TV Show Review
The newest Steven Universe episodes will leave you starstruck
July 28, 2018Written by: Winona Young This article contains spoilers. Everyone loves a good wedding. That, and a pair of matriarchal alien overlords crashing one. Meaning, Steven Universe is back with five-episode “Steven Bomb” (a noun that the show’s creators use to describe the scheduled release of a few episodes all at once). This week’s episodes are full of love and long overdue character and story development. With Pink Diamond out of the proverbial Rose Quartz bag, we begin this arc with a fight between everyone’s favourite couple, Garnet. There’s a break-up, a Western mini-movie, a proposal, and a redemption arc…
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GLOW uses the best and worst parts of professional wrestling for a show unlike any other
July 22, 2018Written by: Gene Cole Professional wrestling shows up in a lot of media. Sometimes it’s presented as a small comical reference or as a hobby of sporty characters, but most people only see its surface-level elements. Netflix’s GLOW is one…
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Show versus Show: RuPaul’s Drag Race and Drag Race Thailand
July 10, 2018Written by: Winona Young Warning: this review contains spoilers for both shows! RuPaul’s Drag Race (Season 10, 2018) RuPaul’s Drag Race (RPDR) turns 10 and is back with finely orchestrated drama, bigger wigs, and even bigger personalities. RuPaul herself makes…
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Need diverse, non-stereotypical characters who grow and solve crime together? Look no further
June 24, 2018By: Stefanie Baltasar One of the reasons I love the cop comedy Brooklyn Nine-Nine (B99) is that it has a truly diverse cast of characters. They don’t throw in stereotypical characters for the sake of diversity like many other shows…
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Sense8’s finale is pure fanservice (and you’ll love every minute of it)
June 22, 2018By: Winona Young Rarely do cancelled shows ever see justice. They either go gently into the night or are mourned by fans, whose cries fall onto the deaf ears of networks. But Sense8 is the rare exception. The show returned…
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Lemony Snicket’s famous work is reinvented through TV
May 20, 2018By: Jennifer Russell The Netflix original A Series of Unfortunate Events artistically captures the bleak yet hilarious world that was first created by Daniel Handler (AKA Lemony Snicket) in his novels. Even though the story focuses on the lives of…
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American Crime uses packed visuals to describe nuanced storylines
March 29, 2018By: Zach Siddiqui American Crime is a show that focuses on deconstructing and analyzing various social issues through esoteric lenses. The first season starts with the murder of a war veteran in California, and it uses the ongoing investigation and…
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