Tag: Sherin Nicole
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GGR Interview Episode: Zazie Beetz x They Will Kill You at BlerdCon 2026, Andy Weir x Project Hail Mary, Hoppers
We chat with Zazie Beetz about They Will Kill You, and sit down with Andy Weir to talk Project Hail Mary. Plus revisit our Hoppers first reactions!
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One Piece: Into the Grand Line (Season 2) – Baroque Works and Giants and Chopper We’re High
Geek Girl Riot is sailing into the Grand Line for a no-holds-barred discussion of One Piece Season 2 on Netflix.
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Project Hail Mary – Defying Gravity
Join our intrepid crew of space travelers for a journey across the galaxy to talk all things Project Hail Mary.
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Bridgerton Season 4, Part 2 – Benophie Happily Ever After
Dearest gentle listeners, Ladies Whimsnicole and Abdulbakiton wish to welcome you back to another Bridgerton discussion, this time serving up all the tea on Season 4, Part 2.
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Sundance 2026 Last Looks, Pillion, Send Help
Get into our Rioters’ 2026 Sundance picks, along with our first reactions to Pillion and Send Help.
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‘Wonder Man’ and ‘Bridgerton’ Season 4 HOT GOSS: Pouring out the Tea (A LARP)
Our Rioters break down the new Marvel/Disney+ series Wonder Man, before journeying over to Regency-era London to spill all the tea on Bridgerton Season 4.
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Trainwrecks, Book Genres, and ‘The Starseekers’ Preview
It’s time for some real talk about the latest trainwrecks, magical realism, and Nicole Glover’s new novel The Starseekers. Listen in!
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RIOTUS Best Anime of 2025
The RIOTUS Anime Society is gifting you with a list of the best Anime of 2025—argue with the streets (or make some recommendations ’cause we want more)
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Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair, Street Fighter Posters, John Cena Takes a Bow – A RIOTUS Extra Innings
As a holiday treat, listen in for an Extra Festive Innings with Sherin & Julian.
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Entertainment News, Marty Supreme, and The Favorite Things We Saw
Join Sherin, Mae, and William for a breakdown of that rocky Netflix-Warner Bros. deal, a teaser review of Marty Supreme, and a roundup of their fave TV & movies of the year.
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Percy Jackson And The Olympians S2 Might As Well Be A Siren Song, We Are So In
Percy, Annabeth, and the cyclops Tyson face cannibals, chariots, and the call of the sea in Season 2 of Percy Jackson and the Olympians
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Wunmi Mosaku on Sinners, Teyana Taylor on One Battle After Another, Sherin & Mae on Marty Supreme and Zootopia 2, Fionna and Cake Interviews at NYCC 2025
We chat with Wunmi Mosaku, Teyana Taylor, and the cast & creators of Fionna & Cake. Plus, hear some hot takes on Marty Supreme and Zootopia 2!
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CAMPFIRE & Chill: ‘Campfire Cooking in Another World’ with Alex, Philip, and Sherin
Grab your skewers, your Fenrir, and your pew pew, and join us for a S2 discussion we call CAMPFIRE & Chill.
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Music Moves Us On Screen, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba – Infinity Castle Revisited
Settle in for a marvelous conversation about soundtracks and scores, before revisiting our chat about all things Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba – Infinity Castle.
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Rental Family, Cinco Paul x Schmigadoon!, MoRin Morning Chat
Catch up on the latest pop culture, hear our thoughts on the new film Rental Family, and revisit our Schmigadoon! chat with creator Cinco Paul.
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‘Natchez’ & ‘Swamp Dogg Gets His Pool Painted’ Conversations from DC/DOX 2025
Hear Sherin’s DC/DOX panel conversation with the Natchez creators, and revisit her time with the team behind Swamp Dogg Gets His Pool Painted.
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Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba – Infinity Castle, Marvel Zombies
It’s time for our Rioters to let out all their feels about Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba – Infinity Castle. Plus, hear their spoiler-free teaser of Marvel Zombies.
