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Once Manu enters the Everglades sanctuary, the novel feels very different from the beginning. it becomes a different story with (somewhat) different rules, because Manu now has what she’s been seeking: contact with other people her age. More than that, people who are like her. In some ways, at
Drama
The Queen's Gambit is an American drama television mini-series based on Walter Tevis's novel of the same name, starring Anya Taylor-Joy. It was created by Scott Frank and Allan Scott and premiered internationally on Netflix in October, 2020. Let's do things differently this time.
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I am very much enjoying this — quite short — novel, as bewildering as it often is. Bewildering mainly because on the one hand (and I’ve seen people bring this up in reviews on goodreads) … nothing much happens; certainly for the first half of the story. As for nothing happening: I
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This month, I’ve been reading BORNE! I started a new job and since it's on the other end of the city and I can't work from home for a while, that’s a one-hour commute each way [sarcastic cheering]. However! Since I have neither a
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What Makes The Old Guard A Unique Action Movie The Old Guard as a movie a standout feat — in terms of craft, narrative as well as production. The majority of production staff were women, with an above average number being Black or women of colour. Led by a Black female
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“I wanted her to change my world.” “Mi amor, only you can change your world.” — Gabby Rivera, JULIET TAKES A BREATH An excellent story about a young queer woman from the Bronx who goes to Portland for the summer to find a new love, White Feminism, and the joy of
Queer Lit
“War never takes the wicked man by chance, the good man always.”— Sophocles, Philoctetes Soldiers Live. They Wonder Why. The concept of The Old Guard, sketched out in the exposition and then built upon throughout, is that everyone dies — just for some, their time hasn’t come yet. The soldiers
Queer Lit
If I said I met my vampire prince at a ball at the King’s palace, would you believe me? — OUT OF THIS WORLD OUT OF THIS WORLD is an excellent anthology — crucially in that it introduces new readers, such as me, to such a wide variety of stories by
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Arkane Studios and Bethesda released Dishonored: Death of the Outsider yesterday. I've played it to the end, and I have a lot of thoughts and feelings. Thought I'd share them. Warning: spoilers. The missing links Billie sets out in the first mission, One Last Fight, to
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Tags: mystery & atmosphere, walking simulator, point & click adventure Gameplay: keyboard + mouse, full controller support Platform: Steam/PC Released: Feb 9, 2016 Studio/Publisher: Campo Santo / Panic Inc., Campo Santo Play time: 6-7 hours Rating: 5/5, no contest Warning: this review includes spoilers for the plot of Firewatch
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James Bond is back. Three years after the veritable anniversary smash hit that was Skyfall, director Sam Mendes gives us Spectre. Here's what I thought of Spectre in a nutshell: It's a fantastic James Bond movie, it shows the franchise adapting to a modern way of
Science Fiction
If you haven't seen Mad Max: Fury Road yet, I strongly urge you to. Not only does it tell us, in the wake of summer action blockbusters like Age of Ultron and Fast and Furious 7, that this genre is neither dead nor dying — it tells us that