A-Z Movie Reviews: ‘The Cake Eaters’

Welcome to A-Z Movie Reviews.  Every Sunday, for the next several months, I will be posting a review of a film in my home movie collection.  How it works is, I will be reviewing movies in alphabetical order until I…

The ‘Crown’ Season 3 Review: Times Are Changing

The Crown has captivated me since its first season, but I have to say that Season 3 is my favorite so far. No offense to the original cast, but everyone this season just blew me away. As the royal family…

Women in the Lead: Female Characters Who Don’t Need to be Saved

It seems that for as long as there has been a camera, capturing fantastical worlds and stories for the big and small screen, there have been female characters in very specific roles. The damsel in distress, desperately in need of…

9 LGBTQ+ Panels to Check Out at San Diego Comic Con 2019

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…

5 Bad-Ass Female Characters in Film

Last Saturday, I watched Dark Phoenix. I loved every minute of it.  Sophie as Jean Gray/Dark Phoenix was a total bad-ass.  Not just because of her powers, but because she took charge of her own life.  She recognized that she…

‘A Discovery of Witches’ Season 1 Review: The Next Generation of Women on TV is Here

A Discovery of Witches is the show that stole our hearts with it’s multi-faceted collection of witches, vampires, and demons. It’s the show that brought two unlikely creatures together and allowed them to fall in love. And it’s also the…

‘Stop and Fangirl’ Episode 68: Our Love Letter to ‘A Discovery of Witches’

Here at Fangirlish we continue to support your right to fangirl over any fandom you desire – whether that is a book, a TV show, a movie, or even sports. That’s why we have Stop and Fangirl! So you can…

‘Aquaman’ Review: Spoilers Ahoy!

Aquaman is swimming past expectations to break box office records. Despite being another divisive film, it’s safe to say that DC won the holiday weekend with their latest superhero flick. SPOILER ALERT! If you haven’t seen this movie yet (seriously,…

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…

‘Outlander’ 4×01 “America the Beautiful” Review: When My Body Dies, My Soul Will Still Be Yours

How could I start but with that quote? What else that was said in this episode sort of encompasses the whole of this journey – a journey that, just as the season four premiere, titled “America the Beautiful” has been,…

My “Issue” With Chris Pine – And How ‘Wonder Woman’ Changed All Of That

I’ll be the first to admit that I went into Wonder Woman for – well, Wonder Woman. I had a vague and very basic idea of who Steve Trevor was, but this is one of the few superhero movies I…

'Wonder Woman' Is The Most Tweeted About Movie of 2017

As Wonder Woman continues to slay at the box office — including amassing $300 million worldwide! — it continues break all sorts of records. The most recent comes via Twitter, where it beat out other successes of 2017, including La…

'Wonder Woman' Review: A Kickass Movie With An Inspiring Message

Warning: Spoilers from Wonder Woman within this review. There are superhero movies about superheroes. Then there are superhero movies that are so much more. Wonder Woman was the first film in the DC Extended Universe that was able to encapsulate…

Anne With An ‘E’ 1×04 Review: An Inward Treasure Born

If there’s one thing Anne With An ‘E’ has gotten right in these first four episodes, it’s characterization. This version of Anne Shirley has all of the book character’s boundless imagination and stubborn pride. Marilla is every bit as layered,…

Ten Ways To Make It Through This Epic #Droughtlander

Drought-lander: /drout,landər/  noun: a prolonged period of time without new episodes of Outlander. noun: an exceptional amount of time to not see Jamie and Claire Fraser A few weeks ago, Outlander fans were given the sad news that the show would not return…

DC Cinematic Universe: 5 Things We Hope to See at SDCC

As the countdown to San Diego Comic-Con nears the one-week mark, our excitement is so through the roof that mentally we’re already in San Diego right now. While Marvel will have a limited presence at the Con, Warner Bros. and…