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Monita Roy Mohan

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Biography:

Monita Roy Mohan has been championing diversity, inclusivity, and representation in entertainment media through her work for over a decade. She is a contributor at Bam Smack Pow and Geek Girl Authority. Her bylines have appeared on 3-time Eisner Award-winning publication Women Write About Comics, HuffPost, Reactormag.com (formerly tor.com), Soundsphere/Screensphere, FanSided's Show Snob, and Vocal. She was also a TV/Movies features writer at Collider.com. Alongside her twin, Monita co-hosts the pop culture podcast Stereo Geeks.

Reviews

Movies TV Shows
Arco (2025) 92% EDIT “Despite feeling like parts of it dragged, Arco was a visually stunning, impressively immersive story. The worlds of the film are deeply thought out, making you question everything you see. ” – Stereo Geeks (Podcast) Dec 12, 2025 Full Review Bouchra (2025) EDIT “Bouchra is gorgeous to look at. It’s wistful and charming. The story feels universal because its characters and interactions are so specific. It’s wonderful to see such a touching and hopeful queer story centering characters from other backgrounds. ” – Geek Girl Authority Oct 3, 2025 Full Review Hamlet (2025) 79% EDIT “Hamlet is a stunning accomplishment... The performances are enthralling, and Riz Ahmed nails the part with effortless acting. The set pieces are equally captivating... This adaptation is a must-watch for any Shakespeare fan. The Bard would be proud.” – Geek Girl Authority Oct 2, 2025 Full Review California Schemin' (2025) 95% EDIT “A well-told, tightly written, edited, acted, and directed film. You’ll dance to the rap songs, but feel the stress before and after as the boys continue their con. This film is unmissable for music fans. ” – Geek Girl Authority Oct 2, 2025 Full Review Meadowlarks (2025) 88% EDIT “Buoyed by outstanding performances and a tightly edited story, Meadowlarks is a moving and touching film that will have you bawling for 90 minutes.” – Geek Girl Authority Oct 2, 2025 Full Review Frankenstein (2025) 85% EDIT “Frankenstein rings hollow. It’s literally style over substance, and brings nothing new... it forgets to examine the humanity, or lack thereof, of the characters. The writing is so tired and unoriginal. The CGI and effects look heinously artificial. ” – Geek Girl Authority Sep 27, 2025 Full Review Hedda (2025) 89% EDIT “Despite feeling like the second half dragged on, I can’t believe we have something like Hedda... I’m more than shocked that western media has denied these diverse and inclusive takes of classic tales. We need so many more of these.” – Stereo Geeks (Podcast) Sep 27, 2025 Full Review The Furious (2025) 100% EDIT “The Furious is riveting action. It’s relentless in what it does best. If you’re into that kind of film, this is up your alley. For me, I think I’m a little too over these things. The needless gory bits didn’t help. And that last act was one act too long.” – Stereo Geeks (Podcast) Sep 27, 2025 Full Review Rental Family (2025) 87% EDIT “Rental Family is a lovely, feel-good film. With a Japanese creator at the helm, the film navigates the complexities of Japanese culture for global audiences without mocking it. Despite some heavy elements, the humor is never far, nor is it forced. ” – Geek Girl Authority Sep 14, 2025 Full Review Sk+te'kmujue'katik (At The Place of Ghosts) (2025) EDIT “This is an epic quest, it’s a tragic life story, it’s about brotherly love, and it’s a ghost story set against a backdrop of childhood trauma... The story is specifically told by a M’ikmaq person, and that really makes this storytelling experience unique.” – Stereo Geeks (Podcast) Sep 14, 2025 Full Review Sacrifice (2025) 38% EDIT “While visually striking and generally amusing, Sacrifice works best as a satire when it embraces its larger cast of intriguing and annoying caricatures. Once it moves away from them and delves into its weirdness, it loses its way. ” – Geek Girl Authority Sep 12, 2025 Full Review The Choral (2025) 67% EDIT “The Choral, in the end, feels like it’s trying to do too much, jumping from note to note without combining the symphonies. Polished performances and immersive rehearsal scenes can’t shake the problematic elements of the story.” – Geek Girl Authority Sep 12, 2025 Full Review EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert (2025) 86% EDIT “EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert coasts on the power of Elvis. He’s amazing. But that’s not to the credit of the filmmakers... EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert forgets to actually tell Elvis’s story. Elvis may be epic, but the film is not.” – Geek Girl Authority Sep 12, 2025 Full Review Deadpool 2 (2018) 83% EDIT “[A] huge, bombastic satire of superhero films, but never reaches the effortless hilarity of its predecessor. Sluggish plotting, overlong gags, and overstuffed characterisation mean this film tries to pack in too much at the cost of too little substance.” – Vocal Aug 20, 2025 Full Review Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018) 69% EDIT “The film has several fun moments and plods to a satisfying, if mundane conclusion, which was surprising in and of itself. But, should we be giving it credit just because it wasn’t an awful mess.” – Vocal Aug 20, 2025 Full Review Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania (2023) 46% EDIT “‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’ is an unfortunate combination of lacklustre writing, poor performances, and ineffectual direction. It’s a trifecta of disasters we couldn’t have imagined from the MCU.” – Vocal Aug 20, 2025 Full Review Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023) 95% EDIT “[T]he third act of this film is something to behold. You will not see the ending coming and it’s going to make you want to watch the next film. ” – Vocal Aug 20, 2025 Full Review Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023) 71% EDIT “ It feels like a long time since a film could make an audience actually feel the impact of the punches being thrown and received. The editing was brilliant, but so were the reactions of the actors involved in the action scenes.” – Vocal Aug 20, 2025 Full Review Dashing Through the Snow (2023) 30% EDIT “I was all set to laugh my way to the end. Unfortunately, whoever decided this film needs to feel, look, and have the quality of a ‘90s feel-good twee Christmas film for kids did this film, and its cast, a huge disservice.” – Vocal Aug 20, 2025 Full Review Devotion (2022) 81% EDIT “Devotion needed to spend more time building the characters and choosing a point of view. The best parts of the film are the character interactions, especially the way they are allowed to be emotional and affectionate, despite being in the navy. ” – Women Write About Comics Aug 20, 2025 Full Review Soft (2022) EDIT “Soft is a rumination on youthful friendships and queerness but it lacks coherence. The film eventually comes across only as an essence of a story rather than a complete narrative in itself.” – Women Write About Comics Aug 20, 2025 Full Review Moving On (2022) 73% EDIT “The film is funny, but it lacks the tenderness and chemistry audiences have come to expect from the Fonda-Tomlin dynamic. The film also tries to pack in way too many elements... I think an effort was made to share a story and send a message.” – Women Write About Comics Aug 20, 2025 Full Review Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022) 91% EDIT “It’s clever, but not smart, and the plot borders on Dan Brown-esque silliness. The film is also full of gimmicks—the name drops and cameos border on being product placements. I may be in the minority, but the film just feels like an bloated joke-fest.” – Women Write About Comics Aug 20, 2025 Full Review Causeway (2022) 84% EDIT “Causeway lacks a central theme for telling the story it wants. It tries to unpeel the layers of trauma for the characters, but with a bland leading performance, confused characterizations and generic cliché writing, the story never quite finds its voice.” – Women Write About Comics Aug 20, 2025 Full Review Seagrass (2023) 96% EDIT “While the film had a strong start with a wistful sense of youthful play, I felt like most of Seagrass was too cliché. There are story beats that occur in this film that unfortunately have already made appearances in every such character study.” – Women Write About Comics Aug 20, 2025 Full Review
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