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…
Birds of Prey is a Sparkly Sledgehammer to the Senses
2019 was the year of the evil clown, with terrifying new interpretations of the Joker, Pennywise, and Mr. Mime leering from our cinema screens. 2020, meanwhile, looks set to be the year of the super-heroine, as Black Widow and Wonder Woman gear up for their latest celluloid runarounds. What better character to carry the transition…
The CW’s Katy Keene is Sweet as Sugar — and Twice as Nice
Katy Keene is a sweet soufflé of a show that goes a little soft when it tries to interrogate class distinctions from its cotton candy perspective.
Women Embrace Their Power In Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Pt. 3
Spoilers ahead for Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Part 3. Chilling Adventures of Sabrina is back, and with it comes a mind-bending finale where the women fully embrace their power and break away from the male-dominated system that oppressed them.
How Birds of Prey Could Right Suicide Squad’s Wrongs
The 2016 Suicide Squad film was, to put it kindly, disappointing. Sure, it won an Academy Award for its hair and makeup styling, and clutched a Grammy nomination for Twenty One Pilots’ song “Heathens,” but it left a lot to be desired. In theory, the Suicide Squad’s mission is a noble one: gather the most…
Last Week’s Episode: No Disguise For That Wandavision
The Oscars are this weekend and I’m glad to soon be free of the burden of reading takes on any of the best picture nominees. #Bonghive baby.
Doctor Who is Good, Actually, in “Praxeus”
This week’s Doctor Who, “Praxeus,” was the polar opposite of last week’s “Fugitive of the Judoon.” Pete McTighe and Chris Chibnall don’t seek to change all of history or all of Doctor Who. Instead, they deliver a damn good standalone story packed with mystery, action, romance, and an actual resolution.
Last Week’s Episode: Birds and Cats and Pokemon, Oh my!
Or the extended headline: In Which We Have High Hopes for Birds of Prey, I Discuss the Cult Status of Cats, and See Grammy Nominees Drawn as Pokemon Trainers It’s the season. The season for new shows (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina or Shrill anybody?), film festivals, and award shows. Here’s the scoop on what media…
Doctor Who Promises Greatness in “Fugitive of the Judoon”
Some UK and international viewers were frustrated recently when American broadcasts of Doctor Who came with a trailer for the second half of Series 12 that wasn’t shown on air in the UK. This week’s episode was an internationally broadcast full-length coming soon trailer, less of a story and more a handful of reveals and…
Last Week’s Episode: And the Winner is… Parasite
After another unfeasibly long week where everything happened constantly and apparently infinitely, WWAC is here to filter the wheat from the chaff, the news from the nonsense, and luckily for me on my very first go-around curating this column: celebrating the achievements of Bong Joon-Ho’s astonishingly wonderful class war masterpiece, Parasite.
Doctor Who Goes Nostalgic in “Nikola Tesla’s Night of Terror”
Director Nida Manzoor and writer Nina Metivier created “Nikola Tesla’s Night of Terror,” only the third Doctor Who story both written and directed by women (with the other two being “Enlightenment” and “The Witchfinders”). That is an achievement that cannot be understated, and is proof of Chibnall’s desire to move the program forward. Sadly, the representation…
Last Week’s Episode: Congratulations to These Men
This week has felt like a thousand years, but it’s my first iteration of this column so that’s exciting! Let’s get into it.
