I’m in that strange pocket of time where the shows I was invested in—Poker Face and Murderbot—had their season finales so I’m trying to find the next shows that make me excited to watch them. In the meantime I’ve found plenty to be entertained by, including two films, Best Of lists, exciting adaptation news, an in-depth interview with Nadiya Hussain, and more—all which I think is worth your time!

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Lee Pace!

I’m already exhausted by Hollywood trying to remake and bring back everything that was once popular but I absolutely need witches and Lee Pace and want this now! Lee Pace Joins Practical Magic 2 Alongside More Announced Cast

While I don’t need remakes I am absolutely here for all the dives into cult classics!

“LYONNE: In the early aughts, all I had to do was answer questions about, ‘Oh my gosh, it’s so brave. Were you scared to play a gay person?’ I was like, ‘Were you scared to ask me that question?’” “Wow, This Is So Gay”: An Oral History of But I’m a Cheerleader

Nadiya Hussain Breaks Silence on BBC Exit

This long interview hits hard on so many levels and there is a lot to unpack from the way people assume the happy-on-the-outside-person is only that to the way society loves to uplift a person as a representation that we no longer have racism. Nadiya Hussain—The Great British Bake Off winner, cookbook author, host of shows like Nadiya Bakes—sat down for an interview to talk about her childhood, family, marriage, anxiety disorder, and being in the public eye. (heads up for discussion of child sexual assault that isn’t graphic and child attempted suicide that details the story.)

More poet written cultural essays please!

“These days, all I talk about and think about is the cognitive dissonance required to move through the world. Increasingly, I struggle to disentangle my many selves, to get on with the day. All my selves weep often. I try to have grace. I tell my friends that I’m no longer sure how anyone just drifts through the days, the months, without acknowledging the horrors. I imagine what it must be like to be able to turn off the parts of the world that unsettle you. It must feel like existing in an animated universe that adheres to cartoon physics: you fall from an inconceivable height and, landing, a cloud of dust billows up from the ground, but then you shake yourself off and keep moving.” Zohran Mamdani and Mahmoud Khalil Are in on the Joke

We keep having the wrong conversations

“As an accused murderer that brought class inequality and exploitation undeniably to the fore, Mangione has attracted the wrath of society’s upper echelons, which have tried their best to make an example of the 27-year-old University of Pennsylvania graduate for anybody who might think class war is an effective strategy out of the mess in which we currently find ourselves. What started as a class-conscious discussion about health care corporations killing the American people for profit soon became a Robin Hood-esque hero worship that warped interest in the case into stan culture, one that unfortunately echoes the American obsession with true crime and alleged murderers over their real victims: the American people.” Deny, Defend, Depose, Slay: How Luigi Mangione Became a Thirst Trap

And to finish this section, a roundup of The Best Shows and Films of 2025 (So Far) lists

• AP: 2025’s best movies (so far) include ‘Sinners,’ ‘Sorry Baby’ and ‘One of Them Days’

• Hollywood Reporter Critics Pick the 10 Best Films of 2025 So Far

• Rolling Stone: The Best Movies of 2025 So Far

• IndieWire: The Best Anime of 2025 (So Far)

• AV Club: The 20 best TV shows of 2025 (so far)

• Hollywood Reporter Critics Pick the 10 Best TV Shows of 2025 So Far

• Rolling Stone: The 10 Best TV Shows of 2025 So Far

• EW: The best TV shows of 2025 so far

• Variety:The Best TV Shows of 2025 (So Far)

• The Ringer: The Best TV Shows of 2025 (So Far)

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Black Bag (Peacock)

I love anything with spies and this film supplied plenty of spies (a marriage and friend group of spies) along with plenty of drama, slow build suspense, and twists! Michael Fassbender plays an MI6 spy who has to figure out who leaked top secret info. Enter Cate Blanchett who plays his wife and is now his suspect. What will they do?! Trailer

KPop Demon Hunters (Netflix)

This animated film is filled with great energy, fun and funny action/fight scenes, catchy AF music, vibrant animation, and equally works for fans of K-pop/dramas and people who don’t know anything about them. A K-pop group is on a secret mission to kill all the demons and save their country, but one of them is hiding the secret that she is half demon and half hunter. I watched this after a super stressful day and it was the perfect entertainment. Trailer

That’s all for now! Thanks for reading, and as always feel free to shout out anything you’ve been loving lately!