Rachel (she/her) is a freelancer. When not writing her thoughts on film and television, she can also be found writing screenplays, fiction, and poetry. She currently lives in Brooklyn with her cats Carla and Thorin Oakenshield but is a Midwesterner at heart. She is also a tried and true emo kid and the epitome of "it was never a phase, Mom," but with a dual affinity for dad rock. She also co-hosts the Hazbin Hotel Pod.
In a world that is becoming increasingly obsessed with looks and continued youth, Shell strikes a similar chord to 2024's The Substance in how filmmakers reflect this back to the viewers. While youth is an ephemeral thing, people will still do whatever they can to desperately grasp it, and Shell
With its much-anticipated season two premiere coming up on October 29, Prime Video has heeded the cries of countless fans. On October 20, at New York’s historic Majestic Theater, the cast of Hazbin Hotel will be performing songs LIVE from seasons one and two! That's right, we're finally getting
Set in 1997, Carmen Emmi's Plainclothes explores a world too many people are familiar with, one rife with fear, secrecy, and shame. Lucas (Tom Blyth) is an undercover cop whose job is to lure in and arrest gay men. Though he is good at his job, there is a reason why: Lucas is gay himself. Emmi's
Mary Bronstein's If I Had Legs I'd Kick You tells us that there is nothing more nightmarish than motherhood. In it, Linda, played spectacularly by Rose Byrne, seems to always be dancing on the edge of a breakdown. She's a psychologist, but appears unable to take her own advice, or the advice of her
Every animal owner has a special bond with their pet. They're intuitive, loving, and compassionate. There's a reason many people worry about the fate of animals in horror movies, especially. With Good Boy, which premiered this year at SXSW, Ben Leonberg decided to maximize that fear by making the
The countdown to the premiere of Hazbin Hotel season two has officially begun! Yesterday, fans were fed with the first full trailer for the season, along with the drop of the first song, "Hazbin Guarantee (Trust Us)." This was, of course, on the same day of a nationwide sing-a-long of the first
Magic Knight Rayearth gives our heroine trio a stroll through some noticeably magical woods in Ep. 3 "All in the Same Boat". Fantasy fans will be fully aware of the fact that magical woods are a staple in such stories. What this episode does though is use a trip through the magical woods to help
Once in a generation, a film comes along that redefines how we think about movies. Something so incisive, so singular, it can only be understood from the moment it is consumed rather than informed by anything previously accomplished. You Can See Everything is that kind of work. A masterpiece in
The 2026 reboot of Magic Knight Rayearth shows us that friendship is quite powerful in the magic department in Ep. 4 "Our Battle". It's a lesson from My Little Pony, but it's quite applicable to this anime too. Our trio of heroines will need that power, since this is their bloodiest battle to date.