Disney’s ‘Snow White’ Triumph: Rachel Zegler and Gal Gadot Shine

Spring 2025 has unleashed a tidal wave of must-watch television that’s got even the most hardened critics perking up their perfectly-groomed eyebrows. And honestly? The off-screen drama’s proving just as juicy as anything the networks could dream up.

With Emmy eligibility wrapping on May 31st, Hollywood’s churning out prestige content faster than a Beverly Hills plastic surgeon dishes out Botox. The crown jewel this season? HBO’s “The Last of Us” Season 2 — because apparently, we still can’t get enough of that post-apocalyptic goodness. Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey are back, elevating the humble zombie drama into something that wouldn’t look out of place at Cannes.

Netflix — fashionably late as ever to the medical drama party — is finally getting its stethoscope in the game. Their first English-language medical series “Pulse” feels like “Grey’s Anatomy” had a baby with “The Perfect Storm,” then sent it to finishing school. The cast? More fresh faces than a dermatologist’s waiting room.

Here’s something deliciously unexpected: Kevin Bacon’s traded in his dance shoes for demon-hunting gear in Amazon’s “Bondsman.” Who knew supernatural bounty hunting in Georgia could feel so… natural? It’s the kind of show that shouldn’t work — yet somehow does, like pineapple on pizza or platform Crocs.

Speaking of unlikely combinations, Jon Hamm’s latest turn on Apple TV+ sees him playing a disgraced hedge fund manager moonlighting as a high-society cat burglar. (Yes, really.) It’s the sort of premise that sounds like it was conceived during a particularly spirited cocktail hour, but early buzz suggests it’s actually brilliant.

But let’s talk about the elephant in the Magic Kingdom, shall we? Disney’s “Snow White” remake has been serving more drama than a Real Housewives reunion. Yet despite the internet’s collective meltdown, early reviews are surprisingly… positive? Christopher Mills at Popped News dropped this truth bomb: “The biggest surprise of 2025 is that the most ‘controversial’ and most hated film of the year is actually a decent live-action remake.”

Rachel Zegler’s been handling the backlash with more grace than a swan at the Met Gala. Variety’s Katcy Stepan praised her “graceful” and “gentle” performance — proof that sometimes the best response to critics is simply crushing it at your job. And Gal Gadot? Well, she’s serving Evil Queen realness in costumes that probably cost more than your average Manhattan apartment.

The reimagined story feels perfectly calibrated for 2025’s cultural zeitgeist. Gone are the days of waiting around for Prince Charming — this Snow White’s got her sights set on the throne herself. As Zegler pointed out (rather diplomatically), “It’s no longer 1937… She’s dreaming about becoming the leader she knows she can be.” Now that’s the kind of fairy tale update we didn’t know we needed.

From prestige zombie fare to demon-hunting septuagenarians, from woke fairy tales to billionaire-skewering satires — this spring’s lineup is serving everything from comfort food to acquired tastes. And somehow? It’s all working. Even the stuff that probably shouldn’t be.