Television
‘The Bear’ and the End of Prestige TV
FX’s acclaimed series captures what prestige TV looks like after its grand ambitions collapsed.
‘Stranger Things’ 5: Bigger Is Not Always Better
Season 5 of Stranger Things wraps up its saga with impressive visuals and familiar faces, but loses the simplicity and tension that defined its early years. The result is a finale that feels more dutiful than revelatory.
Why Women Yearn for Male Yearning
Sadie Daniel traces the cultural obsession with men who pine, ache, and stare longingly across rooms—or hockey rinks. Why do women yearn for yearning men?
'Jet Lag: The Game' Makes the World its Playground
Jet Lag showcases a new model of entertainment where travel, strategy, and personality collide in real time. Building intense audience attachment through recurring hosts, symbolic prizes, and high emotional stakes, the project signals a shift toward media where community drives success.
Who Did Marvel Even Make ‘Wonder Man’ For?
Marvel’s Wonder Man on Disney+ is a surprisingly low–key MCU entry, swapping the multiverse chaos for sharp, character–driven Hollywood satire. With minimal marketing and almost no larger franchise stakes, it ends up being one of Marvel’s best recent shows: small, funny, and refreshingly unconcerned with saving the world.
Do All Asian Americans Have Daddy Issues?
Hollywood keeps running the same tired script about Asian American life: strict parents, culture clash, identity crisis, rinse, repeat. This pattern reduces such characters to struggle and excludes stories about adulthood, romance, work, or ordinary life. If we want real range, Asian American characters have to be allowed to exist outside the family–conflict starter pack.
The Return of the Movie Star, Times Two
Actors are doubling themselves to prove they’re still real in an industry built on copies.
‘Nobody Wants This’ is the Rom–Com We All Need
Can disagreements and arguments actually serve to strengthen connections?
Who Won Film and TV in 2025?
How theaters and streaming pulled in different directions
The Slow Burn of ‘Stranger Things’: Why Hawkins Took Its Time
Netflix’s biggest show grew up too slowly for its own good.
Please Don’t Ruin the Ryder Cup
Is sportsmanship dead? Have spectators killed it?
‘Peacemaker’ Season 2 Proves Even James Gunn Can’t Rage Against the Franchise Machine
The DCU’s best story is becoming another casualty of world–building, and Gunn’s double life as filmmaker and studio head may be to blame.
‘The Paper’ is a Spin–Off that Strives for Originality
What does the network sitcom look like in 2025?
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The Boys, Gen V, and the power of immersive marketing
Karma Finally Caught Up to Jax Taylor
The reality star has been fired from 'The Valley'—Bravo fans rejoice, hold hands, and sing songs in celebration.
‘My Life with the Walter Boys’: Different Season, Same Story
This show’s reliance of cliffhangers ultimately disappoints.
In ‘Overcompensating,’ the Show Never Ends
Benito Skinner’s latest project pokes fun at people who are always performing, and the punchline is that it’s all of us.
The Summer I Let a Teen Love Triangle Ruin My Wednesdays
Jenny Han’s beachy saga has always been about longing; yet, in its final season, it asks something braver: What comes after it?
This Week on ‘Love Island USA’
Season seven of the sun–soaked reality soap gave us messy men, villa politics, and enough drama to power a Bravo spinoff. Here’s a recap to help you remember who got dumped, who made it, and why we kept watching.
