Plop and the Gnome Treasure 

"Godzilla vs. Kong" is all style and very little substance. It's also the most fun I've had in months.

Pose tells stories of queer joy and love in a time of intense hate and sadness.

This Netflix series is about Ashley Garcia, who gets a once in a lifetime opportunity to work at NASA.

Escape The Field is a serviceable horror thriller. The characters are easier to remember as horror character tropes. As I wrote this review, I only remembered the characters by their tropes: #FinalGirl, #Everyman, #Badass, #MeanB*/SexyGirl, #Realist/BlackLesbian, and #TheNerd.

Outer Banks (2020-) knows its audience: young adults in a country that can’t stop romanticizing good ole’ treasure hunts. Add a little of Riverdale’s (2017-) sex appeal, and no one can look away. Forty years after The Goonies (1985) America’s consciousness hasn’t strayed from the same tropes: treasure hunts, a vulnerable white male lead, and the whitewashing of a racially segregated setting.

Ripley is a great character because she serves two distinct, but rewarding, purposes in the original film and the sequel.