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Black Rabbit: Cain and Abel Have Nothing on These Two
How far would you go to help your family? Black Rabbit asks the question, and it has a helluva time answering it.
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The Thursday Murder Club, BronzeLens 2025, Lynley, KPOPPED, Bon Appétit, Your Majesty
Sherin, Monique, and Philip get together for a deliciously jam-packed episode filled with cozy mysteries, film festivals, and food-fueled portal fantasies.
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Otakon 2025, Peacemaker S2, Highest 2 Lowest, Fast & Furious vs John Wick vs Transformers
Hear our hot takes on Otakon, Peacemaker S2, and Highest 2 Lowest. Also, hich franchise is king: Fast & Furious, John Wick, or Transformers?
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On Geek Girl Riot: KPop Demon Hunters REVISITED – First Reaction
Y’all might have to slap KPop Demon Hunters out of our hands because we can’t stop.
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San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC) 2025 – Boots on the Ground (Where the Fans Are At), Shinobi: Art of Vengeance, Eyes of Wakanda
Julian tells us about his time at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con, before our Rioters dive into Eyes of Wakanda and Shinobi: Art of Vengeance.
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The Fantastic Four: First Steps – First Thoughts [Spoiler-Free Review]
Sherin, Julian, and special guest host Sarahti saw The Fantastic Four: First Steps earlier this week and recorded their immediate spoiler-free reactions right out of the theater.
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James Gunn’s Superman – Spoiler-Free Review, All-Star Superman
Sherin, Julian, and Philip are joined by special guest Sarahti to give you a spoiler-free review of James Gunn’s Superman.
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KPop Demon Hunters (+ What to Watch Next), Ironheart, Superman Promos
Celebrate KPop Demon Hunters with RIOTUS + JVS Media! Plus, hear our Rioters’ takes on Marvel’s Ironheart series, the latest Superman promos, and our latest review drop.
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The ‘Materialists’ Debate
Is Materialists a visually stunning take on modern love or a shallow swipe at the cost of dating? William and Sherin go 1v1 in a debate about Celine Song’s latest—where they agree, where they clash,…
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BIG MONSTER FEELINGS Panel at LightReel Film Fest 2025
Hear the BIG MONSTER FEELINGS panel, recorded live from DC’s LightReel Film Festival.
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BIG MONSTER FEELINGS Today at the Lightreel Film Festival
Some of your favorite RIOTERS & Friends are at Union Market today to defend out picks for best monster scenes in the movies.
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RIOTUS Melee: The Phoenician Scheme, Karate Kid: Legends, Dogma, The Librarians: The Next Chapter feat. Dean Devlin
Our hosts get into The Phoenician Scheme, Karate Kid: Legends, and Dogma. Plus, hear from The Librarians: The Next Chapter’s executive producer Dean Devlin.
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Cowboy Carter Tour Recap, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, Superman, Forever – A RIOTUS Melee
Special guest hosts Adrienne Boykins and Tiesha Brunson join Sherin and Julian to chat about Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter Tour, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, the Superman trailer, Forever, and more!
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Thunderbolts* – A Spoilerific Stream of Consciousness RIOTUS Melee
Sherin, Julian, and Drew ring the Spoiler Siren and dive right into all things Thunderbolts*.
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RIOTUS Melee: ‘Sinners’, ‘Andor’ S2, Extra Innings
It’s a RIOTUS melee talking Sinners and Andor season 2!
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‘The Last of Us’ S2, ‘Sinners’, ‘The Amateur’, ‘Warfare’, ‘G20’, ‘Lazarus’
The Last of Us S2 has taken over our Rioters’ brains this week, who provide us with a spoilerific breakdown of the first episode. They also get into Sinners, The Amateur, Warfare, G20, and Lazarus,…
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‘Daredevil: Born Again’, ‘Am I Being Unreasonable?’ S2, ‘The Studio’, ‘Pretty Pretty Please I Don’t Want to be a Magical Girl’
It’s time for our Rioters to suit up and dive into Daredevil: Born Again, before exploring what they want from the next phase of Marvel superheroes/vigilantes. But first, some TV recs!
