Nicole Stawiarski
Lead Content Manager for The Thought & Expression Company, Inc.
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Netflix Favorite Sophia Carson Is Back With A New Summer Rom-Com
Girl nerds of the world rejoice, Netflix is bringing us not one but two Sofia Carson rom-coms in the same year. Did The Life List feel like an Emily In Paris rework set in New York with a more emotionally evocative backstory? Yes (dead mom always trumps shitty boyfriend from Chicago). Did we still love…
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‘Fountain Of Youth’ Looked Perfect On Paper, But Was A Major Flub For Apple TV+
This weekend I reactivated my Apple TV+ subscription, which I cancelled following the Severance season finale, to watch their newest treasure-seeking action film, Fountain of Youth, starring John Krasinski and Natalie Portman. On paper, it had all the right elements to justify a $9.99 fee: established leads, supporting roles featuring Eiza González, Domhall Gleeson, and…
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‘Netflix Tudum 2025’ Gave Us Our First Look At The Newest Member Of The Live Action ‘One Piece’ Cast
This year’s Netflix Tudum marked the first live stream directly from the Netflix platform for the fan-focused event, and the One Piece fandom in particular got plenty of TLC and screen time. As the streaming giant hyped up the upcoming second season of it’s live action adaptation of the world’s best-selling manga and beloved anime…
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Netflix’s Newest Series Is Apocalyptically Argentinean, And Perfect For Fans Of ‘Death Stranding’
Netflix knows the value of a good adaptation, and the massive streaming giant has been sourcing IP from across the globe, of high and low-brow character to further flesh out their expansive library. After last year’s One Hundred Years Of Solitude brought Nobel laureate Gabriel García Márquez’ Colombian classic to life, Netflix is turning to…
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6 Best Lesbian Romances To Stream During 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…
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4 New True Crime Documentaries To Stream On Netflix In June
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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9 Bittersweet Comedies That Portray The Full Spectrum Of Human Emotion
When I was making my way through The Second City’s improv and conservatory programs in Chicago, my instructors and directors kept telling us one thing to help improve our scenes—make a confession. When we went to a real, honest and emotional place with our scene partners, one that grounded our characters and got our audiences…
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Netflix Finally Gave Italians Their Own Version Of ‘My Big Fat Greek Wedding’ With ‘Nonnas’
I have always made light of my own ethnic background. With a super Polish last name and the two other common hyphenations that render me a Chicago-style sausage who didn’t stand a chance at escaping a Catholic upbringing (Irish and Italian-American), I’ve always had an ambiguous relationship with the word “culture”. Formally, it was something…
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All The New Netflix Rom-Coms From 2025
The Royals (May) Bollywood notables Ishaan Khatter and Bhumi Pednekar star in Netflix’s latest rom-com series has the trapping of a Hallmark film with an international spin. Prince Aviraaj “Fizzy” Singh must step into his father’s shoes as Maharaja following his demise, while CEO Sophia seeks to collaborate with the family for her luxury hospitality…
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Apple TV+’s ‘Fountain Of Youth’ Proves You Can’t Teach A New Dog Old Tricks
This weekend I reactivated my Apple TV+ subscription, which I cancelled following the Severance season finale, to watch their newest treasure-seeking action film, Fountain of Youth, starring John Krasinski and Natalie Portman. On paper, it had all the right elements to justify a $9.99 fee: established leads, supporting roles featuring Eiza González, Domhall Gleeson, and…
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This Netflix Anime Where Girls Run The World Is Set In Feudal Japan
Netflix’s Ōoku: The Inner Chambers is an ambitious creation set in an alternate version of Edo-period Japan against the backdrop of a mysterious pandemic that is decimating the male population. The series delivers all the political intrigue you would expect from the feudal system, with one huge plot-twist. Who run this world? Girls.
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This Gorgeous Netflix Period Drama Is A Guilt-Free ‘Gone With The Wind’
To talk about Gone With The Wind in a responsible way, without going writing an entire dissertation, I’m going to lean on the crutch of analogy and say it’s like that one piece in a box of assorted chocolates you bite into and spit out once you taste what’s on the inside. Its popularity and…
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21 Quotes From Netflix’s ‘Nonnas’
It was high time those of us from the other Mediterranean country with a big personality got our own version of My Big Fat Greek Wedding, and Netflix’s hilariously nostalgic Nonnas finally delivered. Check out the best quotes that are bound to become as iconic as its cast overnight! 1. “You can’t say goodbye to…
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These 9 Bittersweet Comedies Capture The Spectrum Of Human Emotion
When I was making my way through The Second City’s improv and conservatory programs in Chicago, my instructors and directors kept telling us one thing to help improve our scenes—make a confession. When we went to a real, honest and emotional place with our scene partners, one that grounded our characters and got our audiences…
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Sofia Carson’s New Netflix Romantic Comedy, ‘My Oxford Year’, Is A Dark Academia Girly’s Dream
Girl nerds of the world rejoice, Netflix is bringing us not one but two Sofia Carson rom-coms in the same year. Did The Life List feel like an Emily In Paris rework set in New York with a more emotionally evocative backstory? Yes (dead mom always trumps shitty boyfriend from Chicago). Did we still love…
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Meet The New ‘Nine Perfect Strangers’—And The Amazing Actors Who Play Them
Nicole Kidman is back in her role as Masha Dmitrichenko, a Russian wellness guru slash pseudo-therapist with questionable ethics and a ton of emotional baggage of her own. Though Nine Perfect Strangers is based on Liane Moriarty’s novel of the same name and originally planned as a limited series, show runners are taking a page…
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6 Lesbian Love Stories To Stream This 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…
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7 Best Underrated Titles You May Have Missed On Netflix
It’s no secret the rise of this streaming giant has completely transformed the way we watch television, and its bid to steal our attention away from broadcasters with a subscription model brought with it innovative and experimental content unbound by the traditional constraints of scheduled programming with ad breaks. They played to niche audiences and…