Phylecia Miller

Jul 13, 2024 | inbetweendrafts.com | Phylecia Miller

The entertainment industry may be in a state of influx, but we still live in the golden age of messy but lovable women in media. We got the unnamed British protagonist from Fleabag, tragicserial killer Dre from Swarm, and self-obsessed writer Arabella from I May Destroy You. What makes these messy women fantastic characters, despite their reprehensible actions, is that they feel like real women. Viewers flock to Dre and Arabella because they see themselves in these characters, warts and all.

May 22, 2024 | inbetweendrafts.com | Phylecia Miller

In the Hulu documentary series, Black Twitter: A People’s History, comedian and commentator Baratunde Thurston notes the reason Black Twitter, the internet community that primarily represents the Black diaspora on the social media platform Twitter (currently X), has an impact on mainstream culture. He states in Episode 1, “To be fair to America, Black people be loud as hell. And the fact that we’re speaking loudly may be because we haven’t been heard.

May 6, 2024 | inbetweendrafts.com | Phylecia Miller

Whatever you do, do not binge the Netflix series Baby Reindeer. This dark comedy is not for the faint of heart. After you finish an episode, please take a beat. Go outside, touch some grass, and watch something more pleasant like The Circle or Irish Wish — especially after you watch Episode 4. That episode is the equivalent of viewing a lion tear apart a baby antelope in devastating slow motion. That said, Baby Reindeer is one of the best television series on Netflix.

Mar 24, 2024 | inbetweendrafts.com | Phylecia Miller

Lindsay Lohan’s transformation from a troubled child star to a happy, healthy, and hydrated adult is aspirational. Like Robert Downey Jr. and Drew Barrymore before her, Lohan’s journey in the spotlight was rife with controversy as the pressures of stardom took a toll on her professional and personal life. For many millennials who grew up watching Mean Girls and The Parent Trap on basic cable, it was hard to watch a young woman full of potential struggle with substance abuse.

Feb 29, 2024 | inbetweendrafts.com | Phylecia Miller

The year 2023 was not kind to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. TheMarvels underperformed at the box office (though it is currently gaining traction on streaming); despite Samuel L. Jackson’s star power and charisma, Secret Invasion came and went like a subtle wind; even Marvel diehards could not excuse the terrible visual effects and poor performances in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.