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Below find reviews of all the best movies, shows, books, games, and more according to Cosmic Circus contributors and writers.


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Book Review: ‘The Ravening Deep: An Arkham Horror Novel’ by Tim Pratt

An ancient hunger has been awoken. It is never can never be satiated. It will just eat and eat until it devours the whole world. Unless a group of unlikely heroes can stop it. Abel Davenport, the man who awoke the eldritch god, Diana Stanley, a reformed cultist, and Ruby Standish, a thief of esoteric goods, don’t seem like the most likely monster slayers. But

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The Witcher Book Review: ‘Baptism of Fire’ by Andrzej Sapkowski

The Witcher has been separated from his destiny. Delivered to the dryads of Brokilon more dead than alive, he craves information about what happened to Ciri. When he hears that the emperor of Nilfgaard has her and is planning on marrying her, Geralt is determined to save her. With a new band of helpers, he begins his journey to save Ciri, but does she even

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Review: ‘Only Murders in the Building’ Season 3

Only Murders in the Building is one of those shows that took the world by storm when it premiered in 2021. Released during the early part of the global Covid-19 pandemic, Only Murders was one of those series that everyone was watching and talking about. It was like a collective murder mystery, that everyone and their mother was trying to solve. The only thing crazier

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Review: Christopher Nolan’s ‘Oppenheimer’ is Astonishing

Oppenheimer director Christopher Nolan is one of my favorite filmmakers. He has consistently pushed the boundaries of large-format filmmaking since shooting several sequences with IMAX cameras with The Dark Knight and is always at the forefront of crafting one-of-a-kind, towering cinematic experiences. Even his weakest movie, 2020’s Tenet, deserves praise for its insane practical action and inverted one-on-one fights. You’ll never see anything quite like it

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Book Review: ‘The Jasad Heir’ by Sara Hashem

At just ten years old, she was the sole survivor of a massacre that killed her entire family and toppled her country. In the time since then, Sylvia has built a new life for herself. Far away from her home country, she has a job, friends, and simple hopes for her future. But her past is never far away. If anyone ever discovers who she

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Cosmic Circle Ep. 34: The Best 2023 Television Series So Far!

The year is already half over, and it has been a cosmically wild ride. It feels like just yesterday we were all warming up a cup of eggnog for our Hawkeye rewatch and gearing up for the new year. New films and television shows have been released at a breakneck pace in 2023, and it’s been hard to keep up with all the good stuff. (We’ve tried!

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Review: New 3-Part Documentary ‘Superpowered: The DC Story’

Superpowered: The DC Story is a new series that explores the world of DC Comics and its superheroes. Celebrating over 85 years of superhero storytelling, this series will take you on a journey through the rich history of DC Comics, from their first appearances of superheroes in comic books to their popular adaptations in movies and TV series. The 3-part documentary series, set to premiere

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Marvel Book Review: ‘Wastelanders: Star-Lord’ by Sarah Cawkwell

Even heroes eventually grow old, if fate is kind to them. In Wastelanders: Star-Lord by Sarah Cawkwell, Peter Quill, A.K.A. Star-Lord, and Rocket Raccoon have managed to achieve old age. But they’re no longer the heroes they once were. The rest of the Guardians are gone, it’s just Quill and Rocket trying to make ends meet. So they take a questionable job from an unknown

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Cosmic Circle Ep. 33: 2023 Movie Discussion

Can you believe we’re already halfway through 2023? Time flies when there’s so so many new films and television shows rolling out. There are so many standouts and quite a few upsets as well, that it almost seems impossible to keep up with everything that comes out in a year. Now that we’re six months into the year, we here at The Cosmic Circus wanted

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