August 11, 2020
In further efforts to keep myself occupied during these the days of our Ronapocalypse, I’ve been mainlining movies and TV shows like it’s my job. It isn’t, but I can do my job while things play in the background (yay working from home!), so that’s what I’ve been doing for the last several months. Recently, I decided to go through…
January 30, 2020
For my Speculative Chic Resolution Project 2020, I decided to distract myself from work by catching up on random things I’d never seen before on the new streaming service, Disney+. What I should be working on: Rewrites of my first novel for its second edition release later in 2020. What I watched instead: Season 1 of Marvel’s Runaways, which originally aired…
October 13, 2019
It’s Lucky Day 13 for The Kasturi/Files here at Speculative Chic! If you’re new to this journey through horror movies for the month of October — welcome! And if you’ve been following us every day — welcome back! We bring you chitchat about our favorite (and sometimes not-so-favorite) dark and weird movies, and we throw you some book recs, and…
September 16, 2019
They might not be raindrops on roses or whiskers on kittens, but that doesn’t mean that we love them any less. Welcome back to My Favorite Things, the weekly column where we grab someone in speculative circles to gab about the greatest in geek. This week, we sit down with Errick Nunnally, whose novel, Lightning Wears a Red Cape, comes…
August 22, 2019
Spider-Gwen: Ghost Spider, vol 1: Spider-Geddon (2019) Written By: Seanan McGuire Illustrated By: Rosi Kampe and Takeshi Miyazawa Genre: Superhero Pages: 112 pages Publisher: Marvel Comics Why I Chose It: Spider-Gwen is a character that I’ve been meaning to get back into, so a new writer seemed like a great place to start. The premise: Gwen Stacy makes her sensational…
July 9, 2019
Welcome back to Sound Off!, a semi-regular column where members of Speculative Chic gather together to chat about the latest BIG THING in entertainment. This time, pack your superhero suit and discuss Spider-Man: Far From Home, which premiered in the United States on Tuesday, July 2, 2019. Sound Off! is meant to be a reaction, but not necessarily a review. After all,…
June 11, 2019
Welcome back to Sound Off!, a semi-regular column where members of Speculative Chic gather together to chat about the latest BIG THING in entertainment. This time, don some spandex and discuss Dark Phoenix, which premiered in the United States on Friday, June 7, 2019. Sound Off! is meant to be a reaction, but not necessarily a review. After all, while we are…
May 17, 2019
Editor’s Note: I might be Speculative Chic’s MCU Fangirl-in-Chic, but I have literally zero knowledge about the comics that lead to the creation of my favorite cinematic universe. Luckily, Dennis Gallagher is here to update us on this aspect of the franchise! –J.L. Gribble This post contains minor spoilers for Avengers: Endgame. I’ve had a lot of conversations with other…
May 16, 2019
THIS POST CONTAINS MAJOR SPOILERS FOR AVENGERS: ENDGAME. When Avengers: Infinity War ended, we lost half of the world’s population. But by the time Avengers: Endgame arrived, we were reunited with them. Unfortunately, we also lost some of the original Avengers along the way. So, here are my thank you letters to Tony Stark aka Ironman, Natasha Romanoff aka Black…
May 7, 2019
Welcome back to Sound Off!, a semi-regular column where members of Speculative Chic gather together to chat about the latest BIG THING in entertainment. This time, come to the end of an era and discuss Avengers: Endgame, which premiered in the United States on Friday, April 26, 2019. Sound Off! is meant to be a reaction, but not necessarily a review. After…