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‘All-Star Superman’, ‘Reacher’ S3 x ‘Commando’, ‘Lesbian Space Princess’, Book Talk
Here’s another Geek Girl Riot smorgasbord for you to enjoy, including Superman hot takes, Reacher and Commando mash-ups, and some delicious film & book recs.
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‘Reacher’ S3 – Breaking Necks and Stomping Emotions
Reacher Season 3 is a high-octane game of espionage, romance, neck-breaking, revenge, explosions, giggles, and People Thinking Reacher Won’t Kill Them When He Will. And I can’t wait to press play again.
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SCAD TVFest 2025 Wrap-Up
Hear our roundup of this year’s SCAD TVFest, including snippets of panels from Marvel, Hallmark, Sony, and beyond.
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Whachudoin’? with Cinco Paul, Oscar Nominations with Brandon Troy, ‘Harlem’ S3
We chat with Cinco Paul about Schmigadoon!’s stage adaptation, before Sherin throws the mic to Brandon Troy to chat Oscar nominations. Finally, we dig into season 3 of Harlem.
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‘The Night Agent’ Season 2: No Good Choices
The second season of The Night Agent ups the ante with tougher decisions and grayer morality
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‘One of Them Days’ Preview, Whachudoin’? with Angela Henry
Our Rioters dive into a spoiler-free preview of One of Them Days, before Sherin sits down with author and Riotus pal Angela Henry!
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Trainwrecks and Crash-Outs
We’re only a week into 2025 and our Rioters have already run out of F’s to give.
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The Season of THAT GIRL: ‘Jentry Chau vs The Underworld’, Book Recs & Wonderings, Down the Witches’ Road
Y’all know how much GGR celebrates women—and this episode dials it up to 11. From Jentry Chau vs The Underworld to Wicked to the fierce femme leads in their book recs, our Rioters are fully…
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2024 Film Chat, ‘Wicked’
Sherin and Julian are joined by special guest host and fellow critic Tim Gordon to dive into their top movie picks of 2024—and also some of the problems with the industry. Sherin is then joined…
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Nkechi Okoro Carroll, PBS ‘Renegades’ x Day Al-Mohamed & Lachi, ‘Invincible Fight Girl’ x Juston G-Montgomery, ‘CROSS’ x NYCC, ‘The Penguin’
Sherin chats with NBC’s Found creator Nkechi Okoro Carroll, before sitting down with Day Al-Mohamed and Lachi to celebrate Renegades.
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NYCC Catch-up, ‘Invincible Fight Girl’ feat. Juston Gordon-Montgomery, ‘Shrinking’ S2, PBS ‘Renegades’ Aftershow #5: Brad Lomax
Julian recaps his time at this year’s New York Comic Con; our Rioters tease Invincible Fight Girl and Philip chats with executive producer Juston Gordon-Montgomery; Sherin and Alex share their love for Shrinking S2; and…
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‘CROSS’ Interview at NYCC, PBS ‘Renegades’ Aftershow #4: Thomas Wiggins
Hear from the cast & creators of CROSS live from NYCC, then get into our fourth PBS Renegades Aftershow that honors Thomas Wiggins.
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‘Piece by Piece’, Superfan Test Groups, PBS ‘Renegades’ Aftershow #3: Celestine Tate Harrington
We get deep into our creativity with Piece by Piece, and deep into our feelings about how toxic the relationship between franchises and fandom has become.
