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Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy is a literary novel set entirely on a remote island where a family of four has been tasked by the government to safeguard and protect the seeds of the many species of plants and flowers known to man. The idea is that with climate change getting worse, the planet…
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This came in as a hot one. From the directors of Talk to Me and from A21 Studios, I’m sure there was a lot of anticipation for this one from horror fans. I do remember seeing the trailer, but only because I saw people mentioning that the trailer did a very good job of not…
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I mean, you at least have to give credit to people for trying, right? It’s hard, but hey, it’s also easy for armchair quarterbacks like myself to criticize the works of others behind the keyboard and monitor. But man, The Ritual is just one horrible mess of a movie. It didn’t start off so, but…
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Apocalypse: How Catastrophe Transformed Our World and Can Forge New Futures by Lizzie Wade goes over some of our world’s history’s most devastating apocalyptic events, showing us that regardless of what gets thrown at us, humans eventually will find a way to survive and move forward. If you’re feeling depressed about today’s world and how…
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Everybody Wants to Rule the World Except Me by Django Wexler is the second book in the Dark Lord Davi duology. It’s the hotly anticipated sequel to How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying, a raunchy, comedic, in-your-face dark fantasy that had me tearing up at times due to how hilarious certain bits…
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Jesus Wept: Seven Popes and the Battle for the Soul of the Catholic Church by Philip Shenon is an appropriately named investigative novel that delves into the lives of the previous six or seven popes and how their winning the conclave election to become supreme rulers of the Roman Catholic Church have created an uproar,…
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Someone please save me. It’s the year of 2025 and we are still doing shows where producers cannot give us a satisfying conclusion to a TV series. Instead, we are likely viewed as inferior dimwits because the majority of viewers likely wouldn’t get the producers’ brilliant storytelling abilities. It wasn’t only until the very end,…
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I mean sure, why not? If killer clowns can make it to outer space, why not in a simple cornfield? It does have bold red letters telling me it’s produced by the producers of Smile and directed by people who did Tucker & Dale vs. Evil. But is it likely going to be one of…
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The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova is a refreshing new twist on the popular tale of Vlad Tepes, aka Dracula. It’s hard to believe that The Historian is the author’s debut novel, published in 2005. Right at around 700 pages, we can clearly see that she had huge ambitions for this project. Fortunately for us readers,…
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I deserve happiness too, dammit! After a couple of not-so-good low-budget horror movies, I felt it was enough punishment to justify watching a much more high-budget production one. Balance is the key to a successful life, after all. Sinners did not disappoint. This was yet another movie I had to try as hard as possible…
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