Tina Kakadelis
Movie and pop culture writer. Seen a lot of movies, got a lot of opinions. Let's get Amy Adams her Oscar.
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Gilmore Girls’ “I Will Always Love You” Scene Somehow Works
The final season of the original run of Gilmore Girls is often called the worst of the series. It’s the only season without Amy Sherman-Palladino or Daniel Palladino acting as showrunner or writer. There are plenty of other people online who have talked about what went wrong during this season, but, as they say, even […] More
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Black Mirror: “Loch Henry” Recap and Review
The following recap and review contains spoilers for Black Mirror, “Loch Henry” (written by Charlie Brooker and directed by Sam Miller) “Loch Henry” is the second episode of the sixth season of Black Mirror. Davis (Samuel Blenkin), a filmmaker, and his girlfriend, Pia (Myha’la Herrold), also a filmmaker, have come to his childhood home on […] More
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in TV NewsNominees for the 2023 Dorian TV Awards
GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics announced their nominations for their annual Dorian TV Awards! We are quickly approaching the award season for television. Are these nominees a harbinger of what’s to come? If that’s the case, The Last of Us is leading the charge with 8 nominations. Following close behind are Somebody Somewhere […] More
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Teenage Dream: Teenage Bounty Hunters’ Sterling + April
Teenage Bounty Hunters is an endearingly oddball show that manages to balance the utmost sincerity with pure chaos. It pulls off that highwire act so deftly that the amount of skill required is probably lost on most people. Perhaps the most obvious example of this balance is the character of Sterling Wesley (Maddie Phillips). She’s […] More
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Teenage Dream: Teenage Bounty Hunters’ Sterling + April
Teenage Bounty Hunters is an endearingly oddball show that manages to balance the utmost sincerity with pure chaos. It pulls off that highwire act so deftly that the amount of skill required is probably lost on most people. Perhaps the most obvious example of this balance is the character of Sterling Wesley (Maddie Phillips). She’s […] More
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The Time Traveler’s Wife Finale Cannot Make a Case for Existence
The following contains spoilers from the The Time Traveler’s Wife series finale (adapted by Steven Moffat and directed by David Nutter) There’s not much to say about the finale The Time Traveler’s Wife. It’s a long episode that splits its time between the present-day wedding planning for Clare (Rose Leslie) and Henry (Theo James) and […] More
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First Kill Season 1 Is a Bloodthirsty, Saccharine, Shakespearean Romp
The following contains spoilers for First Kill Season 1 One of the immediate criticisms about First Kill is its “cheesiness.” It’s a critique that feels warranted after viewing the CGI effects in some of the later episodes. It doesn’t take a keen eye to realize that First Kill didn’t get the thirty-million-dollars-an-episode budget that the […] More
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Gilmore Girls’ Paris Geller: An Unintentional Queer Icon
Surrounded by shows like One Tree Hill, Dawson’s Creek, and even her fellow characters in Gilmore Girls, where female characters rarely existed outside a relationship, Paris Geller (Liza Weil) was unique. She was a main character who wasn’t interested in dating. The few instances in the early seasons when she did date, it didn’t amount […] More
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The Time Traveler’s Wife Episode 5 Introduces Henry to the Family
The following contains spoilers from Episode 5 of The Time Traveler’s Wife (adapted by Steven Moffat and directed by David Nutter) The Time Traveler’s Wife Episode 5 begins with Gomez (Desmin Borges) and Henry (Theo James) in the aftermath of last episode’s disastrous dinner party. They butted heads from the get-go, but Future Henry said that […] More
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First Kill S1E1: “First Kiss” — A Queer, Vampiric Romeo + Juliet
The following contains spoilers from the premiere of First Kill, S1E1, “First Kiss” (teleplay by Victoria Schwab, directed by Jet Wilkinson) The premiere episode of First Kill, “First Kiss,” plays a lot more like a teen romantic comedy than the promo artwork would lead audiences to believe. Instead of the gothic imagery of the show’s […] More
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The Staircase Finale Is the End of the Road for Michael Peterson
The following contains spoilers for The Staircase (2022) finale, “America’s Sweetheart or: Time Over Time” (written by Antonio Campos and Aja Gabel, and directed by Antonio Campos). “America’s Sweetheart or: Time Over Time” is an over-bloated final episode that details the events of Michael Peterson’s (Colin Firth) Alford plea. Michael had wanted to avoid submitting an […] More
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The Time Traveler’s Wife Episode 4 Goes Too Far
The following contains spoilers from Episode 4 of The Time Traveler’s Wife (adapted by Steven Moffat and directed by David Nutter) The Time Traveler’s Wife Episode 4 begins with Henry (Theo James) posing the idea that no one has agency when they are falling in love. Hence why people use the word “falling.” The show doesn’t […] More