Betsy the Gremlin

Writing about writing to avoid writing her writing.


Reviews

  • In light of the pending pandemic, Hallmark just announced they were going to release and marathon some of their Christmas movies to lighten the mood. That’s adorable. That’s the last freaking thing I think I can handle right now. To posit an alternative, let me introduce you to one of my favorite things. I’m a Read more

  • “Connected”

    So excited for the new Sony Pictures Animation film. The trailer looks so good. I’m in love with the art style; it’s cartoony and exaggerated which we totally need after ages and ages of hyper realistic stuff and uncanny valley big-eyes ‘everyone looks the same’ women. It’s truly gorgeous. Also the dog is so cute. Read more

  • Sometimes you just need to up the cute. Thank god for this movie. I loved the first one, and I love this one too. I’m far removed from high school, and cannot even relate to a massive public school, (Catholic all-girls school here), but this brings me back to all those good fuzzy feelings without Read more

  • Hate you 3000

    God, I was looking for a podcast and ended up on one that was recapping the oscars (Ringer’s ‘The Big Picture’), and then one of them said that Endgame was a good movie, and I just had to turn it off. Am I wrong? I don’t really understand how someone can call Endgame a good Read more

  • Gremlin Watches: Horse Girl

    What happens when a chemical imbalance affects an average girl? Horse Girl is a journey into the world of psychotic depression from a relatable standpoint. Alison Brie’s detached character Sarah is pretty freaking normal; then something not so normal happens to her. Read more

  • This show sucks. This show sucks so bad; don’t watch it. That’s it, that’s the review. Okay, no it’s not it, but that’s really all there is to it. Going over the writing, characters/characterization, and acting (and literally every other metric you can conceive) we’ll delve deep into the suckiness of this show. Read more

  • (A tiny review.) I just finished the second season of the knockout hit, Shrill, and boy howdy am I happy about it. The first season was kind of life changing for me, and for a lot of the fat community; Lindy West’s creation and Aidy Bryant’s brilliant performance was the first time I’ve ever seen Read more