Mae Abdulbaki
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Mae is a critic/writer and TV Editor for The Young Folks. A member of the Washington, DC Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA), she's a geek who loves talking about all things entertainment. She is also a voting member of the Black Reel Awards. If she's not at the movies, she's catching up with her TV shows with a glass of wine in hand.

Riverdale 1×08 Review: “Chapter Eight: The Outsiders”

Welcome back to my weekly Riverdale recaps! You can find all of my previous recaps for the show here. “The Outsiders” felt more like a transitional episode that stopped to sort out everyone’s feelings about certain situations, but left out other aspects and…

Legends of Tomorrow 2×16 Review: “Doomworld”

Welcome back to my weekly recaps of DC’s Legends of Tomorrow! To read all of my past recaps of episodes, go here! Some doom, gloom, and fun Despite the entire episode existing in an alternate reality and the stakes being fairly high,…

Supergirl 2×17 Review: “Distant Sun”

Thanks for reading the weekly recaps of Supergirl. To read about past episodes, click here. Old habits die hard The Daxam king and queen aren’t quite done with Earth yet. Nothing if not stubborn, Queen Rhea has placed a bounty on Kara…

Time After Time 1×05 Review: Picture Fades

Welcome back to my weekly Time After Time recaps! Go here to read all of my previous recaps for the show! The darkness within “We either reject the darkness or we let it destroy us.” When John goes back to 1918 Paris…

Movie Review: Their Finest

It’s refreshing to find a war movie that doesn’t deal directly with soldiers fighting on the front-lines, but rather with the people fighting a different kind of battle. Instead, Their Finest is about inspiring hope in the midst of war through…

Legends of Tomorrow 2×15 Review: “Fellowship of the Spear”

If Legends of Tomorrow keeps going this way, then the season finale will surely deliver. “Fellowship of the Spear” had all the makings of a great episode and really found a way to coordinate everything from the action to furthering the plot,…

Time After Time 1×04 Review: Secrets Stolen

Welcome back to my weekly Time After Time recaps! Go here to read all of my previous recaps. “Secrets Stolen” was very plot heavy and introduced several new factors that put a wrench in H.G.’s hopes of successfully returning to 1893 with John…