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Kiernan Shipka in Chilling Adventures of Sabrina  On October 26th, the Netflix title Chilling Adventures of Sabrina premiered, just in time for Halloween, in all of its satanic and bewitching glory. While I have not finished the series, I have opted instead to review the show in three episode chunks, and man are these three episodes a wild broom ride from start to finish. One of the biggest themes that is supposed to be present throughout the series is questioning and challenging religious traditions, and I’ve never felt more at home with this idea. Many pieces of media have characters questioning religion, their place in the world, the meaning of life, and everything that churches and organizations say any deity can answer. Over the weekend I read (well, listened to) The Stranger by Albert Camus, which has a consistent theme of questioning religion and worship in general, culminating in a speech with the main character narrating "... what did his God or the lives peop...

Lady Gaga in A Star Is Born Last Wednesday (the 10th, to be exact) I saw Bradley Cooper's A Star Is Born .  The film stars Bradley Cooper as Jackson Maine, an alcoholic drug addict who also just so happens to be one of the biggest names in music, and Lady Gaga as Ally, a feisty, hardworking, and incredibly talented waitress who somehow hasn't become famous yet (she says record companies hate her nose).  To review the movie first: it's fantastic. Both leads provide entrancing performances despite the obstacles to overcome to be in this film, that Cooper is not a singer and Lady Gaga is not an actress. Every song, even ones meant to be unappealing ("Why Did You Do That?") are at the very least earworms, and at the very most instant classics ("Shallow," "Music to My Eyes," and "Look What I Found").  It’s at its core a tragic love story, one where in order for one to fly, the other must fall, and it completely delivers in th...

Hi everyone! Just a quick announcement and test for posts coming your way. Anyway, I'm here to announce the schedule for October (aka this month). October 15th: A piece about A Star Is Born (2018) After October 12th: Weekly reviews of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend  October 30th: Something Halloween related (thinking a spooky episode of Black Mirror or a piece about the recent BoJack Horseman episode about Halloween, who knows? I don't.) And that will probably be it for the month. By the way, I have a Patreon! By joining the tiers of my Patreon you will get special benefits! Link below: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=13928783