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Abby Monteil is a freelance entertainment journalist based in Brooklyn. Her work has appeared in Insider, Film School Rejects, Thrillist, and elsewhere.
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Kate Hudson’s Netflix Show Is ‘Succession’ Meets ‘Ted Lasso’
UP AND DOWNA cast teeming with some Hollywood’s most likable actors makes this new sitcom, inspired by the Los Angeles Lakers, go down easy.

MAGA Martyr Zachary Levi’s New Christian Film Is a Mess
LORD, GIVE US STRENGTH“The Unbreakable Boy,” Hollywood’s latest slice of Christian uplift, collapses into a cutesy, scattershot mess—and it’s hard to shake the politics of the actor at the center of it.

‘Mufasa’ Is a Failure That Doesn’t Even Have Good Songs
NOTHING THE LIGHT TOUCHESNot even Barry Jenkins, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and Beyoncé‘s daughter can save this unnecessary origin-story prequel.

Controversial ‘Alien: Romulus’ Cameo Is Disturbingly Lazy
TOO FARGenerative AI is among the tools used to resurrect one of the franchise’s late, beloved actors for a major role in the new film—and some fans are not happy about it.

Hollywood’s Empty Weaponized White Feminism
RINGS HOLLOWThe Golden Globes have recognized these critically acclaimed films centering vengeful white women, but their gender commentary rings surprisingly hollow.

A Gothic Lesbian Romance for the Ages
TILL DEATH DO US PARTHorror maestro Mike Flanagan’s Netflix anthology series features a true genre rarity: a tender love story between two women, played by Victoria Pedretti and Amelia Eve.
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