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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.

‘The Good Place’ 4×07 Review: Let’s Talk About Chidi

The Good Place‘s “Help is Other People” marks the midway point of this, the final season of the show, and there’s a lot we could discuss at this point, from the messaging (which remains on point), to the way these actors…

‘Terminator: Dark Fate’ Is Diverse and Feminist AF

If you’d asked me before I went to the theater to watch Terminator: Dark Fate if I’d be writing about it, the answer would have been no. Action films are usually, well, just action films, and as much as I…

EXCLUSIVE: Gabrielle Scharnitzky talks Petra and ‘Treadstone’

For Gabrielle Scharnitzky, playing Petra means a lot. It isn’t just because she knew the source material before taking the role on Treadstone, or even because Hollywood’s ageism issue makes it so that roles like Petra are few and far…

77 Thoughts We had While Watching Bluff City Law’s “American Epidemic”

Bluff City Law is the kind of show that makes us think. It’s also the kind of show that, sometimes, has our mind going a million miles an hour. So, this time, I wanted to try something different for this…

‘Dollface’ is the Friendship-focused Comedy we Deserved

At first, Dollface is just a little too much. Too weird, too hard to follow and just too damn real. But that’s just the first impression. Soon, it settles into the kind of show I always knew I needed but…

EXCLUSIVE: Garth Stein Talks ‘The Art of Racing in the Rain’ and What’s Next

For Garth Stein, seeing The Art of Racing in the Rain, come to life was “really, really weird.” If you think about it, how could it be any other way? Writing a book is, in many ways, like having a…

‘Pearson’ Cancelled at USA And We’re Angry

 The hits just keep on coming. This time, with Pearson. We’ll be the first to say the first season of Pearson was uneven – too much Bobby Novak at times, too much setup in general – but the show, like…

‘Holiday in the Wild’ Review: Is This Even a Holiday Movie?

On the one hand, I wanted a different kind of holiday movie, I did. Not everyone’s holiday is about snow, and decorations, and if Holiday in the Wild does one thing right, it’s give a glimpse of a different type…

The 5 Stages of Emily Bett Rickards Returning to ‘Arrow’

It could be no other way. Emily Bett Rickards is reprising her role as Felicity Smoak in Arrow. She will appear in the series finale. No, really, nothing else made sense. This show has been as much about Felicity as…

‘The Good Place’ 4×06 Review: Be Better, A Chip Driver Mystery

The Good Place’s “A Chip Driver Mystery” not only manages to move the plot forward – with John finally in on Jason’s secret, and absolutely everyone, from Simone to Chidi, and even Tahani, ready to call Brent out on his…

What the ‘Timeless’ Characters Would Dress As for Halloween

We all love Halloween, and we love dressing up. And yet, the funny thing is, for a show like Timeless, the characters got to dress up so many times, as they went from era to era, that would they really…

Marla Sokoloff Talks ‘The Road Home for Christmas’ & ‘The Christmas Hotel’

Marla Sokoloff can do it all. Or, at least, talking to her, you get the sense that she thinks she can, and she’s very much gonna try. If you ask us, she’s succeeding. Last Saturday, we got to see her…

‘The Good Place’ 4×05 Review: Change is Your Friend

What is good? What is bad? What is growth? The Good Place, as always, manages to tackle all these existential questions, while still making us laugh. “Employee of the Bearimy” is yet another episode where this show takes the time…

‘Bluff City Law’ 1×05 Review: Still Here

Yes, we’re still here. Even after the devastating news that NBC has opted not to order more episodes of Bluff City Law (even though they’d already ordered the scripts) and the season will end with 10 episodes, we’re still here.…

The Final ‘The Rise of Skywalker’ Trailer is Here

So, the one question I have is, did you watch football to catch it live or did you just wait for it to pop up online? Watching football is anything but a chore for me, but I understand it is…

Here Are All The Holiday Movies Coming to Netflix

This the season to be … Oh, wait. Is it only October? I’d say my bad, but the truth is, Netflix is bringing the holiday content starting in November, and there’s little we here at Fangirlish love as much as…

‘Modern Love’ Season 1 Review: We Faced the Music Together

Often on TV, we see only one side of love. I’m not sure if that side sells more, or if that side is way harder, and easier to romanticize, but I do know that, as someone who’s consumed massive amounts…

‘The Good Place’ 4×04 Review: There’s no I in Team

The Good Place’s “Tinker, Tailor, Demon, Spy” brings back Glenn, because even The Bad Place guys deserve their chance at something resembling redemption, while pitting ¾ of the human side of team cockroach against their favorite demon. And, no, nothing…

Netflix Orders Holiday Romantic Comedy Series ‘Dash & Lily’

Hello Dash & Lily. We’re now moving from holiday movies to holiday series, and we couldn’t be happier! Netflix has ordered the holiday romantic comedy series Dash & Lily, to launch in 2020. The show is based on Dash & Lily’s…

‘The Good Place’ 4×03 Review: On The Right Path?

The Good Place’s “Chillaxing” hits us where it hurts the most, by putting the focus once again on the people we already care about, instead of dudebro Brett or the new faces we’re having trouble connecting with. In other words,…

‘Bluff City Law’ 1×03 Review: Prove Everyone Wrong

Bluff City Law’s “25 Years to Life” is the perfect episode to remind us of what this show is about, what the stakes are, and why, despite the fact that we know this is fictional, it’s so hard to separate…