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Book Review: ‘The Lost Sunlion’ by Lee Newbery (Last Firefox Series)

It’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

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Influential Queer TV: Top Past LGBTQ+ Episodes in Nerdy Media

As my fellow writers, Cam, Brian, and I discussed on our Pride Month episode of The Cosmic Circle, we live in an amazing time for gay dweebs. Well… Maybe not on a government level, but at least in the media, we are flourishing like never before. We no longer have to watch for any LGBTQ+ show that might provide some representation;

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Review: ‘A Quiet Place: Day One’ is Empathetic, Tense, and Surprising

The late Roger Ebert once gave Jurassic Park a lukewarm 3-star review, broadly criticizing the movie for lacking the subtle nature of Jaws. For him, the monster movie approach in that movie hindered his experience and felt messy in character writing. The film critic’s gripes mainly were that there were too many monsters, and the monsters did not take a back seat

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Bonus June Discord Q&A With Alex Perez Talking Marvel Studios, From Avengers to X-Men!

Surprise! Alex Perez had some time to spare to do a bonus Q&A for our Discord this month. Check out his answers below, organized by topic. Thanks to all our Discord members for your great questions about Marvel Studios. From the next Avengers movies, to news on X-Men ’97 season 2, Alex had interesting responses to some of these questions, so

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Death Comes to ‘Doctor Who’ in Spectacular Season Finale

The anticipation for the first season of the new phase of Doctor Who, following the BBC’s deal with Disney for the global rights to the series, was palpable. The wait between Jodie Whittaker’s final special and the arrival of Doctor Who in its new home felt like an eternity, but now we’re back in the saddle and off to the races,

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Celebrating LGBTQ+ Pride in ‘Star Wars’

It’s Pride Month! This means celebrating with Pride events and enjoying LGBTQ+ television, games, books. Star Wars, in recent years, has finally started including LGBTQ+ characters, writers and directors into the franchise. For a long time, they were not showing these characters in the movies, with audiences having to wait all the way until 2019 just to see a background kiss

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Book Review: ‘The Stars Too Fondly’ by Emily Hamilton

What is love? That is the question that is at the heart of Emily Hamilton’s new sci-fi novel The Stars Too Fondly. Cleo McQueary has a hard time opening up to people. She has her three best friends, Kaleisha, Abe, and Ros, and that’s it. They’re her family and they’re all she needs. Well them and tech. Cleo loves engineering and

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Exclusive Interview: ‘Space Cadet’ EP/Writer/Director Liz W. Garcia

I recently spoke with Executive Producer, Director, Writer Liz W. Garcia about her new film Space Cadet, a comedy about second chances, chasing your dreams, and what it takes to become NASA astronaut! The hilarious new comedy releases on Prime Video next month July 4, 2024 and stars Emma Roberts, Gabrielle Union, and Tom Hopper. The interview with Liz W. Garcia

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Cosmic Psychologist: ‘Hit Man’ and the Tangled Web of Lying

We’ve all done something foolish in the pursuit of love, haven’t we? As a psychologist, I understand that we’re not alone in this. The need and desire to fit in and be accepted is a powerful force in all of us. The universal need for that intoxicating dopamine hit from another person drives us to seek love and support from those

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