Movies
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Exclusive: Miles Morales Wars With His Hero Identity in Spider-Man: Into the Spider Verse Clip
In an exclusive clip obtained by The Root, Miles Morales wars with his father’s disapproval of Spider-Man, and questions his life in Brooklyn in an emotionally wrought scene from the upcoming animated film, Spider-Man: Into the Spider Verse. After a radioactive spider bites him in the subway, Morales comes into his own as Spider-Man. He…
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Trey Songz Discusses Blood Brother Role and Policing in America
“What would make good cops better is if more good cops spoke out against the bad cops. I think that’s a difficult thing to do when you’re part of a gang as big as the police department.” text Trey Songz shares his views on the police department and playing an officer in his new film…
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Viola Davis Will Be Channeling Her Inner Shirley Chisholm in Upcoming Film
When you are making a film about Shirley Chisholm, you are making a film about a black woman icon who was not afraid to see her own power and go for what she wanted. It only makes sense to cast an actress that has the teeth to make us feel that pride, power and persona…
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The New York Film Critics Circle Names Two Reginas—King and Hall—Best Actresses
As Prince once sagely said, all the critics love you in New York—that is, if your name is Regina. That’s the case for 2018, when Regina Hall and Regina King garnered acting accolades from the New York Film Critics Circle. As reported by Vulture, King won Best Supporting Actress for the highly anticipated If Beale…
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So Disney Just Gon' Kill Mufasa Again for a Whole New Generation of Kids with This The Lion King Live-Action Remake, Huh?
It is officially official: the live-action version of The Lion King, with all of your faves, will hit theaters in July 2019 so we can all excitedly watch Mufasa die. Again. Twenty-five years after he died the first time. There’s no two ways about it, Mufasa’s death in The Lion King is one of the most…
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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…