All ten episodes of “The Great” season 2 were screened for this review. Huzzah! Hulu’s The Great is back for its second season of vicious quips, gorgeous costumes, and deliberately inaccurate history. (The series’ title card is quick to remind you that…
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‘Gossip Girl’ 1×02 Review: “She’s Having a Maybe” explores the development of the modern rich teenager
Gossip Girl 2021 aired its second episode on Thursday, and it kicks up the modern-day take on the show to a whole other level. While the show’s first two episodes have caused quite the controversy amongst O.G. Gossip Girl fans,…
The Young Folks’ Top 50 TV Shows of the 2010s
The television landscape has changed a lot since 2010. The early part of the decade saw the end of Gossip Girl, xoxo, and the start of HBO’s Game of Thrones, which may have been the last major series finale of…
The Young Folks’ Top 50 Albums of the 2010s
In a decade that saw the rise of streaming, the album came out of the 2010s alive and well. The LP rose again, dwarfing the dying compact disc by the end of the decade, and some of the biggest artists…
The Royals 4×10 Review: “With Mirth in Funeral and With Dirge in Marriage”
The Plan Begins The season four finale of The Royals opens with a royal wedding scene, complete with a church chorus’ cover of Radiohead’s “Creep.” I immediately decide that the church chorus cover of “Creep” is my favorite part of…
The Royals 4×08 Review: “In the Dead Vast and Middle of the Night”
This week’s episode of The Royals deals with a familiar pre-wedding tradition in a not-so-traditional way: stag/hen parties, AKA bachelor/bachelorette parties. Who knew there could be so much surprise LSD and secret coups involved? The Hen Party Helena and a…
The Royals 4×07 Review: “Forgive Me This My Virtue”
Museum displays for the dead, knighting ceremonies, and public engagement announcements, oh my! Sounds like our friendly neighborhood Royals have their hands full at the opening ceremony of King Simon’s legacy exhibit–let’s dive in. Tradition Versus Authenticity Robert and Willow…