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Let’s Discuss the Supanova LGBTIQ+ Controversy

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Any geek who has been online during this past weekend would have seen some heated discussions going on regarding Australian pop-culture expo Supanova, including articles in both the niche and mainstream media. We… Continue reading

Movie Review: ‘Warcraft: The Beginning’

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Director: Duncan Jones Cast: Travis Fimmel, Paula Patton, Ben Foster, Dominic Cooper, Toby Kebbell, Clancy Brown, Ruth Negga Plot: To escape their dying world a race of savage, barbarian Orc travel through a… Continue reading

On Not Being A Hypocrite and Hating Prequels: An ‘Alice Through the Looking Glass’ Review

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I’m a hypocrite. I’ve been rallying against the Ghostbusters hate, not because I think it’s going to be a good movie but because I think we should give it a chance. Any film deserves… Continue reading

Why I’ll Never Buy a Funko Pop Vinyl Figure (By A Compulsive Collector)

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On the weekend we went to a collector’s fair. My primary goal was to buy Lego characters, but we put aside a couple of hours to browse through all the stalls, checking out… Continue reading

Movie Review: ‘The Nice Guys’

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Director: Shane Black Cast: Russell Crowe, Ryan Gosling, Angourie Rice, Matt Bomer, Margaret Qualley, Kim Basinger Plot: Portly enforcer Healy crosses paths with depressed, alcoholic private detective March when they’re both get caught… Continue reading

Tabletop Tuesday: ‘Colt Express’

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It’s been a couple of weeks without any board game reviews, but that’s because we just brought in a haul of new titles and have been slowly working through them all! To mark… Continue reading

10 Sequels and Reboots Way More Offensive to Fans Than ‘Ghostbusters’

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The internet is caught in a cycle. A new piece of news or a trailer for Ghostbusters comes out, a bunch of pissy man-children indignantly bellow about how much they hate it and then… Continue reading

Movie Review: ‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ (2nd Opinion)

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We’re playing fast and loose with the spoilers, people. Director: Bryan Singer Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Oscar Isaac, Nicholas Hoult, Rose Byrne, Evan Peters, Tye Sheridan, Sophie Turner, Kodi Smit-McPhee… Continue reading

10 ‘Whitewashing’ Casting Controversies

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Now here’s a term that’s getting thrown about a whole lot, and it does draw controversy whenever it happens. There’s two sides to this…on the one hand we shouldn’t remain completely bound to… Continue reading

5 Great Actors Who Keep Making Shitty Films

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Some performers are destined to make their living in schlock. We’re not going to condemn them for this. We love schlock, and those folk who throw their all into them are part of… Continue reading