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Review: Lazarus #13

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Welcome back to our ongoing coverage of Greg Rucka and Michael Lark’s Lazarus. As before, if you’re keen on an insight into the creative process, you can find our interviews …
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Movie Review: Interstellar (2014)
6 years ago

Movie Review: Interstellar (2014)

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I have a confession to make. I’m more than a week late on this article. I’ve seen this movie three times already: on digital projection, in IMAX 3D and even …
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Movie Review: Lucy (2014)

Lucy

While other sci-fi fare might be treading a conventional path, Lucy pushes us in a far more philosophical direction by exploring the mind and human development. Unusual material for a …
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Bonus Stage: Breaking Bad, GoTG, Tomb Raider and More
6 years ago

Bonus Stage: Breaking Bad, GoTG, Tomb Raider and More

By  • Gaming

Welcome to the brand new Bonus Stage! Now bringing you the best cosplay, fan-art, videos music and more from all over geekdom!
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Movie Review: Dead Snow 2 (2014) & Period Piece (2014)
6 years ago

Movie Review: Dead Snow 2 (2014) & Period Piece (2014)

Toronto After Dark Film Festival knows that Zombie Night is one of their biggest nights, and these films tend to be some of the highlights of the festival. This year was no exception. Dead Snow played in the festival in 2009, and went on to win the Audience Choice Award and generated a buzz for the film in Toronto. I remember the Toronto Zombie Walk that year had plenty of Herzog-esque zombies. When the Toronto After Dark team announced the sequel, I knew it would be among one of the first screenings that would sell out; I was right.
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Movie review: The East (2013)
6 years ago

Movie review: The East (2013)

If you saw the other side of an argument from a first-hand perspective, would it change your mind? The East explores that idea with this thriller co-written (with Zal Batmanglij) …
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Movie Review: A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night (2014)
6 years ago

Movie Review: A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night (2014)

Ana Lily Amirpour’s A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night is a difficult film to review. On the one hand, the film is out-and-out Art-house …
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Movie Reviews: Zombeavers (2014) & Day 40 (2014)
6 years ago

Movie Reviews: Zombeavers (2014) & Day 40 (2014)

Saturday night programming at the Toronto After Dark Film Festival is usually Zombie night, so why is there a Beaver coming up on stage? Justin McConnell, programmer at Toronto After Dark Film Festival, is known for his creative introductions. Tonight is no exception. Justin walks onto the stage dressed in a full Beaver Costume and he must have been sweating under those hot spot lights. One can assume that the outfit goes along with the animal theme of tonight’s films, Zombeavers, and Day 40.
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Comic Review: Amazing Spider-Man #9
6 years ago

Comic Review: Amazing Spider-Man #9

Spider-Verse is a story that seems like it’s been going on for a while already. There’s been no shortage of build-up to it in the pages of Spidey’s main …
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Movie Review: Interstellar (2014)
6 years ago

Movie Review: Interstellar (2014)

By  • Movies

Maybe I was too young when I first saw 2001: A Space Odyssey and couldn’t understand it. Despite its grandeur, it left me a little cold. Even after multiple re-watches …
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