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Review: In James Gunn’s DC-Verse, Supergirl May be Derivative, but She’s a Heroine in Her Own Right Nevertheless

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Son of Featured Creatures: Chicago Horror Writers and Artists Share Their Favorite Chicago Horror Creators

Unless you’re an easily frightened tourist, Chicago is rarely considered a hotbed of horror. But as Third Coast Review has pointed out before, our town has a distinguished pedigree in […]

  • Dan Kelly
  • October 30, 2021
    • Children's books , Lit

    Feature: Local Author Taps into Her Childhood with Two New Children’s Books

    It’s not often that Third Coast Review has an opportunity to review children’s books. Fortunately, Chicagoland author J.B. Frank has given us a fantastic reason to do so. Somewhere in […]

  • Cynthia Kallile
  • October 29, 2021
    • Game , Games & Tech , Preview

    Preview: Survive the Horde in Age of Darkness: Final Stand

    I’m really digging the rise of apocalyptic real-time strategy games. You know, like Frostpunk or They Are Billions—with Age of Darkness: Final Stand’s influence definitely leaning towards the latter. Except […]

  • Antal Bokor
  • October 29, 2021
    • Music , Reviews

    Review: TV Girl Celebrates 6-1/2 Years of French Exit

    TV Girl has been a band for roughly 12 years now, however they didn’t see viral success until the past year; and deservingly so. Some of the band’s music went […]

  • Andrew Lagunas
  • October 29, 2021
    • Game , Games & Tech , Review

    Review: Nuclear Blaze Features the Most Diligent Fireman Ever

    I really like the concept of Nuclear Blaze. Made by the creator of Dead Cells for his son, Nuclear Blaze is a game about the most diligent fire fighter ever. […]

  • Antal Bokor
  • October 29, 2021
  • Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy Offers Three Deceptively Simple Stories About Connection, Intimacy and Coincidence

    At the recent Chicago International Film Festival, Japanese writer/director Ryusuke Hamaguchi (Happy Hour, Intimacies) had something of a moment when two most recent films played at the event to much […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • October 28, 2021
  • Hypnotic
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    Review: Horror Clunker Hypnotic Suffers from Predictability, Empty Characters and Lack of Tension

    Kate Siegel is a solid actress who has a tendency to truly shine in films directed by husband and collaborator Mike Flanagan (Oculus, Hush, Ouija: Origin of Evil, and the […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • October 28, 2021
  • Heart of Champions
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    Review: Michael Shannon Is Just About the Only Thing Worth Watching in Heart of Champions

    Like many, I’ll watch Michael Shannon in anything. And I have proven this time and time again. Case in point, the new film from director Michael Mailer (Blind) and writer […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • October 28, 2021
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: A Zombie-ish Prequel, Army of Thieves Sets Up a Massive Safe Heist But Fails to Build Character

    For those of you who can remember all the way back to May 2021, perhaps you caught director Zack Snyder’s latest zombie opus, Army of the Dead, in which a […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • October 28, 2021
  • Last Night in Soho
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    Review: Fantasy and Reality Collide in Edgar Wright’s Intriguing, Haunting Last Night in Soho

    Taking a walk down a decidedly darker path than he has in the past, director/co-writer Edgar Wright’s Last Night in Soho alternates between the swinging days of London in the […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • October 28, 2021
    • Game , Games & Tech , Review

    Review: Blade of Darkness Is Great for Nostalgia, But it Really Doesn’t Hold Up

    I remember way back in 2001 I bought, on a whim, a game called Severance: Blades of Darkness by developers I had never heard of: Codemasters. I have to admit: I […]

  • Antal Bokor
  • October 28, 2021
    • Game , Games & Tech , Review

    Review: Sable Is Gorgeous but Clunky

    When Sable was first announced, it definitely stood out visually. I was eager to get my chance to on a hover bike and cruise the dunes to a soundtrack provided […]

  • Antal Bokor
  • October 28, 2021
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