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…
A-Z Movie Reviews: ‘Cosmopolis’
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…
Let’s Art!: Reviewing a Mexican Brand of Notebooks
Art has been a part of my life since I was a toddler and it has shaped me in so many ways. But, just like everything else, art is a journey with ups and downs. It is a learning experience…
‘Tell Me a Story’ Chapter 1 Review: Hope
The Fall TV season is going to be different this year with channels unable to film their shows and trying to find creative solutions to fill their schedule. The CW has been acquiring shows to use this fall, because they…
HBO Releases Trailer for Season 2 of ‘His Dark Materials’
This Fall? THIS FALL? Maybe it’s the pandemic (it is the pandemic), but I’ve gotten used to the idea that I’m not getting any of my favorite shows back anytime soon. And then HBO comes and gives me not just…
‘Blindspot’ 5×05 Review: “Head Games”
Welcome back blindspotters! After the previous episode, the show returns with “Head Games,” a transition episode that, while entertaining us and containing great moments, doesn’t reach the level of its predecessors. It leaves us a bittersweet taste in the mouth, like when…
‘Blindspot’ 5×04 Review: “And my axe!”
Welcome one more week,blindspotters! On this occasion, the show has delighted us with the fantastic “And my axe!”, a transitional episode but absolutely human, raw and real, and one in which the emotions of the characters and ours have been more…
‘Vida’ Series Finale Review: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Starz Vida was the little show that could that fought with every bit of its being to survive, thrive, and leave it’s mark when it comes to diverse TV. And I will always love it because of that. I will…
Starz ‘Vida’ Series Finale Stages of Grief Told in Emma Gifs
As an entertainment journalist, there’s things I should know about the show I write about. One of those things is the fact that tonight’s episode of Vida is the finale of the series. I didn’t know that until a couple…
‘Vida’ 3×05 Review: The One Where Everyone is a Mess
Starz Vida‘s episode 3×05 was a portrait all about the messes we make, take part in, and try to avoid as a means of hiding from the truth. And we are here for every messy bit of it, especially if…
‘Vida’ 3×04 Review: Oh the Disrespect in That One
People were being disrespected left and right in this week’s all-new Vida. Like seriously, I kept thinking about that Mulan gif where Mushu goes, “Dishonor! Dishonor on you! Dishonor on your whole family!” And even now, hours after watching the…
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Starz ‘Vida’s Tanya Saracho Talks Writing, Being Latinx, and More
We all have a bucket list of people we’d love to talk to once in our lives. People who exemplify a craft, have stolen our hearts with their wisdom, or who are changing the world for the better because of…
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Chelsea Rendon from Starz ‘Vida’ Talks Latinx Stories & More!
Staz Vida star Chelsea Rendon returned to Fangirlish to talk that tense moment when Mari faced ICE, being Latina on screen, and what’s next for her when the hit series is over. And let us tell you, Rendon isn’t going…
‘Vida’ 3×03 Review: Oh the Hypocrisy of It All
Emma Hernandez is a hypocrite on Vida. I say this with love. Like seriously, bucket loads of love because we don’t get to see messy women like Emma. We don’t get to see women like this that push, pull, and…
‘Vida’ 3×02 Review: Lies, Upon Lies, Upon Lies
Starz Vida’s second episode of season 3 was all about lies. Lies we tell ourselves. Lies we tell others. And secrets that we keep because of those lies that we’re afraid of. Lies, upon lies, upon lies. And you know…
EXCLUSIVE: Ser Anzoategui from Starz ‘VIDA’ Talks Eddy, Change, and Season 3
Loss can define you and that’s so true for Ser Anzoategui’s Eddy on Starz Vida! The lost of Vidalia, the bar, and their marriage has changed Eddy and set them on a road of self discovery and growth. We got…
Starz ‘VIDA’ 3×01 Review: All the Queer Goodness My Heart Could Take
Starz Vida returned to our screens with an episode that showed how badass, resilient, and amazing every single woman on this show truly is. The fact that we got some of the best queer scenes I’ve ever seen is the…
EXCLUSIVE: Chelsea Rendon & Carlos Miranda Talk Starz ‘VIDA’
Working together on a show like Starz VIDA brings people together. That couldn’t be truer for Chelsea Rendon, who plays Mari, and Carlos Miranda, who plays Johnny. They play siblings on screen and off it they act like the brother…
Book Review: “Spark and the League of Ursus” by Robert Repino
There’s nothing quite like a middle grade novel to comfort me after a difficult read. I needed a teddy bear, and Spark was there for me. Now I want to share her with all of you. I received a little…
Starz ‘VIDA’: Season 3 Will Be Last
VIDA, The critically acclaimed series by Tanya Saracho, just announced that it will be airing it’s final season when the show returns Sunday, April 26th on Starz and Starzplay. This comes as a shock to fans of the LGBTQ and…
Book Review: It Devours by Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor
I started this book in September 2018, but took a long break until mid January 2020. When I picked it back up earlier this year, I quickly learned that I was just 7 pages from the action hitting. If only…
