**There will be spoilers for the show and the books.** And the show and the books take their huge split here. It was inevitable, given that The Witching Hour is a thousand page book and still ends on a cliffhanger where Lasher’s endgame is just then revealed. Again, how many authors could get away with […]
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T.V. Review: Mayfair Witches- Episode 5- The Thrall
February 15, 2023**Spoilers ahead for both the books and the show.** Episode four left off with Carlotta revealing her true self by attempting to kill both Rowan and herself by lighting the first street house on fire, with Ciprien and Rowan being trapped in the house, and Ciprien stepping between Carlotta’s knife and Rowan. Episode five…well, it’s […]
T.V. Review: Mayfair Witches- Episode 4- Curiouser and Curiouser
February 7, 2023Spoilers! This episode opens with yet another flashback to Suzanne. This time we see the preacher of the time chiding Suzanne for mourning her mother’s death, then moments later see a tv-traditional witches circle of women dancing around an effigy and bonfire where Suzanne is freely allowed to scream and cry and mourn her loss. […]
T.V. Review: Mayfair Witches Episode 3 – Second Line
January 31, 2023As always, there will be spoilers. Second Line was a much easier watch after the emotional yank of the last scene of episode 2 where Deidre is killed. I’m feeling fairly neutral about the flashbacks to Scotland and Suzanne. In the books Suzanne is portrayed as very childlike, someone who had a gift and enjoyed […]
T.V. Review: Mayfair Witches Episode 1: The Witching Hour
January 17, 2023((Why is this YA? Technically it’s not. But in all my experiences most people who dove into the Anne Rice depths started reading her books in their teens. In fact both The Witching Hour and Interview with the Vampire are deeply ingrained stories particularly to the LGBT+ community.)) ((Also, this will have spoilers for […]
T.V. Review: Ms. Marvel Episode 6: No Normal
September 8, 2022With the djinn, kinda sorta defeated by their own hubris and Kamala’s family all set to Support, the only (obvious, because let’s face it Kamran is definitely sus) enemy thread left is the DODC. It’s great to see the whole community come behind Kamala in this episode, certainly a change from other super hero movies, […]
T.V. Review: Ms. Marvel Episode 5: Time and Again
September 1, 2022And here’s the part where I get personal, because, as a educatee of U.S. public schools I have to admit that I did not know what The Partition was before Ms. Marvel. I knew of British occupied India from literature (primarily Kipling) and my own further reading, but school absolutely failed me when it came […]
TV Review: Ms. Marvel Episode 4: Seeing Red
July 23, 2022In episode 4 of Ms. Marvel Kamala and her mom travel closer to the source of the mysterious bangle bringing out her powers by visiting family in Pakistan. After first setting the scene with some touristy and family activities, which are absolutely beautiful and fascinating bits of representation, handled with grace and levity, Kamal meets […]
Movie Review: Thor Love and Thunder
July 21, 2022Avoiding spoilers is increasingly difficult for fans these days. I fell prey to a few, despite only being a week late to seeing the newest Thor movie. I voluntarily read a review from one of those more highbrow sites that bemoaned the movie as. more or less, an overexcited movie about well meaning Golden Retriever […]
T.V. Review: Ms. Marvel Episode 3: Destined
July 14, 2022In Episode three we finally get to see some links between the t.v. incarnation of Ms. Marvel and the comic origins of Ms. Marvel. They are subtle, but as the episode opens in a flash back showing where Aisha (Kamala’s great grandmother) found the bangle that appears to be bringing out Kamala’s powers we get […]