Monthly Archives: November 2022

Emily – Film Review

Posted on November 15, 2022 by ashleymanningwriter

Director: Frances O’Connor Writer: Frances O’Connor Starring: Emma Mackey, Fionn Whitehead, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Alexandra Dowling, Amelia Gething, Adrian Dunbar, Gemma Jones Rating: ★★★½ Emily is the directorial debut from Frances O’Connor, who also wrote the screenplay. It’s a largely fictional … Continue reading →

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Pluto: Volume 2 – Manga Review

Posted on November 14, 2022 by ashleymanningwriter

Pluto is Naoki Urasawa’s adaptation of the ‘The Greatest Robot on Earth’ story arc from Osamu Tezuka’s legendary manga series, Astro Boy. Urasawa turns the classic story into a neo-noir detective story with more philosophical questions and a much darker … Continue reading →

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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Film Review

Posted on November 13, 2022 by ashleymanningwriter

Director: Ryan Coogler Writers: Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole Starring: Letitia Wright, Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira, Winston Duke, Florence Kasumba, Dominique Thorne, Michaela Coel, Tenoch Huerta, Martin Freeman, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and Angela Bassett Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is the … Continue reading →

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Beastars – Volume Two – Manga Review

Posted on November 12, 2022 by ashleymanningwriter

The second volume of Beastars continues the story of Cherryton Academy, a boarding school with a diverse set of animal students, both carnivores and herbivores. The story focuses on Legoshi, a wolf who tries to keep himself to himself and … Continue reading →

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Beastars – Volume 1 – Manga Review

Posted on November 11, 2022 by ashleymanningwriter

I went into Beastars knowing absolutely nothing about it. Based on the cover alone, I had assumed that it would be similar to the Vertigo comic Fables, and that the wolf on the front cover would be some kind of … Continue reading →

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