TV/FILM
Imran Khan Jun 24, 2022. 3 minute read
Ms. Marvel is Cultural Representation Wrapped in Bubblegum and Pathos
Ask any practicing Muslim you know in America if they have a story about losing their shoes at a mosque and I guarantee you’ll get someone who knows someone who had it happen to them or they themselves lost a pair to the dreaded mosque shoe-bin. It’s just one of…
READ MORE >Dylan Roth Jun 23, 2022. 8 minute read
Strange New Worlds Gets a Holodeck Episode in “The Elysian Kingdom”
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds has stood out from the current pack of space sci-fi television (and Trek shows in general) by embracing camp with open arms. In just the past four weeks, SNW has given us a screwball romcom, a goofy pirate adventure, and with its latest installment, a…
READ MORE >Danielle Riendeau Jun 20, 2022. 55 minute read
In the Mouth of Madness Creeps Into the Cult of Personality
This week on You Love To See It (our movie podcast!), Fernanda and I re-watched In the Mouth of Madness, John Carpenter’s final installment of his “apocalypse trilogy,” as a new twist on “Join us June,” our monthly theme. As we’re watching movies about cults, we thought we’d look at…
READ MORE >Danielle Riendeau Jun 20, 2022. 4 minute read
In Players, Coach Braxton is the Reason to Stick with the Series
Mild spoilers through episode 4 of Players ahead: I didn’t expect it, but I really fell into Players, Paramount Plus’ mockumentary series about a floundering League of Legends esports team. I’m not a League player, I’ve never been particularly interested in esports (beyond speedrunning, if that counts!) and mockumentaries have…
READ MORE >Dylan Roth Jun 20, 2022. 6 minute read
‘Lightyear’ Review: To Mid-finity and Beyond
From Disney and Pixar Animation Studios comes Lightyear, an animated action-adventure film based on the spaceman doll Buzz Lightyear from the 1995 movie Toy Story. (Or, rather, based on the human who that toy is based on, blah blah blah, we’re all tired of this joke already.) Despite its baggage…
READ MORE >Mike Williams Jun 16, 2022. 1 minute read
Game of Thrones Sequel Series Will Focus on Jon Snow
“You know nothing, Jon Snow,” is the consistent refrain and joke from Game of Thrones. Apparently, we are the ones who know nothing, however, as Jon Snow is the one who’s winning. The character will be the focus of a sequel series for Game of Thrones. That news comes from…
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