(Wo)man Up: Charlize Theron Shows How To “Fight Like a Girl” in ‘Atomic Blonde’

Atomic Blonde premiered in July 2017. The film, directed by David Leitch became a huge hit all around the world, scoring $100,121,713 dollars in the box office. Based on the graphic novel titled The Coldest City by Sam Hart and Antony Johnston, Atomic…

‘Carnival Row’ Season 1 Review: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

From Orlando Bloom’s Philo carrying Carnival Row in his lithe but strong arms to Imogen & Agreus being my surprise OTP, there’s plenty to talk about, break down, and explore when it comes to this Amazon Prime show. In this…

Top 10 Films From The 90s You Need To Watch

I love films from the 90s. In my opinion we had some of the best films when I was growing up, and to this day, I have yet to find any films that even come close. I know, I’m a…

5 Things We Learned from ‘Carnival Row’s Jared Harris, Arty Foushan and Caroline Ford

If there’s anything that we’ve learned from Carnival Row it’s that it’s a tangled weave of amazing, and often annoying, characters who cause trouble, try to save the day where they can, and try to find meaning in the work…

(Wo)man Up: Female Representation in ‘Ocean’s Eight’

It doesn’t really happen all that often that we see many female characters in one production. That’s why it was such a crucial moment for female representation when Ocean’s Eight was announced. I mean, can you name any movie where…

EXCLUSIVE: Tamzin Merchant, David Gyasi and Andrew Gower Talk ‘Carnival Row’

Whatever you’re expecting from Carnival Row, it probably is that and a lot more you couldn’t see coming. Take, for example, the storyline involving Imogen (Tamzin Merchant), Agreus (David Gyasi) and Ezra (Andrew Gower). At first, I thought, well, I…

5 Reasons You Should Be Watching ‘Carnival Row’

Carnival Row is a healthy dose of reality checking intrigue that leaves you feeling frustrated at times for the way that it accurately portrays how people treat individuals that are “different” and elated for the family that forms surrounding these…

‘Carnival Row’ is A Heartfelt Fantasy Take on A Real Problem

Well, color me shocked. There’s what I expected from Carnival Row based on their SDCC panel and press conference: good fantasy, beautiful settings, clichés and tone-deafness in the message, and then there’s what I got from the show: good fantasy,…

(Wo)man Up: Sisterhood in ‘Practical Magic’

The number of films and series with female-centric plots is growing, but the number is still lower than we’d want. In the past, however, we’ve had some terrific productions with strong women that are worth talking about and analyzing, even…

7 Horror Movies to Kick Off Halloween Season

It may only be August, but it’s never too early to start preparing for the greatest holiday of all time  — Halloween. In the absence of yellowing leaves and omnipresent advertisements for pumpkin spice lattes, you’ll have to turn to…

A Tale of Two Suspirias

The writing staff at Fangirlish can get into some deep discussions when it comes to film and television. Jasmine and Ashley started talking about their love and hate for Dario Argento’s 1977 Suspiria and its 2018 Luca Guadagnino reboot a…

‘Carnival Row’ promises A Fantastical View of Current Issues

A show that deals with the issues of our time, including racism and xenophobia, while bringing in the fantastical elements we all know and love? Sounds not just attractive, it sounds just like our thing. But our first look at…

9 TV Shows You Should Be Watching This Spring 2019

As we head into the end of spring and the beginning of summer, the fall TV season comes to a close. However fear not because in the world of TV, there is never a time where there isn’t new programming…

Movies We Can Watch on an Endless Loop

That part of your mattress that has become a mold in the very shape of your body, your stretched out yoga pants or university sweats, your go to snack-you know, the life comforts that call your name? What’s a girl…

Our favorite TV Shows of 2018

There’s a lot of good TV out there. No, really, a hell of a lot of good TV, trust me, someone who just had to spiral her way into somehow narrowing this list down. But narrow it I have, with…

‘PinkSlipped’ Webseries Interview: Tokenism, Equal Pay and Latinx Voices

Photo Credit: Emerson Lee Photo. 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 community since…

Four Shows To Help You Survive Until The New TV Season

It’s August and summer is almost at a end. We’ve all been here, where we ask ourselves: “When does the new TV season start??” Then when you see the answer is mid- to late September or early October (thanks CW),…

‘Blindspot’ Season 3 DVD & Spoilers

Season 3 of Blindspot ended last Friday, but we didn’t stop Blindspotters! Here we are again to inform you of the latest news. There is already news of the official DVD of Blindspot season 3 and also new information about…

The ‘I Am: Celine Dion’ Trailer Is Proof This Documentary Will Wreck Us

Amazon released the trailer for I Am: Celine Dion this past week, and we’re…still not over how hard it was to watch.

You Had Us At Dove Cameron and Avan Jogia Starring Together

For this writer, psychological thrillers are not my thing… normally. I get scared at my own shadow, do you think that I want to get paranoid that something like whatever messed up thing is on the TV could happen? Nope.…

Maxton Hall Has Been Renewed For A Second Season

We’ve fallen down a #MaxtonHall TikTok hole, and we’re gonna have to watch it now to prepare ourselves for a season 2.