Alicia Lutes, Mental Floss

Alicia Lutes

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Los Angeles, CA, United States

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Past articles by Alicia:

The 10 Best TV Shows on Netflix Right Now

From hilarious coming-of-age dramedies to reality shows that will soothe your soul, here are some of our favorite TV shows streaming on Netflix right now. → Read More

We Finally Know When WESTWORLD Will Head to Shogun World

Season two of Westworld is destined for more violence—that much we already knew. And after hinting at it for over a year, we also know (thanks Entertainment → Read More

OCEAN’S 8 Looks Like Way More Fun Than OCEAN’S 11

There's just something so dizzyingly fun about watching a bunch of women go bad. Though Sheryl Sandberg would probably not be too keen on this level of leaning → Read More

6 Reasons the LOST IN SPACE Reboot is Out Of This World

Let's get one thing straight: when it comes to reboots, this particular writer is not the biggest fan. It's nothing new, but, for us, there needs to be a good → Read More

GAME OF THRONES’ Pedro Pascal Joins WONDER WOMAN 2

If you're near a bunch of shattering glass and thinking to yourself, "Hmm, how did this happen?", it's likely due to the collective screams of a million Game of → Read More

The New HANDMAID’S TALE Trailer is Harrowing AF

Some people find The Handmaid's Tale on Hulu—the adaptation of the Margaret Atwood novel of the same name—hard to watch. I am not one of those people. There is → Read More

Kelly Marie Tran Ships Stormpilot and More STAR WARS Fangirling

Y'all. Is there a bigger fangirl in the Star Wars universe than Rose Tico? C'mon, admit it—when the newest core member joined the resistance in The Last Jedi, → Read More

The New HANDMAID’S TALE Teaser and Key Art are Literally Lit

First, Offred was complacent, then Offred got angry, and now the central focus of The Handmaid's Tale is ready to burn it all to the ground in the new teaser → Read More

LEGION Showrunner Noah Hawley Teases Season 2’s Wildest Moments

Venturing onto the set of the sophomore season of Legion, one thing was evident: they really, really, really don't want you to know what's going on. Not for → Read More

LOL, AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR Gets a New, Earlier Release Date

For some reason, I'm blaming Doctor Strange for this one. According to the Avengers Twitter account—because apparently it's the only place anything of → Read More

At Last, Peggy Carter is CAPTAIN AMERICA

Sometimes, the universe just wants us to be happy. And that's why we're so grateful for days like these, where the best characters get to do the coolest things → Read More

RED SPARROW Was Nearly Excellent, But Doesn’t Fully Take Flight (Review)

Spy movies are, for some of us, the best kinds of movies. Intrigue, action, high stakes, and psychological warfare? Gimmie. Anchor it with a badass woman using → Read More

BLACK PANTHER’s Costume Designer Ruth Carter on Inspirations, Ava DuVernay, and More

Even if you kept yourself blissfully ignorant to any spoilers heading into Black Panther, you know one thing to be true: its costumes and design look incredible → Read More

LUPITA, ANGELA, and More Discuss the Power of BLACK PANTHER’s Dora Milaje

Of the many, many gifts Black Panther has already given us, perhaps the greatest of them all is the women of Wakanda. From our new favorite Disney Princess, → Read More

Michael B. Jordan and Michael Shannon’s FAHRENHEIT 451 Film Looks Terrifying

Really, are any of us surprised there's a Fahrenheit 451 film coming out in 2018? After the Year of Trump, dystopian, post-apocalyptic, Idiocracy-esque → Read More

Gillian Anderson Exits AMERICAN GODS, Kristin Chenoweth May Not Return

I didn't think 2018 was going to devastate me like this. Sure, we were all already mourning the loss of visionary American Gods showrunners Bryan Fuller and → Read More

GAME OF THRONES’ Final Season Will Air in 2019

We've long speculated that the winds of winter would push the return of Game of Thrones to 2019—and now we know it's official. HBO announced on Thursday that → Read More

How Alex Garland Dreamed Up an Even Crazier ANNIHILATION

Midway through our interview, Alex Garland stopped me. He was worried. The Ex Machina auteur had been working on bringing the blisteringly thrilling and → Read More

Bryan Fuller, Michael Green Exit AMERICAN GODS (Report)

I don't think the most powerful of gods could've foretold this one: American Gods' showrunners, Michael Green and Bryan Fuller, have exited the series, → Read More

Felicia Day Joins THE MAGICIANS in Major Role (EXCLUSIVE)

Last time we were in Fillory, things weren't, uh, looking so great for our favorite millennial magicians: magic had disappeared from the world following Ember → Read More