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Alliance of Women Film Journalists’ Movie of the Week: ‘Woman of the Hour’
Woman of the Hour, the directorial debut from Anna Kendrick, is coming to Netflix this week and it shakes you up
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The Sun Yet Shines (But for How Long): ‘The Rings of Power’ S2 Closing Time, PBS ‘Renegades’ Aftershow #2: Daniel K. Inouye
Our intrepid Rioters head back to Middle-earth to break down Season 2 of The Rings of Power in all its glory. You’ll also hear our second PBS Renegades Aftershow, this time celebrating Daniel K. Inouye.
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The RIOTUS Crunchyroll Fall 2024 Roundup
Get into our fall season anime picks and let us know your faves.
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PBS ‘Renegades’ Aftershow #1: Judy-Lynn del Rey, Aspire TV’s ‘The Level Up Experiment’
Our Rioters are a talented bunch, so this week’s episode highlights some of their TV show achievements!
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Crime & Wickedness: ‘The Penguin’ and ‘Agatha All Along’
Our Rioters dive into The Penguin and Agatha All Along, along with some entertainment news and anime recs.
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You Keep the Thrones, Give Me the Rings: ‘The Rings of Power’ Season 2
We’re halfway through the second season of The Rings of Power, which means it’s long overdue that we unleash our Tolkien-heads from the depths of Middle-earth to talk about it.
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Extra Innings – Kravitz Family Fineness, the MCU’s Doctor Doom and the Conversation from There
Sherin and Julian had such a riot chatting about Blink Twice on last week’s episode that they kept the fire going—for a whole new episode this week!
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‘Emily in Paris’ S4 Part 1, ‘The Umbrella Academy’ Final Season, ‘Blink Twice’
Lots of big-hitters this week: Hear our hot takes on Emily in Paris, The Umbrella Academy, and Blink Twice, with a quick nod to Alien: Romulus along the way.
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The Acolyte: The Dark Side of the Jedi and Galactic Deception
The dark side of the Jedi seen through the lens of Star Wars: The Acolyte
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‘Sing Sing’ Conversation, ‘Rustin’ Interviews with Colman Domingo & George C. Wolfe
Hear from the cast & crew of Sing Sing for a special post-screening conversation in DC, before revisiting our interviews with Colman Domingo and George C. Wolfe about Rustin.
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‘SING SING’: Louder
“That’s what I want you to take away with you. That radical love. Let this film be yours. And please, share it.” –Colman Domingo My journey with the arts is from birth. We might have…
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Romanclusivity Explained in Fated for All: Romanclusivity Captures Our Hearts in Bridgerton and Beyond
In her essay on RogerEbert.com, Sherin Nicole brings a playful yet insightful touch to the world of Bridgerton and beyond, where ‘romanclusivity‘ is the new genre. With a wink, a nod, and more historical references than book…
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On Geek Girl Riot: Deadpool & Wolverine, Batman: Caped Crusader, Jee Young Han x UnPrisoned
Our Rioters celebrate the chaotic brilliance of Deadpool & Wolverine as well as the noir genius of Batman: Caped Crusader. Sherin also chats with Jee Young Han all about UnPrisoned season 2.
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Space Cadet feat. Liz W. Garcia, Swamp Dogg Gets His Pool Painted feat. Isaac Gale & Ben Wu, Dead Boy Detectives Interviews
Sherin chats with writer/director Liz W. Garcia about Space Cadet, before moderating a discussion with director Isaac Gale and producer Ben Wu about Swamp Dogg Gets His Pool Painted. We also revisit our time spent…
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Sherin Takes on Tribeca 2024
For the second year, Sherin covered the Tribeca Film Festival for AWFJ. What did she think? So many thoughts.
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Episode Appetizer: Interview with the Vampire, The Two-Part Finale
The Story So Far Greetings Vampire Chronicles Fans. Is it alright to call you Children of the Damned? It fits so nicely. Before we begin, let’s look back at what I wrote about season one:…
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On Geek Girl Riot: To Bridgerton, (Mostly) With Love
Dearest gentle reader, the first half of Bridgerton season 3 has arrived and thus, the right honorable ladies of Geek Girl Riot cordially invite you for a spot of afternoon tea and gossip.
