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12 Shows That Are Just Like "Heartstopper" That You Can Watch While Waiting For Season 2

12 Shows That Are Just Like "Heartstopper" That You Can Watch While Waiting For Season 2

BuzzFeed — As we eagerly await the second season of the standout Netflix series Heartstopper on August 3, we all need something to put on at night or while we eat dinner. Whether it's high school teen romance or nuanced takes of queerness, there are a ton of shows that might just fill the void in your heart and hold you over until season two.
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'Yellowjackets S2' Review: Winter is Here

'Yellowjackets S2' Review: Winter is Here

Metro Weekly — Few shows have aired in the last couple of years that have truly dragged us into its darkness like Yellowjackets (★★★★★). From season one's opening moments depicting what may have been teenage girl cannibalism to its inciting plane crash, Yellowjackets had big shoes to fill.
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'The Mandalorian' Review: This is The Way

'The Mandalorian' Review: This is The Way

Metro Weekly — One of the best marketing campaigns of the last decade came in the final moments of The Mandalorian 's pilot episode when that little green puppet the world would come to know as Baby Yoda appeared. This tiny little puppet propelled the show directly into the hearts of millions.
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'Party Down' Review: Party Hearty

'Party Down' Review: Party Hearty

Metro Weekly — READ THIS REVIEW IN THE MAGAZINE With a constant stream of new reboots and revivals, you win some, but lose most, making the glorious return of Party Down (★★★★★) even better. First airing on Starz in 2009, the comedy follows the Party Down catering crew as they try to make it big in Hollywood while also just trying to make ends meet.
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'You' Season 4 Review: Fresh Stalkings

'You' Season 4 Review: Fresh Stalkings

Metro Weekly — There's something about You. Maybe it's the way Penn Badgley looks with or without a beard. Or maybe it's the show's funny, yet cutting satire on the people we suffer through every day.
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'Shrinking' Review:Grief Therapy

'Shrinking' Review:Grief Therapy

Metro Weekly — In the age of prestige television, comedy can't just be funny. It has to be deep or meaningful, otherwise how is it going to win awards or garner acclaim from critics or the masses?
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'The Last of Us' Review: Killer Shrooms

'The Last of Us' Review: Killer Shrooms

Metro Weekly — Few works will hit the screen this year with as much acclaim as the new HBO series (★★★★★). Since releasing on the Playstation 3 almost a decade ago, a lot has been said of the video game's groundbreaking narrative.
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The 10 Best TV Shows of 2022

The 10 Best TV Shows of 2022

Metro Weekly — It's been almost three years since the onset of the COVID pandemic, which completely upended nearly every part of human life, including television. Still, networks have not stopped or even slowed down, with an ever-increasing amount of new streaming services and shows trickling out. Here are the best television shows of 2022.
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The 16 Best LGBTQ+ TV Shows Of 2022

The 16 Best LGBTQ+ TV Shows Of 2022

BuzzFeed — A look at the biggest and brightest LGBTQ+ shows of 2022
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"Star Wars" Fails Its LGBTQ+ Audience Once Again With "Andor"

"Star Wars" Fails Its LGBTQ+ Audience Once Again With "Andor"

BuzzFeed — A galaxy not so far away... *Spoilers for Andor Season 1* Star Wars is not a franchise known for its LGBTQ+ characters or themes. In fact, queerness in Star Wars is almost nonexistent, with only one live-action moment of queerness being shown in any of the movies, even though " gay characters are coming to Star Wars ," at least, according to J.J.
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'Wednesday' Review: Ghoulish Things

'Wednesday' Review: Ghoulish Things

Metro Weekly — More than eighty years since their debut in The New Yorker magazine, The Addams Family still have something intoxicatingly enjoyable about them. Here is the review of the latest Netflix hit, Wednesday.
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'The Bastard Son' Review: Teen Witch

'The Bastard Son' Review: Teen Witch

Metro Weekly — At first glance, The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself (★★★★★) seems like another Netflix attempt at algorithmic glory. A fantasy, produced in the U.K., about a teenage witch trying to discover his identity seems more or less like typical fare, but by the end of its first season, it turns out to be one of the best teen shows the streamer has ever released.
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'The Boulet Brothers' Dragula: Titans' Review: Horror, Honey

