The Saturday Edition - Apr 21, 2018
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TV, Gina Rodriguez, Jane the Virgin, spoilers

SPOILER ALERT! Jane the Virgin Ends Season 4 with an Explosive Cliffhanger

SPOILER ALERT: If you haven't watched the season 4 finale of Jane the Virgin, stop here lest ye be spoiled.
AMP Featured, Big on the Internet, allison mack, Cults, NXIVM

Smallville Actress Allison Mack Arrested on Sex Trafficking Charges

Allison Mack arrested
We wrote about the strange and awful allegations surrounding the so-called cult NXIVM, and the connections that Smallville's Allison Mack and Kristin Kreuk were alleged to have with it. Now Mack has been arrested and charged with a number of horrifying crimes.
Movies, Fahrenheit 451, HBO, Michael B. Jordan

This Behind-the-Scenes Look at HBO’s Fahrenheit 451 Hits a Little Too Close to Home

Michael B. Jordan as Montag in HBO's Farenheit 451
The classic Ray Bradbury novel, Fahrenheit 451, was already eerily familiar when it was first published in 1953, shortly after the end of WWII, when fascism was still fresh on the world's mind. Now, at a time when our world seems to be leaning in that direction once again, HBO is giving us Bradbury's novel as a film for a modern audience. Stars Michael B. Jordan, Michael Shannon, and Sofia Boutella take us behind the scenes of the adaptation.
Big on the Internet, bisexual representation, Dirty Computer, Janelle Monáe, things we saw today

Things We Saw Today: Janelle Monáe’s Dirty Computer Will Come With a 50-Minute Afrofuturistic “Emotion Picture” Attached

pynk, janelle monae, movie, video
Janelle Monáe has a companion video coming for her album Dirty Computer that's being described as an hour-long "Handmaid’s Tale meets "San Junipero," set in a desiccated Mad Max landscape." GIVE IT TO US, PLEASE.
Movies, 4/20, comedy, super troopers 2

Alas for My College Nostalgia, Super Troopers 2 Isn’t Getting Great Reviews

Super Troopers 2
You can go see Super Troopers 2 right meow, but should you?
Technology, net neutrality

GOP Already Pushing for Paid Data Prioritization as Net Neutrality Rules Are Set to Expire

When the FCC decided that it would roll back the "net neutrality" rules enacted under the Obama administration—rules aimed at preventing paid data prioritization and the blocking or throttling of data from specific sites and services—that wasn't necessarily the end of the fight. Congress could still write laws that could protect the openness of the internet, but we're not too surprised to see that the Republican-controlled legislature's ideas for doing that include undermining the entire princip
Big on the Internet, TV, anime, Dragonball, magical girl, Sailor Moon

5 Anime Characters Who Taught Me to Embrace My Femininity

sailormoon
Who are your favorite ladies from anime?Who are your favorite ladies from anime?
TV, Evan Rachel Wood, Westworld, Westworld recaps

Spoiler-Free Review: Westworld‘s Season 2 Premiere a Slow-Burn Start to a Fascinating New Story

Evan Rachel Wood as Dolores on HBO's Westworld
Westworld Season Two premieres this weekend after way too long a wait, and TMS will be getting back to its regular coverage! Thanks to HBO, we got an advance peek at the first episode of the new season. Get ready for quite a ride, people! [**This is a spoiler-free review, but I will be talking about who's in the episode and scratching the surface of basic plot points.**]
TV, Netflix, Sean Bean, the frankenstein chronicles

The Frankenstein Chronicles and the Problem of Sean Bean

sean bean in the frankenstein chronicles
I wrote this piece last month and didn't publish it, deciding that I felt so conflicted about Sean Bean's role in The Frankenstein Chronicles that I did not wish to draw more attention to the series. But today a new glowing review of the show appeared, and this made me want to shake the mothballs from this and let it see the light. We need to talk about Sean Bean's alleged history with women, even if I don't want to give him the time of day.
Movies, Avengers: Infinity War, Letitia Wright, Shuri

Letitia Wright Is the Only Part of the Avengers: Infinity War Press Tour I Care About

shuri in black panther
I don't think there's any way the film is going to give us as much Shuri as we'd like (mostly because we'd only be fully content with a movie comprised entirely of Shuri scenes), so we're milking every minute out of every interview we can.
AMP Featured, Big on the Internet, News, Columbine, gun violence, school shootings

The Dangerous Myths of Columbine

Student Protest
These men aren't victims, they aren't geniuses. They are terrorists and instead of celebrating their "intellect" we need to remember that they are murders, predators, and manipulators.
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