| News, gun violence, school shootings By Vivian Kane on Wed,3:22 Rather than try to keep guns out of schools, schools are now being designed around guns. Read More > Movies, Birds of Prey (film), Harley Quinn, Margot Robbie By Princess Weekes on Wed,3:03 We got our first real teaser trailer for the upcoming Birds of Prey movie (also titled: Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) with Harley Quinn, played once more by Margot Robbie, saying that she is "fu*king over clowns" as she pops a red balloon with her bat. Read More > Movies, #MeToo Movement, Scarlett Johansson, Woody Allen By Kate Gardner on Wed,2:52 Just when the last mess was quieting down, Scarlett Johansson has dug herself into a new hole, this time centering on Woody Allen. Read More > Movies, Bill Hader By Rachel Leishman on Wed,2:45 Bill Hader is wonderful, talented, and you should all be watching Barry on HBO because it is definitely Hader's best work. Read More > Movies, movies, Twitter memes By Rachel Leishman on Wed,1:42 So, who are you? Read More > Gaming, Magic: The Gathering, Throne of Eldraine, Wizards of the Coast By Princess Weekes on Wed,1:00 In three minutes and fifty seconds, the trailer for the upcoming Throne of Eldraine expansion for Magic: the Gathering, gives you a better love story than Titanic, as a gingerbread couple attempts to escape death as the Planeswalker Garruk does battle with some palace guards, putting their lives at risk.—all while a cover of Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio's "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" plays in the background. Read More > TV, contributors, LGBTQ Representation, Star Trek (franchise) By Lauren Coates on Wed,12:51 Although Deep Space Nine features an abundance of interesting species—Bajoran, Cardassian, Ferengi, just to name a few—there’s one species in particular that has left an unexpectedly meaningful impression on members of the LGBTQ+ community. Though it may not have been intentional, many fans of Deep Space Nine have come to view the Trill as coded representation for the transgender community. Read More > TV, Rae Sloane, Star Wars (franchise), The Mandalorian By Kate Gardner on Wed,12:41 If The Mandalorian is truly exploring the First Order, then they need to include Rae Sloane from the Star Wars books in the series. Read More > TV, Grace and Frankie, Netflix By Princess Weekes on Wed,12:27 Netflix announced today that Grace and Frankie has been renewed for a seventh and final season. We have to start mourning one of the best feel-good shows on Netflix. Read More > AMP Featured, TV, Ironheart, Robert Downey Jr., Tony Stark By Rachel Leishman on Wed,11:53 I want confirmation that we're getting an Ironheart show so I can go scream for a while. Read More > AMP Featured, TV, Apple TV, gun violence, Richard Gere By Vivian Kane on Wed,10:56 Apple TV+ has a few dozen shows in the works, some which sound really interesting. Others, though–well, others definitely do not. Others include a show starring Richard Gere about Vietnam vets who hate millennials so much they go on a shooting spree. Read More > Movies, Peter Capaldi, The Suicide Squad, things we saw today By Princess Weekes on Tue,5:47 According to reports, Malcolm Tucker himself, Peter Capaldi, has joined the cast of James Gunn's take on the Suicide Squad franchise. The role is "unspecified" but my only question is, will we be able to see him cursing over and over again? Read More > AMP Featured, News, men, periods, Republicans, WTF By Vivian Kane on Tue,5:32 Apparently, 40% of Republican men think that every menstruating person on the planet gets or might get their period on the exact same day, on the first of the month according to the modern Gregorian calendar. Can you imagine??? Read More > Big on the Internet, Hercules, Public Works By Rachel Leishman on Tue,5:24 A classic for a reason, fans love Disney's Hercules, and now the Public Theater is helping to bring it to life in the world of theater. Put on by the theater's initiative to get New Yorkers involved in creating theater, known as Public Works, the production is every bit as magical as the Disney movie, teaching us all what it means to be an actual hero. Read More > Big on the Internet, contributors, DC Universe, Marvel Cinematic Universe By Kimberly Terasaki on Tue,5:02 It seems that more and more frequently, villains in blockbuster action films are being made into “eco-terrorists” as shorthand for them being "well-intentioned extremists," in an attempt to give them "understandable" motives. However, filmmakers very rarely develop the villains or discusses actual environmentalist principles and philosophies, such as overpopulation (too many people for limited resources) vs. overconsumption (too much consumption of limited resources). Read More > |
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