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The Last of Us E.3: A Better Love Story Than Twilight
Love and loss are timeless themes many writers have attempted to capture fully; communicating the complexity of relationships is not...
Alexander Rodriguez
Feb 143 min read


Squid Game: Yes, It's as Good as They Say
What are you willing to do to get out of debt? This is one of the questions posed by Hwang Dong-hyuk’s international phenomenon Squid...

Lizbette Ocasio-Russe
Oct 10, 20213 min read


The Case for War Against All Puerto Ricans (TV series)
I am not, and I cannot stress this enough, calling for armed conflict against the people of Puerto Rico. Those are the words of Elisha F....
Joey Maqueda
Jul 11, 20215 min read


iCarly is Wayne's World for Kids
Have you ever noticed how much Nickelodeon's iCarly starring Miranda Cosgrove and Jenette McCurdy resembles Wayne's World ? While...

Lizbette Ocasio-Russe
Apr 6, 20213 min read


PPC Presents: Behind the Scenes with Rooni Faye
Legit TV professional and cousin to yours truly, Rooni Faye, dishes on their experiences with American Horror Story’s Ryan Murphy,...

Lizbette Ocasio-Russe
Nov 29, 20201 min read


"The Boys" is Perfect for Now
There is a degree of truth to the notion that the President of the United States, intentionally or unintentionally, affects the zeitgeist...
Joey Maqueda
Oct 26, 20206 min read


PPC Presents: E6 The Boys Pt. 2
Joey and I continue our chat about Amazon Prime's The Boys. We discuss easter eggs in the show, characterization, the original comics,...

Lizbette Ocasio-Russe
Oct 7, 20201 min read


PPC Presents: E5 The Boys Pt. 1
Let's get raw, raunchy, and risqué. Joey and I get down and dirty with Amazon Prime's The Boys. We lean into the web series, the comics...

Lizbette Ocasio-Russe
Oct 7, 20201 min read


This is Ratched
Ryan Murphy hits hard yet again with the suspenseful drama series Ratched starring American Horror Story’s Sarah Paulson; the connection...

Lizbette Ocasio-Russe
Oct 4, 20206 min read


Means of Production: Anti-Communism in Film and Television
As Black Lives Matter protests march on, we are again inundated with not only the nonstop news cycle, but a slew of accompanying...
Joey Maqueda
Aug 24, 20205 min read


PPC Presents: Anti-Communism, Good/Bad Writing, and Timing
We're back! Watch us rant about our qualms and preferences when it comes to contemporary TV shows such as Girl Meets World, Lost,...

Lizbette Ocasio-Russe
Aug 23, 20201 min read


PPC Presents: Love Death + Robots S1 E15 "Blindspot"
We watch, discuss . . . and occasionally forget words lol #lovedeathandrobots #netflix #tvseries #tvshow #animation #dark #heist...

Lizbette Ocasio-Russe
Jun 21, 20201 min read


SPOILER ALERT: New Additions in Netflix’s Diablero: La serie regresa y no decepciona
My favorite thing about Diablero season 2 is the new characters we meet. Rarely, am I as enthusiastic about new characters; in Stranger...

Lizbette Ocasio-Russe
Feb 25, 20204 min read


The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina: Why You Should (or Shouldn’t) Give it a Go
The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina is back and, judging by the end of the season three finale, it’s not over yet. Interestingly, I’ve had...

Lizbette Ocasio-Russe
Feb 3, 20204 min read


SPOILER ALERT – Dracula: An Original Spin on an Overdone Classic
I was not terribly optimistic about BBC’s Dracula when it first began to be advertised. In fact, I have not been very impressed by most...

Lizbette Ocasio-Russe
Jan 14, 20203 min read


The Mandalorian: A Review
After nearly two months, the debut season of Disney’s much-anticipated The Mandalorian has come to an end. It has struck a different...
Joey Maqueda
Jan 6, 20202 min read


Netflix's The Witcher: PPC's Official Review
To the untrained eye, The Witcher seems like an unfettered mess of medieval fantasy cliches. Monsters, wizards, kings and queens,...
Joey Maqueda
Dec 23, 20193 min read


WTF, American Horror Story?!
American Horror Story, wtf? I fully expected AHS: 1984 to be as glorious as the 80s theme it promised, but I must say I was pretty...

Lizbette Ocasio-Russe
Nov 23, 20194 min read


Installation III. PPC Reviews The Terror (S1) and It Chapter Two
1) Joey's Pick: The Terror (season 1) In an effort to better relate to sociopaths, and because I’m tired of Liz calling me a wuss, I...

Lizbette Ocasio-Russe
Oct 30, 20194 min read


Is "Woke Culture" Ruining Comedy? Spoiler Alert: No
As your self-described “asshole” friends on Facebook would tell you, the world of pop culture is a hellscape of roving Thought Police...
Joey Maqueda
Oct 28, 20196 min read
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