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Review: Schmigadoon! – Apple TV+
New York doctors Melissa and Josh instantly fell in love when they first met, but recently find themselves in a relationship crisis. A backpacking trip brings them to the peculiar village of Schmigadoon, where they soon discover that the key to the way home has something to do with music and true love…
Review: Family Pack – Netflix
In a hopeful attempt to bond with each other, a family attempts to play a mysterious game together, passed down by earlier generations. The game soon becomes very serious, however, when they find themselves transported to a medieval town, beset by werewolves.
Review: Terra Ultima: The Discovery of a Hidden Continent – Raoul Deleo
Most people believe the far corners of the earth have been completely mapped out. If that’s the case, however, how come so few people know about Terra Ultima?
Review: Split Fiction – Josef Fares
Zoe and Mio, both authors longing for a good publishing contract, are invited to Rader Publishing to be part of a unique project. Through use of ‘The Machine’ they get the chance to transport into their own stories to experience them like never before. However, something goes wrong. As a result, Zoe and Mio end up trapped together and are forced to work together to find a way back to the real world. By experiencing eachother’s stories they learn how the other was shaped by past events. Also, that Rader Publishing might not have their best interests at heart…
Review: Wolfwalkers – Tomm Moore & Ross Stewart
It is 1650, and the English Robyn Goodfellowe and her father have recently moved to the Irish town of Kilkenny. Robyn’s father is a capable hunter tasked by the Lord Protector to exterminate a remarkably unruly local pack of wolves that have been hindering the progress of civilization. To help her father, Robyn one day sneaks out of town to the forest. Here she discovers multiple secrets and meets a mysterious girl. A fateful meeting, that will change the lives of everyone in Kilkenny and the surrounding lands forever…
Review: Nautilus – Amazon Prime
In the year 1857, when the British East India Mercantile Company reigns the world in all but name, it uses its their stolen riches and enslaved laborers to build a vessel to crown it all: a massive submersible ship called the Nautilus. However, as the construction of the Nautilus reaches its conclusion, one of the ship’s designers, Nemo, leads a prisoner uprising and seizes the Nautilus for himself. In a quest for freedom, knowledge and vengeance, Nemo and his crew brave the dangers of the world’s oceans, as the East India Mercantile Company hunt them for the prize they’ve stolen. Is it possible to escape the Company’s reach and maybe destroy this world power for once and for all?
Review: What We Do In The Shadows – FX
What We Do In The Shadows is a mockumentary style series, following three vampires and one energy vampire who are roommates living on Staten Island, New York. As the show progresses, we are given a glimpse into what it’s like to be an ancient vampire living in a modern world. Meanwhile, vampire familiar Guillermo tries to help the vampires survive while hoping that one day, he will be turned into a vampire himself.
Curator Question: 2025 Resolutions
Our Curators discuss their 2024 New Year’s Resolutions – what is on their to be read/watch/listen/play list for the coming year?
Yearly Wrap-up: 2024 in Review
Our curators look back at their 2024 resolutions, and their favourite fantasy and science fiction media of the past year. Which media on their to be read/watch/listen/play piles got their attention? And what else did the year bring?
Review: Renegade Nell – Sally Wainwright
Nell Jackson, previously assumed dead, returns home to reconnect with her family. Here she’ll soon discover the dark powers that are at work in England, as well as the mystery of her own powers that make her almost invincible.
Review: Dragon Age: The Veilguard – Bioware
A long search for the Dreadwolf culminates in the accidental release of Elven Gods Elgar’nan and Ghilan’nain from their ancient prison. You are Rook, a nobody who finds themselves leading a band of adventurers called the Veilguard, tasked with stopping the elven gods, and preventing the dreadwolf from tearing down the veil.
Review: The War of the Rohirrim – Kenji Kamiyama
200 years before the War of the Rings and the other events of the Lord of the Rings, Helm, king of Rohan, slew a Dunlending lord who sought a marriage between his son Wulf and Helm’s daughter Hera. In the ensuing war between the Rohirrim and the Dunlendings, not just Helm but also his daughter Hera will make a name for themselves that will go down in history.