It’s the fault of white supremacy - the social reality of racism, the history of scientific racism, the capitalistic commodification of non-white bodies of people, the othering of non-white cultures, the neoliberal realpolitik driving wars by US and Western Europe in countries seen as not of them - all of which…

Hereditary, The VVitch, Suspiria (2018), and The Wailing are four of the most interesting horror movies to have come out recently, and it’s super unfortunate they aren’t in this list.

If All stars is included, the previous AS season was miles above anything this season.  

I know everyone’s looking at Henry Golding, but PLEASE let this be the starmaking vehicle for the utterly gorgeous and talented Andrew Koji!

Agree with you about Sylvie. Will also add that I think that actress is not very good, is unable to convey the devastation and intensity of that character, and does not have good chemistry with Hiddleston, which is ridic because that man has great chemistry with everyone. I think that’s what makes our Loki “fall in…

I’m a little confused why this article is making the case for Cindy being an interesting Final girl, when in fact, the final girl was Ziggy - Ziggy who is, “boyish, in a word. Just as the killer is not fully masculine, she is not fully feminine—not, in any case, feminine in the ways of her friends. Her smartness,…

Yeah, Kate and Simon were way more interesting and had room to grow compared to the main couple. I get that they wanted the diversity points of an interracial queer couple, and did not want to kill their gays, but then maybe they could have tried harder to make those characters more interesting. The love…

Bryan Fuller and cinemax or GTFO!

Ok, I hate that I’m doing this, but I thought the blisters were from when she was, you know, hit by lightening?

I think you are probably right about all these things. Also, Billy yelling at John to take care of his own mess (paraphrasing) was clearly about something else and not just the marital strife with Lor. Also, John has that photo he had taken of Mare’s ex which was supposed to be an alibi for the ex, but it’s also an…

I think it’s set up this way for a specific reason and consequence. Carrie thinks she is doing better and therefore deserves to have Drew with her because she is saying no to drugs, including the uppers this ep. However, falling asleep because of how exhausted she and putting her son in possible danger makes her…

Fuller has repeatedly engaged with fans in instagram and twitter about Will and Hannibal’s relationship, and has talked about it being a romance, beyond a typical romance, being about attraction, but not necessarily about sex. As for the rest of the stuff about reproduction, etc, you just have to read the text to see…

The third season of Hannibal, which should have been the third and the fourth season, fully crystallized what Fuller was going for in his vision, a counterargument to heteronormative framing of relationships that encompasses asexuality, queer love, high romance, and non-reproduction centric family units.

Honestly, I think they made a huge mistake not casting Mads Mikkelsen as Dr. Strange, instead wasting him on that one-note villain role. I think it would be good to have a middle aged superhero since ageism is something that is not usually tackled under diversity (and disability is still completely ignored). And Mads…

Absolutely, and I think this is where the writing failed Karli. You already had one character who, when pushed to their limits, decided that they can just commit extrajudicial murder (“judicial” murder?), so why also do the same thing for Karli? Here is where Karli was failed by the writing because Disney and perhaps…

Oh yes, I totally agree that it is fair to be both surprised and disappointed. That the disney machine actually allowed for this level of antiracist and anti-neoliberal thinking is surprising, but it also makes sense that they were only comfortable with it because at the end, the solutions are portrayed as finger…

Firstly, Sulagna, great reviewing throughout. Even when I disagreed with your takes, I appreciated that they were well thought out and made sense.

I actually think John Walker does have a moral compass. He shows humility and a desire to fulfill what he sees as his responsibility in his introductory scenes. He is always there for his friend and partner. And most crucially, he has that convo with Lemar about how what they did in Afganistan was “right” only because…

Great movie! Re the mouse, it was a mole in the script, but the mole died and thus, a mouse - from the director’s commentary.

“However. I really do not think this is just a random choice, and I also do not think we as the audience are supposed to just be okay with it. Diana’s wish is selfish. Essentially she’s relearning her lesson about cheating from the opening. Adult Diana is repeating her crying screaming tantrum that she wanted…