Mary: Welcome back for more loud kissing and petty arguments. It all starts...right now!
Read moreYA Book Club: Permanent Record by Mary H.K. Choi
Guess what? Mary and Emily are back again. This time, we’ve got a brand new YA BOOK CLUB for you. And oh boy, it’s a book. Don’t read on unless you’re okay with having the whole book spoiled for you. We say go ahead and let it be spoiled. Sorry, we didn’t like this one. Let’s get into it!
Read moreListen to Your Heart E3: Romantic Compatibility
This week on Listen to Your Heart, the performances finally begin! But does everything go as smoothly as planned? Will the contestants have romantic compatibility? What does romantic compatibility even mean?! Read on to hear Emily and Mary’s recap of this dramatic (as always) episode.
Read moreApril Showers Bring May (Poems About) Flowers
National Poetry Month is almost over, and because of the current pandemic, April feels like it didn’t really even happen this year. Our normal springtime activities have been halted, and we haven’t been able to truly enjoy this season as we usually would. Today, I’m turning to poetry to channel that spring energy and feelings of hope that should come with seeing the world blossom, even if we’re not getting to experience it fully this year. Here are five poems about flowers to carry you into May and bring a bit of beauty to your quarantined spring.
Read moreWhy Did I Just Watch All Seven Seasons of New Girl?
In our present moment, a lot of people are re-watching things that bring them comfort, which makes perfect sense. Everything is weird and scary, and there’s nothing like some pop culture comfort food to bring your head to a place of temporary normalcy.
Unfortunately, I can’t really use COVID-19 as an excuse for what I’ve been consuming, because I started long before we realized just how global this pandemic was going to get. In early January, I was going through a pretty rough period of anxiety and depression. I wanted to watch something that was both comforting and new to me, perhaps something I’d popped in and out of while it was on network television but had never fully committed to because it was decidedly un-good. I knew what it had to be. New Girl.
I’m not sure why it was so clear to me. Maybe it’s because of the neverending thirst for Nick Miller (Jake Johnson) on Twitter. Maybe it’s because I feel like we, as a society, did Zooey Deschanel dirty by writing her off as “too quirky.” Maybe it’s because I hate myself. But whatever the case, I made it to the finale yesterday, and do you want to know something? I cried.
Read moreSurvivor S40: e11 Recap "This is Extortion!"
Hello from quarantine! Todd and I have been dutifully watching Survivor each week while self isolating, and I have been dutifully winning our family fantasy league each week. (Todd here, and look, I have tried to win, but I am clearly not as good as Mary. Them’s the facts.)
This week, we thought we’d try something a little different.
Read moreListen to Your Heart E2: "The Shoe Has Dropped, and It's A Boot"
Emily: Welcome back to the show that isn’t what we wanted but perhaps what we need during these quarantine times. This is the second week of Listen to Your Heart, but these people are acting like they’ve been in here for, like, a year. And apparently they think we know who they are or who any of these “established” “relationships” are. We do not.
Mary: They’ve known each other for approximately two days to a week and yet they’re all ready to be in love and make big commitments. I continuously kept saying, “DO YOU EVEN KNOW EACH OTHER?!” at my TV. I’m not sure about the editing on this show because, as you said, they expect us to know who’s “established” with very little explanation of who these people even are. It’s a roller coaster ride. WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE.
Read moreSurvivor S40: e10 Recap "Full Circle"
Hello, everyone! We hope you are staying safe and inside during these difficult times, as you might have heard in a commercial during this week’s episode of Survivor: Winners at War. To get it out of the way up front, Mary is still absolutely dominating the Survivor Fantasy League, and Todd is in no way upset about it. Nope. Not at all. Here’s the real question for this week: did you cry? Because this episode really wanted you to cry. Jeff didn’t even make the contestants compete to meet with their loved ones (including kids!), and the Edge-ians also got to meet their loved ones. There may or may not have been some tears shed when Mary and Todd were watching. Don’t ask who shed them; it doesn’t matter. Anyway, is there dust in this room? Let’s get on to the recap!
Read moreYou Can Finally Watch THE HUNT. But Should You?
After much controversy, multiple release dates, and a global pandemic, Blumhouse’s The Hunt is finally available to watch On Demand in your home.
Vulture has pretty comprehensive coverage of the pre-release controversy for this film over here, so if you want to read more about that, have at it. Then come back and join me when you’re ready. I will try to keep this review as spoiler free as possible.
Read moreListen to Your Heart E1: "Week One"
Mary: Welcome to Listen to Your Heart, a new Bachelor franchise show where a group of musically talented people go live in a house to find their perfect duet partner, and maybe love. Because Emily and I are social distancing along with the rest of the country, we’ve decided to recap this show because, well, why not! Join us, won’t you?
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