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Cosmic Circus is a pop culture entertainment website owned and run by Editor-in-Chief Lizzie Hill since July 1, 2021. The website's coverage includes film and TV / streaming series reviews, news, interviews, podcasts, book reviews, game reviews, and comics guides, as well as coverage of concerts, comic-cons, expos, film festivals, and other events.

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NYCC ‘The Winchesters’ Interview: Meg Donnelly and Drake Rodger

New York Comic-Con has come to a close and on Sunday the team behind the CW’s The Winchesters helped give fans their grand finale. We spoke to Drake Rodger and Meg Donnelly, about the casting process and how the young actors landed the coveted roles of John and Mary.  In addition, the soon-to-be breakout star Drake Rodger had quite a story of destiny involving a very

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‘Interview With The Vampire’ “…After the Phantoms of Your Former Self” (S1, Ep2)

AMC’s Interview With The Vampire premiered last week, with an episode that set the tone for what is to come. “In Throes of Increasing Wonder” exploded onto my television screen in that The premiere episode was one of the best episodes of television I have ever had the pleasure of viewing. The final moments were also explosive due to Louis’ (Jacob Anderson)

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EventsNews & Rumors

NYCC: Westworld’s Joy and Nolan Still in Talks with HBO for Season 5

Saturday was a busy day at the Javits Center in New York City for Comic-Con. Attending a panel for Prime Video’s new show, The Peripheral, were Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan. The duo are The Peripheral’s executive producers and are also executive producers for long running HBO series Westworld. Fans of Westworld got unexpected and perhaps disappointing news when a fan asked them

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Movie ReviewsReviews

Review: David Bruckner’s ‘Hellraiser’ Brings The Heat

David Bruckner’s Hellraiser has finally been released on Hulu. In the midst of the confusing and cluttered TEN previous entries that bear the name Hellraiser, Bruckner’s film stands entirely on its own as a re-imagination. Going back to Clive Barker’s source material to build something new of his own, Bruckner succeeds on nearly every level, leaving very little want for more.

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What To Expect From Jodie Whittaker’s final ‘Doctor Who’

Beginning in  2019, Jodie Whittaker starred as the 13th Doctor in seasons 11 through 13 of Doctor Who. Her path has had many bumps, turns, and sometimes dark moments. With Chris Chibnall’s era as showrunner of Doctor Who coming to a close, his and Whittaker’s journey must end in only one possible way – with this one final special episode, titled “The

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Book ReviewsBooksReviews

Book Review: ‘Such Sharp Teeth: A Werewolf Novel’ By Rachel Harrison

Rory Morris has a perfect life. She is the youngest VP at her company ever, she has flings every week with a different D-list celebrity, and most importantly, she escaped her tiny little backwoods town. Until her twin sister, Scarlett begs her to come back. Scarlett is pregnant and the daddy seems to have split. Being a good sister Rory packs

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Book Review: The Star Trek Cookbook – A Culinary Delight

Star Trek is near and dear to our hearts at The Cosmic Circus, so when we found out about The Star Trek Cookbook from New York Times bestselling author Chelsea Monroe-Cassel, we quickly opened a new channel and sent a priority one communique to try to review it. The book is the first official Star Trek cookbook since 1999, so it makes sense that

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Series Review: ‘Pennyworth’ Season 3 Premiere

Alfred Pennyworth is best known as Bruce Wayne/Batman’s butler. He’s often seen as an old man who can’t defend himself too well. Sure, we have small hints of his past in comic books, TV series, and even Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy, but it’s not what you might think. DC’s Pennyworth tells the story of Alfred before he was Bruce Wayne’s

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GamingNews & Rumors

The Future Of CD PROJEKT RED Games (The Witcher, Cyberpunk)

When it comes to creating games that will get a lot of publicity with their little recognition, CD PROJEKT RED has that covered. They’ve created adaptations of the Witcher games, including the very popular and acclaimed The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, and most recently in 2020 they released Cyberpunk 2077. We’ve known for some time that RED has wanted to develop

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