Best TV Shows & Movies of 2018

Wynonna Earp is a TV show about the supernatural mysteries that go on in a small town. Earp is the great-great-granddaughter of legendary lawman Wyatt Earp. She battles the reincarnated outlaws that Wyatt killed, which are called revenants. She also fights other supernatural beings that inhabit the Ghost River Triangle, a cursed territory near the Canadian Rockies that includes Purgatory. Earp live...

Curated by Netflix themselves, “On My Block” led the list of the most binge-watched television shows this year, surpassing prominent, fan favorites like “Making a Murder” and “13 Reasons Why.” The story takes place in South Central Los Angeles, a multi-ethnic neighborhood brimming with criminal activity, riveting festivities, and the calamities of living in L.A. Orbiting around the ...

From 2003 to 2007, Bravo aired the show “Queer Eye for The Straight Guy” featuring five gay men who each specialize in one area of makeovers or, as they call it, “make betters.” Each show, the cast (the ‘Fab 5’) makeover the lifestyle and looks of a straight man. The show was groundbreaking. It positively represents traditionally negative stereotypes and projects a theme of acceptance....

In 2018 Netflix released many original movies, some of the most popular involved teenage love stories. There were three produced this year: “Sierra Burgess is a Loser”, “The Kissing Booth” -- and the best one in my opinion -- “To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before.” The main character from “To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before,” Lara Jean, is a high school junior who has been writi...

I would consider “Infinity War” to be the most widely anticipated film of the year. Following its announcement in May, there wasn’t a Marvel fan that didn’t mark it on their calendars. Consequently, sparking an interest in those who haven’t been previously invested. Many took the time to rewatch previous Marvel films or view them for the first time. Infinity War contracted such an enormous...

Marvel broke new ground with February's smash hit "Black Panther." Featuring the first black superhero in a title role, “Black Panther” was a breath of fresh air for the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and the African American community. Filled with exhilarating action, heart-rendering drama, and the best MCU villain to date, “Black Panther” is easily one of the best films in the MCU and ...

Based on the bestselling 2013 novel by Kevin Kwan, Crazy Rich Asians follows American Professor Rachel Chu (Constance Wu) on her journey to visit her boyfriend, Nick (Henry Golding),’s family in Singapore. Upon arriving, she realizes that his family is extremely rich, which comes as a surprise to Chu. She becomes immediately intimidated by his family’s lavish lifestyle and is instantly judged by...

Released in February of this year, season one of  “Everything Sucks!” depicts the lives of six teenagers living in a town called Boring during the late nineties. A rivalry between the audio-visual club and drama students is resolved by combining their skills to film an original sci-fi film. Protagonist Luke O’Neil kicks off the new year as a freshman at Boring High School and quickly de...

We need to be talking about the diversity and representation of the groundbreaking 2018 film, “Love, Simon”, brought to audiences worldwide. In this movie, an adolescent boy named Simon meets an anonymous classmate online and develops a strong friendship that turns into something more; all the while trying to come to terms with his sexuality. This movie is iconic and important for all generat...

Social injustices within the United States have become the norm. Finding your identity in a world of confusion is not an easy task, especially for a teenager. Growing up in a low-income area, and then going to school in predominantly white school, Amandla Stenberg plays a young high school girl facing cultural challenges on a day to day basis.   Starr Carter, who is played by Amandla Stenberg, is a popular ki...

You sit at your tv screen tossing the thought in your mind: is there more than what meets the eye? POSE, Fox’s smash hit, answers yes, but with the price of new education, and payment of understanding. An unadulterated, ragged fairytale of glitz and glamour that seeks to arouse the stigma of societal juxtaposition. POSE is cemented on a caricature of survival. Envisioned from the minds of gay ...

One of the most anticipated movies of 2018 was Incredibles 2. The first movie was released in 2004 and was a major success. People who enjoyed the movie wanted a part two, but were doubtful of there being another one. However in 2014, Disney announced that Incredibles 2 was going to be released in the summer of 2018. After 14 years, Incredibles 2 came out in theaters. The public was excited about the m...

One of the most challenging searches when dealing with movies is finding a horror film that actually fits its title. Although this series is not a movie, it certainly lives up to its title. Due to past experiences with movies in the horror category, my expectations were fairly low as I pressed play on the Netflix original show, “The Haunting of Hill House.” The show is not only capable of h...

“Creed II” has un-arguably been my favorite movie of 2018. The film was written by Juel Taylor and Sylvester Stallone, and directed by Steven Caple Jr., the fourth black director to gross $100 million in 2018. The movie was action-packed, sentimental, and had superb optical clarity. Here’s the breakdown:   Action   Stallone and Taylor did an exceptional job by including multiple inte...