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The Boroughs FIRST REACTIONS – Stranger Things Meets Cocoon and Drops into The X-Files
Stranger Things collides with Cocoon in The Boroughs. The paranormal beware, ’cause these Elders do not go softly into any X-Files shenanigans
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A24’s MOTHER MARY Explained – Haunted by Love and Broken Dreams
MOTHER MARY is a pop-opera “Blame My Ex” ghost story about broken love. Let us explain.
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‘IS GOD IS’ – An Unholy Quest from the Dark Roots of Magical Realism
IS GOD IS twists, turns, and burns like a snake in the guts. This is an odyssey born of peak Southern gothic rage, and it’s brilliant.
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WILL TRENT S4 Finale – When Your Faves Disappoint
We don’t know if we can “Be of Service” to you after previewing tonight’s season finale of WILL TRENT. It’s a struggle, y’all
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EPISODE APPETIZER: WILL TRENT Interrogates His Past in “Where’d You Come From, Little Angel?”
“Where’d You Come From, Little Angel?” is part memory lane and part Sherlock’s Mind Palace, but totally WILL TRENT
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Surprisingly Riveting ‘The Sheep Detectives’ Gets Its Shears Out
It’s Shears Out rather than “Knives” in the cozy family mystery, The Sheep Detectives starring Hugh Jackman, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and the unusual suspects
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‘Mother Mary’ is a Haunted Pop-Opera and I Like It
Anne Hathaway and Michaela Coel are haunted by resentment and regret in Mother Mary
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EPISODE APPETIZER: “Our Last Dance” Amanda is Dead and I’m Mad at WILL TRENT
The last episode of WILL TRENT killed off our beloved Amanda Wagner. We’re still mad about it. Now here comes the aftermath in “Our Last Dance”
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‘The Christophers’ is a Dark Hearted Delight
Whether you love the art world, a good movie, or great acting, Steven Soderbergh’s The Christopers is here for you—so are an McKellen and Michaela Coel
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The Trailer for ‘Practical Magic 2’ Just Dropped
Calling all witches and those who love them, it’s time to put the lime back in the coconut with Practical Magic 2
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BEEF Season 2 – Still Good But Not for Me
BEEF just dropped a Season 2 that’s all about the messy madness of incredibly petty, vindictive, and vain people, but they’re in love—or something
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YOU, ME & TUSCANY is All the RomComs We’ve Loved Before
You, Me & Tuscany is something new, something borrowed, and something true to the tropes Romance lovers crave. But how did we feel about it
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“A Fatal Trajectory” Daredevil: Born Again – POSTMORTEM Season 2, Episode 4
It’s all about Bullseye’s fatal trajectory on Daredevil: Born Again – Season 2, Episode 4. “Gloves Off” hands up. We get into our reactions and what to look out for
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Girl, What is Happening on ‘MARRIAGETOXIN’?
What did we just watch and why are we going to do it again? MARRIAGETOXIN arrives on Crunchyroll today. Here are our first reactions
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EPISODE APPETIZER: “A Flag in the Mud” is the Best Hostage Situation Ever on WILL TRENT
Hostage situations are nothing new on WILL TRENT, but “A Flag in the Mud” is the best they’ve ever had. And the action is wild!
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THE MAIN QUESTIONS: Time Might Be A Circle in “Exodus”- Paradise Season 2 Finale
The Paradise Season 2 finale isn’t just about who decides what’s next, it asks whether saving the world is written in code, blood, or a parent’s love. Here are our predictions
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Daemons of the Shadow Realm Has its Claws Around Our Throats (And We Like It)
Just like Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Daemons of the Shadow Realm has us in a chokehold from the start. Here are our thoughts so far
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“Killed Them All” Daredevil: Born Again – POSTMORTEM Season 2, Episode 3
“He killed them all” is diabolical. Daredevil: Born Again – Season 2, Episode 3 is here. We get into our reactions and what to look out for
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“You’re Welcome” Daredevil: Born Again – POSTMORTEM Season 2, Episode 2
Daredevil: Born Again – Season 2, Episode 2 has dropped. We get into our reactions and what to look out for
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Spice, and Shadows, and Dares with Mayhem and the Mortal
We got into the world of ‘Mayhem and the Mortal’ the new romantasy by Shanora Williams. Gather around and we’ll tell you about it
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EPISODE APPETIZER: Everybody Messed Up on WILL TRENT “Did I Screw This Up?”
