No film based on a true story is really about it’s subject, or at least not wholly about it. Sure, there’s a requirement to include the major moments of a life or event, keep the bones of the story in line with history. But the viewpoint of the filmmakers matters as much as the bones …

Miranda Bailey is a producer, director, actor and distributor known for films like The Squid and the Whale, The Diary of a Teenage Girl, Super, and Don’t Think Twice. Two years ago, she started TheCherryPicks.com. CherryPicks is a site where films are seen through the lens of women and non-binary reviewers and writers from all …

The purpose of Star Wars Thrills is to put all the Star Wars news from the week of April 17, 2020 in one location. This week, we’ve got updates about Disney+ Star Wars shows The Mandalorian Season 2 and the Cassian Andor series, George Lucas in quarantine, Star Wars video call backgrounds, and much more! If you read …

Star Wars: The Clone Wars has returned for its seventh and final season on the Disney+ streaming service. In this review, we’re taking a look at the ninth episode of the season, titled “Old Friends Not Forgotten.” Ahsoka Tano reaches out to Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi seeking assistance to secure the capture of longtime …

Acorn TV has revealed the trailer for relationship thriller Gold Digger, starring Emmy-winning actress Julia Ormond (Mad Men, Sabrina, Legends of the Fall, upcoming The Walking Dead: World Beyond), as a conflicted 60-year-old woman who finds a new lease in life when she falls in love with a mysterious, much younger man (Ben Barnes, Westworld, The Chronicles …

National Geographic announced today its new limited series Barkskins will premiere this Memorial Day, Monday, May 25, at 9/8c with back-to-back episodes over four weeks.  Barkskins examines the mysterious massacre of settlers in the vast and unforgiving wilds of 1690s New France that threatens to throw the region into all-out war. Likely suspects abound — the English, …

Hot Chelle Rae is back! After a five-year hiatus, the band has regrouped, made a new EP (listen to Tangerine here) and is hosting a LIVE Quarandtream release party today at 4 p.m. PST with special guests across their social media platforms. Vital Thrills chatted exclusively with Hot Chelle Rae lead guitarist Nash Overstreet about the …

The purpose of Star Wars Thrills is to put all the Star Wars news from the week of April 10, 2020 in one location. This week, we’ve got new Baby Yoda toys, Ahsoka’s clone trooper merchandise, new Hallmark Christmas ornaments, Taika Waititi talks The Mandalorian, and much more! If you read this each week, you should be …

As a television-obsessed writer, there is no place I would rather be than inside. In the last three weeks, my husband and I have binged seven complete seasons of various TV shows – and that doesn’t include news, reruns, and currently-airing network television. Thankfully, there are an abundance of streaming sites, and thousands of TV shows …

The purpose of Star Wars Thrills is to put all the Star Wars news from the week of April 3, 2020 in one location. This week, we’ve got the mystery of the Falcon’s triangular radar dish, a new writer for the Obi-Wan Kenobi series, The Mandalorian Season 2 rumors, a new 501st Lego set, and much more! …

Star Wars: The Clone Wars has returned for its seventh and final season on the Disney+ streaming service. In this review, we’re taking a look at the seventh episode of the season, titled “Dangerous Debt.” After being imprisoned by the Pykes, Ahsoka Tano and the Martez sisters manage a daring escape of their stronghold. Together …

For a long time complex subjects have had to be dealt with in allegory and obscurity, working around their subjects due to commercial and cultural sensitivities. There is a lot of artistic good which can come from that, requiring filmmakers to create subtle and understandable spaces for audiences to fill in rather than having everything …

The purpose of Star Wars Thrills is to put all the Star Wars news from the week of March 27, 2020 in one location. This week, we’ve got new The Mandalorian Season 2 cast updates, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Easter Eggs, a new look at old concept art, a life-sized Baby Yoda toy, and much …

Star Wars: The Clone Wars has returned for its seventh and final season on the Disney+ streaming service. In this review, we’re taking a look at the sixth episode of the season, titled “Deal No Deal.” When Trace Martez pilots her prized ship on a mysterious job arranged by her sister Rafa, Ahsoka is alarmed …

The purpose of Star Wars Thrills is to put all the Star Wars news from the week of March 20, 2020 in one location. This week, we’ve got the early Digital release of The Rise of Skywalker, Rosario Dawson playing Ahsoka Tano in The Mandolorian Season 2, new LEGO helmet sets, new Baby Yoda merchandise, the adventures of Ben Solo, …

Star Wars: The Clone Wars has returned for its seventh and final season on the Disney+ streaming service. In this review, we’re taking a look at the fifth episode of the season, titled “Gone With a Trace.” In the Coruscant underworld, Ahsoka Tano befriends a pilot whose sister enlists her to help build droids, but …

The purpose of Star Wars Thrills is to put all the Star Wars news from the week of March 6, 2020 in one location. This week, we’ve got delays in Baby Yoda merchandise, first looks at The Rise of Skywalker novelization (pre-order here), an update on the Cassian Andor TV series, and much more! If you read …

Star Wars: The Clone Wars has returned for its seventh and final season on the Disney+ streaming service. In this review, we’re taking a look at the third episode of the season, titled “On the Wings of Keeradaks.” Having located Echo, Anakin leads Rex and the Bad Batch in a daring escape. But with the Techno …

Locke & Key premiered on Netflix on February 7, and viewers learned all about the mysterious keys that have followed the Locke family and their friends. The series is based on the hit comics by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez. We recently got to chat with actress Hallea Jones, who plays Eden Hawkins in the series. …

Netflix announced today that the streaming service has given the green light to Ragnarok Season 2. Netflix released new images, which spell “Oh My God,” to announced the second season. You can view them below. The first season of the Norwegian-language drama series debuted on Netflix January 31st. It consists of six episodes. Ragnarok is a coming-of-age …