woman Historia: The Amazons is a brand new retelling of the origin of Wonder Woman. This might seem like a well-known story to most Wonder Woman fans, but this is an all-new version of history, brought to life in a visually-arresting way that no medium has ever done before. Historia was one of the first comics announced for DC Black
Read MoreStar Wars Jedi: Battle Scars is the latest novel straight from the Star Wars universe. It tells the story of Cal Kestis and the crew of the Stinger Mantis between the events of the Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and Star Wars Jedi: Survivor games. While you don’t have to read the book to play Jedi: Survivor, is it still worth
Read MoreThe announcement of James Gunn’s new and presumably improved film slate based on DC Comics properties raised some serious eyebrows. Its direction is nearly guaranteed to inspire raging debate for years to come. Such is the nature of comic book films. Nonetheless, a few of the decisions on which films will get made already seem like creative slam dunks. Namely, the
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