TV, HBO, McDonalds, Monopoly By Jessica Mason on Tue,1:48 We can't get enough of McMillion$, the HBO docuseries about how the McDonalds Monopoly game was rigged for perhaps its entire run. News, Hasan Minhaj, Kenan Thompson, politics, White House Correspondents' Dinner By Vivian Kane on Tue,1:27 How few representatives from the White House can attend before they admit there's no White House association worth celebrating? Movies, Beyoncé, The Lion King By Rachel Leishman on Tue,12:52 So if Jon Favreau wants to go back and have Donald Glover sing "Endless Night" and give me my Beyoncé take on "Shadowland", I'd rewatch The Lion King again. Otherwise, KEEP IT. Movies, Birds of Prey (film), Harley Quinn, Rob Liefeld, Suicide Squad By Princess Weekes on Tue,12:21 Comic book writer and artist Rob Liefeld is a controversial figure for his art style and writing but is still responsible for co-creating Cable and Deadpool, two of the most iconic modern X-Men characters, as well as his work on X-Force and The New Mutants, which is why him throwing his opinion into sexy costume discourse concerning Harley Quinn is worth looking at. News, Boy Scouts, sexual abuse By Jessica Mason on Tue,12:14 It's unclear what sort of financial problems this is actually based on, if any, considering that many of the non-profit's leadership earn annual salaries close to a half a million. Big on the Internet, How It Should Have Ended, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, things we saw today By Kaila Hale-Stern on Mon,6:00 The folks over at How It Should Have Ended really went above and beyond the call of duty with their take on 'Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.' News, 2020 Presidential election, Michael Bloomberg By Vivian Kane on Mon,4:50 If you were going to spend $200 million on some sort of vanity project, what would you choose to do with that money? Movies, Catwoman, The Batman (Movie), Zoë Kravitz By Chelsea Steiner on Mon,4:30 An actor taking on Catwoman is stepping into a role that many women have already left their mark on. TV By Casper Sutton-Fosman on Mon,3:30 I love a good monster, and Netflix's The Witcher has lots of them. Something I also generally love is a blurred line between monster and human; it’s a narrative device than can lend itself to really interesting explorations of morality, identity, and what it means to be a person. Unfortunately, throughout the comparatively short life of fantasy as a genre, it’s mostly been a less than productive trope, often exposing the biases of the writers more than anything. Movies, dogs, Harrison Ford, movie review, The Call of the Wild By Jessica Mason on Mon,3:00 The Call of the Wild is an earnest, beautifully made adventure that will leave you wanting to hug your pets and maybe also call your parents (or your kids). |