Tag: Mystery
REVIEW: Carnival Row – Season 2, Episodes 9 and 10, “Battle Lines” and “Carnival Row”
***SPOILERS*** “Battle Lines” finds Tourmaline realizing the extent of her powers. Leonora asks Vignette to join the New Dawn so the Ravens will follow. Imogen wonders if she should address parliament. Philo asks Tourmaline to cast a spell to draw the sparas out. Millworthy is going to a...
Read MoreJenna Ortega Changed Wednesday Scripts
Jenna Ortega recently appeared on the Armchair Expert podcast and spoke about her work on Netflix’s Wednesday – namely, she re-wrote parts of the show’s script. Check out an excerpt here: “When I read the entire series, I realized, ‘Oh, this is for younger audiences… When I first sig...
Read MoreREVIEW: Marlowe (2023)
To call Marlowe a wannabe noir film would be to ascribe to it aspirations it doesn’t have. Marlowe isn’t trying to capture a time and place, evoke a particular tone or feel, replicate a form of dialogue, or even basic things like engage you in a mystery or surround you with compelling characters...
Read MoreMarlowe Trailer Promises a Hard-Boiled Throwback
Raymond Chandler’s legendary detective, Philip Marlowe, is returning to the big screen as Open Road Films has released a trailer for Marlowe. Based on The Black-Eyed Blonde, a continuation of Chandler’s classic mystery series written by John Banville (under the pseudonym Benjamin Black, which he...
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 MoreNetflix Says Yes to More Wednesday
Deadline reports that Netflix has renewed the comedy-mystery series Wednesday for a second season. Tim Burton’s Addams Family spin-off pulled in record viewings in 2022, with Jenna Ortega’s dance scene going viral. I watched about half of Wednesday, and while I didn’t love it, I se...
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