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The Lobster and the loneliness of lost humanity

June 17, 2025 by thestakemag 1 Comment

Turning romance on it’s very strange head.

Filed Under: Featured, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Colin Farrell, Deborah Krieger, movies, Reviews, The Lobseter

A Response to Devin Faraci’s “Fandom is Broken” in Three Points

June 2, 2025 by thestakemag Leave a Comment

As someone who loves both media, fandom, writing about fandom and media, and reading writing about fandom and media, I was a bit disappointed to read Devin Faraci’s “Fandom is Broken” on Birth. Movies. Death a few days ago. As soon as I saw the word “entitled” brought up in the context of fan-creator engagement, […]

Filed Under: Comics, Featured, Movies Tagged With: Captain America, Deborah Krieger, Devin Faraci, Fandom, movies

Dispatches from the Industry: On good stories, good characters, and the state of movie diversity

February 22, 2025 by thestakemag Leave a Comment

A Conversation with producer Lisa Bruce and actor/director Miles Doleac

Filed Under: Featured, Interviews, Movies Tagged With: Deborah Krieger, Interviews, Lisa Bruce, Miles Doleac, Oscars so White, The Hollow

The 5 best Pop Culture Moments of 2015 (Deborah version)

December 23, 2024 by thestakemag 2 Comments

Gilmore Girls, UnReal and Carrie Brownstein make our first best of list

Filed Under: Featured, Media Tagged With: Carrie Brownstein, Deborah Krieger, Hamilton, Man from UNCLE, unReal

The 5 Worst Pop Culture Moments of 2015 (Deborah version)

December 17, 2024 by thestakemag Leave a Comment

Our first in a series of 2015’s best and worst in popular culture

Filed Under: Featured, Media Tagged With: Avengers: Age of Ultron, Charlie Puth, Deborah Krieger, Donald Trump, Millennials, Worst of the Year, Year End List

Media for the Millenials: Sense8’s grand, dramatic, cheesy success

August 26, 2025 by thestakemag 1 Comment

The Wachowskis have made a show aimed at fandom bloggers with editing skills.

Filed Under: Featured, TV Tagged With: Andy and Lana Wachowski, Deborah Krieger, Netflix, Sense8, The Wachowskis

Muslim Superhero BURAAQ fights Islamaphobia

May 6, 2025 by thestakemag Leave a Comment

“We felt that the Muslim world needed a character that would stand out from the lot.”

Filed Under: Comics Tagged With: BURAAQ, Comic Books, Comics, Deborah Krieger, Islam, Religion

Karen Joy Fowler’s We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves

March 10, 2025 by thestakemag 3 Comments

A novel about treading water, family drama, and chimpanzees

Filed Under: Books, Reviews Tagged With: Books, Deborah Krieger, Karen Joy Fowler, We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves

Falling for Princess Tutu: One of anime’s best told stories

January 30, 2025 by thestakemag Leave a Comment

Anime fan or not, Princess Tutu is worth your time.

Filed Under: TV Tagged With: Anime, Ballet, Deborah Krieger, Falling For, Hal Film Maker, Ikuko Itoh, Japan, Princess Tutu, Television

Before WikiLeaks and Edward Snowden there was 1971

January 12, 2025 by thestakemag 1 Comment

The work of the Citizens’ Commission to Investigate the FBI has plenty to teach us in 2015.

Filed Under: Movies Tagged With: Deborah Krieger, Documentary, Film

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