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‘Suicide Squad Isekai’ Premiere Review: A Unique Take on DC Characters

Drew Reed ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  6 min read

Suicide Squad Isekai is an anime presented by Warner Brothers Japan, featuring DC comics characters like Harley Quinn (Anna Nagase), Deadshot (Reigo Yamaguchi), Peacemaker (Takehito Koyasu), King Shark (Subaru Kimura), Joker (Yūichirō Umehara), Amanda Waller (Kujira), and more. Recently released to the popular streaming services Max and Hulu in the United States, Suicide Squad Isekai brings a fresh and unorthodox take

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‘Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F’ is Eddie Murphy’s Best Film in Years

Maxance Vincent ,  ,  7 min read

It’s been a long time coming (thirty years, to be exact), but a new Beverly Hills Cop movie has finally graced our screens. Unfortunately, audiences won’t get a chance to reunite with Eddie Murphy‘s Axel Foley on the big screen, as Netflix would instead prefer to bring this $150 million megablockbuster straight into our living rooms. Of course, they were the

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‘Space Cadet’: A Comedy About Chasing Childhood Dreams & Second Chances

Lizzie Hill ,  ,  5 min read

Many of us have had childhood dreams that we took a wrong turn away from somewhere along the way. But what if we were given a second chance to fulfill those dreams? You’d be hard-pressed not to give it a shot, right? Prime Video’s new comedy, Space Cadet, is about just that, as a girl who, along with her mom, dreamt

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‘Maxxxine’: Mia Goth & VHS Scuzz Mark a Gloriously Salacious Final Chapter

James Preston Poole ,  6 min read

In March 2022, director Ti West and star Mia Goth unveiled their new slasher film, X, with a little twist after the credits: they had already filmed a prequel entitled Pearl. Releasing in September of the same year, Pearl arguably was even more of a cultural success than the first film. The memes of Goth screaming “I’m a starrrr!” speak for the impact in the horror community. After the

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‘Herald of Ruin’ by Tim Pratt Book Review

Luna Gauthier ,  ,  ,  8 min read

Carl 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.

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‘Doctor Who’ Season 1 Reflections & Next Season Talk (Cosmic Circle Podcast Ep. 57)

Brian Kitson ,  ,  ,  4 min read

It’s hard to believe that Doctor Who season 1 on Disney + is over when it feels like it’s just started. Ncuti Gatwa’s first season as the 15th Doctor is over, but that doesn’t stop the excitement that we’re feeling about it. From the moment that Gatwa appeared on our screens in the third special to him meeting his companion Ruby

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Apple TV+’s ‘Wondla’: A Sci-Fi Adventure for the Whole Family

Anthony Flagg ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  5 min read

WondLa is a recent animated series released on Apple TV+, an adaptation of the book trilogy by author Tony DiTerlizzi (if this name sounds familiar, he also worked on The Spiderwick Chronicles series). In this story, it’s a singular human (or hoo-man as pronounced in the show) Eva who’s come up from a bunker after an attack forces her to the surface.

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Netflix’s ‘SupaCell’ is a Slowburn Superhero Series

Brian Kitson ,  ,  6 min read

How far would you go to save someone you love? For most of us, the answer is clear-we’d go to the ends of the Earth. This human desire, however, is bound by limitations. But what if you had superpowers? The possibilities and lengths you could go to would be nearly endless. We all know the saying, “With great power comes great

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