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Book Review – Star Wars: Phasma

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Ricky Church reviews Star Wars: Phasma… If there was one underutilized character in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, it was Gwendoline Christie’s Captain Phasma. Despite her incredibly cool appearance and heavy promotion, Phasma had very little screentime and was taken down fairly easily by the small group of heroes. Hopefully she’ll have much more to […]

Alien: Covenant Origins set for release this month

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This month sees the release of Alien: Covenant Origins, the official prequel to Ridley Scott’s Alien: Covenant, which is penned by Alan Dean Foster and chronicles the events that led to the movie, as well as offering new details on the world the colonists left behind. The Covenant mission is the most ambitious endeavor in […]

Star Wars audiobook will feature Jon Hamm as Boba Fett

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In October, Lucasfilm is set to explore the background characters of the galaxy far, far away with the release of Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View, which features 40 stories in celebration of Star Wars’ 40th anniversary. Over on the official site, the voice cast for the audiobook version of the Del Rey […]

Book Review – Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore by Matthew J. Sullivan

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Michelle Herbert reviews Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore by Matthew J. Sullivan… Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore starts unsurprisingly, with the store closing at midnight. We meet the main character, Lydia, almost immediately as she checks to see if a regular (Joey) is still in the store or not. Unfortunately, when she finds […]

Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas gets a series of Pop! Vinyl figures from Funko

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Funko has revealed a new series of Pop! Books vinyl figures for Dr. Seuss’ classic children’s book How the Grinch Stole Christmas which includes four variations of the titular grouchy creature and two of his trusty dog Max along with a Pop! Rides Grinch and Max with sleigh; take a look below… The holiday spirit […]

Book Review – Star Wars: Leia, Princess of Alderaan

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Ricky Church reviews Star Wars: Leia, Princess of Alderaan… It probably goes without saying that Princess Leia is one of the most iconic characters in the Star Wars franchise. As a leader of the Rebel Alliance and the Resistance, she’s been fighting for the freedom of the galaxy since a very young age. Claudia Gray […]

Exclusive Interview – Maze Runner author James Dashner on his new novel The Fever Code, the challenges of writing prequels and more

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Alex Moreland chats with author James Dashner about his new Maze Runner prequel The Fever Code… Why do you write? Why do I write? Well… you know, it’s something I’ve wanted to do since I was a little kid, when I was very young and I was obsessed with books, and I grew up in […]

Exclusive Interview with Wonder Woman: Warbringer author Leigh Bardugo

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Ricky Church chats with Wonder Woman: Warbringer author Leigh Bardugo… One of DC’s latest initiatives to broaden its audience, characters and stories is to bring them to the Young Adult sphere with the DC Icons line of books. The first of the DC Icons was Wonder Woman: Warbringer, a new tale featuring a young Diana of […]

Book Review – Wonder Woman: Warbringer by Leigh Bardugo

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Ricky Church reviews Wonder Woman: Warbringer by Leigh Bardugo… It should go without saying that 2017 has been a pretty big year for Wonder Woman and the excitement surrounding the character still hasn’t abated quite yet. Diana’s groundbreaking year continues in the form of Wonder Woman: Warbringer, the first in the DC Icons line of […]