Nicole Stawiarski

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. Alia Bhatt proved in a big way that children are no longer the early ticket to retirement […]

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 […]

Part of getting older is slowly turning into your parents, and for a lot of us in our 30s, that means starting to watch HGTV. But one significant generational gap remains consistent—we are having a much harder time becoming home owners they did. So in many ways, a channel that was once considered a pinnacle […]

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 […]

If you’re stressed about heading back to work after the long holiday weekend, fret not, Hulu’s ready to take the edge off with two new premieres. Whether you’re a reality TV junkie, or prefer a scripted drama, there’s something to catch your attention. Last, but not least, one of our favorite parody films is ringing […]

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 […]

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 […]

I know we just wrapped up the ultimate summer holiday, but no one is giving you a chance to catch your breath, because ‘Christmas In July’ is here, whether you realized it was coming or not. TV is chomping at the bit to get us in a different holiday spirit, and it’s not just Hallmark […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. Alia Bhatt proved in a big way that children are no longer the early ticket to retirement […]

Sofia Carson is Netflix’s rom-com golden goose, and her fifth feature film with the streaming giant after the success of The Life List earlier this year, My Oxford Year, is primed to be the OTT event of the summer. Not your typical book to film adaptation, screenwriters Allison Burnett and Melissa Osborne based the film […]

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 […]

“You’re not like, in love with her?”

Hi, I’m Nicole—a thirty-something Bollywood fanatic and entertainment writer, and while I don’t officially have any desi heritage, my Spotify playlists might have you fooled. From Piggy Chops’ infamous leather jacket to Kangana’s many feuds, I Iive for the celebrity gossip, and whether this latest wave of nepo-kids turns Koffee With Karan into Oolong With […]

Our favorite DVD delivery company turned global streaming giant was able to disrupt the home entertainment industry not just by investing heavily in technology, but making an equally massive bet on original content. I took a stroll down memory lane by downloading my own watchlist history, and here are the original titles that have become […]