Hollywood productions are filled with happy endings. Even the new biopic Queen of the Ring ends on a triumphant note with Emily Bett Rickards’ Mildred Burke standing tall in the center of the ring with her championship. However, that wasn’t the case for every character in filmmaker Ash
Since emerging in the late 19th century, professional wrestling has had its ups and downs in terms of popularity. While the medium has always had its fair share of fans throughout history, its place in the mainstream has ebbed and flowed depending on the particular taste at the time. But as time
Queen of the Ring tells the story of the trailblazing Mildred Burke, who had to grapple with the challenges of becoming a female wrestler during a difficult time for women in sports (and in general). However, the small-town single mother who became the first million-dollar female athlete in history
Toni Storm has taken on a number of memorable roles throughout her professional wrestling career. In All Elite Wrestling, she’s been a rockstar, an outcast, and simply timeless. The reigning and defending AEW Women’s World Champion has even inhabited the role of her long-time rival “The
In professional wrestling, a rivalry can sometimes get so heated that it will spill outside of the squared circle. Usually that means a brawl in the ringside area, the locker room, or the arena parking lot. But under extenuating circumstances, the combatants will find themselves enthralled in
Do you know who Mildred Burke is? If you're a fan of modern wrestling, you really should. People like Mae Young and The Fabulous Moolah get a lot of the credit for women's wrestling, but Mildred Burke comes before they do. She was the first million-dollar woman athlete in history and they decided
We're in the era of liminal spaces, folks. Movies like Skinamarink, Backrooms, and Exit 8 have all proven that audiences, especially younger audiences, can't get enough of them. it Ends brings us really two liminal spaces in one movie. The film tells the story of four friends who are getting
Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger feels like a movie that’s selling itself as something deeper than it ultimately is. There’s an expectation that we’re going to get this grand story about the Gallagher brothers reconciling, putting aside their differences, and coming back together for these
Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia shows us the power of wisdom, for good and for evil, in the titular Ep. 10 "Wisdom". With Boraqchin showing Sitara / Fatima that she's both very crafty and utterly ruthless in her pursuit of her goals. However, for all that she is wise, she is by no means omniscient.