I 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 MoreFor the past four seasons, Big Mouth's Missy Foreman-Greenwald (voiced by Jenny Slate) has been a nerdy, awkward teenage girl who was the moral compass of the show. However, despite being one of the handful of visibly non-white kids on the show, she has never been a character for whom race has been a big issue. Until now.
Read MoreTough break for Kraken Karen aka Melissa Carone, and the rest of Trump's traitorous legal team.
Read MoreTrump threw another super-spreader rally last night to support incumbent senators Loeffler and Perdue, but spent much of the event whining about the presidential election and spewing lies about winning.
Read More‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’ hits Paramount+ on January 15.