Another revamp of a popular franchise would be as groan-inducing as that pun if it weren’t for my belief that there is something to be gained by a fresh look if it puts the focus on one character who also happens to be one of the only reasons I found any joy in Twilight at all. That would be Alice Cullen.
Read MoreMore than 80% of service workers are seeing a decline in tips. And on top of that, 40% reported an increase in sexual harassment.
Read MoreSo, are we getting the Spider-Verse? Who knows? If we do, I expect a Miles Morales casting sooner rather than later, but until we know more, I'll take Zendaya and Jimmy Kimmel going back and forth with Kimmel trying to get her to spill the secrets.
Read MoreI think the story wanted to show with her return that Jolene, another underdog, made it after Beth left and had her own story to tell. But it rings false when, onscreen, she feels like a token.
Read MoreKelly Loeffler showed up physically to debate Rev. Raphael Warnock, but as the Washington Post so perfectly described, she "was not emotionally present."
Read MoreYou may have forgotten, or may not have even been aware of it, but KFC delights in reminding all of us that their colonel is oozing with charisma, ready to fry you up the most supple chicken breast you've ever tasted.
Read MoreWith Ammonite, starring Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan, we have another meditative, damp tale of quiet, lesbian longing that I quite enjoyed.
Read MoreI think this is a beautiful tribute because both Cheadle and Downey point out that it wasn't just T'Challa that made Boseman larger than life. He brought real-life heroes to the screen and showed us the stories of strong men like Jackie Robinson and Thurgood Marshall.
Read MoreSince their deaths, there have been several Romanov impostors because, due to the circumstances of their assassination and the chaotic organization surrounding it, communist disinformation, and a lack of DNA testing, there was a fairytale-like desire to see that one of the young Romanov kids had survived—the most famous of them being Anna Anderson.
Read MoreAs someone who’s loved Harry Potter since she was 8 (and who definitely spent endless nights during elementary school waiting for her Hogwarts letter) I was heartbroken by the massively transphobic behavior J.K. Rowling displayed throughout not only this year—but up until this very moment. But then came This Is How We Fly—a lighthearted YA novel about the escapades of Ellen Lopez-Rourke, who decides to join her local Quidditch team after getting grounded for the summer.
Read MoreArt imitates modern life.