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Film Review: Mr. Malcolm’s List
An Austen-style Regency ‘romance novel’ in a fanciful film.
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An Austen-style Regency ‘romance novel’ in a fanciful film.
We’re all about love on the latest Geek Girl Riot, talking Mr. Malcolm’s List, Bridgerton S2 (with spoilers), and romance onscreen & on the page.
Properties featured: Only Murders in the Building, Cristela Alonzo: Middle Classy, Motherland: Fort Salem, Baymax!, The Upshaws, The Princess, Stranger Things, The Terminal List
Today the nerds are live with all new adventures in cannabis. TS went to a secret sesh here in LA without Sasha, the audacity! Sasha is very jealous, but also very grateful these events still exist, and can’t wait to go to the next one.
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 »
Properties featured: Candy, The Quest, The Lincoln Lawyer, Bling Empire, Sneakerella, Conversations with Friends
Featured properties: Better Call Saul, Pacific Rim: The Black, Russian Doll, The Flight Attendant, A Very British Scandal, Selling Sunset, Heartstopper, Outer Range
Properties featured: Our Great National Parks, Killing It, The Kardashians, Anatomy of a Scandal
Properties featured: Ronny Chieng: Speakeasy, The Hardy Boys, The Ultimatum: Marry or Move On, Woke, iCarly, A Black Lady Sketch Show, Killing Eve
Properties featured: Jeff Foxworthy: The Good Old Days, Starstruck, grown-ish, Atlanta, Bridgerton, Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls, Killing Eve
