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Browncoats Unite! — A new Firefly movie? Is it finally going to happen? Fourteen years ago I flew out to San Diego Comic-Con and met up with some friends.  Everyone turned in early Thursday night by my standards.  The bus stop at Petco Field had changed which led me to…
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The Art of Black Panther — Revisit a fantasy world like no other Review by C.J. Bunce Eight years before his movie Sinners would sweep the Oscar nominations, the creator of the surprise Rocky follow-up Creed would bring audiences a world moviegoing audiences had…
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Grace — Fifth season of John Simm cop show as strong as the first Review by C.J. Bunce If you only know John Simm from his role as The Master on Doctor Who, you’re missing out on his best role–as a cop.  After the stellar Life on Mars, Simm returned t…
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Wayward — Latest creepy cult tale blends They/Them, Wayward Pines, and The Clearing Review by C.J. Bunce It’s not just a school, but a school is the center of it all.  Wayward is a Netflix limited series from late 2025, about a city-sized commune that brainwashed its people …
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All Creatures Great and Small — Season 6 arrives as the best season since the first Review by C.J. Bunce The creators of PBS Masterpiece’s latest remake of James Herriot’s All Creatures Great and Small have made something of an art of time jumping.  This year the show&…
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Lanterns — Gunn-verse continues with Old Man Hal Jordan A series finally depicting Hal Jordan and John Stewart from DC Comics?  Starring Kyle Chandler as Hal and Rebel Ridge’s Aaron Pierre?  After Ryan Reynolds delivered an unrecognizable Hal in t…
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Plant This, Not That — A guide to planting native and pollinator plants Review by C.J. Bunce When the rest of the world doesn’t always do its best to preserve and protect the ecology and animals of the planet, you need to take responsibility for it yourself.  Lik…
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D&D News — Huge first look at Roadmap, Previews for new Ravenloft and Arcana Unleashed At this week’s GAMA Expo in in Louisville, Kentucky, Wizards of the Coast announced its eagerly awaited 2026 Roadmap for Dungeons & Dragons, and we have dozens of images for borg readers …

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Pretty Lethal — Uma Thurman vs. dance fighters in new action thriller The next women-led action thriller is billed as coming from one of the producers of Atomic Blonde and Bullet Train, but it looks more like a mash-up of Abigail, Black Swan, and Ready or Not, or Pri…
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Mortal Kombat II — New trailer for amped-up, big fantasy sequel At one level you know exactly what to expect when you select a movie adapting a video game.  Any film worth its production costs needs to bring general audiences into its fantasy world, the directo…
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One Piece — Live-action series returns to Netflix next month If you’re a big manga reader, you already know about the pirate adventure series called One Piece.  If you don’t, you may be surprised that the series by writer-artist Elichiro Oda has …
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Steeltown Murders — Philip Glenister stars in cold case mystery Review by C.J. Bunce For fans of the original British series Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes, what could be better than to see Life on Mars’ John Simm starring in the police procedural Grace,…
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Deadloch — Hemsworth brother joins Season 2 of wild Tasmania crime show Odds are you probably haven’t yet watched Prime Video’s Tasmania-based mystery series Deadloch.  But you should.  In 2023 creator-writers Kate McCartney and Kate McLennan (an Australian…
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The Artful Dodger — Second season of rollicking series is full of surprises Review by C.J. Bunce You, too, will be asking, Who the heck is Salt Peter?  Just when you thought there would be no way to keep the kind of momentum The Artful Dodger brought to its first season, a…
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The Art of WondLa — Discover the secrets behind the animated sci-fi series Review by C.J. Bunce “No living thing is insignificant.” It’s a solid theme for a dystopian sci-fi journey for kids–and adults.  It’s explored in the three-season anim…
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This Slavery — A stunning adaptation of a socio-economic masterpiece Review by C.J. Bunce A novel from the early 20th century that has the impact and intrigue of Boris Pasternak’s Doctor Zhivago, the voyeuristic view of family relationships like that of  the B…
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First trailer arrives for Pixar’s Toy Story 5 You might be asking, “What?  There’s already been four animated Toy Story movies?” Hey, it’s been seven years since we were talking about Toy Story 4, and now Pixar’s …
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Riverdale teens blast off in Archie & Friends Space Adventures If you’ve noticed Archie Comics over the past decade it’s probably because of the talent of writer-artist Dan Parent.  Everything you know about Archie and Riverdale this century has ke…
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RuneScape: Shadows of Amascut — Dig into an ancient battle of gods and men Review by C.J. Bunce Professor Robert Schofield once reminded his history students that in the Middle Ages humans believed the Moon to be more important than the Sun, because the Moon brought light…
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New pop manga coloring book is coming from Camilla d’Errico Vancouver-based artist Camilla d’Errico is bringing her trademark pop realism style to another project.  Known for her painted comic book art, designs, and commercial projects for Disney, Dar…
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The Mandalorian and Grogu — New trailer pulls in some surprises Try this on for size:  Star Wars hasn’t featured time travel among its many sci-fi and fantasy tropes.  But wouldn’t it be fun if some kind of Force event eventually sends Grogu (former…
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Gizmo Riser — Action-packed Roku Souna allegorical sci-fi manga arrives Review by C.J. Bunce The first English edition of a popular Japanese story is coming to your local comic shop tomorrow.  In the new manga Gizmo Riser (available here at Amazon) you meet Kuro, a you…
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The Art of Star Wars: The Acolyte — Designing the first live-action look at the High Republic Review by C.J. Bunce It’s pretty common now to see Star Wars on the small screen show a pattern.  The series arrives then it’s often a year or more until the action figures hit the shel…
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Now streaming — Predator: Badlands, a fantastic Predator and Alien movie Review by C.J. Bunce The eighth movie in the Predator franchise finally delivered a worthy follow-up to the original movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Carl Weathers.  After the 2022 Hulu TV …
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This is the way — The Mandalorian and Grogu toys available for pre-order They’re back — The Mandalorian Din Djarin and everyone’s favorite sidekick, that recently promoted junior Mandalorian that looks like a young Yoda whose name is Grogu.  Toy Fair 2…
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Nicolas Cage makes a big splash in first look at Spider-Noir series This looks like the Big One.  If you share an idea enough, it may just come to fruition.  Like a live-action Spider-Man Noir series starring Nicolas Cage.  As soon as audiences heard Cage’s v…
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Now streaming — The Wrecking Crew sets the bar for this year’s action movies Review by C.J. Bunce Everything about Amazon-MGM Studios’ new movie The Wrecking Crew, now streaming on Prime Video, points you to fun ahead.  All the fights, high-speed chases, and explosion…
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Alien: Perfect Organisms — Next Alien novel brings H.R. Giger into the story? Review by C.J. Bunce The next novel in the Alien franchise brings the story of the most infamous monsters of outer space full circle.  Sort of.  Xenomorphs–the creatures have haunted audience…
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Martin Scorsese: All the Films — A definitive, exhaustive guide to the director Review by C.J. Bunce Apparently it takes three people to create an enormous chronicle of one of cinema’s most popular directors.  That’s the authors of Steven Spielberg: All the Films, …
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Trailer Park — The “Winter 2026 Movie Preview” Edition It’s that time again, where Hollywood in the middle of the coldest season of the year previews what lies ahead on the big screen once the sun and heat and flowers return.  This year that mean…
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