Nicole Stawiarski
Lead Content Manager for The Thought & Expression Company, Inc.
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What To Watch On July 1, 2025—The Secret Lives Of Mormon Wives: Reunion Special
July is officially here, but before we head into the holiday weekend, there’s plenty of exciting new content to stream. From reality reunions to the Marvel Universe, there’s plenty of drama to keep you busy before the fireworks go off on Friday. Check out what’s happening below— The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Reunion Special…
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Every Character On ‘Nine Perfect Strangers’ Is A Different Jungian Archetype
You may have missed it, but in the very first episode of Nine Perfect Strangers Season 2 Annie Murphy’s character, Imogen, starts pelting pharmacologist Martin with questions about Masha’s model for the retreat. She name drops everyone from Bettelheim’s The Uses Of Enchantment to Jungian archetypes—which she claims are tied to an “ancestral memory of…
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Squid Game’s ‘The Starry Night’ Gave Us The Most Honorable And Shocking Deaths Of The Entire Series
The beauty and the terror of each subsequent season of Netflix’s Korean language global phenomenon, Squid Game, is that we perceive the impending emotional turmoil before it arrives. We know both the characters we fall in love with and despise are in for equally gruesome deaths, and it’s that dramatic irony that creates a heightened…
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6 Times Our Girl Aish Absolutely Ate And Left No Crumbs
I have watched hundreds of hours of Bollywood films in my lifetime, and no one has graced a screen or captivated more attention than our girl ‘Aish’. Her poise, elegance, and effortless charm can’t be matched or recreated. She is pretty much the standard I hold the entire industry to, a golden age of Hindi…
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How Did Pixar Manage To Release Its Most Political Film Yet—In The Middle Of Disney’s Identity Crisis?
It’s no secret that Pixar has a long track record of incorporating adult themes into animated films marketed toward children—what once felt like a magic trick is now built into audience expectations—but the studio’s latest release, Elio, marks an interesting departure from strictly emotional fare into territory that is decidedly politically charged. This is especially…
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2 New True Crime Titles To Stream On Netflix In July
Even though life tends to slow down in the summer, Netflix isn’t hitting the breaks when it comes to releasing new true crime content. These two titles below bring all of the mysterious and renewed relevance that keeps us hooked on this genre time and time again. I’m Your Venus This new documentary about the…
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3 Series That Prove No One Does Time-Travel Like A K-Drama
Korean dramas are know for their well, drama, and no one has done it this well since the Ancient Greeks. Preferring a longer sixteen episode arc than their American counterparts and gravitating towards limited series that deliver a satisfying conclusion to each story, K-Dramas have the perfect palette for weaving high-concept plots that twist the…
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‘Materialists’ Aspired To Be A ‘Shallow People Suck’ Exposé, But Was Really Just Pedantic Preaching To The Choir
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.…
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Close Out Pride Month With The Best Queer Thriller Of All Time
It’s rare that a book adaptation evolves to take on an entire life of it’s own, creating something unique that is on par with the original content, but that’s exactly what we get with Park Chan-Wook’s film The Handmaiden based on Sarah Waters novel Fingersmith. Where Waters spins a Dickensian tale set in Victorian England,…
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5 Video Games That Need TV Adaptations
After decades of milking the comic book cash cow, Hollywood is realizing that video games may be their newest recycling center for plot lines. Now that Severance (inspired by “The Stanley Parable“) and the eponymous The Witcher and The Last of Us series have gained commercial success, here are five titles that deserve their own…
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All The New Netflix Rom-Coms From 2025
Our Times Nora and Héctor are married physicists living in Mexico city when they are transported 60 years into the future, from 1966 to 2025, by a lab experiment that doesn’t go according to plan. As they adapt to modern life at different paces, their relationship is strained when they are forced to confront new…
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4 Iconic Bollywood Horror-Comedy Franchises To Stream In Late June
Many people mistake “Bollywood” for a genre defined by bright, colorful, musicals, full of Indian culture and romance, but the truth is it’s an entire industry that’s just as broad and varied as Hollywood. So of course it knows how to scratch your horror itch, granted with a desi spin. Like their American counterparts, Bollywood…
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What To Watch On June 29, 2025: Live Stream NY + SF Pride Celebrations
It’s Pride Sunday, so wherever you find yourself, we have you covered on the streaming front. Check out the line of live-streamed parades, a new take on a literary classic from AMC, a “magic” anniversary, and much more below: Hulu Pride Parades From Coast To Coast If you want to enjoy the energy of a…
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6 WLW Films That Are Way Better Than ‘Blue Is The Warmest Color’
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…
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5 Must-Watch Sports Docuseries To Stream On Netflix 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…
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Netflix True Crime Roundup (July 2025 Edition)
Netflix touts an impressive lineup of true crime documentaries and series, but for die-hard fans who have already exhausted the library, the wait for new titles can be agonizing. Luckily, we already have seven new releases so far in 2025. Check out each of them below! I’m Your Venus This new documentary about the unsolved…
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‘Reborn Rich’ Is More Cut-Throat Than ‘Succession’—And Packs A Time-Travel Twist
Trying to put this plot into words will make me sound crazy, at best, but trust me when I say Reborn Rich is one of the best pieces of television I have ever seen. The adventure centers around Yoon Hyun-woo, a trusted employee of the Soonyang Group, a prestigious family owned conglomerate.
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‘Development Hell’ Put These 4 Projects In Limbo —But We’re Still Holding Out Hope
We’ve all been here before. Googling every few months or years to see what happened to our favorite project in the making, only to see that it’s stalled again. The entertainment industry refers to these never-ending delays as ‘development hell’, and for good reason. Even so, here are four projects we’re just not ready to…