Smoke & Mirrors 

This current year, as well as the past several, has seen a slowly building increase in something the horror genre has required for quite a while in this critic's opinion...originality. I've stated before that I am very hard to please when it comes to this vein of the film industry's offerings, always leaning more towards that which sends chills through my very being in lieu of buckets of blood and gore.

Through its morbidly humorous storytelling, Wednesday tells a tale of a world divided that explores the manifestation of generational trauma in its protagonist Wednesday Addams.

The classic ghosts-in-revenge story expanded into an extensive dig into the historical social system while being funny and horny.

This glimpse into this world is so captivating that it is an easy must-see, nearly flawless, and exceptional in every way. 

When you first hear that there is a series on Netflix where the lead character’s wife dies from cancer and he becomes dangerously suicidal, you wouldn’t immediately assume that it’s a comedy.

A decade since it aired, Shameless (U.S.) has always stuck to its guns (and baseball bats) about character diversity.