Will and Faith try to clear Amanda’s name, but they have their doubts in the new episode of WILL TRENT: “Did I Screw This Up?” and yes, everybody did
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Complicated Lessons on Love and Isolation are ‘THE DRAMA’ so are Zendaya and Robert Pattinson
Every character in The Drama should be asking, “Am I the drama?” because yes. Zendaya and Robert Pattinson take us from rom-com to emotional turmoil
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“NY is Back” Daredevil: Born Again – POSTMORTEM Season 2 Episode 1
In case you needed more reasons to obsess, we’re dissecting Daredevil: Born Again Season 2 Episode 1 with thoughts, first reactions, and things to look out for
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EPISODE APPETIZER: the Meaning Behind “I Hear It Now, I Was Good” will Crush You on WILL TRENT
What in the Father Ulster’s Cult Kaos is happening on this week’s Will Trent? Let us be your guide…
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Andy Weir on the PROJECT HAIL MARY Adaptation and What We Got Wrong
Andy Weir talks about the PROJECT HAIL MARY movie adaptation, creating Rocky, Grace x Stratt, and what we got wrong
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EPISODE APPETIZER: The Ulster Effect is Devastating in Will Trent – “He Lives!”
Will races back to Puerto Rico with big Indiana Jones energy and opens old wounds in the new episode “He Lives!” on Will Trent
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‘Witch Hat Atelier’ Premiere – Is Fate Chiseled in Stone or Shaped by Our Wills
Witch Hat Atelier had us from the moment it questioned whether we can change our fate—were you born a witch or do you claim it for yourself?
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Our ‘ARCO’ Review is Just in Time for the Academy Awards
We made it! Here’s our review of the sobering animated treat, ARCO, just in time for the Oscars.
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Zazie Beetz Gets RIOTUS about Female Rage and Big Action in THEY WILL KILL YOU
Zazie Beetz joins Geek Girl Riot to talk about female rage and the big samurai-styled action in THEY WILL KILL YOU
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‘Project Hail Mary’ Just Gave Us an Intergalactic Hug
Fueled by friendship, Project Hail Mary is the soothing movie our space-loving hearts need right now
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HOPPERS – The First Reactions We Forgot to Post for the New Pixar Movie
We were FIRST, I swear, but WE (meaning me) forgot to post our First Reactions to HOPPERS from Pixar, but we fixed it and it’s all yours
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THE BRIDE! is Chaotic Good but Don’t Push Her (Thoughts and Explainer)
Mary Shelley rises from the dead and raises hell with Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale in the ‘love & guns’ chaos of THE BRIDE!
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“It Was a Meat Cute” but It’s Capers and Lethal Injections on the New WILL TRENT
It’s an urn full of Meat Loaf—the man, not the meal—and the treat of a lethal injection on the upcoming WILL TRENT – “It Was a Meat Cute”
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THE MAIN QUESTIONS: A Mother’s Sacrifice and a Hero’s Mission in “A Holy Charge” – Paradise Episode 204
Annie and Xavier get closer, but everything about the new episode of Paradise is going to hurt. Here are our main questions from “A Holy Charge”
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“Dance in the Country” Real-time First Reactions to Bridgerton Season 4, Part 2
All’s Well That Ends Well. “Dance in the Country” gave us everything we wanted from the Bridgerton Season 4 Finale. Here are our reactions to the Benophie romance
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“The Beyond” Real-time First Reactions to Bridgerton Season 4, Part 2
It’s hard to say goodbye to John Stirling, but Benedict learns the urgency of love. Here are our reactions to Bridgerton Season 4, Part 2 – “The Beyond”
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“The Passing Winter” Real-time First Reactions to Bridgerton Season 4, Part 2
How are we supposed to deal with the heartbreak of Bridgerton Episode 506? Here are all of our reactions while watching “The Passing Winter”
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“Yes or No” – Our First Reactions to Bridgerton Season 4, Part 2
We’re pouring the hot Regency tea. Here are all our reactions while watching Bridgerton Season 4 Part 2 – “Yes or No”
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WILL TRENT and His Dad Annoy Each Other in “We’re Looking for a Vampire” (and things get hectic)
Our WILL TRENT preview has vampires, dates at the drive-in, and repressed emotions this week (and that’s not even the good part)
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THE MAIN QUESTIONS: Everything Happens for a Reason on “Another Day in Paradise” – ‘Paradise’ Episode 203
Things get complicated on “Another Day in Paradise” – Episode 203 of Paradise. Here are all the questions we can’t stop thinking about
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THE MAIN QUESTIONS: A Hell Storm Takes Xavier Down in “Mayday” – ‘Paradise’ Episode 202
Did you watch the first episode of PARADISE Season 2 on Hulu yet? Here are The Main Questions “Graceland” left us with
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THE MAIN QUESTIONS: “Graceland” Will Leave You All Shook Up in the ‘Paradise’ Season 2 Premiere
Did you watch the first episode of PARADISE Season 2 on Hulu yet? Here are The Main Questions “Graceland” left us with
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Howl’s Moving Castle meets Emily Wilde in ‘Agnes Aubert’s Mystical Cat Shelter’ by Heather Fawcett
We’re stepping into the first book by Heather Fawcett since the Emily Wilde trilogy. Did she pull us back in with Agnes Aubert’s Mystical Cat Shelter?
