Author: Monique

Dakarai Larriett in front of the Montgomery capitol.

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November 24, 2025

US Senate Hopeful Dakarai Larriett Is Ready To Tackle Alabama’s Police Brutality

Art by David Palumbo

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November 9, 2025

Win An Illustrated Copy Of ‘The Binti Trilogy’ From The Folio Society! U.S. ONLY

Page Yang as Koko in Southern Fried Rice (Photo credit: KeyTV)

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October 27, 2025

‘Southern Fried Rice’ Is Bad. Just For Different Reasons.

The cast of Secrets We Kill For, standing curiously in the woods.

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October 13, 2025

‘Secrets To Kill For’ Is What You Want For Some Lifetime Murder-Mystery Fun

Taylor Swift in showgirl garb is surrounded by pictures of Travis Kelce with Swift, Kelce with Kayla Nicole, and Charli XCX.

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October 13, 2025

The Racial Anxiety Behind Taylor Swift’s ‘The Life of a Showgirl’

Monique looks tired with the lyrics of "America the beautiful" behind her. An arrow points to her with the word "Tired" above it.

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September 17, 2025

I Almost Gave Up.

(L-R) Zoey (Ji-young Yoo), Rumi (Arden Cho) and Mira (May Hong)

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July 7, 2025

“KPop Demon Hunters” Blends Animation, Beats, and Empowerment

Antwone Barnes as Eddie in Liquor Bank

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June 2, 2025

‘Liquor Bank’: Marcellus Cox’s Latest Short Film Finds A Black Man Staring Down His Life In A Bottle

A picture of Annie from Sinners with pictures of me as a teenager and me as an adult.

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May 19, 2025

How One Scene in ‘Sinners’ Helped Me Heal My Body Image Wounds

Michael B. Jordan and Miles Caton in Sinners. (Photo credit: Warner Bros.)

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April 30, 2025

‘Sinners’ Is A Tour-De-Force Of Culture, Commentary And Vampires