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ERIC – Who’s Pulling the Strings?
Netflix’s ERIC, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, is a journey into the life of puppeteer Vincent, whose world spirals into chaos following the disappearance of his son Edgar (Ivan Morris Howe). The limited series, which includes a…
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Episode Appetizer: Will Trent “Why Is Jack’s Arm Bleeding?”
Can we start with a confession? Will and Angie are back on their breakup-to-make-up rotation, and honestly: I prefer the friendship. Every time they start body-rocking, I get uncomfortable with the codependent dysfunction of it…
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Challengers, George Rexstrew and Jayden Revri x Dead Boy Detectives, SPY x FAMILY Code: White, Kaiju No. 8, Wind Breaker
The Dead Boy Detectives AKA George Rexstrew and Jayden Revri stop by for a chat. Our Rioters also get into Challengers, Fallout, and some of the anime picks they’ve been loving lately.
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Are You Ready for the Next: The Big Door Prize – Season 2
“Are you ready for the next stage?” The Big Door Prize is back on Apple TV+ with a second season that is as delightfully off-kilter as its predecessor while digging deeper into the quirky conundrums…
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Back to Black, Yuyu Kitamura x Dead Boy Detectives, X-Men ’97
Yuyu Kitamura stops by to talk Dead Boy Detectives. Sherin & Philip also get into Back to Black, X-Men ’97, and their fave SFF & paranormal Netflix adaptations.
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The Ultimate White-Haired Anime Squad
My affection for the white-hairs started with comics. Imagine this. It’s third grade, someone hands you Elfquest Book One, and suddenly you meet Cutter and Skywise. Should you be reading the chronicles of The World…
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A Gorgeous Elegy of Childhood: We Grown Now
Sony Classics shared two quotes from our own Sherin Nicole on the film she calls crushing yet undeniably lovely, WE GROWN NOW: “a gorgeous elegy of childhood” “a poetic reminiscence on love in its many…
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SPY x FAMILY Code: White IGNITES!
If you know me, or if you read my reviews, you know how much I love found family. If you know me or listen to my show, you know how much I love spy-craft, especially…
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Sugar feat. Kirby, Cowboy Carter, Entertainment Wishes & Tributes, Road House Interviews
The always wonderful Kirby chats with GGR all about Apple TV+’s new series Sugar. Then Sherin & Monique get together for one of their classic chitchats, before revisiting our interviews with the cast of Road…
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The Greatest Hits: No Satisfaction
I was set for The Greatest Hits to be a swoony dram-com I couldn’t resist. Everything is there, inventive concept, engaging characters, and honest yet romantic dialogue. This movie has the ingredients that could have…
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Road House Cast Interviews & Preview, Girls5eva, Irish Wish, Entertainment News
Sherin chats with the cast of Road House for GGR’s preview of the new movie. Our Rioters also get into Girls5eva, Irish Wish, and some entertainment news near and dear to their hearts.
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The Rebellion Intensifies in ‘Rebel Moon — Part Two: The Scargiver’ Trailer
Netflix has released the new trailer for Rebel Moon — Part Two: The Scargiver Continuing the saga of Kora and her band of warriors, they prepare to face the Realm with the peaceful village of…
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Reinaldo Marcus Green and Bob Marley: One Love, Dune: Part Two
GGR chats with director Reinaldo Marcus Green about Bob Marley: One Love, before getting stuck into all things Dune: Part Two.
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The Gentlemen: The Criminals and the Guns Keep Smoking
Guy Ritchie, the maestro of cheeky British crime dramas, is at it again with his latest Netflix series The Gentlemen.
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DUNE: Part Two – Once Again Arrakis Decides the Fate of the Universe
The number of people who were crushed at the end of DUNE: Part One is astronomical. If you’ve never read the books, you had no idea that Denis Villeneuve couldn’t possibly complete more than a…
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Avatar: The Last Airbender Live Action Spoiler-Free Preview
Our Rioters get you fired up & ready for Netflix’s live action adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender with this spoiler-free preview episode.
