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Movies, ALONG CAME THE DEVIL, movie review

Review: Along Came the Devil’s Talented Female Cast Can’t Save a Piecemeal Script

along came the devil
A few standout performances get lost in the missteps of this family-owned production house's first offering.
Big on the Internet, Alex Jones, Free Speech, Twitter

Twitter Announces That Yes, It’s Okay With Bigotry

By taking this stance, Twitter is essentially saying that Nazis and people who claim Sandy Hook didn't happen are more than welcome on their site. They are using their platform to elevate this disgusting rhetoric that could actually lead to real life violence, but will ban kids for putting "Elon Musk" in their display names.
TV, Gish, Misha Collins

Interview: How Superantural’s Misha Collins’ Gish Scavenger Hunt Changes Lives

Misha Collins attends the Paley Center for Media's 35th Annual PaleyFest Los Angeles "Supernatural" at Dolby Theatre on March 20, 2018 in Hollywood, California.
Misha Collins’ Gish scavenger hunt just raised over a quarter of a million to help survivors of genocide, and it’s just the beginning.
Big on the Internet, TV, fat shaming, insatiable, Netflix

Reviews Slam Insatiable as Fat-Phobic & Reductive: I Am Shocked, Shocked! Well, Not That Shocked

Insatiable_Netflix
Sometimes things can look bad and surprise you like 'Blockers', but there are also times where things are exactly what they seem. 'Insatiable' is one of those times.
Big on the Internet, Avengers: Infinity War, Captain Marvel (movie), Easter eggs

Things We Saw Today: How Did I Miss This Possible Captain Marvel Easter Egg in Infinity War???

Captain Marvel
Apparently, this Easter Egg was making the rounds on Reddit a while back, but I missed it because, well, Reddit. But better late than never for a good old fashioned Easter Egg freak-out.
News, Alex Jones, Jack Dorsey, Twitter

Twitter Gives a Very Bad and Unsatisfying Explanation for Why It Won’t Ban Alex Jones

Seeing as the company has been so vocal lately about trying to curb “troll-like behaviors" and working to "reduce people’s ability to detract from healthy public conversation," it seems like they'd be on board with banning someone who has built his career on harassing the parents of murdered children as well as teenage school shooting victims, who uses his platform to spread dangerous and hateful misinformation. But nope.
TV, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Terry Crews

Terry Crews Discusses His “Summer of Freedom” as Brooklyn Nine-Nine Ponders Getting a #MeToo Episode Right

brooklyn nine nine cast
Brooklyn Nine-Nine will try to tackle the #MeToo movement in its upcoming third season—if they can find the right way to do it.
News, elections, Voting, women in politics

Yesterday’s Primary Election Winners Are Poised to Make History This November

vote voting voters election primaries
Yesterday, voters in five states (Kansas, Washington, Missouri, Michigan, and Ohio) headed to the polls for primaries or special elections. Many of the results are exciting and in line with the recent progressive shift we've been seeing nationwide, even in historically red areas. Some of the winners from yesterday are also poised to make history should they win their November races as well.
Movies, Bucky Barnes, natasha romanoff, The MCU

The Perks of Shipping Bucky Barnes and Natasha Romanoff

Sebastian Stan as The Winter Soldier
Bucky Barnes is Steve Rogers' best friend and has been since World War II. So naturally, their friendship is often seen as something more. Fans want him to end up with Steve, and while that's a wonderful pairing, it's not really what I want to see. It also doesn't seem to be something that Marvel is at all willing to put in their movies, which is ultimately disappointing for more than just these two characters.
TV, Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Patrick Stewart, Star Trek (franchise)

Cry Along With Patrick Stewart as He Announces Jean-Luc Picard’s Return

The legendary actor Sir Patrick Stewart was visibly moved when he spoke to a crowd of adoring Star Trek fans and dropped the game-changing news that he'd be revisiting the role of Jean-Luc Picard.
Books, Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling, race

