Category: features

Five Reasons Why Colin Bridgerton is the MVP of ‘Bridgerton’

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MVP of Bridgerton, Colin Bridgerton, Number 3, is chaotic, mischievous, and underestimated by most people around him, including his own family. He gets by with his charm and sense of humor; he can read any room and know how to navigate (most) situations. His perceptibility gives him profound moments of wisdom that tend to throw others off, particularly his older brothers. The Bridgerton family wouldn’t be where they are without him. He is the underrated MVP of Bridgerton, and here are some reasons why. *SPOILERS FOR THE BRIDGERTON BOOK SERIES* #1 Colin Bridgerton Introduces Kate & Anthony Nothing like having

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‘Set it Up’ and the Beauty Behind “And Yet…”

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Good news, Netflix’s Set it Up still holds up. You know how sometimes you obsessively watch a movie for a period of time and then abandon it for a while only to revisit and realize that it’s just not that good anymore? That’s not the case with Set it Up. It’s just as glorious as I remember, and maybe even more because this time around, I have a lot more feelings about the “and yet…” of it all. (On top of the pizza scene, which basically owns me.) While the idea is explored through almost every character’s point of view,

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Fact: “The Love Triangle” is the Worst Romance Trope

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I seldom speak so boldly on behalf of others, but it is with complete confidence that I can say that most of us are in agreement that “the love triangle” is the absolute worst romance trope to exist. I have  an incredibly difficult time believing that someone out there actually gawks at “love triangles” the way I do with “enemies to lovers.” And if I’ve just insulted you by saying this, please, for the love of all things write a counter article to this explaining why on earth you love this trope. Jean-Ralphio voice: it’s the wooooooooorst. Period. I could

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Loki 1×06 “For All Time, Always” Highlights

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“For All Time, Always” not wrapping everything up in a neat little bow to indicate that the series is coming back for a second season is without question, the highlight of all this. It’s all that matters to me personally. It’s all I care about. Loki isn’t a limited series, it’s a series. Let that sink in for a moment. It’s the detail that we’ll get so much more Mobius, more Hunter B-15, more variants (maybe), and more impeccable performances by Tom Hiddleston as Loki that make us want to cry our eyes out every single time. And that continues

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‘Addams Family Values’ Should Be Your Summer Vibe Inspiration

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We’re now at the midway point of summer, and whether you’re the type of person who desperately wants to hold onto every warm day we have left or the type of person who has already moved into countdown mode for the fall, 1993’s Addams Family Values makes for a great watch this time of year. You may well be surprised if you haven’t seen it, assuming that it definitely skews more Halloween, and it mostly does. The Addams Family inherently exists in a state of perpetual autumn, but the storyline of this delightfully macabre film actually plays out during the

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Loki 1×05 “Journey Into Mystery” Highlights

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For starters, I’d like to take a moment to complain about the fact that “Journey Into Mystery” is the penultimate episode and that means next week is the finale, which I just boldly reject. I want to watch and unpack Loki every week. I don’t want it to ever end. I have also decided that I just no longer understand the concept of time travel and neither does the Marvel Cinematic Universe—I say this with love. What I do understand however, is that quiet moments of character development will always be at the forefront of an excellent episode, and this

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‘Trying’ on Apple TV Continues to Uphold its Comforting Disposition

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Trying on Apple TV was clearly always meant to carry on a comforting disposition, and it not only does so all throughout, but in the final episode of season two, it goes above and beyond. I’ll be honest in admitting that I wasn’t immediately sold on Apple TV’s Trying when I first started watching. A part of me doubted that both Nikki (Esther Smith) and Jason (Rafe Spall) were on the same page, and the reluctant part of me that’s been burned too much by TV doubted that their love would even last. But it’s times like this where I

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Loki 1×04 “The Nexus Event” Highlights

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Where does one even begin with an episode like “The Nexus Event?” Did anyone else stare at their wall for a good five minutes after the mid-credits scene?Because I did, and I would like to feel less alone about this. Loki is proving to be a series about self-love and self-discovery, and it’s doing so without being overtly obnoxious. It’s a series where words are blatantly spoken at times, but it never feels like it’s trying to sell the audience on something as much as it’s trying to evolve an incredibly complex character. And Loki Laufeyson has never been more

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Loki 1×03 “Lamentis” Highlights