'The Boulet Brothers' Dragula: Titans' Review: Horror, Honey

Metro Weekly — It must be hard living in the shadow of RuPaul's Drag Race. The drag competition show has perfected the format, while also dominating the entire world and putting its stamp on drag. Still, The Boulet Brothers' Dragula proves in its first all-star season that it is a beast to be reckoned with.
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'American Horror Story: NYC' Review: Gays and Guts

'American Horror Story: NYC' Review: Gays and Guts

Metro Weekly — In the first ten minutes of American Horror Story: NYC (★★★☆☆), a doctor uncovers the first signs of AIDS, a closeted leather daddy is decapitated, and Sandra Bernhard threatens someone with a knife. If this were any other TV series, it might leave most viewers puzzled, but in the 11th season of Ryan Murphy's crown jewel, it's par for the course.
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12 LGBTQ+ Films You'll Want To Put On Your Watchlist This Winter

12 LGBTQ+ Films You'll Want To Put On Your Watchlist This Winter

BuzzFeed LGBTQ+ — 2022 is almost over, but there are still over a dozen LGBTQ+ films to look forward to.
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Reel Affirmations Review: 'Hello World'

Reel Affirmations Review: 'Hello World'

Metro Weekly — Queerness is universal. It's one of the first things noticeable about this Norwegian documentary by Kenneth Elvebakk about four 12-to-13 year-old LGBTQ teens going through the highs and lows of being openly queer in school. Over the course of three years, the teens show four vastly unique experiences of being a queer teenager, while being refreshingly honest about their strengths and struggles.
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Reel Affirmations Review: 'Soy Niño'

Reel Affirmations Review: 'Soy Niño'

Metro Weekly — In an era where trans people are fighting to be treated with respect, Soy Niño (★★☆☆☆) is a pressing tale of a young boy's fight to be himself in Chile. Told from the perspective of his cousin, director Lorena Zilleruelo, the documentary follows Bastion, formerly David, as he grows from 12 to 18 years old while dealing with his family and a changing country.
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Reel Affirmations Review: 'Waking Up Dead'

Reel Affirmations Review: 'Waking Up Dead'

Metro Weekly — Waking Up Dead (★★☆☆☆) wants you to think it's hilarious and really deep, while failing to maintain a coherent story, much less landing any jokes. Written and directed by Terracino, the dramedy follows Danny (Gabriel Sousa), a hot wannabe actor whose life falls apart after learning his drug-addict mother is dying.
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Reel Affirmations Review: Blessed Boys

Reel Affirmations Review: Blessed Boys

Metro Weekly — From the opening scene of a young girl resurrecting a pigeon that dive-bombed into a statue of Jesus' Mother, it's clear that Blessed Boys (★★★★☆, CRITIC'S PICK), from Italian director Silvia Brunelli, is about to tell a memorable story.
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Reel Affirmations 29 - October 20, 2022

Reel Affirmations 29 - October 20, 2022

Metro Weekly — Part of the reviewing team for the 29th annual Reel Affirmations LGBTQ+ Film Festival. Reviews of Blessed Boys (pg. 42), Hello World (pg. 43), SOY NINO (pg. 55), Waking Up Dead (pg. 55), and Do This For Me (pg. 59).
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20 Essential LGBTQ+ Horror Movies To Add To Your Halloween Watchlist

20 Essential LGBTQ+ Horror Movies To Add To Your Halloween Watchlist

BuzzFeed — LGBTQ+ horror has always been here (and is better than ever).
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"Bros." Isn't A Failure, But It Also Isn't Revolutionary

"Bros." Isn't A Failure, But It Also Isn't Revolutionary

BuzzFeed — No film had more of a formidable task this year than Bros. Since the press for Billy Eichner's queer rom-com began, a lot of has swirled around it, from the all-LGBTQ+ cast, to it be being one of the "firsts" of its kind, and so much more with the idea that this film was revolutionary.
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The Reboot Of "A League Of Their Own" Is Queer And Much Closer To The Real Story

The Reboot Of "A League Of Their Own" Is Queer And Much Closer To The Real Story

BuzzFeed —
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The Reboot Of "A League Of Their Own" Is Queer And Much Closer To The Real Story

The Reboot Of "A League Of Their Own" Is Queer And Much Closer To The Real Story

BuzzFeed — There are probably more reboots of old projects than there are completely new queer projects every year. From Jurassic Park to The Addams Family, there are reboots of things that aren't even a decade old, or that anyone even asked for, but what truly qualifies as a good reboot?
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