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April 29, 2018

TV Characters I Would Fight: Part Seven

So, after I actually enjoyed (?!) a superhero movie (?!?!?) I feel like it’s only right that I retreat to my normal headspace of, you know, hatin’ all over everything for kicks. And that brings me to another instalment of TV Characters I Would Fight. Oh, while we’re on the subject of series – I’m currently taking votes on what my next blog series should be now that my UnREAL recaps are finished and we’re drawing to a close on Riverdale, so hit me up over there if you have something you want me to cover! And we’re at lucky number seven this time around – but not so lucky for the motherfuckers I’m going to joust with over the course of this article. Fists up, shanks drawn, let’s begin!

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April 26, 2018

Riverdale S2E19: Prisoners

So, at the end of last week’s episode, when the Black Hood returned, I thought it made for a great cliffhanger but wasn’t sure if they could follow through. After all, it was the Black Hood plot in the first half of this season that left me so cold – it just felt rushed, unfinished, and in retrospect that’s for a reason, but still. Riverdale had been doing well without a central mystery pulling everything together and I was sad that we seemed to be moving away from that once again. But then, this week’s episode Prisoners came swinging on by to prove me right the fuck wrong and I am all the way on board once more.

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April 25, 2018

The Golden State Killer and the Appeal of True Crime

“Fuck,” I muttered to myself when I switched on my computer this morning. “Fuck. Fuck.”

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April 24, 2018

UnREAL S3E9/10: Codependence/Commitment

I think the most frustrating thing about this season of UnREAL has been all the unrealized potential. Because, with the two-part finale behind us (entitled Codependence and Commitment, for those who liked that kind of thing), it’s hard not to look to the beginning of the season for all that the third season of Lifetime’s reality-TV based show promised.

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April 24, 2018

Movie Review: Pacific Rim: Uprising

My crush on John Boyega continues unabated

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April 22, 2018

Marvel Cinematic Universe Retrospective: Thor: Ragnarok

So, over on my other site, my writing (/life) partner has been doing a retrospective of the Marvel Cinematic Universe in the run-up to Infinity War and maybe I’ve biased but it’s great so get on that

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April 19, 2018

Riverdale S2E18: A Night to Remember

When the title card came up at the end of this episode of Riverdale, it was over the sound of my no-holds-barred whooping with delight. Because A Night to Remember is everything I hoped it would be, and so much more.

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April 18, 2018

Movie Review: Ghost Stories

I may have casually closed my eyes for the scary bits.

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April 17, 2018

UnREAL S3E8: Recurrent

So, before we get started, I’m just going to take a hot second here to tell you that my debut novel, RAPE JOKES, is officially coming out at the end of this year! You can find my post about it here, and I’m running a Q&A on it soon so if you have any questions about the book or the writing or publishing process, hit me up!

But on to less exciting news: UnREAL is back, and it’s still struggling to find it’s feet after last week’s dire episode. Recurrent is certainly a step up from the show’s last outing, but UnREAL still doesn’t quite seem to know exactly what it wants us to think right now.

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April 15, 2018

Carrie Recaps: Part Seventeen

Whoops. Well, it’s been a while since we had a Carrie recap, which is my bad, but at the same time I had some pretty fucking wild crazy exciting news that you may want to check out that will hopefully redeem me for this late recap. 

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