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WILL TRENT Has to Call “CALL PAUL” for Murder and Giggles
Our WILL TRENT preview is short but bitter this week. The good news is Mark-Paul Gosselaar is the trainwreck in the title “CALL PAUL”
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WATCH IT HONEY! Here’s Our Valentine’s Day Watch List That’ll Put Hearts In Your Eyes
Whether love is the point or the punctuation, here are the movies and shows that’ll put heart-eyes on your Valentine’s: WATCH IT, HONEY!
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CROSS Season 2: In Two Words, Brutal and Treacherous
CROSS is back on Prime. If Season 1 left us breathless with no one to trust, Season 2 is brutal. The drama-trauma coming your way is real.
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“You’re Not That Person Anymore” and This Week’s WILL TRENT is Going to Hurt
We’re back with a preview of this week’s WILL TRENT: “You’re Not That Person Anymore” and this one is bittersweet
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“Wuthering Heights” or Gothic K!nk? Yes. Let’s Talk About It – Dual Review
Before the literati and cinephiles go into a feeding frenzy, allow Sherin and Julian to prepare you for the dazzlingly demented doom spiral of “Wuthering Heights”
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REVISITED: Promising Young Woman
Since our “Wuthering Heights” review is incoming tomorrow, we’re taking you back to our first Emerald Fennell experience, Promising Young Woman. Yes, experience is the right word.
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PILLION: Reactions & Review — Harry Melling & Alexander Skarsgård Go Hard for First Love (and it’s Juicy)
We saw Pillion, and it’s juicy. Harry Melling and Alexander Skarsgård go hard in this bittersweet “dom com” that’s really about first love
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If I Go Will They Miss Me
If I Go Will They Miss Me is a mythic meditation on fathers, sons, and the quest to break free of generational trauma.
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‘LADY’ A Cab Driver Struggles to Escape the Past but It May Be Faster
A visually vibrant and narratively textured film, Nwosu’s LADY is a study in contrasts
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‘JOSEPHINE’ Is Shattering
Josephine is a psychological thriller from writer/director Beth de Araújo that earns its Audience Award at Sundance from every angle
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Wonder Man Aftermath: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II the Hero, Trevor Slattery vs The Mandarin & Doorman
Wonder Man is streaming on Disney+ and our Aftermath Discussion gets into what the show is really doing: the meta-Hollywood angle, isolation, and why Trevor Slattery and Doorman hit so hard
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SEND HELP First Reactions and Review — Rachel McAdams & Dylan O’Brien Go Feral in a Rage-Fueled Survival Comedy
Dylan O’Brien makes mistakes with his life when he disrespects Rachel McAdams in Sam Raimi’s SEND HELP – First Reactions
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Let’s Talk About Bridgerton Season 4 Part 1: A Ton of Fun with Sophie and Benedict (but We Have Notes)
Dearest fanatical readers, Bridgerton Season 4 has arrived, and we’re having a ball talking about Part 1
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WILL TRENT Episode 404 – If the Dancing Doesn’t Kill You the Poison Will
It’s murder on the dancefloor this week on Will Trent, but you better not kill Bon Bon’s groove
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‘Shrinking’ Season 3 – We Can’t Get Enough, Let’s Go Get Shrunk
Hey, come over here, I have a lot to tell you about Shrinking Season 3
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‘The Beauty’ is a Gorgeously Gory Dose of Pretty Poison
Baby, beware. Perfection can be fatal in The Beauty, the new Ryan Murphy series from FX
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Here Comes THE BRIDE! Without Poise or Rationality – the Trailer Drops with Thoughts From Maggie Gyllenhaal
THE BRIDE! trailer is here, and it’s a punk rock Bonnie & Clyde for the Natural Born Killers
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ALL YOU NEED IS KILL – Wake up. Fight. Die. Do it Again.
