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Film Review: Minions: The Rise of Gru
The Minions have another adventure in the 70s with young Gru as he tries to be a supervillain.
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The Minions have another adventure in the 70s with young Gru as he tries to be a supervillain.
Basslines and Protest Signs is Brett Callwood’s column looking at the intersection of music and politics. This week talks about Pride Month and how there’s still so much work to do.
Last year a report from USC brought to light that Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders make up less than 6% of speaking roles in the entertainment industry and 4% of lead roles. The study looked at 13,000 popular films and found that of the 4% with AAPI leads, only 6 were women, 0 were women over 40, 0 were in the LGBTQ+ community, and 14 were Dwayne Johnson. The numbers for people behind the camera were incredibly low as well. Every year, for one month, we tell people in the AAPI community they are important. We tell them we want… Read more »
Two Black best friends and their Latino roommate go into crisis mode when they find a mysteriously unconscious white girl in their house…
I think about what influences artists a lot. That might seem like a “well, yeah,” from the guy who does a show dissecting metal and hardcore artists’ musical inspirations, but the reason I do that is because it’s how I think. I often wonder about what inspires the artists as people. Not so much where they get ideas; as Neil Gaiman said, “I make them up, out of my head.” No, it’s a step before that. What gets artists into that space where they can create? “Inside, I was angry as fuck at the world, obviously, so that’s where the… Read more »
Two best friends go on an all-day adventure after making a suicide pact for the end of the night.
On Today’s Episode Cinco de Mayo hangover hacks, Chris Rock’s killer comeback at the Hollywood Bowl, and David Alan Grier on today’s round Stop Me When You Know It…Enjoy! The Brett Davern Show is streamed LIVE daily at 10am (eastern) 7am (pacific) on idobi Radio at https://idobi.com. Follow Brett on social media @BDavv, Katie : @KatieLeclerc, the show @BrettDavernShow
Properties featured: The Circle, Girls5eva, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, The Wilds, Christina P: Mom Genes
Featured properties: Better Call Saul, Pacific Rim: The Black, Russian Doll, The Flight Attendant, A Very British Scandal, Selling Sunset, Heartstopper, Outer Range
Sherin and Julian of Geek Girl Riot got a chance to preview Arc 5 of Young Justice: Phantoms starting today on HBO Max.
