The Thursday Edition - Mar 21, 2019
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Movies, John Wick, John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, Keanu Reeves

Final Trailer for John Wick: Chapter 3 Promises the Wickiest Film Yet

John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum stars Keanu Reeves as the world's best dog dad.
There are action films. There are hitman films. And then there's the John Wick saga: a nonstop extravaganza of bullets, bad guys, and the deadliest man alive who just wants to live in peace with his damn dog.
Movies, Avengers: Endgame

New Avengers: Endgame Teaser Finally Acknowledges the Obvious

Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes in Captain America: The First Avenger
The new teaser for Avengers: Endgame brings back some of those we lost, and now that we've listened closely, one thing is very clear.
Movies, contributors, movie review, SXSW

SXSW Review: Teen Spirit Doesn’t Know What It Wants to Be

Elle Fanning singing into a microphone in Teen Spirit movie.
Teen Spirit, Max Minghella’s debut feature at SXSW, isn’t unlike anything you’ve seen before, narratively or aesthetically. Themes of youth and fame come up, wrapped in visuals akin to Nicholas Windin Refn’s The Neon Demon, and while Elle Fanning pours her heart into every performance, neither that, the film’s stylish visuals, nor boisterous pop songs could save it from ultimately being hollow.
TV, Schitt's Creek

How Can Schitt’s Creek Be Ending When We’ve Only Just Found Each Other!?

schitts creek crying
Just when we all jumped on the Schitt's Creek bandwagon, we have to say goodbye so quickly to the show that meant so much to us.
TV, Justice League Unlimited, Shazam, Superman

Why the Superman vs. Shazam Fight in Justice League Unlimited Is Such a Great Story

clash justice league episode
With my excitement about Shazam, I've been revisiting some of my favorite DC animated series episodes, and Justice League Unlimited has some of my favorite adaptations of classic comic book stories, but one of my favorites is the episode "Clash," which adapts the fight between Superman and Captain Marvel/Shazam.
Movies, Rogue One

How the Heck Did Rogue One Originally End With a Wedding?

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story poster released by Lucasfilm.
Really, ending on a wedding instead of six funerals wouldn't have made any sense, and this is from someone who actively reads "everyone lives" fanfiction. 
News, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Fox News, Latinx, Laura Ingraham

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Tells Fox News What “the Latina Thing” Really Means

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez smiles through the BS.
Earlier this week, Fox News' Laura Ingraham and conservative lawyer and conspiracy theorist Joe diGenova mocked Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for the way in which she pronounces her own name.
News, 2020 Presidential election, democrats, John Hickenlooper

John Hickenlooper Enters the 2020 Primaries With Some Ice Cold Takes

Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper (D-CO) is running for president.
When he first joined the race, many of us were like, "who is John Hickenlooper?" Now, I'm feeling more like, "why is John Hickenlooper?"
Movies, Avengers: Endgame

Why Must Marvel Torture Us With This Avengers: Endgame Synopsis?

chris evans captain america avengers infinity war
The official synopsis for Avengers: Endgame from Marvel came out and it is pretty much exactly what you'd think out of Marvel.
TV, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

Addressing Midge’s Motherhood in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Isn’t Inherently Sexist

Midge's family in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.
Mrs. Maisel is a fun, compelling, goofy ball of a show, and I'm glad it exists. Just because it's not perfect doesn't make that untrue. 
Big on the Internet, Castle Rock, Elsie Fisher, Lizzy Caplan

Castle Rock Season Two Will Be Headlined by Awesome Women & We Couldn’t Be More Excited

Lizzy Caplan and Elsie Fisher
Lizzy Caplan and Elsie Fisher will lead the Misery-based season.
Movies, Christopher Nolan, Elizabeth Debicki, John David Washington, Robert Pattinson

I’m Already Obsessed With Christopher Nolan’s Newest Cast

Elizabeth Debicki and John David Washington have been cast in Christopher Nolan's mysterious new movie
Don't expect much by way of spoilers until the film's release day.
Big on the Internet, Danger Girl, Jeff Wadlow, things we saw today

Things We Saw Today: Danger Girl Is Getting a Feature Film Adaptation

J. Scott Campbell and Andy Hartnell's Danger Girl is becoming a movie.
The whole thing has a very 90s feel to it, especially the lack of women behind the scenes.
News, Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda

Cable Giant Charter Is Using Hamilton as a Defense for Exclusionary Discrimination

LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 15: Actor Leslie Odom, Jr. performs on stage during "Hamilton" GRAMMY performance for The 58th GRAMMY Awards at Richard Rodgers Theater on February 15, 2016 in Los Angeles City. (Photo by Theo Wargo/WireImage)
Using 'Hamilton' and what it has meant for Black and Brown audiences as a justification for a flimsy First Amendment argument is frustrating because once again it is an attempt to take something made by a marginalized group in response to their marginalization and using it against other people of color. 
Movies, Captain Marvel (movie), Shazam, Zachary Levi

Zachary Levi Is Not Here for Toxic Fans Pitting Shazam! Against Captain Marvel

zachary levi is shazam.
If you're are a lady whose expressed opinions about Captain Marvel on the internet, chances are you've been trolled by some neckbeard angry about girls ruining his comic book movies.
Movies, Avengers: Endgame, marvel studio, parody

Here Is an Exciting Page From the Avengers: Endgame Script I Totally Did Not Write

Avengers: Endgame poster art
Can you believe, despite all of Marvel Studios' secrecy, that I managed to find a scene from the much-anticipated Avengers: Endgame script while scrounging through Mark Ruffalo's trash in the West Village?
Big on the Internet, frivolous lawsuit, Parodies, Republicans, Twitter

Congratulations to Devin Nunes on His Massive Self-Own!

Devin Nunes looks sad, as always.
Until yesterday, I didn't even know there were Devin Nunes parody Twitter accounts, and I don't know how Nunes could possibly have thought that throwing a fit about a Twitter account pretending to be his cow might have gotten people to pay less attention to it. So, really, I can only assume that his actual goal was to bring attention to the mocking cow, in which case, congratulations to him because he has succeeded to an extraordinary degree.
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