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“Lamentis” is one heck of an episode even in its quiet exhibition, which is what’s so stunning about this chaotic treasure of a series. In an unsurprising turn of events, Loki keeps getting better and better. We’re halfway through the series and already bummed that there will be an end in sight. Season two needs to happen. This cannot just be a mini-series, it’s too good for that. (I say this with utmost love.) Loki is chaos personified, and it’s exactly why he’s so beloved. “Lementis” might not have gotten us far in the realm of the TVA’s agenda, but

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Quietly Keeping it Together Elinor Dashwood Style

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Cruella is a true vibe of a movie, and I found Emma Thompson delightful to watch in it, but that’s unsurprising, as I find her delightful to watch in pretty much everything she does. A few days after going to see it, Sense and Sensibility was on television as I was flipping through channels, and that’s always a movie I keep on whenever I come across it. It’s a favorite of mine not only because it’s another great Emma Thompson performance, but because Elinor Dashwood holds a special place for me as one of the Jane Austen heroines whose personality

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Loki 1×02 “The Variant” Highlights

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Spoilers for Loki episode two ahead please do not read further if you haven’t seen the new episode. “The Variant” proves that we have no idea what’s going on or who to trust, but that’s always been expected with Loki as a series, and it’s what makes this all such a confusing joy ride. The reality is, at the moment, we can’t even trust Loki, not really, at least not yet because he not only tells us not to, but he makes it clear that there’s still so much mischief to ensue. But still, we can at least trust him

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‘In the Heights’ and the Celebration of Homecoming: A Roundtable

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In the Heights isn’t a perfect film, but it’s a beautiful one nevertheless, and it’s the celebration of homecoming, which can easily translate off-screen to anyone who’s ever felt out of place. As most well produced musicals, it’s an absolute thrill in a myriad of ways, and for the Latinx community, it’s telling stories that feel personal. In the Heights is also a film that’s bringing to light necessary discourse about Afro-Latinx and Black erasure from prominent stories where they should have been front and center. The conversations are happening all over social spheres and (hopefully) inspiring people to see

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Lucifer’s Dan Espinoza and Finding Possibilities for Self-Improvement Even in the Unlikeliest of Circumstances

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*Spoilers for Lucifer Season 5B ahead* One of the things I’ve always liked best about Lucifer is how openly it’s shown the benefits of therapy and the necessity of tackling our trauma. Every character on the show deserves an ode to the hard work they’ve done during their self-improvement journey over the course of the series, but it’s Dan Espinoza who has always been the most fascinating to me in that regard, in large part because it could have so easily gone in a different direction. Lucifer and Chloe are our main characters, it’s a given that they’re going to

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Lucifer’s Fifth and Penultimate Season Is its Strongest Spectacle Yet

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Spoilers Ahead For a series to be on air for five seasons and get better through time is a true rarity in television, especially in procedurals. And no, Lucifer wasn’t always perfect—the first season takes some time to gain momentum, but once it does, it’s smooth sailing until the end of two. While there are a number of incredible episodes in season three, the majority of it struggles to find its footing. But even when situations got frustrating on this series, and we aren’t getting the things we wanted, this is a show that continuously set up stories that’d work

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Ships, Shippers, FanFiction and the Colossal Power of Romance Shouldn’t Be Shamed

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It’s 2021 and I’m tired of defending romance, ships, and shippers at this point. But don’t fret, so long as there are incompetent nincompoops that insist on raining on our parade, I’ll be here to shut those voices down. Today’s issue? We’re back to meaningless hot takes from men (and a writer at that) claiming that “shippers” don’t deserve respect. What? In a world where we have terrible racist, misogynistic, homophobic, xenophobic, ableist, people living amongst us, it’s shippers who don’t deserve respect? Excuse me, I ask this again, but what? Imagine thinking that’s a hot take worthy of being

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The Falcon and The Winter Soldier 1×06 “One World, One People” Highlights

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“One World, One People” concludes The Falcon and The Winter Soldier 1×06, except this clearly isn’t a series finale because nothing is wrapped in the kind of bow we’d prefer so, I suppose we shall now have to wait to hear what’s happening because what!? (Marvel has confirmed there will be a Captain America 4 film starring Anthony Mackie, so that could be it.) That said, I’m not going to get into the fact that everything apart from Sam Wilson’s arc felt rushed and incoherent, executed in such a way that I just don’t even want to bother trying to

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