| TV, Hawkeye, Kate Bishop, The MCU By Kate Gardner on Wed,1:44 When I was first getting into the Avengers mythos via the excellent Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes TV series, Hawkeye was my favorite character. He was funny and courageous and just a guy with a bow on a team of super-people. Going from that to... whatever Jeremy Renner was doing in Avengers, Avengers: Age of Ultron, and Captain America: Civil War was disappointing to say the least. Read More > News, nolite te bastardes carborundorum, women in politics By Vivian Kane on Wed,1:02 Yesterday, Steve Mnuchin went to Capitol Hill to give the Treasury Secretary's annual testimony on the state of the international financial system. The House Committee on Financial Services is chaired by Maxine Waters, famous for not holding back her disdain for foolishness or crimes, both of which were on full display in this hearing. Read More > Movies, The Devil All The Time By Rachel Leishman on Wed,12:51 Look, put Tom Holland, Jason Clarke, Sebastian Stan, and Riley Keough in one movie, and I'll be there. Read More > Big on the Internet, The Dark Knight Rises, Trump, Warner Bros. By Chelsea Steiner on Wed,12:29 "The use of Warner Bros.’ score from The Dark Knight Rises in the campaign video was unauthorized," a spokesperson said. "We are working through the appropriate legal channels to have it removed.” Read More > Movies, Honest Trailers, Mortal Engines, Peter Jackson By Kaila Hale-Stern on Wed,11:58 As someone who covers movies, I knew there was something wrong with Mortal Engines before it hit box offices. There's a certain sense of doom you can smell in the air. The buzz was either nonexistent or just plain not great. The advertising was lackluster, as though the studio couldn't bring itself to care. And every time we posted a trailer here, our readers who enjoyed Philip Reeve's novels voiced their doubt. Now Honest Trailer is here to lay out all of the badness. Read More > Movies, Aline Brosh McKenna, The Devil Wears Prada By Kate Gardner on Wed,11:32 One of the most hotly debated parts of comedy classic The Devil Wears Prada is not whether Miranda Priestly is the devil (she is, but she has her reasons) or whether or not Emily Blunt deserved some awards love for her turn as Emily Charlton (she did). No, instead it's whether or not Andy's boyfriend Nate and best friends were the worst, or if they were in the right for calling Andy out on her changed behavior. Read More > Movies, The Lion King By Rachel Leishman on Wed,11:15 All the land the light touches is ours, and I've been screaming about my skinny-legged villain for the last hour. Read More > AMP Featured, Space, black holes By Dan Van Winkle on Wed,10:03 Today is a big day in the world of science, with the Event Horizon Telescope project unveiling the first-ever image of a black hole recorded by telescopes—many of them, all over the world, in a project of massive, literally planetary scale. Read More > Big on the Internet, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, things we saw today, what we left behind By Kaila Hale-Stern on Tue,6:02 DS9 fans, it's time to set our calendar reminders on May. 'What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine' is finally approaching, but we could only have one chance to catch it on the big screen. Read More > Uncategorized, Moulin Rouge! By Rachel Leishman on Tue,5:57 Baz Luhrmann, who wrote and directed Moulin Rouge!, may not have input into the Broadway production, but he wrote a letter expressing his love for the show. Read More > News, #MeToo Movement, Me Too, workplace harassment By Chelsea Steiner on Tue,5:44 he architects of bill are (no surprise) the women of congress: Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and Rep. Katherine Clark (D-Mass.) introduced the bill alongside Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.). Read More > News, white nationalism By Dan Van Winkle on Tue,5:28 Today, the United States House Committee on the Judiciary held a hearing on hate crimes and the rise of white nationalism, and it was even more of a mess than you might have guessed just based on the subject matter—or not, if you're all caught up on how this conversation has been going outside of Congress lately. Read More > TV, contributors, DC Universe, to, Young Justice: Outsiders By Katie Peter on Tue,5:24 Young Justice: Outsiders is just too good of a show for this lack of representation. Read More > TV, Amy Poehler, leslie knope, Parks and Recreation By Kate Gardner on Tue,5:17 It's refreshing to have a female character who is both identifiable and annoying, fierce and frustrating Read More > Big on the Internet, Stranger Things, Winona Ryder, women in film By Chelsea Steiner on Tue,4:41 When Stranger Things premiered on Netflix in the summer of 2016, it drew raves from audiences craving the nostalgia of their youth. Read More > Big on the Internet, anti-choice, Propaganda, Ted Cruz By Vivian Kane on Tue,4:29 The anti-abortion cinematic atrocity Unplanned had a big weekend. In addition to having its opening weekend in theaters, it got a boost from Mike Pence, tweeted out some conspiracy theory propaganda, and sparked a quasi-conspiracy theory of its own. Read More > Movies, Avengers: Endgame, Captain Marvel, Carol Danvers By Rachel Leishman on Tue,4:00 For one, I think it's cool when a female superhero is being a badass while rocking a cat-eye. Read More > Books, Geek Girls Don't Cry By Kate Gardner on Tue,3:42 The intersection of fandom and mental health can be tricky. Read More > Movies, Ant-Man, Thanos By Rachel Leishman on Tue,2:44 Look, here's the thing: I'm furious. Do I want to be marching around singing, "I'm gonna get real small and get inside your butthole"? Absolutely not. Read More > Movies, Drew Barrymore, Never Been Kissed, romcoms By Chelsea Steiner on Tue,2:37 The movie was massively popular for my generation, quickly becoming an eminently quotable slumber party staple. Read More > |
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