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Lawyer. Writer. Columnist. Geek. 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.

Scarlett Johansson Promises a Feminist ‘Black Widow’ Movie

The reason we’ve been asking for a Black Widow movie for ages isn’t just that we quite liked the character (you know, before Scarlett was Scarlett all over the news, and Joss Whedon did that thing that shall not even…

Topic’s ‘Release’ is Much more Nerve-Wracking Than it Should Have Been

Topic’s Release wasn’t meant to be a look at a pandemic from within a pandemic, and you can tell from the way its shot, from the way people react, and even from the morbid tone of it all. As a…

Check Out The New Trailer for ‘No Time to Die’

This is going to sound weird considering we are talking about a James Bond trailer, but I’m here for the women. Been here for the women since this movie was first announced, will probably watch for the women. If I’m…

Streaming On Peacock This September

Every time I do a post like this one I say the same thing, which doesn’t make it any less true: we’re starved for content. And Peacock might not be giving us all the content we wanted – Saved by…

Forgive Us if We Don’t Exactly Trust Marvel with LGBTQ+ Storylines

The words trust and Marvel don’t exactly go together, especially when it comes to LGBTQ+ relationships. Not that we trust them in general these days, after the debacle that was Endgame, but hey, remember when they promised us some LGBTQ+…

Here Are All The ‘Lucifer’ Featurettes You’ve Missed

When it comes to promoting their shows, Netflix is just …not the best. It’s almost like they don’t, you know, care. They trust that we will discover the content and talk about it, which is all fine and good, we…

Erica Muñoz Talks ‘Long Gone By’ And Breaking Out of Latinx Stereotypes

I set out to talk to Erica Muñoz about her lead role in the HBO feature film Long Gone By, a powerful, and interesting movie that tells a familiar story: A single mother from Nicaragua, a deportation order, and a…

‘The Argument’ Movie Review: If You Need A Laugh

Watching The Argument felt, at times, like watching a play. This is anything but a dig, one of my favorite things quarantine has deprived me of is the opportunity for live theater. There’s just something about the shared experience of…

Someone Save us From ‘The X-Files’ Animated Comedy Spin-off

Have you ever heard of a worse idea than a The X-Files animated comedy spin-off? Like, how do those words even GO together? The X-Files and animated, maybe, but comedy? Spin-off? We ONLY cared about it because of Mulder and…

Goodbye, Ashley Garcia. You Deserved Better

And so did we. Deadline reports that Ashley Garcia, the genius behind The Expanding Universe of Ashley Garcia and Ashley Garcia: Genius in Love, will not be returning for a season 2. Instead, Ashley will bow out with a Christmas…

‘Britannia’ Episode 5 Review: If You Don’t Care, Then I Don’t Care

No one wants to be on the throne in Britannia episode 5, and if I’m being honest, I can’t really say I blame them. Kerra didn’t get killed, so she should probably be happy about the hand she was dealt,…

The Internet Really, REALLY appreciates Henry Cavill as Sherlock Holmes

The trailer for Enola Holmes was released a few days ago, and if there’s one thing the internet collectively decided after the release of the fun, engaging peek at the movie, is that …well, Henry Cavill looks really, really good…

I watched the Second Season of ’12 Monkeys’, Here are My Thoughts

If you’d told me when I finished season 1 of 12 Monkeys that I’d be here, talking about season 2 of the show and lauding it as one of the best things I have ever watched, I …well, I might…

NBC Unveils Fall Schedule

Everyone’s feeling optimistic these days! Or something like that. NBC has followed CBS and ABC in setting their Fall Schedule, with most of the big players set to return in November. That’s some wishful thinking and we hope it comes…

ABC Fall Schedule Leans on Reality TV

Remember when everyone was optimistic and all the preliminary Fall Schedules looked normal? I do. I also remember how we all went, yeah, that’s not gonna happen, but nice try. We were right. CBS previously announced changes to their Fall…

CBS Adjusts Plans for Fall

As always these days, change is the one thing you can count on. Take, for example, Fall TV. On a normal year we’d be getting ready for our favorite shows returning soon. But this is anything but a normal year.…

’12 Monkeys’: In Defense of Season 2 Cassandra Railly

If there’s something I know about TV it’s that, inevitably, female characters will end up on the wrong side of a fandom—or at least a part of it. Sometimes, there will be valid reasons for this; but more often than…

Everyone’s Talking about THAT Morning After Scene in ‘Lucifer’ Season 5

Lucifer season 5 premiered last Friday, and fans have been, ahem, focusing on one particular scene from the season. And when we say focusing, I mean FOCUSING. We aren’t even talking about, you know, that scene from 5×06. No, instead…

‘The Stand’ Miniseries To Premiere in December

Pencil this in for the holiday season. The Stephen King adaptation The Stand is coming to CBS All Access on December 17. TVLine first reported the news. In case you’re not familiar with the story behind it, here’s the book…

Peacock Acquires YA Drama ‘Noughts + Crosses’

You know when you see a trailer and you go: Oh, I can see people taking the completely wrong message from this? That was me and Noughts + Crosses. First, the news: Peacock has acquired the BBC’s YA drama series Noughts…

Aimee Garcia Talks Representation, Ella Lopez & ‘Lucifer’ Season 5

The following contains spoilers for Lucifer Season 5, particularly Ella Lopez’s journey in the season. Tread carefully! It’s hard to have a talk with an actress like Aimee Garcia, who plays a role most Latinas don’t get – or didn’t…