Movies
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Set It Off Has One of the Blackest Scenes in All of Cinema That Nobody Ever Talks About
Set It Off is a movie I love watching. It’s such a nonsensical movie for so many reasons that it all blends perfectly, if you let the liquor tell it. It’s one of the greatest mediocre movies in the African-American Cinematic Theater canon. Once you add in the soundtrack, it really is iconic for so…
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10 Thoughts About Boyz n The Hood, Released 27 Years Ago Today, and Why It Still Matters
On July 12, 1991, Boyz n the Hood hit theaters nationwide after early screenings in Los Angeles and New York City. As a 12-year-old living in Germany at the time who saw it while visiting relatives in Five Points, Ala., that summer, the movie changed a lot for me. Apparently, I wasn’t alone. 1. I…
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Winston Duke Is Going in the Cage to Play Kimbo Slice in New Biopic
Winston Duke, aka M’Baku from Black Panther, will be taking on a new role, this time as Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson in a new biopic. This will be Duke’s first lead role. Deadline confirmed that the 31-year-old Trinidadian will portray the Bahamian-born MMA brawler in Backyard Legend. The film will be produced by Steve Lee…
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Idris Elba Casted In 'Fast & Furious' Spinoff As A Villain
Finally, a villain I’d love to run into. Idris Elba will be playing a villain in The Fast and The Furious spinoff, Hobbs and Shaw, in which he’ll be acting alongside Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham. Johnson and Statham will be reprising their roles as special agent Luke Hobbs and criminal mastermind Deckhard Shaw, according…
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Ant-Man and the Wasp is the Best Superhero Movie Made About Criminal Justice for White Guys
In just 10 years, the Marvel movie franchise has morphed from simple origin stories to universe-sprawling, intertwined characters and adventures, almost like Game of Thrones but with better CGI and brighter costumes. Once the exclusive playground of blonde white guys, the movies have become a lot blacker, more gender balanced and much more political. In…
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Men In Black Spinoff Coming Soon Featuring Les Twins and Tessa Thompson
Men in Black is back! It looks like Men in Black is coming with a spin-off movie and they’ve already started filming. The spin-off will include an all-new cast and will be launched on a global scale with a modern twist. Some of the cast members included are Les Twins (Beyonce’s backup dancers), Tessa Thompson,…
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Tribeca Film Festival 2018: Blackness Is the Muse of Mr. Soul!
It was the blackest, most brilliant and beautiful evening I’ve spent in a long time—which is a pretty high bar, since I work, live and play with brilliant, beautiful black people every day. But Sunday night’s Tribeca Film Festival premiere of Mr. Soul!, the highly anticipated documentary on storied black variety show Soul!, was both…