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Outriders is proving to be one of the most exciting game releases of the early part of 2021. While the buzz around the game was admittedly muted at first, a successful demo and the news that the game will be available on Game Pass as a day one release have put the looter shooter on
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This Supergirl review contains spoilers Supergirl Season 6 Episode 1 Supergirl is back for one last season, and they’re making it count. Kara and friends returned to finish out last season’s cliffhangers, including Brainy fighting for his life, Lex superpowering himself thanks to Leviathan, and Andrea Rojas’s life in shambles. This episode packs just about every kind
Honoring the finest works of translated fiction from around the world, the International Booker Prize has announced its 2021 longlist. The prize is awarded every year to a single book translated into English and published in the UK and Ireland. It aims to encourage more publishing and reading of international fiction from all over the
Warning: contains some plot details for The Irregulars There are Sherlock Holmes purists in this world, but I’m not among them. You want to put Sherlock Holmes on a spaceship, or make him a quarterback, or a hedgehog, or a woman? Go for your life. Make him Elton John for all I mind. Just show
I’ve always been an indoorsy person. Holed up in my bedroom with a pile of books instead of wandering around the neighborhood with friends. Scared that the outdoors — all bugs and blaring sun and ocean waves — would swallow me up. As an adult, I am a full-on Scrooge. My husband takes our 6-year-old
This Snowpiercer review contains spoilers. Snowpiercer Season 2 Episode 9 The people got what they wanted. Mr. Wilford has retaken control of Snowpiercer, and with every push of a mop or scrub of a rag, the lingering reminders of Andre Layton’s class war disappear. No more anti-Tail graffiti. No more breechmen versus brakemen. Ruth, in
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When a show like Manifest reaches its third season with so much of its central mystery still unsolved, the onus is on the characters and their relationships to keep viewers engaged. If the audience truly cares what happens to the Stone family and those around them, the mythology of the series can build upon that
As a Person of a Certain Age, I often have to remind myself that no, 1990 was not 10 or 15 years ago, but (gulp) 31 years ago. While I normally love my age, embrace my silver hair, and am proud of the wrinkles around my eyes and mouth that show how much I’ve smiled
This The Walking Dead review contains spoilers. The Walking Dead Season 10 Episode 21 Robert Frost wrote in his poem “The Road Not Taken” about two roads diverging in a yellow wood. while the wood Carol and Daryl are walking through in “Diverged” are green, not yellow, the principle is the same. Two long-time friends
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Warning: contains plot spoilers for The Irregulars episode three Tooth fairy: not real. Baby-stealing bird man: not real. Group of middle class oddballs who dress up in ceremonial robes and practise occult rituals: surprisingly, real. While most of the supernatural cases featured in Netflix’s The Irregulars are drawn from myth and legend, one involves a
Outside of Canada, it feels like current Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and, by extension, his government, have a reputation for being cool and progressive. Trudeau’s Liberal government often talk the talk about equity and inclusion. Sadly and frustratingly, they keep making decisions that are far from walking the walk, like a recent funding cut
This Wynonna Earp review contains spoilers. Wynonna Earp Season 4, Episode 10 Like most good-but-not-great episodes of this beloved show, “Life Turned Upside Down” is an instance of Wynonna Earp biting off more narrative than it can effectively chew in one, hour-long installment. What starts as an episode that promises to delve further into Wynonna’s
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A tale of fearsome monsters with supernatural powers and an inter-dimensional battle to save the world, it’s fair to say that The Irregulars is not based on a true story. That doesn’t mean, however, that the new 19th-century set Netflix series doesn’t have the odd crossover with historical fact. One crossover is the character of
Larry McMurtry, the novelist who put the American West on the literary map through his works, best known for his Pulitzer Prize–winning novel Lonesome Dove, has died at the age of 84. The death was confirmed by Amanda Lundberg, a spokeswoman for the family. No cause was specified. Spanning a career of over five decades,
This article contains spoilers for Invincible episodes 1 through 3. TV adaptations of comic books come along with some inherent advantages. In the animated realm, seeing existing comic art brought to life in dynamic fashion can add a whole new storytelling perspective, like in Amazon Prime’s Invincible. These adaptations also have some disadvantages, of course.