Rita is a survivor. Keiji is ingenious. All they need is to kill the giant alien flower Darol in the anime feature All You Need Is Kill from GKIDS
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Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End Season 2 Premiere – Why Is This Anime So Good!?
Our peak soothing anime and cozy epic fantasy is back. We’ve got thoughts on the Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End – Season 2 premiere
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“Love Takes Time” but the Wait for WILL TRENT Episode 402 Is Almost Over
Did that cliffhanger get you on your feet? Stay up, because Will Trent – Season 4 isn’t done with us yet. Here’s our preview of episode 4×02
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HIS & HERS Explained: Spoilers, Lies, and Twisted Love
Come over here so we can talk about that bonkers ending and what’s really going on in HIS & HERS (on Netflix). Let us explain…
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JUJUTSU KAISEN Season 3 – All My Notes While Watching in Real-time (First Reactions)
I keep telling y’all, Gege Akutami hates us. How else do you explain the absolute carnage our mangaka has left us with in JUJUTSU KAISEN: Execution and The Culling Game? Season 3 Preview Incoming…
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HIS & HERS: In this Murderously Twisted Love, Someone Is Always Lying
Deceptions circle the truth in the twisted love and psychological thrills of HIS & HERS, where every story has at least two sides (and someone is always lying)
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TRIGUN STAMPEDE Watch Party Hits YouTube Today / Gear Up for the TRIGUN STARGAZE Premiere
The Humanoid Typhoon rides again. Crunchyroll is taking us back to Planet Gunsmoke for a global TRIGUN STAMPEDE Watch Party on YouTube
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I Watched the WILL TRENT Season 4 Premiere, So You’ll Know You Have To
The creators of WILL TRENT are back on the grill and serving up juicy plots in the Season 4 premiere
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RIOTUS Best Anime of 2025
The RIOTUS Anime Society is gifting you with a list of the best Anime of 2025—argue with the streets (or make some recommendations ’cause we want more)
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NOTES ON Avatar: Fire and Ash – Breaking Down the Themes
Anyone who doesn’t want politics in their science fiction or social commentary in their epic fantasy should probably stay away from Avatar: Fire and Ash, but you shouldn’t
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Knives Out? Nah, Shears Out in the new trailer for The Sheep Detectives
Knives Out? Nah, Shears Out. We’re about to get into the wool with the witty new cozy mystery: The Sheep Detectives
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Warner Bros. Discovery Board Backs Netflix Deal, Rejects Paramount Skydance Bid
Netflix’s acquisition of Warner Bros. took another major step forward today, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) Board of Directors rejects Paramount Skydance offer
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Percy Jackson And The Olympians S2 Might As Well Be A Siren Song, We Are So In
Percy, Annabeth, and the cyclops Tyson face cannibals, chariots, and the call of the sea in Season 2 of Percy Jackson and the Olympians
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The WildeHopps Agenda: No One Told Me Judy Hopps & Nick Wilde Were This Much of a Power Couple?!
Why didn’t y’all tell us about WildeHopps, the Zootopia slow-burn? We love love over here, cousins. We had to set sail on this ship
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Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros. in $82.7 Billion Deal, Ushering in a New Era for Streaming Entertainment
Netflix is acquiring Warner Bros. for $82.7B. Game of Thrones, Euphoria, Stranger Things, KPop Demon Hunters and so many fandom faves will soon be housemates
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Geek Girl Riot Reacts to ‘AVATAR: Fire and Ash’ – Is this James Cameron’s DUNE?
