Film & Television

Like pretty much everyone else on the internet, the AD team spent our winter break marathoning (and deeply loving!) Heated Rivalry. While we have virtually no notes on the pitch-perfect romance between rival hockey players Illya Rozanov and Shane Hollander, as design obsessives we were drawn to more than just the steamy sex scenes and glutes discourse.

On-screen musicals have a colorful presence in cinematic history, yet have lately taken up the role of pariah. Three recent releases—The Color Purple, Wonka, and Mean Girls—were widely marketed without highlighting their musical elements. This means for the ill-informed audience member, one might sit down in the theater under no impression that they are about to see a musical.

Earlier this year, my sister gushed about a show that I just had to watch: Outlander. As a fan of historical fiction, I quickly became enamored with the show. When a family trip to the UK came around, we couldn't resist adding a stop in Scotland to visit some filming locations.

At its most simple level, an edit can be a compilation of one character’s best/most notable moments. Maybe it’s set to a sultry song with slow zooms on the actor’s face (it oh so often falls into this category). On the more comedic side, it may be strung together with meme photos, viral audios, and commentary by way of comic sans subtitling.

Grand Crew is created by Phil Augusta Jackson, a writer and producer best known for his work on Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Insecure. The sitcom follows a group of young professionals in LA as they traverse dating, new jobs, and the ups and downs of friendship.

With social media, the concept of a watch party has transformed. You can share the viewing experience with thousands of people online through social feeds, online chat groups, or even livestreams. Although you might not be in the room with the people you’re watching alongside, the countless perspectives, memes, and wild takes bring a sense of community—albeit somewhat chaotic—all the same.

TV reboots for “Twilight” and “Harry Potter” have both been announced as in the works, and honestly, I’m just tired. Is the content well really so dry that we need to reinvent movies that are barely over 10 years old? Moving at Renesmee aging speeds here!!

The notorious crime fighter has had a contentious public perception since he first appeared on the screen. Duane has been in and out of reality television since the A+E series concluded, though he still maintains his brazen lifestyle when the cameras aren't rolling.

We often look to the our past to see what was in style, what everyday experiences were like, what people cared about in any particular era. We look back to see how we have changed. Or how we haven’t. Yet in the digital age, we are all too willing to let the next trending topic on Twitter or limited tv series do the leg work for us.

The MCU had become predictable. So predictable, that I was guessing lines before characters said them while in the theater. While Infinity War and Endgame broke the cycle of repetition to a certain extent, I was fairly ready to close the chapter on my viewing of on-screen superhero content. WandaVision pleasantly shattered that perception.

Damian Powers and Giannina Gibelli from Love Is Blind went through the wringer in their relationship both onscreen and off. They built a bond without even knowing what the other looked like. After they left the pods of the Netflix dating show behind, their relationship grew more complex. Eventually it became too much to keep together.

Sharp-eyed fans of Below Deck Med noticed a familiar face in a video of Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck enjoying a stroll while on vacation: past stew Lauren Cohen. The crew alum hadn't made many waves since her time on the Bravo series. But this spotting of Lauren got fans wondering what her connection with the A-list couple was.

With eight seasons on the high seas, Below Deck has provided quite the collection of nautical shenanigans. Yachting brings strangers together to live and work in cramped quarters while catering to rich and demanding guests. All things considered, that high-stress environment creates the perfect cocktail for a reality show.

The storyline of Below Deck Mediterranean season 5 drastically changed due to issues with deckhand Pete Hunziker, and some pretty epic fights between Pete and fellow crew member Alex Radcliffe didn't actually make it onto the series. If the producers hadn't been forced to change routes, the fights between them may have been a big focus in the season.

Early departures of crew members has become an almost expected part of reality television at sea. Only a select few seasons of Below Deck and Below Deck Mediterranean have gone without one or more firing, but the newest spin-off has now completed two season without any crew members being asked to leave.

CJ Franco chose Jarred Evans (New Jarred) on the finale of FBoy Island but some fans think she should’ve picked Casey Johnson. Casey came onto the island as a fboy while Jarred joined the show as a nice guy, and yet still many viewers think the pair should have ended up together. What about Casey and CJ's connection made fans cheer for a fboy?

The Netflix original series challenged young singles to put aside their physical desires with no kissing or sex during a one month retreat at a tropical villa in order to form deeper connections, and that test did result in some successful couplings for the original cast. Yet outside the bubble of the villa, those relationships got put to the real test.

Critics may knock the stars of Keeping Up With The Kardashians for becoming rich with no real talent, but many members of the Kardashian family take pride in their so-called talentlessness since it has brought them success. Becoming some of the most popular and influential personalities in the world does not come easy.