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Viking Death Squad review

Essential info – Game type: Sci-fi tabletop RPG – Players: 2 – 6 – Complexity: Moderate – Lasts: 120+ mins – Ages: 12+ – Price: $42 / £35 – Play if you enjoy: Warhammer, Index Card RPG Despite the game’s acronym sounding like something you might catch on a questionable first date, Viking Death Squad (or VDS) …

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Ms. Marvel episode 1 review: “An instant breath of fresh air”

Forget the normal Marvel fanfare; Ms. Marvel’s doing things differently. Instead of the usual introductory Marvel Studios orchestral piece, The Weeknd’s ‘Blinded By The Lights’ blasts out over the montage of MCU heroes. Then, we head into a stop-motion recreation of Endgame’s Battle of Earth, made from colorful sketches – …

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Crimes Of The Future review, Cannes: “Feels authentically part of the body horror king’s uniquely weird oeuvre”

In the pantheon of filmmakers whose surnames also double as adjectives David Cronenberg stands apart. After all, plenty of directors have made films that could be described as ‘Hitchcockian’ or ‘Kubrickian’, but venture into ‘Cronenbergian’ territory at your peril. The Canadian controversy-magnet’s first unashamed body horror in 23 years, Crimes …

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