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“Filler Episodes” Don’t Deserve Their Bad Reputation
We’ve all had that issue. You’re watching our favorite TV show. You’ve had a series of really plot-heavy episodes that got you really excited for the main story. And then you have one episode where everything seems to grind to a halt and the characters spend a whole 22-45 minutes doing the most tedious things […] More
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The Breaking of “Narrative Promises” Through the Lens of Supernatural, Marvel, & More
In early November, amidst the pressure of states changing colors and electoral votes being counted, the internet briefly shifted its attention to a, for some, long-awaited episode of television. On fans’ screens, after over a decade of possibility, and many both gentle and harsh denials of the ship’s existence by The Powers That Be, Cas […] More
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Friendship Goals: Girlie Vigilantism in Emerald Fennell’s Promising Young Woman
Emerald Fennell’s new feature film Promising Young Woman is visually stunning, tightly written, and even though it masquerades as a rape revenge fantasy horror film (which it is), it’s more so a love story. I don’t mean that it’s a romantic comedy—it is certainly not that—but it’s a film about the family you choose, your […] More
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Wonder Woman 1984′s Cheetah Is All Wasted Potential and Bad Implications
Wonder Woman 1984 isn’t just one of the few superhero movies to have a female lead with the titular heroine, a.k.a. Diana Prince (Gal Gadot). Even in a market already saturated with superhero fare, it’s one of the few to feature a female supervillian. Even juicier—and, potentially, hilarious—is that it’s the Cheetah. How delicious to have […] More
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Nick Spencer’s New Spider-Man Twist Literally Demonizes The Mentally Ill
Let me introduce you to Harry Osborn of Spider-Man, a character who meant the world to me when I was a teen. You know, Norman Osborn’s son, Green Goblin II, inexplicable hair? That guy. Oh, you’ll have seen him in various Spider-Man movies and cartoons over the years, but they don’t give the full picture. […] More
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I Went to Hoth to Go Behind the Scenes of The Empire Strikes Back at 40
There’s a thick bloom of condensation tracking across my sunglasses, and I can’t see out of my left eye. A ferocious wind blasts across the rocks with such force that I slide backward down the incline. Panicking, I dig my unwieldy cross-country skis—I’ve never used them before—into the powdery snow and hope that when I […] More