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Conceived on the first day that Britain went into lockdown and shot over a long summer where the simple act of standing near strangers was fraught with danger, folk horror In The Earth is one of the first major movie releases to thematically reckon with Covid-19 onscreen. It also marks …

Standing out as the best gaming mouse is no easy task, so what does the HyperX Pulsefire Haste do that’s different? Some mice opt for ridiculously high DPI settings. Others have loads of extra buttons. Yet more are built for comfort and durability. The Haste, on the other hand? Well, …

Patty Jenkins’ Wonder Woman sequel is set, wouldn’t you know, in 1984, the year of George Orwell’s cautionary dystopian novel and the decade when greed was considered good. You might say that 1984 – be it Orwell’s or Reagan’s – isn’t so very different from today: Big Brother surveillance, rampant …

It’s a known fact that Razer laptops are some of the best gaming laptops going in the world right now. This is no longer up for discussion, really. However, it is always exciting to see the latest iterations, even in this, the year that saw the landscape and the future …

The futuristic honeycomb shell of the Trust GXT 960 Graphin mouse isn’t exactly unique, as the design allows for a more lightweight product that doesn’t compromise on structural integrity. Cooler Master’s MM710 and the Model-D from Glorious share the honeycomb pattern, for example. However, Trust’s iteration on the ‘beehive mouse’ …

It wasn’t until November 24, a full two weeks after Destiny 2: Beyond Light was released, that I got the rush of excitement I was waiting for. That’s when I finally logged in on reset day, looked at the array of new activities and challenges peppered over the solar system …

The original Star Wars Holiday Special holds a special place in the fandom’s consciousness. Unanimously derided as two of the worst hours of television ever created, the cash-in that brought back Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, and Carrie Fisher has been the kicker of dozens of jokes – even mocked by …

The timing of Ron Howard’s classy yet unremarkable Hillbilly Elegy, an adaptation of J.D. Vance’s bestselling memoir charting his upward mobility from Ohio poverty to Yale law school, couldn’t be more pertinent, arriving as it does when we’re all unpacking President Trump’s legacy. Published in 2016, Vance’s book seemed to explain the …

The Falconeer is an aerial combat game against a backdrop of acrylic-painted skies and Game of Thrones-style intrigue. Its one-note gameplay ensures that its waterlogged setting isn’t the success it could be, but the desire to learn more about its richly imagined world kept me interested throughout my 19 hours …

Warning: This Star Trek: Discovery season 3 review contains major spoilers for episode 1 – many of them set to stun. Boldly go further at your own risk… Star Trek: Voyager made a big thing of the fact it was going where no Trek had gone before. Unfortunately, it really …