Nicole Stawiarski

Freelance writer for The Thought & Expression Company, Inc.

How ‘Materialists’ Catfished Us Into Theaters And Became The Anti-Rom-Com

On paper, Celine Song’s latest feature-length film from A24, Materialists, looked like a promising modern rom-com with a new take on old archetypes that would tackle the economic realities of 2025: a wealth-gap that is growing steeper by the day, and an education gap where more women are receiving college educations than their male peers. […]

6 Best Sports Documentaries To Stream In Late June

Netflix has had a slew of successes translating the world of sports into compelling series with emotional storylines. Check out the very best titles across a wide range of professional leagues and competitions below. The Seat This 40-minute documentary is a high-stakes snackable dose of sports drama that picks up in the wake of Lewis […]

Your Daily Streaming Digest For June 21, 2025

The weekend means time off from work, and that includes figuring out what to stream. Let us do the heavy lifting for you with some fresh recommendations below, from newsworthy drama to international comedy and dark fantasy, we promise you’ll have plenty of options! Lifetime Original Movie—Dateless To Dangerous: My Son’s Secret Life Full House’s […]

7 Period Dramas That Will Transport You To Another Era

Period drama girlies love a good Keira Knightly movie marathon, but when it’s time to really lose ourselves in another era, we turn to television for it’s ability to cover more ground across a series of episodes, or simply allow us to stay longer in a historic or aesthetic fictional world. If you’re the type […]

20 Quotes To Celebrate The 50th Anniversary Of ‘Jaws’

Steven Spielberg’s epic American thriller has been one of our move beloved films for half a century. As we celebrate the big 5-0 with cinema’s most famous beast, and bassline to boot, here are some of the funniest and sharpest dialogues that perfectly encapsulated 1970s east coast summer vibes within a horror-filled tale of carnage […]

2 Documentaries To Stream On Juneteenth

Juneteenth is celebrated to commemorate the freeing of enslaved peoples at the end of the American Civil War through the enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation with Major General Gordon Granger’s arrival in Galveston, Texas. The meaning behind celebrating the moment laws are put into action, as opposed to the mere signing of physical paper, carries […]

7 Best Period Dramas For The Girls Who Were Born In The Wrong Decade

Period drama girlies love a good Keira Knightly movie marathon, but when it’s time to really lose ourselves in another era, we turn to television for it’s ability to cover more ground across a series of episodes, or simply allow us to stay longer in a historic or aesthetic fictional world. If you’re the type […]

6 Most Romantic Lesbian Movies To Celebrate Pride Month

In honor of Pride Month, we’ve put together a list of the very best WLW films we could literally watch over and over again, and no, Blue Is The Warmest Colour did not make the cut. Check out our ranking below! 6. Disobedience If Rachel Weiss’ hieroglyphic reading librarian from The Mummy wasn’t a part […]

Your Daily Streaming Digest For June 19, 2025

Thursdays are the most underappreciated day of the week. They never get the hype of a Friday payday, but Thursdays bridge the wide gap from Hump Day until the unofficial start of the weekend. Luckily there are plenty of strong streaming options available to help us get the job done this week! Check out the […]

Jury Finds Karen Read, From HBO Series ‘A Body In The Snow’, Not Guilty

This isn’t the first HBO docuseries to find resolution after the final credits have rolled. 2015’s bombshell series The Jinx famously delivered critical audio evidence amounting to a confession from now convicted murderer, Robert Durst, and this year’s A Body In The Snow: The Trial Of Karen Read reaches its final resolution in Reads retrial […]

7 Best Period Dramas To Stream In June

Period drama girlies love a good Keira Knightly movie marathon, but when it’s time to really lose ourselves in another era, we turn to television for it’s ability to cover more ground across a series of episodes, or simply allow us to stay longer in a historic or aesthetic fictional world. If you’re the type […]

Is Sofia Carson’s Next Role Evelyn Hugo? Deuxmoi Thinks So

Netflix is going all in with streaming starlet and former Disney Channel star, Sofia Carson. As made evident by her hosting gig at this year’s 2025 Tudum event, during which her films with the streaming giant were dubbed the “Sofia Carson Universe” or SCU (including this year’s hit rom-com The Life List and upcoming summer […]

‘Materialists’ Played Us With An Empty Promise To Bring Back The Rom-Com

On paper, Celine Song’s latest feature-length film from A24, Materialists, looked like a promising modern rom-com with a new take on old archetypes that would tackle the economic realities of 2025: a wealth-gap that is growing steeper by the day, and an education gap where more women are receiving college educations than their male peers. […]

7 TV Period Dramas For All The Girlies Who Were Born In The Wrong Era

Period drama girlies love a good Keira Knightly movie marathon, but when it’s time to really lose ourselves in another era, we turn to television for it’s ability to cover more ground across a series of episodes, or simply allow us to stay longer in a historic or aesthetic fictional world. If you’re the type […]

‘Materialists’ Never ‘Materialized’ Into A Cohesive Narrative

On paper, Celine Song’s latest feature-length film from A24, Materialists, looked like a promising modern rom-com with a new take on old archetypes that would tackle the economic realities of 2025: a wealth-gap that is growing steeper by the day, and an education gap where more women are receiving college educations than their male peers. […]