Lyra Hale
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Lyra Hale is a writer, editor, and podcaster that covers film, TV, books, and more. She likes geeking over scifi, fantasy, and all things spooky. When she isn't writing reviews, crying over her favorite characters, or talking about 911 on her podcast Tales From the 118, she's crafting. Let's stalk and nerd out together to our hearts content.

‘A Discovery of Witches’ 1×03 Review: The Princess Runs Away w/ Her Prince in This One

A Discovery of Witches continues blowing right past my expectations with an episode that proves how sexy consent and respect truly are. In the third episode of season one, our main heroes run away together, not because they’re suddenly in…

5 Life Lessons We Learned from the ‘John Wick 3’ Trailer

John Wick 3, starring the never aging Keanu Reeves, just dropped their premiere trailer and we’re practically speechless. Seriously, and what could you possibly say to fully comprehend the badassery that is John Wick and everything that he does? Nothing.…

‘Supernatural’ 14×10 Review: “Nihilism” and the Freedom of Dean Winchester

Supernatural‘s “Nihilism” was a lesson in love for Michael, aka the biggest douche of all. After 14 years and countless apocalypses stopped by Sam, Dean, and Cass, we know that love is the ultimate weapon. It’s what keeps them, and…

‘A Discovery of Witches’ 1×02 Review: The Princess Has No Time for Bigots in This One

If there’s anything that we can learn from Diana, Matthew, this episode, and Deborah Harkness’ writing for A Discovery of Witches, it’s that a woman’s value is not dependent, goes away, or is brushed aside for the man in the…

‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ 6×02 Review: Still Not Over “Hitchcock & Scully” Being Hot

To everyone’s surprise, including my own, Hitchcock & Scully really were the studs of the Nine-Nine in this week’s new episode of Brooklyn Nine-Nine, appropriately titled “Hitchcock & Scully.” They put their life on the line, and their arteries, to…

New ‘Five Feet Apart’ Trailer Promises Love, Tears, and Risks Being Taken

From director Justin Baldoni (Jane the Virgin) comes a romantic comedy that is on the same line of The Fault in Our Stars, where you know things are going to get bad, it’s gonna hurt, but you’re still going to…

‘A Discovery of Witches’ 1×01 Review: The Princess Finds a Dangerous Book in This One

Witches, vampires, demons. They’re classics when it comes to TV, movies, or books. Classics make it so we know what happens and what story-lines need to be traversed, especially if there’s a human in the picture, as is often the…

‘Deadly Class’ 1×01 Review: Reagan Youth, Assassins, and A New Life

Syfy’s Deadly Class is a vivid portrayal of survival with a protagonist supported by a cast that is just as important as him. Every person is a complex amalgamation of the world they inhabit, the circumstances they find themselves in,…

5 Reasons Why You Should Be Watching Syfy’s ‘Deadly Class’

Deadly Class is not your typical comic to TV adaptation. There are no super suits and the “heroes” of the story are young women and men trained in the art of killing. The school they find themselves in, where they’re…

Queerly Not Straight: LGBT Representation on ‘A Discovery of Witches’

In an effort to build a space for queer people like myself, every Tuesday I’ll be posting opinion pieces, listicals, reviews, and more focused on the LGBT community (and occasionally about the Latinx/WOC community since I am Latinx.) Welcome to…