Lissete Lanuza Sáenz

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Lawyer. Writer. Editor. Former Senior Editor in charge of Features, Lists, and News at CBR. Freelancer at TV Guide & Remezcla. Eternal optimist. Fangirl since the dawn of time. Hates the color yellow, olives and cigarettes. Has a recurring nightmare where she’s forced to choose between sports and books. Falls in love with fictional characters.

FYI: Real Diversity Starts in the Writers Room

Every so often I find myself writing headlines, looking at them and thinking, well, isn’t that just obvious? Why does it even need to be said? And yet, sadly, we live in a world where they still do. This morning,…

‘Cloak and Dagger’ 1×10 Review: Learning to Care

Well, talk about going out with a bang. A very LITERAL bang. Cloak and Dagger closed Season 1 with “Colony Collapse,” an episode that flips the tables – so to speak – for our titular heroes, as well as establishes…

‘Iron Fist’ SDCC Interviews: Female Empowerment and Romance Ahead in Season 2?

Netflix announced during San Diego Comic Con that Season 2 of Iron Fist, the ‘other’ Defender – perhaps, our least favorite one, would premiere on September 7th. And yet sitting in the press room and hearing the actors and new…

Our SDCC2018 Highlight: #SaveTimeless

San Diego Comic Con is in the books, and as we look back on it’s 2018 edition, I have to categorically say the highlight for us was …well, the #SaveTimeless movement. Even if, due to busy schedules and the general…

‘Luke Cage’ Season 2 Review: High highs and Low lows

At times, I really liked season 2 of Luke Cage. I definitely liked it more than I liked the first one, which started amazingly, lost steam around the middle and just never recovered. But I also had more problems with…

CBS SDCC Interviews: ‘Tell Me A Story’ and “Magnum PI’ Leave A Mark

Sometimes you go into a press room for something and end up leaving with a new appreciation for other things. That’s what happened to us during the CBS press room at San Diego Comic Con. We were there for Charmed,…

Cast of ‘Episode IX’ Announced – With One Big Surprise

A galaxy far, far away is not done with Carrie Fisher. Not that any of us could ever be. Today, Star Wars announced the official cast for the yet untitled Episode IX. With it came the confirmation that the role…

‘Charmed’ SDCC Interview: Jennie Snyder Urman Talks about Why it Was Time for This Charmed

The Charmed reboot has been controversial, to say the least. Some people (*raises hands*) loved the original but are still willing to give this new, diverse reboot a try – especially because it’s not the same characters. Others just don’t…

‘Cloak and Dagger’ 1×09 Review: What Makes a Hero

When you’re asked to fill in for a review, you always hope you get this kind of an episode to sink your teeth into. Because this was a hell of a penultimate episode in what has been a hell of…

Exclusive: Elijah Bynum Talks his Directorial Debut ‘Hot Summer Nights’

Directing your first feature film is, of course, always a dream come true. More often than not, the road someone takes to get to that place, is a story almost as, if not more interesting, than the actual film. The…