This diner seems peculiar doesn't it?
The “gay best friend”, an age-old trope, has been done in countless films and television series. Ranging from one-note (Sex and the City's Stanford and Mario) to nuanced (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt's Tituss), the gay best friend exists to support and advise the main protagonist, with their conflicts swept to the side.
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.
Despite the film’s efforts to reframe its heroine with modern complexity, a certain emotional distance lingers.
Armed with a $400M budget and Tom Cruise’s death-defying stunts, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning delivers pulse-pounding action even as its plot falters. From underwater silence to high-altitude madness, it's pure adrenaline powered by old-school movie magic — but is this really Ethan Hunt’s final mission?
Celebrate Pride with these movies and TV shows available on popular streaming services. (Good news: a lot of them are available for free.)
If your upbringing was anything like mine, where the TV acted as an additional parent- there are so many new stories and perspectives to explore.
