Reptile’s Random Review: Netflix’s ‘The Witcher’

Netflix tossed the Witcher a coin from the valley of plenty and it was enjoyable. On December 20th, 2019, Netflix released “The Witcher” series. It was  based on the popular video game released through Atari, which was based on a Polish novel by author Andrzej Spakowski. Well, I think you get the picture. The series stars Henry Cavill grumbling his way through his dialogue in a gruff, somber tone. Even though he seems to be hated and feared in most places he goes, he is quickly employed to rid the area of monsters. He collects his bounties, then quickly leaves

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Happy New Year from All of Us at PopCultHQ

Welcome to a new year, a new decade, and a new look for PopCultHQ! Thank you to Kendra, a.k.a The Creature Queen, for the fantastic new logo design. We hope that you like what we’ve been doing with the place and the changes yet to come. This last year has been an interesting journey filled with trials and errors. Some led to growth, others led us nowhere. We’ve also played with social media and SEO and made a few discoveries along the way …. as long as we produce consistently good content, avoid clickbait, and excessive advertising, our readers return.

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Reptile’s Random Review: ‘Jumanji: The Next Level’

Welcome back to Reptile’s Random Reviews. After being silent for a couple of weeks, I’m baaaaack and so is “Jumanji” with ‘Jumanji: Next Level.’ Maybe I can hit the next level in this review. As we recall, the original Jumanji (1995) starred Robin Williams and was pretty popular. In 2017, Columbia Pictures revisited this film and moviegoers approved to the tune of $962 million worldwide. A nice-sized piece of cheese. It starred Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart, Karen Gillan, and Nick Jonas. For someone who started out as singer in a boy band, Nick turned out to be a

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[Book Review] Baen Books: ‘The Gods of Sagittarius’

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Russ Tabor is one of the top security specialists in the galaxy. Much against his will, he finds himself assigned to provide protection for Rupert Medawar Narayan Shenoy—“Lord Shenoy,” as he likes to style himself—who is probably the human race’s most brilliant savant. Shenoy has become convinced that the race of ancient aliens known as the Old Ones possessed powers unknown to any modern intelligent species. He believes they had harnessed forces which may well have been actual magic, giving the Old Ones the stature of gods. Off Russ and Shenoy go to find the secret. Meanwhile, Occo, a member of

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Costume tips and tricks for cosplay newbies

Comic-Con events have become popular around the globe, and more conventions of this kind are being hosted in different countries periodically. If you’ve always been drawn to cosplaying, and you’ve finally decided to portray your favourite character, you’re probably worried that your costume won’t raise up to your expectations.  Buying an entire cosplay costume online, and one that looks good at the same time, can be extremely expensive, and you might not be able to afford to make that splurge yet. Well, you should know that you can prepare your own outfit at home, with less money, as long as

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[Book Review] Baen Books: ‘Tyger Burning’ by T.C. McCarthy

Humanity had just begun its first tentative steps towards conquering the Solar System when the aliens came and took it all away. Then they disappeared, leaving only wreckage in their wake. They have given us 100 years to get ready for the next phase of their invasion. They expect us to fight fair. But if one man can learn to control his combat implants, humanity might just have a hope for a free future . . Maung is used to being hunted. As the last “dream warrior,” a Burmese military unit whose brains are more machine than grey matter, everyone

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Reptile’s Random Reviews: The Mandalorian

I’m sure many of you reading this have joined the fervor and signed up for Disney Plus Streaming service. Disney is offering several of their classics as well as new content, such as Star Wars The Mandalorian. Created and written for Disney Plus by Jon Favreau and directed by a staff of five directors, including Bryce Dallas Howard from Jurassic World. Recently I was invited to a special screening of The Mandalorian where they previewed the first three episodes. No spoilers here, but I will admit I had become disenchanted with the new Disney Star Wars offerings. To me, most

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[Comic Book Review] Action Lab: Danger Zone’s BANJAX Vol. 1 TPB

PopCultHQ received an advance review copy of the BANJAX Season One TPB from Action Lab Entertainment‘s Danger Zone imprint. Available Wednesday, November 13th, the creative team for this trade paperback features writing from Rylend Grant, art from Fábio Alves, colors by Edson Ferreira, and lettering from HdE. Here’s PopCultHQ’s spoiler-free review of… BANJAX Season One TPB Writer: Rylend GrantArtist: Fábio Alves Colorist: Edson Ferreira Letterer: HdE Cover Artists: Fábio Alves (Artist) Edson Ferreira (Colorist) 160 pgs./ M / FC SRP: $14.99 A disgraced, terminally ill former superhero launches a violent and misguided Death Wish-like campaign to purge the city of supervillains

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[Interview] Sam Littlefield Talks Character Development & Creating New Movies

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There are people in the entertainment industry who often take on more than one role and wear many different hats. They can at times be starring, writing, producing, and even directing a piece while being involved in other endeavors as well. Sam Littlefield is wearing these many hats all at the same time, working on a variety of projects, all of which are amazing and will be delighting audiences for generations to come. PopCultHQ had the chance to chat with Sam about his character of Mouse on the CW show Batwoman, the upcoming film Mother’s Little Helpers, and his personal

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[Comic Book Review] BOOM! Studios’ FOLKLORDS #1 (of 5)

PopCultHQ received an advance review copy of the FOLKLORDS #1 from BOOM! Studios. Available Wednesday, November 13th, the creative team for this issue features writing from Matt Kindt, art from Matt Smith, colors by Chris O’Halloran, and lettering from Jim Campbell. Here’s PopCultHQ’s spoiler-free review of… Folklords #1 (Of 5) Writer: Matt Kindt Artist: Matt Smith Colorist: Chris O’Halloran Letterer: Jim Campbell Cover Artists: Cover A – Matt Smith Cover B (Variant) – Duncan Fegredo Cover C-E (Unlocked Retailer Incentives) – Dan Mora From Narnia to Harry Potter, we’ve seen our hero leave the real world for a fantasy world-but

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