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still from Broadchurch with David Tennant on the left and Olivia Coleman on the right

Broadchurch vs Gracepoint

Posted on March 3, 2026March 3, 2026 by Whitney

In my never ending search for shows to have on while I work, I finally sat down to watch Broadchurch – and then later Gracepoint. Broadchurch is a three season series that begins with the death of a boy in Broadchurch, a small coastal town. Starring David Tennant and Olivia Coleman, the show is packed…

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movie poster for The Lost City. A man and woman walk through a jungle with a volcano in the distance. She is Sandra Bullock, a slim brunette, with hair down past her shoulders, wearing a pink sequined jumpsuit that has been cut into shorts. He is Channing Tatum, wearing a dirty white t-shirt and khaki pants with a backpack and an travel neck pillow around his neck, pulling a rolling suitcase. There are also ruins in a background as well as a small blue car with a luggage rack. A goat stands in the rack.

Review: The Lost City

Posted on March 1, 2024January 10, 2025 by Whitney

The Lost City was another movie that we’d meant to watch awhile ago. We decided to watch it while celebrating our anniversary. This ended up being the perfect choice, as it’s a story that’s filled with romance. Not always in the way you might expect. Think of it as if Indiana Jones was written to…

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movie poster for Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves. Several people stand in a V formation in front of a graphic that resembles a red dragon on a white background. They are dressed in fantasy type clothing. Chris Pine stands in the front, holding a Lute behind him. To his right is Michelle Rodriguez dressed as a Barbarian in furs with an axe, then Sophia Lillet as a Tiefling - she's dressed in green with black horns sticking out of her red hair. To the left of Chris Pine is Regé-Jean Page, dressed in the silver armor of a Paladin, and behind him is Justice Smith wielding a magic staff.

Review: Dungeons & Dragons Honor Among Thieves

Posted on January 22, 2024January 22, 2024 by Whitney

This had been a movie on my to see list, and we’d planned on seeing it in theaters, but life got in the way. I am Dungeons & Dragons adjacent. I’m someone who plays a multitude of tabletop games, but not D&D regularly. Directed by John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein, and written by them…

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Rachel Zegler and the internet mob

Posted on August 14, 2023August 23, 2023 by Whitney

I made a promise at the start of the strikes not to give any struck companies promotion for free. And so much has happened, but I’ve been content to write drafts and save them. Something that’s happened online this week requires a comment (without talking about the movie itself). The silence from a lot of…

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RIP The Athletic: It isn’t Dead, Just Forgot Its Purpose

Posted on June 14, 2023 by Whitney

In the sports world, The Athletic just went through another round of layoffs. With their layoffs focusing on “less popular local coverage” – with their MLB, NBA and NHL coverage hit the hardest.  I think a lot of people are still waiting to see who is gone, but that seems to be the where the…

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What to do: Speak up? Sweep it under the rug?

Posted on August 28, 2022August 26, 2022 by Whitney

I spend a lot of my time on TikTok, and I’ve found myself on the outskirts of BookTok. Mostly because I was looking for more books with Latine characters. My FYP (For You Page, for the uninitiated) has been taken up with discussion about romance author Kate Stewart, and criticism after it was discovered that…

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wonder woman 84 poster - a close up of Wonder Woman in her golden armor with neon colors

Wonder Woman 84: Not all Nostalgia is Welcome

Posted on January 7, 2021January 7, 2021 by Whitney

Like many people, I saw Wonder Woman 84 over the holidays. And, I’ve been trying to figure out how to broach the biggest issue I saw with the movie.  Not the CG, not loopholes in the timeline – those are part and parcel with any superhero movie (or story on paper, anyways). But it was…

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Joe Pesci and Robert DeNiro in The Irishman

Counting to Twenty: The Irishman and the need to self-edit

Posted on December 6, 2019January 9, 2021 by Whitney

The National Board of Review is saying that The Irishman is the best movie of the year.  Look, I haven’t seen it.  My husband has – and even as a Scorsese fan, he said it wasn’t that great. Based on the reviews, reviewers seem to equate length of film and career as the arbiter of…

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The Problem with Cancel Culture

Posted on July 22, 2018July 23, 2018 by Whitney

Cancel Culture. Even if you don’t know the term, I’m sure you know what I’m talking about – a celebrity is terrible online and we declare them cancelled. Most of the time, it’s a worthy target. A continuously gross celebrity (like Roseanne Barr) who spews intolerance and hate. Someone’s who has proven that over the…

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A still from Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones stands in a cobweb filled temple, with Shia Le Beouf as Mutt, and Ray Winstone as Mac beside him. In the background, Karen Allen as Marian tends to John Hurt as Prof Oxley.

In defense of Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Posted on July 4, 2018June 4, 2023 by Whitney

Watching the Indy marathon on the Paramount Channel, I’ve come to a realization. Kingdom of the Crystal Skull isn’t as bad of a movie as society collectively decided it was. …first things first, I am not defending the alien subplot. I will never defend any plot point that implies that the people of the Americas…

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Whitney Drake

I am a writer, artist, mother, and geek. I write about what catches my attention- whether it's fandom, politics, hockey, life as a Latina, or life with Crohns disease. Sometimes I write about marriage and kids, but that's not very often these days.


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