It's My Screen Time Too

We revisit the American Girl universe for the first time in years to watch American Girl: Corinne Tan The Movie. We may have struggled to find things to love in this short movie aimed at tweens, but you’d better believe we found a spot for podcast fave John Cho in our reimagined HBO casting.Previous episodes we mentionMaryellen: Extraordinary Christmas Review American Born Chinese Review Harriet the Spy Review Inventing the Perfect College Applicant from New York Magazine on January 29thThe Other Two available on MaxThey do still make American Girl books! Corinne to the Rescue American Girl: Corinne Tan The Movie made us think of these movies and shows for grown ups:Bad MomsEdge of the Unknown with Jimmy Chin on Disney PlusWhat I Learned in Avalanche School by Heidi Julavits in the New York Times We cast the gritty HBO reboot of the movie with:Awkwafina or America Ferrera as Corinne’s momSimu Liu or John Cho (podcast fave!) as Corinne’s dadAriana Greenblatt as CorinneContact us and subscribe to our newsletter