Sherin, Mae, Julian, and Sam saw Avatar: Fire and Ash. Now you can watch our first reactions, fresh out of the theater, wherever you get your social media
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REVISITED: The English – Not Even the Old West Could Destroy These Two
“Emily Blount is so strong she’s wrecking lives.” Alongside The Abandons, we’re taking you back to the most slept-on Western in decades: The English
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Wake Up Dead Man: Knives Out and Prayers Up – The LA Premiere, the Press Conference, and the Review
On a dark and stormy night at The Academy Museum, we watched the premiere of Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, and we have a lot to confess
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Girl, Your Man is a Villain in ‘All Super-heroes Need Photo Ops’ by Elizabeth Stevens
Electrical sparks fly, the death count is high, and backs get cracked in super spicy ways when Taranis meets Monika in Elizabeth Stevens’ new Supers in the City book
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Is This the ‘ETERNITY’ You’re Looking For
ETERNITY sits at the crossroads of ‘what if’ and loyalty, asking what happens when the ultimate decision isn’t about where you go, but who you go with.
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‘Zootopia 2’ – Why the Zootopia Franchise Is the G.O.A.T. of 21st-century Fables
Going into the theater, I wondered if Zootopia 2 (now known as Zoo 2) would live up to the Zootopia legacy. I bet you’re wondering that two
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REVISITED: ‘Stranger Things’ Season 4, Vol 1 – Hawkins is the New Definition of “Hellmouth.”
Taking it back to Stranger Things Vol 4, it was a comedic-horror party mix that delivered on everything you love about the series (you just had to know when to cover your eyes)
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Another RIOTUS Melee with Pluribus, Wake Up Dead Man, and Is This Thing On?
We debate and delight in Pluribus, Wake Up Dead Man, and Is This Thing On? Then pick a few favorites of the year, including Chainsaw Man and a juke joint full of Sinners.
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In Your Dreams – The Emotions are Scene but not Felt
In Your Dreams is a lovely animated family movie, but while I understand what it wants to say, I’m not sure I feel it.
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Teyana Taylor on the Moment that Broke Perfidia in ‘One Battle After Another’
Teyana Taylor and Sherin talk about Perfidia’s pivotal moment in One Battle After Another
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CAMPFIRE & Chill: ‘Campfire Cooking in Another World’ with Alex, Philip, and Sherin
Grab your skewers, your Fenrir, and your pew pew, and join us for a S2 discussion we call CAMPFIRE & Chill.
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Why We Love ‘LITTLE AMÉLIE’
It must have been a child who discovered we’re the heroes of our own stories. LITTLE AMÉLIE captures that revelation in vivid animation, like a storybook set free to run feral and fantastical.
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Family and Fame are the Creepshow on ‘The Vince Staples Show: Season 2’
The absurd slice of satirical life, starring an alternate universe Vince Staples, is back and playing with family, fame, and horror tropes
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Straw Hat Fleet, Meet Bon Clay and Ace
Straw Hat Fleet, we give you Cole Escola as Bon Clay and Xolo Maridueña as Ace
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Roofman – This Reverse Santa Almost Had Me
Roofman is a Reverse Santa sociological dig that almost had me
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Episode Appetizer: May I Ask for One Final Thing? [Episodes 3 and 4]
I’m glad I stuck with May I Ask for One Final Thing? It’s more than a brawler’s delight, and here’s why
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‘After the Hunt’ for What?
Julia Roberts, Ayo Edebiri, and Andrew Garfield are a dark academia trifecta—but After the Hunt doesn’t defend its dissertation
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Crunchyroll Manga Launch
Crunchyroll has launched Crunchyroll Manga with titles like One Piece, Jujutsu Kaisen, Daemons of the Shadow Realm, The Apothecary Diaries, Delicious in Dungeon, and My Dress-Up Darling
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TRON: ARES is Pretty, and it’s also…Pretty…but with Incredible Nine Inch Nails
TRON: ARES looks good, it sounds good, it has great Nine Inch Nails, and it’s…pretty…and…also pretty.
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Laboon is Coming to ONE PIECE Season 2
Prepare yourselves for more Grand Line greatness with the Straw Hats, Crocus, and LABOON!
