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June 2019

June 05, 2019

Plotting Surprises: Or How To Ruin Great Shows

WARNING: Mild spoilers for Game of Thrones, The Good Place, The Lord of the Rings,...

March 2019

March 30, 2019

HOT TAKE: Captain Marvel is Only OK…and I’m Alright With That

Comic book and superhero movie fans were all a-Twitter long before Marvel's first movie featuring...

January 2019

January 16, 2019

Neo-Nazis at Steubenville! Liberals with Blogs! Responding to Church Militant

(The following is in response to Church Militant's latest blog, which critiqued the Pop Feminist's...

January 02, 2019

HOT TAKE: “A Series of Unfortunate Events” Is Anything But

Warning: Spoilers for all Series Episodes Season Three of A Series of Unfortunate Events is...

October 2018

October 10, 2018

HOT TAKE: Doctor Who Gets A Facelift

When Jodie Whittaker was first announced as the new Doctor Who, I'll admit I was...

October 03, 2018

Narnia at Netflix

News broke this morning that Netflix has acquired the rights to The Chronicles of Narnia...

September 2018

September 01, 2018

Villains as Shadow Selves

What is the purpose of a villain? Most story structure classes, including my favorite Aristotle's...

August 2018

August 23, 2018

HOT TAKE: Why Sci-Fi Is Better Serialized

Recently, upon the advice of a friend, I watched the sci-fi dystopian film High Rise,...

July 2018

July 07, 2018

Trauma & Repression in FROZEN: The Disney Princess They Almost Wrote

Ask people what they know about Frozen, and the answer will be universal: Let it...

May 2018

May 01, 2018

HOT TAKE – Avengers: Infinity War

Warning: So many spoilers. For the whole MCU. Probably. If you were thinking about beginning...

April 2018

April 27, 2018

HOT TAKE: Should I See The Handmaid’s Tale?

Caution: Contains light spoilers. Last year, Hulu premiered the multiple Emmy-award winning series, The Handmaid's...

March 2018

March 24, 2018

Star Wars Iconography (Pt. 1): Why Rey is Okay

For this series, we’re going to be looking at how the new Star Wars films...

March 17, 2018

THROUGH CHILDREN’S EYES: A Wrinkle in Time

Now that you've gotten my in-depth analysis of A Wrinkle in Time, what does the...

March 16, 2018

IN DEPTH ANALYSIS: A Wrinkle in Time

The road to mediocrity is paved with good intentions. Disney's latest empowerment sci-fi adventure film...