The Tuesday Edition - Aug 27, 2019
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As the granddaughter of a famed navigator, seventeen-year-old Reyna has always lived life on her own terms, despite those who say a girl could never be an explorer for the royal house of St. John del Mar. Ancient grievances, long-held grudges, and dangerous magic combine in this sweeping fantasy perfect for fans of Tamora Pierce and Rachel Hartman.

Makiia Lucier's Song of the Abyss is out today!
Movies, the king, Timothée Chalamet

Bowlcut Nation, Rise! The Trailer for The King Is Here

Timothée Chalamet in the King
If you're not hip with the lingo, let's learn about "Bowlcut Nation."
Movies, Jeff Goldblum, Spider-Man

Jeff Goldblum Has Some Very Jeff Goldblum Concern About Spider-Man

Loki and the Grandmaster in Thor Ragnarok
You can't just spring Spider-Man questions on Jeff Goldblum! It overwhelms him and breaks him. He's too worried about Peter Parker! 
Movies, movie review, Ready Or Not, Samara Weaving

Review: Ready or Not Is a Sharp, Fun Horror Film

Grace (Samara Weaving) poses before everything goes wrong in Ready or Not.
In-laws can be hellish to deal with. And Ready or Not should serve as a reminder that audiences still like original stories and that the independent film shouldn't die as monopolies take over.
TV, Ewan McGregor, Obi-Wan Kenobi

All I Want Is for Obi-Wan to Just Be Chilling in His Hut, Whittling

Ewan McGregor as Obi-Wan Kenobi
Imagine, if you will, an entire show of Ewan McGregor just whittling in a hut. That's it. That's the Obi-Wan Kenobi show of my dreams.
TV, Emily Dickinson, Hailee Steinfeld

Um, so the Trailer for Dickinson Literally Made Me Gayer, Thank You Hailee Steinfeld

Hailee Steinfeld as Emily Dickinson, Ella Hunt as Sue Gilbert
Dickinson an upcoming American comedy web television series starring Academy Award nominee Hailee Steinfeld as the American poet Emily Dickinson, the original sad girl creative.
TV, contributors, GLOW

GLOW’s Third Season Featured One of This Summer’s Best TV Episodes

GLOW season 3.
Despite a certain lack of direction, GLOW season 3 proved not to have missed a beat in grasping the complexity of womanhood. After the on-point MeToo storyline of season two, this new chapter of the female-focused series, created by Liz Flahive and Carly Mensch, delivered one of this summer’s best TV episodes—and it’s well outside of the wrestling ring.
AMP Featured, News, bedbugs, Bret Stephens, stop whining

NYT’s Bret Stephens, King of the “Millennials Are Too Sensitive” Hot Take, Could Not Handle Being Called a Metaphorical Bedbug

Bret Stephens whining on MSNBC.
Bret Stephens has built a career on writing op-eds of the "f*ck your feelings" variety. Then his feelings got hurt.
Comics, Faith Erin Hicks, First Second Books, rainbow rowell

Review: Rainbow Rowell & Faith Erin Hicks’ Pumpkinheads Is a Delightful Beginning to the Fall Feels Season

Rainbow Rowell (Author), Faith Erin Hicks (Illustrator), Sarah Stern (Contributor)
Two friends, Deja and Josiah, have one night to make all their seasonal desires come true at their local pumpkin patch job before leaving each other forever for the next frontier: college. Pumpkinheads is the perfect fall read to say goodbye to summer.
Movies, Andy Muschietti, It, It Chapter Two

Please Give Me That Possible Supercut of IT, Andy Muschietti

Pennywise (Bll Skarsgård) tries to catch a new victim in a still from IT: Chapter One.
"I am thinking of a supercut. Which is basically the two movies told one after the other, adding everything that was lifted from them for length purposes."
Movies, Black Widow

Everything We Know About the Black Widow Movie

scarlett johansson as black widow in marvel's the avengers
em> is coming—about five years late, but she's coming.
Comics, comics, contributors

7 Tips for Success in Comics From HEK Studios’ Marie Enger

HEK Studios logo.
I had just come off a few weeks of intensive therapy and a few weeks of Invader Zim binging. And that’s why I draw like I do. Invader Zim (for better or worse) was my art teacher growing up. 
Big on the Internet

Things We Saw Today: Gene Kelly’s Widow, Patricia Ward Kelly, Has Some Words for the TV Host Who Shamed Prince George for Dancing

Gene Kelly dancing in Singing in the Rain.
Last week, Good Morning America's Laura Spencer chose to mock six-year-old Prince George's interest in ballet. “Prince William said Prince George absolutely loves ballet," Spencer said Thursday. "I have news for you Prince William, we’ll see how long that lasts.”
TV, American Horror Story: 1984, Billie Lourd, horror movies

The Eighties Slasher Aesthetic of AHS: 1984 Is Absolutely Perfect

Billie Lourd gets ready to steal the show again in AHS: 1984.
Summer camp is a blast! You swim in the lake, sit around campfires, and, if you're in the 1980's, wind up getting chased down by a serial killer.
News, antifa, protests, women's soccer

Anti-Fascist Protests Were Front and Center in Portland’s Soccer Scene This Weekend

Anti-fascist protest signs hang in the stadium during a women's soccer game.
At this weekend's National Women's Soccer League match between the Portland Thorns and the Chicago Red Stars, there were a number of banners hanging in the stadium, displaying messages like "Silence = Complicity" and "Human rights are not political."
Movies, LGBTQ Representation, The Eternals, The MCU

The Eternals Is Confirmed to Feature a Gay Protagonist, So Hopefully Marvel Will Step Up

the cast of the eternals and kevin feige at comic con
While Valkyrie will be the first bisexual character to grace Marvel's Cinematic Universe, we'll also be getting LGBTQ+ representation in upcoming film Marvel's Eternals.
Movies & TV

Everything Coming to Netflix and Hulu in September 2019

Lord of the Rings Return of the King, Elijah Wood as Frodo
It seems impossible that we're headed into September. Wasn't it just the 4th of July? What the hell happened to August? I don't have answers to these questions, but I do come bearing news of what's headed to Netflix and Hulu for the start of jacket season in September.
AMP Featured, Movies, Robert Downey Jr., Tom Holland

Apparently Tom Holland and Robert Downey Jr. Box Each Other?

Tony Stark and Peter Parker
I would like to see footage of this boxing match and watch as RDJ breaks wood with his own knuckles because that seems like very important information for me to have.
TV, vision, Wanda Maximoff, WandaVision

WandaVision Is Going to Break Me

WandaVision poster
What is this show even going to be?
TV, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Gargoyles, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power

Do Morally Complex Characters Need Redemption?

Catra in She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
Redemption means the action of saving or being saved from sin, error, or evil. For many evil characters, especially ones with heartbreaking origins, there is a desire to see them be "saved" by some means whether it be through love, friendship, or therapy. The problem is that not every action can be forgiven and sometimes in trying to redeem a character, we conveniently revise history to tone down the actual things they have done.
AMP Featured, Big on the Internet, Justin Trudeau, Melania Trump, Twitter memes

For Once in My Very Short Life, I’ve Said “Same” About Melania Trump

Melania Trump being relatable for once
Please send your best memes so I can forget that Donald Trump is the president and just pretend like the world is filled with memes and superhero movies. Thank you very much.
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