Category: Television
The Umbrella Academy: A Hodgepodge of Dark and Watchmen
Time travel and the notion of being perpetually stuck in the Gordian knot of a temporal loop seems to have only risen in popularity in [Read More…]
Taylor Swift’s Inez/Betty/James = David Lynch’s Laura/Donna/James
While the “cognoscenti” of the few remaining New York-based pop culture “publications” would like to believe “Betty” is now an undeniable part of the “queer [Read More…]
Sexual Assault Sleuthing Doesn’t Always Lead to Ego Death: I May Destroy You
Just when you thought millennials might have been finito with bum-rushing the spotlight to secure their “me me me” place in the sun, Michaela Coel [Read More…]
The AIDS Effect on Hollywood Paranoia Reaches a New, More Fear-Inducing Level With Corona
While the notion of AIDS being “shocking” or even (as) stigmatized in the present drifts ever further into the ether of the past (the 1980s [Read More…]
13 Reasons Why Season 4: Degrassi Meets 90210 Meets An Almost Thankfulness That School Is Now Remote
Of course, looking back at any high school show now, the problems that stemmed from being among people (all unavoidable assholes, especially with the strange [Read More…]
I Can See Your Halo: Warrior Nun
While Sister Shannon Masters might have remained as the central figure of Ben Dunn’s manga-style comic book series, Warrior Nun Areala, audiences watching the Netflix [Read More…]
God Is Time… And A Fucked Up Family Tree: Dark
While the genre of time travel in film is robust, including everything from Donnie Darko to 13 Going on 30, there has possibly never been [Read More…]
Millennial Horror Show: Search Party Season 3
At one point early on in the third season of Search Party, District Attorney Polly Danziger (Michaela Watkins) tells her assistant prosecutor, “Everything I hate [Read More…]
Insecure Season 4: Toxic Friends 4ever
Sometimes, the same benefit of someone knowing you for so long is the same disadvantage that comes with an enduring friendship. For Issa (Issa Rae) [Read More…]
Valeria Is More Than A Spanish Sex and the City
On the heels of Netflix’s latest Spanish hit (following Cable Girls), Valeria, the barrage of comparisons to Sex and the City have come in ad [Read More…]