Deconstructing the 'Dance Moms' Pyramid, by Riley Courtney
Abby Lee Miller went to prison, beat cancer, terrorized young children and started fist fights between adult women. She is best known for...
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wmsr60
- Feb 24
- 4 min
Puss in Boots Laughs in the Face of Death, by Ethan K. Poole
This article will contain spoilers for Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, although it is not the type of movie to be ruined by them. You and...
wmsr60
- Feb 11
- 4 min
A Feminist’s Thoughts on 'American Psycho,' by Ava Materni
When we think of feminist films, I can almost guarantee that American Psycho would not be the first to come to mind, if it does at all....
wmsr60
- Feb 10
- 4 min
'Avatar: The Last Airbender' Movie Announcement Brings Hope and Fear, by Heather Rolfert
Imagine yourself as a kid again. You’re running to the TV, jumping over toys, shoving past siblings or even sliding over the side of the...
wmsr60
- Jan 28
- 4 min
‘Glass Onion’ Isn’t Just Another ‘Knives Out’ (And That's a Good Thing), by Ethan K. Poole
For this review I’m going to do my best to not spoil anything major in Glass Onion, the new Rian Johnson whodunnit set in the Knives Out...
wmsr60
- Nov 21, 2022
- 3 min
‘Criminal Minds’: A High-Stakes Reboot, by Rachel Foley
CBS’ Criminal Minds has always meant a lot to me. When I first started watching the show way back in 2010, it drew me in immediately with...
wmsr60
- Nov 13, 2022
- 7 min
Revisiting one of my favorites this fall: 'Gilmore Girls', by Allison Krivda
As the changing leaves approached in Oxford this fall, I found myself feeling nostalgic. Why, I’m not exactly sure, but certainly being a...
wmsr60
- Nov 6, 2022
- 4 min
How ‘House of the Dragon’ Revived a Dead Franchise, by Ethan K. Poole
Game of Thrones had one of the most disastrous finales in television history. As it earned only a pitiful 55% on Rotten Tomatoes, it's...
wmsr60
- Nov 6, 2022
- 5 min
City of Wicked Demons: The Transformation of Female Main Characters, by Heather Rolfert
Content Warning: This article describes violence and familial abuse. When we close our book, we leave behind fantastical worlds. We...
wmsr60
- Oct 30, 2022
- 4 min
Part 2: ‘We Are All Fruit:’ Queer Friendship in ‘A League of Their Own’ Reboot, by Eleanor Prytherch
While the reboot of A League of Their Own features probably one of the best lesbian romance story lines of the last few years, I’m still...
wmsr60
- Oct 24, 2022
- 4 min
What ‘DAHMER’ Did Well, by Rachel Foley
With Halloween rapidly approaching, streaming services release more horror-related content, and there are more true crime documentaries...
wmsr60
- Oct 17, 2022
- 5 min
The True Horror is Thought: A Dissection of New Age Horror, by Nya Hodge
DISCLAIMER: This article contains spoilers for the movie NOPE (2022). But if you haven’t watched it yet, you’re on my watch list, which...
wmsr60
- Sep 25, 2022
- 5 min
‘We Are All Fruit:’ Queer Friendship in the ‘A League of Their Own’ Reboot, by Eleanor Prytherch
When the TV remake of the 1992 A League of Their Own original film was released on Aug. 12, it took a few weeks to gain traction in the...
wmsr60
- Sep 4, 2022
- 3 min
Infinity Train: A Cult Classic No One Can Stream, by Ethan K. Poole
Recently, American animator Owen Dennis’ Twitter bio read: “Creator of #InfinityTrain, a show that got pulled from @HBOMax and can now...
Evan Laslo
- Apr 21, 2022
- 4 min
And They Were Co-captains: Gay Pirates and Queer Fandoms, by Eleanor Prytherch
On March 24, 2022, the final two episodes of the first season of Our Flag Means Death aired on HBO Max. Only a few weeks later, there are...
Evan Laslo
- Apr 4, 2022
- 4 min
What You Didn’t Like About The Batman, By Rachel Foley
Like a lot of people, I went to see The Batman over spring break, not for my love of the DC franchise, but for Robert Pattinson, of...
Evan Laslo
- Feb 26, 2022
- 3 min
Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Let Leatherface Die, by Bryce Forren
Four years before residential slasher Michael Myers crept onto the murder scene in John Carpenter’s Halloween (1978), Tobe Hooper’s The...
Evan Laslo
- Feb 21, 2022
- 3 min
And Just Like That... Sex & the City Redeems Itself, by Cecelia Johanni
This article contains spoilers. Cue the designer dresses, hustle and bustle of New York traffic and too many high heels to count: Sex &...
Evan Laslo
- Dec 3, 2021
- 5 min
I Really Hated Justice League: Last Ride, by Josie Cicogna
The Justice League: Last Ride (2021) mini-series by Chip Zdarsky, Miguel Mendonca, and Enrica Angiolini portrays an alternate reality in...
Evan Laslo
- Nov 29, 2021
- 3 min
The Price of Gucci, by Grace Zurawski
For a while, I thought being rich and famous was the ultimate goal. As a kid, I fantasized of being an actress, a designer, a singer....
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