Category: Features
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Revisiting Stars Hollow: Looking Back at ‘Gilmore Girls’ 15 Years Later
The biggest case for the lasting impact of ‘Gilmore Girls’ can be found in the emotional connection that viewers like myself form with it.
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‘Better Call Saul’ Power Rankings — “Black & Blue” (Feature)
With only three episodes left, the characters in ‘Better Call Saul’ find themselves deeply entangled in the messes they make for themselves.
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When God Was Love and Other Concerns – ‘Under the Banner of Heaven’ (Review)
Thanks to standout performances headlined by Gil Birmingham, Hulu’s “Under the Banner of Heaven” is a captivating addition to the true crime genre.
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On Motherhood & Other Musings by Screen Speck Staff’s Favorite Mothers
In accordance with Mother’s Day, here’s a look at some of the most memorable mothers in our culture.
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Mother Martyr: Sarah Connor & ‘The Terminator’
Sarah Connor’s body and behavior remake what movies think a mother is.
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‘Better Call Saul’ Power Rankings “Hit and Run” (Feature)
Better Call Saul is a slow burn, focusing more on the relationships between characters than it does on anything else
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Motherhood as a Question: ‘The Worst Person in the World’ (Feature)
A child makes the world feel new, and that new feeling feels really good. But you can find that feeling in lots of different ways.
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‘Yellowjackets’ and the Comedic Subplot of Shauna’s ‘Desperate Housewives’ Arc (Feature)
I’d say Shauna Sadecki could easily blend in with the rest of the ladies of Wisteria Lane. She may even give them a run for their money.
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7 Things I Learned About A&F From ‘White Hot’ As A LGBTQ+ Person (Feature)
Queerness becomes threatening when it dares to suggest that the heterosexual male gaze isn’t the only lens from which one can view the world.
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Better Call Saul Power Rankings-‘Rock and Hard Place’ (Feature)
If it ever seemed hard to know when this show would take a shift into the dark and dangerous territory that the final season of Breaking Bad inhabited, ‘Rock and Hard Place’ made it abundantly clear that it’s already there.