Author Archives: Alex Stedman

In Persuasion, Dakota Johnson tries to navigate playing an Austen heroine written like she’s a cringey mashup of Fleabag and Bridget Jones. Continue reading →

Writer/director Nathan Fielder is given HBO money to try and exert control over some of life’s most emotional decisions in the strange but engrossing series The Rehearsal. Continue reading →

Where The Crawdads Sing is only mildly interesting if you look up the accusations against its author. Continue reading →

With shades of Get Out, Culture Shock, and The Forever Purge, American Carnage is yet another frightening-enough, albeit bogged-down, tale about how the American Dream is no longer for everyone. Continue reading →

As Ms. Marvel, Iman Vellani lights up the screen as the newest addition to the MCU. Continue reading →