Nicole Stawiarski
Lead Content Manager for The Thought & Expression Company, Inc.
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2 Brand New True Crime Titles To Stream On Netflix In Late June
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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This Anime Shove Is Even More Cut-Throat Than THAT ‘House Of Cards’ Subway Scene
The beauty of S.I.U.’s Tower of God lies in its juxtaposition of innocence and corruption in an allegorical world that pulls together fairy tales and society’s harshest realities into a single narrative thread. The series’ hero, The Twenty-Fifth Bam, has a child-like purity that draws friends and allies to him like a magnet. It’s his…
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What Matteo Teaches Us About Overcoming Grief In ‘Nine Perfect Strangers’
The second season of Nine Perfect Strangers has been a brilliant continuation of Hulu’s adaptation of Liane Moriarty’s eponymous novel. We have a new set of strangers with deeply interconnected trauma being dredged up with the aid of Masha’s secret, psychedelic mushroom brew, as she attempts to lead them towards healing while straddling emotional baggage…
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These 12 Jungian Archetypes Are The Key To Understanding ‘Nine Perfect Strangers’ Season 2
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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Star Hints ‘Mindhunter’ Could Be Rebooted As A Film Trilogy
We fell in love with Holt McCallany in his role as FBI Special Agent Bill Tench on Netflix’s psychological true crime series Mindhunter when it first aired in 2017. He was the perfect foil and friend to partner Holden Ford, and had an incredibly character arc as he worked to balance the deeply disturbing aspects…
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What To Watch On June 27, 2025: Will ‘Squid Game’ End With A Swan Song?
If you’ve been fumbling your way through the lyrics to the red light, green light song for years (fun fact: mugunghwa kkoci pieot seumnida translates to ‘the hibiscus flower bloomed’) you already know today is one of the most anticipated days of the year for streaming fans. Korea’s ultimate scripted series is back for its…
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3 Best Never-Ending Story Anime Series
There’s nothing harder than saying goodbye to a set of beloved characters after you’ve followed along on their epic journey. Luckily for us, anime knows how to stretch out our time in a fantasy world for as long as possible. Storylines called “arcs” contain their own beginnings, middles, and ends, allowing series to continue on…
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4 New Netflix Series True Crime Addicts Absolutely Cannot Miss
A True Crime addict is never satisfied, no matter how many podcasts or documentaries they get their hands on. Luckily for us, Netflix has four new titles out with compelling footage and interviews, many of which have never been seen before. Check out each of them below! Cold Case: The Tylenol Murders This three-part docuseries…
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Every Netflix Rom-Com Released In 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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This Netflix Rom-Com Is Good-Enough To Stream Every Night Before Bed
The Hindi film industry has been going through non-stop transitions ever since COVID. The pandemic halted production and theater attendance, and in the lull, the top tier talent all got married (to each other) and started having families.
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‘Gran Hotel’ Is The Best Period Mystery You’ve Never Seen—Because You Literally Can’t
I scoured the internet yesterday to figure out where I could stream Antena 3’s 2011 Spanish-language mystery-romance, Gran Hotel, but the slew of links from Google and ChatGPT all led to the same “this title is not available in your region” dead end. It’s safe to say, my frustration and disappointment cannot be understated. This…
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How To Stream Every Remaining Indiana Fever Game (Without Spending A Fortune)
The ‘Caitlin Clark effect’ has made a monumental impact on women’s basketball, and the Indiana Fever point guard has been credited with generating an estimated 26.5% of the WNBA’s economic activity for the 2024 season. With ticket prices on the rise, and an ever-growing fandom, the appeal of catching her talent (or the media-generated rivalry…
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2 BBC Mini-Series You Absolutely Have To Stream Before The End Of Pride Month
No one does a period piece mini-series like BBC, and there are two you absolutely can’t skip before the end of Pride Month. Whether you just love a good love story, get down with Dickensian plots, or were as obsessed with The Handmaiden as I was, these two series will have you glued to the…
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This One Early Clue In ‘Nine Perfect Strangers’ Explains The Entire Second Season
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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Hulu Did Us Dirty With This Week’s ‘Nine Perfect Strangers’ Cliffhanger
Tension has been steadily building at Zauberwald, and this week the credits rolled right before they could hit their zenith. Masha and Martin were tripping on mushroom tea, David was hooked up to the “new technology” that allows Masha to help patients relive old memories, and a vibrant fireworks show and loudspeaker announcement summoned the…
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4 Tough Female Detectives We Love Just As Much As Cordelia Cupp
Netflix’s The Residence may have given us our new favorite character of 2025 in Cordelia Cupp, but with no clear word from the streaming giant on the future of the series, or her career, we have to turn elsewhere to get our dose of kick-ass female detectives. Luckily, there are plenty of great options to…
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20 Best Quotes To Celebrate 50 Years 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…
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What To Watch On June 25, 2025: Yes, Chef! ‘The Bear’ Season 4 Is Finally Here
It’s a long-awaited day today as Jeremy Allen White makes his return to our screens as Chicago’s favorite chef in need of some serious therapy, but hey, we couldn’t love him more unless he could feed us five star meals through the screen. Amazon has a new series dropping, and we can’t forget about the…