courtesy of Laurène Viala It is a truth universally acknowledged that when an angel falls they also rise. But what then, if an angel falls, impersonates you, kidnaps your girlfriend and tries to start an unholy war in a penultimate season of your life? They get rewarded, apparently. In case you missed it: "Lucifer" unsanctimonious…
Courtesy: Netflix [Editor’s note: mild spoilers] Partially foraged in history, Netflix’s “Yasuke” takes what it can from the limited details of the real samurai’s origin story. Luckily, series creator LeSean Thomas (“The Boondocks”, “The Legend of Korra”) and the stacked co-writing team ; Nick Jones Jr., Alex Larsen and musician Flying Lotus make the most…
Spring is sprouting and the De Vil is just around the corner. Disney Publishing Just in time for the upcoming film “Cruella,” Disney Books is releasing two brand-new books geared towards parents and their own litter of kiddos (hopefully not 101 of them!) “101 Dalmatians: Spot the Difference” is described by the publishing company as…
Photo by Teslariu Mihai on Unsplash As a woman, I have to deal with a fair amount of sexism, lesser pay at any given corporate job and paying extra for my personal hygiene products. As a Black person, I often have to suppress microaggressions like being followed at the supermarket until I get to the…
TOKYOPOP LOVE X LOVE Atsuko Yusen's "Deko-Boko Sugar Days," gives a refreshing (not quite revolutionary) take on typical Yaoi narratives. The story starts out with the usual misunderstanding. In his youth, our main character Yuujirou Matsukaze, mistakenly misgenders a helpless "feminine" boy that is stuck in a nearby gutter on the way home. Feeling the…
Photo Courtesy: Netflix // Image Header: Twitter credit It's Valentine's Day 2021 and in the pandemic year for the single ladies (and the lucky couples) we are all stuck inside the house, but more importantly dangerously horny. It's been a long journey for those on #TeamDeckerstar as we've watched Lucifer and Chloe dance around the…
Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Tyler Davis. If you were to drain the weird juice from Netflix’s original series “Maniac,” “Black Mirror”, extract the pulp from Michel Gondry’s “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” add a dash of The Beatles’ “Strawberry Fields Forever” and a scoop of hallucinogenic plot-laced bananas, you might come…
This is the most interesting and controversial Sherlock episode thus far. It has done three things to its own fandom and to itself as a television show in the course of what was a singularly fast paced episode. In the course of ninety minutes the show ended with mixed reviews from critics and fans a…
Uh-oh. Sherlock needs our help. Ok, maybe not our help, but he is inviting us along for the ride (and honestly who could say 'no' to Sherlock Holmes?) Have you ever wondered what is going on in those funny little brains of the world's only high functioning psychopathic consultant detective? Well, now you can find…
Fall is undoubtedly the best time of year, well at least to me. I mean, who doesn’t love the end of summer? Seriously, if you’re one of those weirdos who like the heat and getting sand in your crotch at the beach, you can stop reading. I’ll wait. Like I said, fall is the best season.…
