Rebecca Pahle, Author at The Mary Sue

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Ghostbusters’ New Villain Is Straight out of Reddit, and It’s Glorious

Paul Feig’s Ghostbusters reboot hits theatres this Friday, and if you believe the IMDB ratings—LOL sorry, sprained something laughing—it’s an unmitigated clusterflick of a film.

The Legend of Tarzan: How Do You Review a Movie That Makes Absolutely No Impression?

Against all expectations, The Legend of Tarzan, despite certain odd stylistic decisions, is engaging, practically riveting; with its coy sense of irreverence and eye-catching visuals, you won’t be able to get this one out of your head for a while. Wait, no, that’s the music video for Toy-Box’s “Tarzan and Jane.” The Legend of Tarzan is garbage.

The Legend of Korra Newbie Recap: Series Finale!

This particular series finale is called "The Last Stand," and I have to admit, I felt a frisson of fear that I'd start the episode and see this:

The Legend of Korra Newbie Recap: “Day of the Colossus”

Only two more episodes of Korra left. WILL THIS BE A MUSICAL EPISODE?

The Legend of Korra Newbie Recap: “Kuvira’s Gambit”

So now that Kuvira has conquered the Earth ~~Kingdom~~ Empire and successfully built her vine-powered nuke (never thought I'd type that phrase), is she going to sit back and get with the chilling, secure in the knowledge that she's done all the conquering she needs to? HA HA, NO.

The Legend of Korra Newbie Recap: “Operation Beifong”

AKA "The Beifongs Are Here to Wreck Your Life."

Review: The Trailers Lied to You—Charlize Theron Is Not Actually the Star of The Huntsman: Winter’s War

I know, I know. You wanted The Huntsman: Winter's War—follow-up to 2012's critically ill-received but wicked financially successful Snow White and the Huntsman—to be wall-to-wall Charlize Theron and Emily Blunt chewing scenery, with some ass-kicking Jessica Chastain thrown in. Alas. In this world, sometimes we do not get what we want. The real star of The Huntsman: Winter's War is ...

Korra and a dude and a green thing

The Legend of Korra Newbie Recap: “Beyond the Wilds”

We're back on track after last week's complete and utter waste of my time. Let's do this.

The Legend of Korra Newbie Recap: “Remembrances”

“Huh, that’s weird. Why is the ‘last time on’ guy talking about stuff that happened in previous seasons? ‘Sit back, relax, and take a trip down memory lane’? Oh, no ... it’s not … it is ...

The Legend of Korra Newbie Recap: “Reunion”

Is this it? Is the nu!Gaang finally getting back together? Hearts, hearts, hearts in my eyes.