The latest installment of Marvel’s superhero Avengers movies released this past weekend, and with it, the latest round of the ‘is this movie a feminist movie?’ debate started up. It’s a...
Despite sliding ratings, the CW’s Reign has become guilty pleasure viewing across the US, where the fantasy programme only loosely based on the life of Mary, Queen of Scots is riveting in its...
Shonda Rhimes has been breaking hearts on US television for over a decade, and the talented showrunner, writer, producer, and director doesn’t show signs of stopping any time soon. Last week marked...
Orphan Black’s third season is about to premiere, taking viewers directly into the tangled web of medical and human ethics that is a world in which human cloning is possible and two organizations...
I hadn’t heard of the phrase “mommy porn” until I started reading reviews for the 50 Shades of Grey movie. Then it seemed like it was everywhere, from respectable news sites to Urban...
Apparently unsatisfied with cripping up for an Oscar in The Theory of Everything, Eddie Redmayne is charging ahead in drag as Lili Elbe in The Danish Girl, a film purporting to be about the life of...
In the next few months, you’re going to hear a lot of feminists reflecting on if Marvel’s latest dip into television, the mini-series, Agent Carter, is “feminist or not.” With a show that...
One of the most compelling scenes in Selma takes place towards the end of the movie. Martin Luther King Jr. is standing on a bridge surrounded by religious leaders of every denomination. They all...
At Sunday’s Golden Globes ceremony, Amazon series Transparent took two awards: best comedy or musical series, and best actor in a comedy series (Jeffrey Tambor). The world promptly took to the...
The winter television hiatus in the United States makes for an excellent opportunity to watch old favourites — thanks to the short days and bitter nights, the prospect of curling up on the couch...