This A Discovery of Witches review contains spoilers. Say it’s not so. We’re going to have to wait until season three to see Bishop vs Knox, the fight of the century? Usually when a character spends a series on a skills-training arc, the payoff is a big, satisfying, exploding-fireworks demonstration of those skills. Think Daniel’s crane kick
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Last December, Disney announced seven new Star Wars film and TV projects, giving us a look at what the next few years in the galaxy far, far away will look like both on Disney+ and in theaters. While the Rogue Squadron movie directed by Patty Jenkins (Wonder Woman) was the absolute mic drop of the
On Wednesday, Congress passed the latest COVID relief package, the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) of 2021. President Biden is expected to sign the bill into law within the next few days. In addition to the much discussed $1,400 stimulus checks, the $1.9 trillion legislation includes a variety of funds to support states, vaccine distribution,
This article contains WANDAVISION spoilers. WandaVision withdrawal is widespread as we reach the first Friday without a new episode of the acclaimed Disney+ series to ravenously consume and pick apart. True to any broadly celebrated television event, the series complemented an action-packed climax with an array of unanswered questions, especially regarding where it left Elizabeth
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Last March, confronted with a pandemic none of us had expected or understood, many people found themselves rewatching Stephen Soderberg’s Contagion. Whether out of morbid fascination or as a guideline to what we might see in the future it quickly topped charts on streaming services. A year on and another pandemic movie has made it
Celebrating excellence, originality, and accessibility in writing by women in English from across the world, the Women’s Prize for Fiction has announced its 2021 longlist. The longlist encompasses a wide range of genres, themes, and settings—from London to Hong Kong, Barbados to Brooklyn, among others—and features both established authors like Yaa Gyasi and Ali Smith and newcomers
Zack Snyder’s Justice League will unveil what was once the Bigfoot of the film industry: the titular director’s true rendition of the 2017 DC megamovie from which personal tragedy initially incited his exit. Indeed, rarely does a legendary unrealized project manage to manifest in such a definitive manner. Yet, while the film’s imminent HBO Max
Now nearly two weeks into Dr. Seuss Discourse, “both sides” of the issue have built significant paper trails about where they stand on the decision by Dr. Seuss Enterprises — the company responsible for ensuring his legacy — librarians find themselves in a tricky spot when it comes to the question of what to do
Who watches the watchers? AC-12, that’s who. Jed Mercurio’s fictional anti-corruption police unit has thrilled BBC audiences for five series by bringing bent coppers to justice. Since 2012, they’ve gone up against top brass, organised crime, cunning colleagues and even one of their own (four or five of their own, if anyone’s counting. Only Vicky
I find myself often caught between reading piles. There’s the Kindle stash. There’s the Libby queue, which is in constant churn and always seems to have another book ready for me just a few days before I’m ready for it. The Audible queue and its not-so-helpful reminders that I have another credit available. And, no,
Fresh off this past weekend’s release of Boss Level, and with his next film Copshop already in post-production, writer/director Joe Carnahan now hopes to turn his attention to his next project: a long-developing remake of the 2011 Indonesian action/crime thriller, The Raid (known in the U.S. as The Raid: Redemption). Or maybe not. Asked about
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Every TV series comes along with its own set of TV influences. But few shows in recent memory have shouted out their televised inspirations more loudly than Marvel’s WandaVision on Disney+. Of course, that was all by design as Mind Stone-altered magic user Wanda Maximoff found herself in a world of her own making. Since the
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The final six episodes of The Walking Dead season 10 have so far taken the shape of “day in the life” stories about fan-favorite characters. “Home Sweet Home” followed Maggie as she deals with the consequences of leaving Hilltop so many years ago as well as what it means to be back in Alexandria. And
Can’t get over that WandaVision finale? Me neither. But the good news about a series based on comics is that the end of the season doesn’t mean the end of the story. You can still catch up with Scarlet Witch, Vision, and all the other characters we’ve gotten to know in Westview. Whether you want
Directed by Amy Poehler, glorious coming of age comedy Moxie hit Netflix last week and was a joyful celebration of giving a damn. The movie sees 16-year-old Vivian (Hadley Robinson) inspired by her mum’s (Poehler) former feminist escapades and the misogyny she sees at her school to produce her own Zine (called Moxie) to unite
Science is all around us. From the fireworks in the night sky, to the electricity we use, medicines we take, and school activities, science is in all of our lives in one way or another. While some aspect of the field are definitely complex, it’s never too early to start learning about the world around