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Emily St. James

Emily St. James

Former Critic at Large

    Latest articles by Emily St. James

    Culture
    Westworld’s “Virtù e Fortuna” takes a thrilling detour and lets women reignWestworld’s “Virtù e Fortuna” takes a thrilling detour and lets women reign
    Culture

    A glimpse of a new park opens up new possibilities in season two’s most intriguing episode yet.

    By Caroline Framke and Emily St. James
    Culture
    9 questions about Avengers: Infinity War and its ending, answered9 questions about Avengers: Infinity War and its ending, answered
    Culture

    Spoiler alert.

    By Emily St. James and Alex Abad-Santos
    Culture
    Superstore’s third season proved it’s one of TV’s best comediesSuperstore’s third season proved it’s one of TV’s best comedies
    Culture

    Funny and meaningful and beautifully constructed — sitcoms don’t get much better than this.

    By Emily St. James
    Culture
    Marvel rules the world — for nowMarvel rules the world — for now
    Podcast
    Culture

    The next phase of Marvel movies should have more Black Panthers and fewer Infinity Wars.

    By Emily St. James
    Culture
    The Americans spends a lonely Thanksgiving contemplating the endThe Americans spends a lonely Thanksgiving contemplating the end
    Culture

    Philip and Elizabeth might be going down, but they’ll at least go down together. Plus: Stan gets something to do!

    By Genevieve Koski, Emily St. James and 1 more
    Culture
    The Handmaid’s Tale introduces one of the book’s most important characters in “Baggage”The Handmaid’s Tale introduces one of the book’s most important characters in “Baggage”
    Culture

    June makes a desperate break for it, and the show finally lets us know what’s going on with Moira.

    By Emily St. James, Caroline Framke and 1 more
    Culture
    Avengers: Infinity War is like a really short season of a TV showAvengers: Infinity War is like a really short season of a TV show
    Culture

    Or it’s like one of those giant superhero comics crossover events.

    By Emily St. James
    17 under-the-radar summer movies you won’t want to miss
    Culture

    Beat the blockbuster blues.

    By Emily St. James, Alissa Wilkinson and 1 more
    Culture
    Westworld finally answers some big questions in “Reunion”Westworld finally answers some big questions in “Reunion”
    Culture

    Where is Westworld? When is Westworld? And why does everybody talk in monologues all the time?

    By Emily St. James and Caroline Framke
    Culture
    Avengers: Infinity War’s ending is incredibly bold. And maybe a little cheap.Avengers: Infinity War’s ending is incredibly bold. And maybe a little cheap.
    Culture

    It writes a check its sequel probably can’t cash.

    By Emily St. James