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Pet Sematary (1983) By Stephen King
"Sometimes dead is better." If I had to describe this book in one word, it would be harrowing. King has a truly sickening genius for...

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Oct 31, 20232 min read


Supernatural: Season 5 (2009) Cre: Eric Kripke
Season 5 of the beloved Eric Kripke created television series took things to truly biblical levels. Obviously, for those familial with...

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Oct 23, 20232 min read


Supernatural: Season 4 (2008) Cre: Eric Kripke
If I'm honest, the fourth season of a series is usually where the quality and creativity of episodes seems to start to dwindle. I was...

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Oct 18, 20231 min read


The War Of The Worlds (1898) By H.G. Wells
"No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by...

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Oct 2, 20232 min read


Star Wars: Rebels - Season 1 (2014) Cre: Dave Filoni
Debuting less than a year after the ever-popular Clone Wars series was cancelled, the Star Wars fanbase was presented with this new...

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Sep 16, 20231 min read


The Shining (1977) By Stephen King
"Sometimes human places, create inhuman monsters." Having been a huge lover of the 1980 Stanley Kubrick film since I first watched it...

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Sep 8, 20233 min read


Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde (1886) By Robert Louis Stevenson
"I learned to recognise the thorough and primitive duality of man; I saw that, of the two natures that contended in the field of my...

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Aug 22, 20232 min read


Macbeth (1623) By William Shakespeare
"Something wicked this way comes." 'The Tragedy of Macbeth' is, of course, one of the most famous and studied plays in history, perhaps...

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Aug 18, 20231 min read


Big Panda And Tiny Dragon (2020) By James Norbury
Sometimes, my head is just like this storm", said the Tiny Dragon. "If you listen carefully", said the Great Panda, "you will ear the...

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Aug 15, 20232 min read


The Will To Change: Men, Masculinity, And Love (2004) By bell hooks
"To create loving men, we must love males. Loving maleness is different from praising and rewarding males for living up to sexist-defined...

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Aug 14, 20232 min read


Supernatural: Season 3 (2008) Cre: Eric Kripke
Season 3 of this hit horror series brings with it new characters, new storylines and new sinister antagonists for the two brothers to...

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Jul 24, 20231 min read


Supernatural: Season 2 (2006) Cre: Eric Kripke
Season 2 picks up where its predecessor left off, and takes it a step further by making some big changes in plot and character arcs. It...

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Jul 24, 20231 min read


Dracula (1897) By Bram Stoker
"There was one great tomb more lordly than all the rest; huge it was, and nobly proportioned. On it was but one word, DRACULA." After...

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Jul 20, 20232 min read


Supernatural: Season 1 (2005) Cre: Eric Kripke
After years of wanting to, I finally sat down and started this show properly. I had seen up to the start of season 3 the first time...

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Jul 1, 20232 min read


On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (2000) By Stephen King
"You can, you should, and if you’re brave enough to start, you will." The book opens in friendly, endearing and rather familiar fashion -...

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Jun 17, 20232 min read


The Midnight Library (2020) By Matt Haig
"The only way to learn is to live.” My opinion has altered dramatically from the opening pages to the book's end. I felt, at first, that...

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May 9, 20232 min read


Uzumaki (1998) By Junji Ito
"Spirals.... this town is contaminated with spirals." I would not classify myself as an avid reader of manga, however, the works of Junji...

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May 1, 20231 min read


The Bullet That Missed (2022) By Richard Osman
"Nothing like lying in your grave with a bullet hole through your head to make you think about your life." Book 3 in 'The Thursday Murder...

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Apr 23, 20232 min read


Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Season 7 (2020) Cre: Dave Filoni
Several years after the cancellation of this immensely popular animated show, Disney acquiesced to fan pressure and released a seventh...

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Apr 20, 20232 min read


Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Season 6 (2014) Cre: Dave Filoni
2014 saw the arrival of the sixth season in The Clone Wars saga. It was also the year, following their buyout of Lucasfilm, that Disney...

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Apr 14, 20232 min read
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