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Will Trent: The Good Gets Better
Will Trent returns tonight for a second round as one of the top two shows on ABC and I have a confession. The first time I watched episodes 1 and 2, I did it for…
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The Vince Staples Show + Black Absurdism
Our Rioters were so busy getting down with Usher during the Super Bowl that they only managed to squeeze in one new segment all about The Vince Staples Show, before throwing it back to our…
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Madame Web Does Nothing to Lure You In
At some point during my screening of Madame Web, I started looking for the fastest exit. I got a spider bite in Kerala, India, that turned into a mottled, purple-red blister and eventually sent me…
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Lisa Frankenstein: This Undead Heart Misses a Few Beats
Here’s what we’re about to do. We’re about to go back. How far back? 1818 but also the 1980s because Frankenstein is shambling back for a revival. We had a fair warning when the Oscar-nominated…
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SCRAMBLED (2023)
The debut Leah McKendrick cracks open the complexities of fertility with its woman-disrupted sense of humor
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Argylle Review: My Grandmother Would Call it Foolishness (and She’d Be Right)
“Complexity is good in a spy caper,” you’ll need to chant that phrase for most of the 2 hours and 19 minutes runtime. In the realm of not-quite-right action comedies, there are falters and there…
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MONKEY MAN trailer: Glory to Hanuman
Adrenaline junkies, come out and play-aaah! Let’s watch the trailer for Dev Patel’s Monkey Man together ’cause its got more heatwaves than a car chase in a desert. Here’s the twist: Patel isn’t just the…
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Echoes of the Flower Moon: Martin Scorsese and Lily Gladstone at the National Museum of the American Indian
Sherin and Julian headed out to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian for a special event: a Killers of the Flower Moon ‘Clips and Conversations’ hosted by CNN’s Jake Tapper, featuring Academy Award…
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EXPATS (2024)
Delving into the lives of a close-knit expatriate community, the drama explores the mercurial interplay of friendships, rivalries, and secrets among a group of women, their men, and their other loves, after a series of…
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CRIMINAL RECORD
Are you caught up with Criminal Record yet? This new burner is a hard-bitten London crime drama about the police (pronounced POH-lice for emphasis because this series hits)
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Fitting In (for AWFJ)
This tale of teenaged awakening focuses on the upheaval that detonates when a girl realizes she’s not what society calls “normal”
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Oscars 2024 Nominations Live
Recorded live as the 2024 Oscar nominations dropped, hear our Rioters’ immediate reactions as they run through the list.
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Echo, True Detective: Night Country, Sanctuary: A Witch’s Tale Interview, Themes of Women United
As y’all know, GGR is all about supporting women and this episode is no exception. Sherin and Julian discuss some of the unstoppable women-led shows & movies they’ve been watching lately.
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True Detective Night Country and Echo: Nations of Unstoppable Women
The connection between Echo and True Detective: Night Country goes beyond their Indigenous women leads; the ancestors, souls reaching back from death, and the power of women united are also prominent
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The Brothers Sun
Hostile family dynamics is what The Brothers Sun is all about (and it’ll make you feel a lot better about throwing that butter knife at your cousin)
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WHAT IF…? Season 2 Advent Swag
Disney+ sent us an advent calendar to celebrate the second season of their WHAT IF…? series. Keep in mind that we’re artist, so we made this: WHAT IF…?Season 2streamingnow new episodes everyday for 9 days…
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ORIGIN (for AWFJ)
Ava DuVernay is a sculptor of non-fiction, shaping her films into something real and yet interpretive. Her best work is art and reality all at once. Origin is only different in that it is her finest…
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Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire
Rebel Moon Part One should be good. It has all the component parts: a seasoned director, a story based on the Seven Samurai plot engine, gorgeous production design, a charming and ‘really really ridiculously good-looking’…
