In Katy Keene chapter four, our heroine nurses her broken heart by throwing her all into work. There’s also: adopted sibling incest, porn shoots, and rats in paper bags.
Netflix’s I Am Not Okay With This Rewrites a Depressing Ending To One Of Female Empowerment
Spoiler warning for I Am Not Okay With This Season 1. Netflix’s I Am Not Okay With This is a refreshingly brisk and ultimately optimistic adaptation that upends the awful, depressing ending found in Charles Forsman’s graphic novel of the same name. Content warning: discussions of self-harm and suicide.
Last Week’s Episode: Bob’s Your CEO, Indiana Jones Director Shakeup
Apparently the Media sector didn’t want their little brother Comics to get all of mom’s attention, so there are quite a few industry shakeups to discuss. There is plenty of fan love and speculation to go around this week in nerd news! We don’t play favorites here. (Well, only sometimes.)
Cyber Wars and Cyber Wars: Doctor Who’s “Ascension of the Cybermen”
Last season’s finale, “The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos”, was one of the worst episodes of post-2005 Doctor Who. Not because it was offensively bad, but because it was completely forgettable. This season, Chris Chibnall instead tried to create big, memorable moments in every story. In “Ascension of the Cybermen”, Chibnall and director Jamie Magnus…
Katy Keene Shows Us What Becomes of the Broken Hearted
In this week’s Katy Keene, “What Becomes of the Broken Hearted,” good intentions backfire big time on almost everyone, and Bernadette Peters shows up to be fabulous.
A Knives Out Sequel Shouldn’t Prioritize Benoit Blanc
Knives Out was easily my favorite movie I saw in 2019. I’m a sucker for a good mystery, lavish set design, and biting social commentary, particularly when it plays with form as much as Knives Out does. I saw it twice, the first time hooked by the premise and carried along on exhilaration, the second…
The ABC Murders Are Batman
Powered by the will of a promise he’s made to those he’s lost, a man reinvents himself as a detective, and a famous one at that. Upon a chance acquaintance with this detective, a man for whom too many excuses have been made pushes himself a step further, becoming a deranged killer with an overwhelming…
Last Week’s Episode: Gay Eternals, BDSM Batman, and a Prince and the Dressmaker Musical! OH MY!
Another long week has passed and in the wake of the high-drama of the Oscars, nothing has slowed down with a slew of interesting movie and TV news headed our way, a lot of which is comic book-centric! So strap in for this week’s edition of Last Week’s Episode.
Doctor Who, Villa Diodati, and the Haunting of Gallifrey One
I usually watch new Doctor Who stories in the quiet comfort of my bedroom on Sunday afternoons, but I will happily watch Doctor Who with a crowd whenever given the chance. “The Haunting of Villa Diodati,” written by Maxine Alderton and directed by Emma Sullivan, was the most recent occasion and one of the most…
Katy Keene’s “You Can’t Hurry Love” Proves Love Is Worth Waiting For — Or At Least Thinking About
The second episode of CW’s Katy Keene, “Chapter Two: You Can’t Hurry Love,” is still frothy, though some of its plot points do grate more than its pretty pilot did.
Last Week’s Episode: #BongHive of Prey
Awards season has wrapped and we can finally move onto other news, but not before a synthesis of what went on this week.
Doctor Who Tackles Depression in “Can You Hear Me?”
With only four episodes left this season, this week’s Doctor Who tried to give more depth to each of the companions. The Doctor and her companions face off against evil celestial beings, but the real horror comes from their own nightmares and mental health struggles. Charlene James and Chris Chibnall deliver a story that’s equally…