The Harry Potter Series Makes a Mess of Its Commentary on Racism

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It's moments like this where it is really clear that Harry Potter is written by someone with privilege.
AMP Featured, Movies, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Oscars, The Hollywood Reporter

Academy Awards Introduces New Category Just So They Won’t Have to Nominate Superhero Films for Best Picture

Michael B. Jordan and Chadwick Boseman in 'Black Panther'
In today's "why is this something that needs to happen" entertainment news, The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that the Academy Awards are now adding in a category of "outstanding achievement in popular film," because they really would rather increase an overly long telecast and risk frustrating viewers more rather than let Black Panther, or any Marvel film for that matter, be nominated for Best Picture. 
Movies, adaptations, books, movies

Movies That Are As Good or Better Than the Book

Joan Fontaine and Judith Anderson in Rebecca (1940)
We are too hard on film adaptations—sometimes they are better or equal to their print counterparts. Here are some we think make the mark.
AMP Featured, Movies, Disney, Disney princesses, Frozen 2

Why Don’t Official Disney Princesses Get Theatrical Sequels?

Anna and Elsa Frozen poster
Disney princesses, it seems, are often getting sequels, but they don't make it to theaters for some reason—except Anna and Elsa.
Big on the Internet, Alex Jones, First Amendment

Alex Jones’ Supporters Still Don’t Understand What “Free Speech” Means

alex jones
More and more companies are banning Alex Jones from using their platforms to spew his hateful conspiracy theories and racist and antisemitic drivel. Facebook, Apple, Spotify, and YouTube have all removed Jones' content from their sites. If you've spent any time at all on the internet, you can probably guess what that means. Yup, a lot of misinformed conservative supporters yelling about "freedom of speech."
Big on the Internet, rey, Star Wars (franchise), Star Wars: Episode IX

Things We Saw Today: You’d Think People Would Have Let Go of This Rey’s Parents Thing but Life Finds a Way

There's a new fan theory about who could be Rey's parents—two characters that we already know.
Movies, Birds of Prey, Black Mask, Margot Robbie

Black Mask Will Be the Villain in Margot Robbie’s Upcoming Birds of Prey Movie

black mask dc comics
Warner Bros. has announced that the villain of the upcoming Birds of Prey movie will be Black Mask. Black Mask (or as Princess Weekes calls him, "Red Skull's cousin") is the alias of Roman Sionis, a sadistic kingpin in Gotham's crime-ridden city with a penchant for kittens. Did I say kittens? Just kidding, I meant black masks.
Technology, Ajit Pai, The FCC

FCC’s “Cyber Attack” Excuse Turns Out to Be About as Real as It Sounds

Dade yells "Hack the Planet" in Hackers
No one has ever, ever believed an "I was hacked" excuse for things going wrong on the internet without direct confirmation that it was actually true. In terms of believability, it comes in just barely ahead of "the Ambien made me racist." The FCC's claim that a cyber attack was responsible for bringing down the agency's public comment system, while they were taking comments on their wildly unpopular plan to roll back net neutrality rules in May 2018, ranked just behind that.
TV, LGBTQ Representation, Riverdale

Let’s Cry Over All the Deleted Riverdale Cheryl/Toni Scenes

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One of the highlights of this season of Riverdale has been the relationship between Cheryl Blossom and Toni Topaz, also known as Choni.
AMP Featured, Big on the Internet, Carrie Fisher, donald trump, Hollywood Walk of Fame

West Hollywood Votes to Permanently Remove Donald Trump’s Star & Mark Hamill Knows Who Should Replace It

trump star walk of fame carrie fisher replace
The West Hollywood City Council has passed a resolution asking the city of Los Angeles to remove Trump's star permanently. They say this has nothing to do with the fact that Trump is a Republican—after all, no one is smashing up Ronald Regan or Arnold Schwarzenegger's stars–but because having a star on the Walk of Fame is a privilege, and one that Trump has proven he doesn't deserve.
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