Below find reviews of all the best movies, shows, books, games, and more according to Cosmic Circus contributors and writers.
It’s incredible how much my opinion of M. Night Shyamalan shifted almost overnight after sitting in front of his 2019 masterpiece, Glass. Before, I thought the same thing as everyone else: great first few movies, but his current output has been lacking. I’m not ready to say that The Last Airbender and After Earth are masterpieces, far from it. However, something
Read MoreNo hyperbole. You read this correctly. Yugo Sakamoto has pulled off one of the greatest action movies my eyes have ever witnessed in Baby Assassins: Nice Days, which had its Canadian premiere at the Fantasia International Film Festival. The sequel to Baby Assassins 2, which vastly improved upon the 2022 microbudget first installment that had two amazing action sequences and not
Read MoreLizzie and Bill have a pretty good thing going in Victorian London. Taking advantage of the spiritualist craze that’s sweeping society, Lizzie adopts the persona of Cerulia Trent, a medium that can connect people to their dearly departed loved ones. In a wise con, they never ask for money, but people are so grateful for their services that they shower them
Read MoreThe Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire is to Star Wars, what Fire and Blood is to Game of Thrones. An in-universe look back at the events that shaped the galaxy, from the long-standing Republic to the takeover of the Galactic Empire and everything that brought with it. The book, written in our world by Dr. Chris Kempshall and in-universe
Read MoreDavi has had it with this world, and it’s not like we can exactly blame her, either. After mysteriously arriving from Earth into a fantastical world full of magic and humanoid beasts, she’s told by a wizard she’s the Kingdom’s savior, destined to save them from The Dark Lord and his monstrous horde. But this is not simply a David (or
Read MoreCarl Sanford is the de facto king of Arkham. As the Magus of the Silver Twilight Lodge, there is nothing he doesn’t have his hands in. But that’s before a new player comes to town. Tillinghast purports to be a humble shopkeeper, hardly worth Sanford’s notice. But he has quietly begun undermining Sanford, subtly stealing his town out from under him.
Read MoreIt’s been raining for weeks. Bryncastell is so flooded that everything is shut down and people have just been stuck in their homes. With an energetic firefox, that isn’t easy. Charlie is doing his best to keep Cadno busy when something shocking happens, Cadno suddenly goes from being a firefox to being an electric fox! Charlie isn’t sure what caused this
Read MoreHappy Pride month! To celebrate all our favorite queer stories in comics, we’ve put together a giant LGBTQ+ reading recommendations guide just for you! These comics cover community picks, creator spotlights, popular recommendations & critical darlings. We’ve got everything from superhero books to indie gems to webcomics. Enjoy reading! Make sure to also check the “Additional Resources” section at the end
Read MoreBruce Willis is undeniably one of the most beloved pop culture icons of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. It all started in the 1980s, when Willis landed an uncredited role in Brian G. Hutton’s The First Deadly Sin. But to me, his first ever meaningful role was as Tony Amato in one of my favorite TV shows, Miami Vice. From there,
Read MoreIn the first scene of Bad Boys: Ride or Die, it doesn’t take long for directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah to pull out camera tricks that will ultimately serve the film’s aesthetic during its action-heavy last hour. Marcus Burnett (Martin Lawrence) stops to get a ginger ale at a corner shop and stumbles upon hot dogs (yes, “are those
Read MoreWe’re currently heading towards the beginning of the end of the High Republic era with the second wave of phase 3 releasing over the next few months featuring comics, books and an audio drama. Author Tessa Gratton brings us her first adult novel in the High Republic with Temptation of The Force, the sequel to Eye of Darkness and a follow
Read MoreWe all know Storm, controller of the weather and one of the most powerful of the X-Men ever. But who was she before she was Storm? In Tiffany D. Jackson’s newest novel, Storm: Dawn of a Goddess, we get to find out. Turns out, she wasn’t always a powerful, butt-kicking superhero. She started off as a bullied little girl, orphaned on
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