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Eddie Strait is a member of the Austin Film Critic Association. His reviews focus primarily on streaming entertainment, with an emphasis on Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, and other on-demand services.

Eddie Strait

‘Orbiter 9’ has big ideas but settles for cliches

Tess Cagle is a reporter who focuses on politics, lifestyle, and streaming entertainment. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, Texas Monthly, the Austin American-Statesman, Damn Joan, and Community Impact Newspaper. She’s also a portrait, events, and live music photographer in Central Texas.

Tess Cagle

Evangelical biopic ‘Come Sunday’ chronicles bishop Carlton Pearson’s radical shift in faith

Christine Friar is a writer and editor in New York who focuses on streaming entertainment and internet culture. Her work has appeared in the Awl, the Fader, New York Magazine, Paper Magazine, Vogue, Elle, and more.

Christine Friar

‘Ram Dass, Going Home’ is a meditation from a spiritual leader at life’s final stage

‘Amateur’ gets boxed out by cliches

Ramon Ramirez was the managing editor and, formerly, the Dot&#8217;s news director, entertainment editor, and evening editor. His work has appeared in the Washington Post, Grantland, Washington City Paper, Austin American-Statesman, and Austin Monitor.

Ramon Ramirez

Apu Nahasapeemapetilon giving a statue of Ganesha some Yoo-Hoo on a platter

‘The Simpsons’ blasted for response to Apu controversy

Gavia Baker-Whitelaw was a staff writer at the Daily Dot, covering geek culture and fandom. Specializing in sci-fi movies and superheroes, she also appears as a film and TV critic on BBC radio. Elsewhere, she co-hosts the pop culture podcast Overinvested.

Gavia Baker-Whitelaw

The history behind that shocking and gory death on ‘The Terror’

‘Trump: An American Dream’ shows the president’s struggles with empathy

Josh Katzowitz is a former staff writer at the Daily Dot specializing in YouTube and boxing. His work has appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times. A longtime sports writer, he&#8217;s covered the NFL for CBSSports.com and boxing for Forbes. His work has been noted twice in the Best American Sports Writing book series.

Josh Katzowitz

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This YouTube star was arrested at Disney World—and he has the video to prove it

‘Alexa & Katie’ celebrates the power of adolescent friendship

Millie Bobby Brown comforts fan after no one showed up to his ‘Stranger Things’ birthday party

Logan Paul is officially fighting KSI—and YouTube is about to get nuts

Netflix’s ‘Terrace House’ is Japan’s addictive answer to ‘Real World’

Audra Schroeder&#8217;s work has previously appeared in the Austin Chronicle, the Dallas Observer, NPR, ESPN, Bitch, and the Village Voice.

Audra Schroeder

Netflix’s stunning ‘6 Balloons’ tells a true story of addiction

Ricky Gervais takes on Twitter trolls in ‘Humanity’

Chris Osterndorf is an entertainment reporter and movie critic based in Los Angeles. He holds a degree in cinema from Chicago’s DePaul University. His work has appeared on the Daily Dot, Mic, the Script Lab, Salon, the Week, xoJane, and more.

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