Tag: Mindy Kaling
Velma Season 3 Not Happening
In another instance of the thing everyone assumed would happen actually happening, HBO will not pick up Velma season 3. If you don’t remember what this show is – or blocked it out after seeing some online clips, which was probably a smart move – Velma is the reimagining of Scooby-Doo with V...
Read MoreWarner Bros. Suspends Deals with Big Name Producers
Warner Bros. Discovery is cutting costs amid the actors’ and writers’ strikes. After CEO David Zaslav claimed the studio was set to lose $300-500 million due to the strikes, The Hollywood Reporter has learned from sources that Warner Bros. is suspending its deals with several producers, includin...
Read MoreVelma Trailer is a Warning to Potential Viewers
If you always thought Scooby-Doo needed more lecturing and less Scooby-Doo, I hope you’ve kept up your HBO Max subscription because the streamer just released a trailer for its update of the classic Hanna-Barbera cartoon, Velma. Produced by and starring Mindy Kaling, who would have to see a doctor...
Read MoreA Decade of Pixar: Inside Out (2015)
Munir: Hello, and welcome to a new A Decade of Pixar review. Today, we are going to take a look at Pixar’s second original film from the decade, and one of their most acclaimed, Inside Out. Released in 2015, after Pixar took its first year off since 2005, Inside Out was met with universal accl...
Read MoreRotten Tomatoes and the Standards of Criticism
Rotten Tomatoes is once again in the news, this time because it is revamping its criteria for determining which critics will be included in the site’s much-cited Tomatometer. The focus will now be on getting “innovative thinkers and commentators who have seized on new platforms, developed their ...
Read MoreA Wrinkle in Time Needed a Wrinkle in the Script
Today my husband and I took my sisters to see A Wrinkle in Time, Disney’s latest live action offering. There’s a lot to enjoy in the film, but like my colleague Musa and many other reviewers have said, it doesn’t ultimately live up to the messages it’s trying to convey. Rather than simply re...
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