Actress Ruby Rose Is The CW’s Batwoman
The CW has found its Batwoman in actress Ruby Rose. The Orange Is the New Black and John Wick 2 star will swing into the Arrowverse this December for the first time during The CW’s Arrow/Supergirl/Legends of...
Britney Young on Carmen’s Growth in GLOW Season 2
GLOW season 1 hit all the right notes with viewers: It brimmed with 1980s nostalgia, mixing Aquanet, synthesized music, and American cultural hopes and fears seamlessly. The wrestling, of course, was a huge...
Rachael Taylor on Trish Walker’s Motivations in JESSICA JONES Season 2
If Jessica Jones season 1 was about the effects of past traumas and confronting those traumas in an effort to move forward and grow beyond those anchors, then season 2 is about the aftermath of that...
Carrie-Anne Moss on Her Character’s Strength in JESSICA JONES Season 2
In Netflix’s Jessica Jones season 1, actress Carrie-Anne Moss—known for roles in such films as Memento and The Matrix trilogy—portrayed lawyer Jeri Hogarth, a manipulative, highly competent, powerful...
Brian Volk-Weiss on the Rise & Fall of Toy Lines in THE TOYS THAT MADE US
While children the world over have been impacted by the various toy lines that have woven in and out of our consciousness in the last century, the sometimes-tumultuous history of the rise and fall—and...
On the Return & Importance of FLCL
With the return of the beloved anime series FLCL next month, FreakSugar contributor Chris Snow discusses his love of the show and what it has meant to him. In the early 2000s, when I was still in grad...
COBRA KAI Sweeps the Leg & Scores a 2nd Season
While many of us have a nostalgic place in our hearts for the original Karate Kid franchise, the YouTube Red revival Cobra Kai really could have gone either way. However, Cobra Kai turned out to be, much like...
Memory Plays a Key Role in the Trailer for BLACK MIRROR’s Episode “Crocodile”
While we still don't know when season 4 of Black Mirror, Netflix's Twilight Zone for the 21st century, will debut, the streaming service has been eking out teases in anticipation of new episodes dropping...
MST3K: THE RETURN Scores a Second Season
Keeping the tradition of its predecessor, Netflix's Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Return held a Thanksgiving Day marathon yesterday, hosted by Joel Hogsdon, Felicia Day, and Jonah Ray, helping viewers be...
Jaime Lannister’s Moment of Truth
We have a few months to a couple years before the final season of Game of Thrones hits HBO, but that doesn't mean that we can't reflect fondly on what made the season 7 finale special. However, while viewers...