Movies
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A 1st Peek at Donald Glover and Rihanna's Film Is Here (Squint or You Might Miss It)
Big things often come from small beginnings or so we’ve been told. So we were happy to pull out our magnifying glasses to check out the much-discussed trailer for Guava Island, which co-stars Donald Glover (aka Childish Gambino), and Rihanna. Glover premiered the approximately two-minute trailer at his Pharos festival in New Zealand on Saturday.…
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'Creed II' Delivers a Record-Breaking Debut at the Box Office
If you thought an unending supply of reheated collard greens with a complimentary bout of The Itis would keep folks out of movie theaters this weekend you’re sadly mistaken. MGM, New Line, and Warner Bros. delivered a knockout over the holiday weekend with the Steven Caple Jr.-directed Creed II. With Ryan Coogler unable to helm…
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Taraji P. Henson Puts a Welcome New Spin on an Old Plot in What Men Want
What do men want? Hell if I know (though I have my suspicions), but Taraji P. Henson’s going to help us find out in What Men Want, due for release on February 8, 2019, with a new extended trailer out Friday. A reboot of the 2000 comedy What Women Want, directed by rom-com specialist Nancy…
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July 2019 Beyoncé Is Coming to Pride Rock In Lion King Live-Action Remake
The Lion King has never been a favorite of mine, mostly because I’m convinced Mufasa did some shit to Scar to make him vengeful, and I’m pretty sure whatever it was, it was cause enough for Scar to react. But it’s 2018 and your childhood is coming back to life with Disney’s live-action remake. On…
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Green Book Has Great Acting, a Misleading Title and Palatable Racism for White People
When I sat down to watch the movie Green Book, I was expecting to get a visual education on the historical use of The Negro Motorist Green Book by Victor Hugo Green. Green published the guidebook from 1936 to 1966 for black travelers in the Jim Crow era whose trips took them through areas that…
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A Long-Awaited Aretha Doc Is Now Due for Release—But Is That What the Queen of Soul Wanted?
Try to sit through the two minutes and 38 seconds of the Amazing Grace trailer without getting the least bit emotional. We dare you. In fact, we’ll wait. It’s been less than three months since Aretha Franklin died, but now, a Sydney Pollack-directed documentary chronicling the recording of her seminal 1972 live gospel double album…
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Belly Is the 2nd Greatest Music Video of All Time Behind Michael Jackson's 'Thriller'
Let me be very clear, I love Belly. I love love it. When Mary J. Blige sang about “Real Love” in 1992, a whole ass six years before Belly would be released to the masses, she had no idea that she was singing my soul’s affinity for Hype Williams’ best music video ever. And what’s…
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The Hate U Give Isn't a Very Good Movie and It's Very Hard to Say That Out Loud
On October 3, Wesley Morris, in a piece for the New York Times Magazine titled “The Morality Wars,” sounded the alarm (in a nutshell) about the difficulty in critiquing black art in today’s political climate in favor of protecting the culture. Basically, he said that because the stakes are higher for black art, it has…
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The Bad Boys Sequel Is Officially Happening. Will Smith Said Y’all Ain’t Ready
After many fits and starts and one of the stars saying the project may never see the light of day, it appears that the long-awaited sequel to 2003’s Bad Boys II is finally happening. Are you ready? The film’s two stars—Will Smith and Martin Lawrence—both posted on their Instagram accounts that the movie is a…