The Thursday Edition - Oct 18, 2018
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The screenwriter of Night of the Living Dead is back with
a modern zombie tale for you to sink your teeth into.
Pick up a copy of Epidemic of the Living Dead
and more great Halloween reads right here!
TV, Big Mouth, mental health, Netflix

Big Mouth Powerfully Examines Female Sexuality & Depression in Season Two

Maya Rudolph, Jessi Klein, and Jenny Slate in Big Mouth (2017)
Netflix's Big Mouth has remained one of the streaming service's best examinations of the complex world of puberty.
Movies, are you there, god? it's me margaret, Judy Blume, young adult fiction

Judy Blume’s Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret Will Finally Get a Movie Adaptation

Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret book will become a movie
Judy Blume long resisted granting the screen rights to her wildly influential book 'Are You There God?, It's Me, Margaret.' But that's about to change. Thank God.
TV, Charmed, Charmed Reboot, The CW

The Charmed Reboot Isn’t Loyal to the Original—and That’s Just Fine

charmed reboot the cw Sarah Jeffery as Maggie and Melonie Diaz as Mel
The idea that the original Charmed was already feminist enough and thus didn’t need the 2018/#TimesUp make over? I don’t think that’s accurate.
News, New York Times, nolite te bastardes carborundorum

This Fawning New York Times Profile of Violent Proud Boy Bigot Gavin McInnes Is Next-Level Complicity BS

gavin mcinnes, alt-right, proud boys, new york times, nyt, bigot, hate speech, profile, normaiize
If you saw one of the world's leading media outlets describe someone as a "hipster" and a "provocateur," who would you think they were describing? Banksy? Shia LaBeouf? The description sounds innocuous, if mildly insufferable. It sure doesn't sound like a way you'd describe the leader of an actual gang, let alone a hate group. But that's how the New York Times described Gavin McInnes, co-founder of the alt-right, misogynistic, racist group the Proud Boys.
Big on the Internet, Alien, cats, things we saw today

Things We Saw Today: Jonesy the Cat From Alien Gets His Own Book

Jonesy watches the mayhem in Alien
Wednesdays tend to be terrible days for everyone, so to get you through the week, we're going to focus on cats.
Comics, Captain Marvel, Carol Danvers, Marvel Comics

Captain Marvel’s Origin Story Gets Retconned in New Life of Captain Marvel Series

life of captain marvel
Carol Danvers is getting a brand new origin story, just a few months before the feature film hits theaters.
Big on the Internet, Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Chris Pine, Cole Sprouse, Eva Green, Gillian Anderson, Idris Elba, Jessica Chastain, Jon Hamm, Robin Wright, Ryan Reynolds, Sebastian Stan, Steve Carell, Tessa Thompson, Tom Hiddleston

The World is a Mess, So Here Are Attractive Celebrities Wearing Glasses

Chris Hemsworth in Bad Times at the El Royale
The world is on fire, so here are some beautiful men and women rocking spectacles to the rescue.
TV, mike flanagan, Netflix, The Haunting of Hill House

The Haunting of Hill House is a Delicate, Intimate Portrait of Trauma

the haunting netflix
Hill House in the end becomes a giant monument to the existence of trauma.
Movies, #MeToo Movement, Anthony Rapp, Kevin Spacey

Anthony Rapp Discusses the Aftermath of His Allegations Against Kevin Spacey

anthony rapp
It's been nearly a year since Anthony Rapp came forward with the article, “Kevin Spacey Made A Sexual Advance Toward Me When I Was 14,” which made him the first male celebrity to join the #MeToo movement.
Big on the Internet, Rachel Bloom, rape culture, Refinery29

Rachel Bloom and the Devil Talk About Rape Culture

Rachel Bloom brings the Devil's advocate to life in a series of sketches commenting on rape culture, STD testing, and vaginal health.
Big on the Internet, Movies, Blumhouse Productions, female directors, horror movies

Jason Blum’s Excuse For Not Hiring Female Directors is Pretty Terrible

Jamie Lee Curtis_Halloween
“We’re always trying to that. We’re not trying to do it because of recent events. We’ve always been trying."
TV, Daredevil, Matt Murdock, mcu, Netflix

Karen Page Is Going to Go Through a Major Reinvention in Daredevil Season 3

Deborah Ann Woll in Daredevil (2015)
Season three of Daredevil promises to reveal Karen Page's dark backstory.
Big on the Internet, Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Super, Dragonball Z, NYCC 2018, Sean Schemmel

Dragon Ball Super Dub Cast on Their Characters & the Universal Impact of the Series

Goku
During New York Comic Con, I was very lucky to get the chance to speak to some of the cast members of the Dragon Ball Super dub: Sean Schemmel (Goku), Jason Douglas (Beerus), Ian Sinclair (Whis) and Monica Rial (Bulma) about their iconic characters.
Movies, Catherine Hardwicke, Gina Rodriguez, Miss Bala

Gina Rodriguez Flexes Her Action Movie Chops in the Miss Bala Trailer

miss bala trailer
Now, with Jane the Virgin ending after five seasons, Rodriguez is gearing up for her first starring role in a major studio film. Miss Bala is a remake of the critically acclaimed 2011 Mexican drama about a beauty pageant queen who gets kidnapped by a drug cartel, where she finds herself pitted between the cartel and American DEA agents.
Big on the Internet, Diana Gabaldon, Justin Cronin, Mike Mignola, nycc2018

The Authors of Outlander, The Passage and Hellboy on the Truth About Adaptations

Here are three takeaways from the point of view of creators who have watched their signature works adapted by other teams.
TV, incels, Law and Order: SVU, misogyny

Law & Order: SVU Finally Devoted an Episode to Incels

svu incels chad stacy
In examining the evils of incel culture, SVU gets halfway there.
Movies, Destroyer, Nicole Kidman, Sebastian Stan

The Destroyer Trailer Is Here and It’s Nicole Kidman’s Time

nicole kidman destroyer trailer
Nicole Kidman has proved herself time and time again, and Destroyer is no different—a movie that many are saying will win Nicole Kidman her second Academy Award. Erin Bell (Kidman) just wanted a life free from the wars she found herself in. A police officer, she winds up in the middle of a bank robbery gone bad, and her life choices have continual strain on her own wellbeing, as well as her relationships.
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