Sunrise on the Reaping is the fifth book in the Hunger Games series and the second prequel. This book focuses on Haymitch Abernathy and the 50th Hunger Games. Haymitch Abernathy is a 16-year-old boy whose birthday lands on Reaping Day. He gets reaped for the 50th Hunger Games, the Second Quarter Quell, which doubles the […]
Tron: Ares Review
The Tron series has returned for a third entry. This time, elements of the Grid enter the real world and get used in a battle for corporate supremacy. Julian Dillinger (Evan Peters) and his company, Dillinger Systems, have developed a system that can bring creations from the Grid into the real world. He attempts to pitch his […]
Good Boy Review
Good Boy is Ben Leonberg’s directorial debut, and it had a simple yet effective premise: a horror film told from a dog’s point of view. Indy and his owner, Todd (Shane Jensen), move to the countryside after Todd inherits his grandfather’s home. However, Indy senses a dark presence in the house, leading to him being […]
Knife Edge: Chasing Michelin Stars Review
I fancy myself a bit of a foodie. I’m from Chicago – a world class city when it comes to food – and I have been lucky enough to have eaten at Michelin starred restaurants around the world. I’ve also watched every season of Bravo’s Top Chef, making sure to visit the restaurants of contestants […]
The Last Frontier Review
If there’s one thing The Last Frontier, the new thriller from AppleTV+ has going for it, it’s its cast. Which is absolutely stacked, not just with actors you’ll remember from big budget films – Jason Clarke, Dominic Cooper, Alfre Woodard, Johnny Knoxville – but a host of faces that will be familiar to TV fans […]
The Smashing Machine Review
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s career has taken a dramatic turn by teaming up with the indie studio A24 and acclaimed director Benny Safdie so he can star in a biopic about Mixed Martial Artist Mark Kerr. Mark Kerr is a star fighter in the growing sport of MMA. Between 1997 to 2000, he travelled to […]
One Battle After Another Review
One Battle After Another is Paul Thomas Anderson’s second adaptation of a Thomas Pynchon novel. This time, Anderson makes a revolutionary story in contemporary America. The French 75 is a revolutionary group in California. They lead breaks at immigration centres, rob banks, and bomb political offices. They are also the target of Steven J. Lockjaw […]
Anemone Review
When Daniel Day-Lewis announced his return to acting for the first time since Paul Thomas Anderson’s Phantom Thread, the industry reacted with cautious excitement. Not that anyone in their right mind feared his otherworldly skill had atrophied in his absence. Rather, it was the impetus. It’s impossible to fault him for coming out of retirement […]
Play Dirty Review
After a successful robbery, Parker (Mark Wahlberg) and his crew are betrayed by one of their own. The only survivor, Parker sets about looking for Zen (Rosa Salazar), the one who killed his friends. In the process he inadvertently stumbles into another job, with a much bigger pay day. But it means working with Zen, […]
The “Lumberjanes” Animated Series That Never Was
Earlier this month, ND Stevenson had an announcement. He is a writer best known for helming She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, which is an animated re-boot of the classic 1980s series She-Ra: Princess of Power, and for his webcomic (and later) graphic novel Nimona. He told interviewers from Comic Book Club that the animated adaptation of […]









