Category: tv coverage

Bridgerton 1×01 “Diamond of the First Water” Review

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Bridgerton’s “Diamond of the First Water” is the best kind of opening to give us insight into the world of Julia Quinn’s novels.

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‘Bridgerton’ is Paving the Road for Lush Romance Adaptations and We’re Here For It

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“How is it possible that there hasn’t been a single betrothal yet? I wish to be entertained.” We get it, Queen Charlotte, we do and we’re right there with you except we’re asking how it’s possible that it took this long for romance novels to get the rightful attention that they deserve. Repeat after us: change is good—change is necessary. There might never come a time where the romance genre

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‘Miss Scarlet and the Duke’ is Your Next Mystery Period Drama Series

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If you know me, you know I enjoy watching all sorts of TV and film, which means I also take pleasure in watching a well-produced period drama. Sadly, in the era of competing streaming services and television, they’re scarce, and if we are lucky to get one, we often have a long wait for a new season (not that I’m complaining–waiting for a new season of Peaky Blinders is always

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FX’s The Americans and All the Reasons Why Everyone Should Watch It ft. Katie Kawa

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Episode 32: FX’s The Americans and All the Reasons Why Everyone Should Watch It ft. Katie Kawa On this week’s episode of Marvelous Geeks, Gissane Sophia sits down with the inimitable Katie Kawa, head writer and founder of Nerdy Girl Notes to discuss Emmy award winning TV drama, The Americans! We discuss the series’ strengths and lovingly call out anyone who’s into TV/film who still hasn’t watched the show. There

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Profound Gratitude for The Good Place’s “Whenever You’re Ready” and Why it’s One of the Most Unforgettable Series Finales to Exist

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I’m still not ready to talk about this episode or The Good Place in its entirety as a series. I might never be ready, but that’s the point isn’t it—to take the leaps even when we aren’t fully there? The Good Place is an incredibly special show. It’s remarkably unique and its series finale singlehandedly takes the crown in nuanced comedy. My immediate thoughts with tears streaming down my face

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Sidney and Charlotte Dance: A Closer Look into the Details

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Special instructions before reading this article: Be sure to be playing Ruth Barrett’s “Sidney and Charlotte Dance” while you read as it’s what I’m doing while writing. When I wrote the review for the sixth episode, I had said that it was taking everything in me not  to dedicate an entire article to the dance alone and here I am, unable to resist the temptation to write further. This is

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10 Reasons Why You Should Watch Sanditon

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You’ve seen it everywhere at this point. TV Line has even compiled a list of cancelled TV shows fans want brought back and it was #1. So what is this Sanditon show social media has been fighting for and buzzing about since October? It’s Emmy award winner Andrew Davies’ (BBC Pride and Prejudice, Northanger Abbey) adaptation of Jane Austen’s unfinished novel of the same title that brings gorgeous complexity to

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Sanditon 1×07 Review

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Spoilers Ahead Welcome to Sanditon weekly, darlings — this one is going to be a bumpy ride so buckle up and maybe bring back the spiked tea. There’s a great deal to unpack with this episode, for it deals with perhaps some of the most human struggles to date. What does it mean to see ourselves through another’s perspective? Are we defined by the decisions we’ve made in the past

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