movie trailers
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Trailer Roundup: We Can Be Heroes in 2021 Because We've Declared Death to 2020
Since this is yet another short work week for the staff at The Root due to the holiday, I’ll keep this introduction short and sweet, using the energy of one Tiffany “New York” Pollard: BYE, 2020! BYE, PUMPKIN! Let’s get to these trailers… The Sweetest Girl (Digital; Release Date: Feb. 2021) First Impressions: Partially based…
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Trailer Roundup: Lovers Rock and So Does Batwoman
I hope you’re having a better week than Rudy Giuliani, who seems to be slowly turning into Venom, but if you’re not…I have some trailers to tickle your fancy! Let’s get to it… Princess of the Row (Digital and Video On Demand; Release Date: Nov. 27) First Impressions: Princess of the Row follows 14-year-old Alicia…
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Trailer Roundup: Do You Plan to Follow Me Home or Are You Going to The Prom in a Pandemic?
Fresh off the presidential debate (which, was tamer than that first disaster, yet I was still left wishing the mute button was utilized more), it’s time for some more escapism. In case you missed it, we already wrote special pieces about the trailers for Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom starring Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman as…
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Trailer Roundup: All Hail the Charm City Kings of Planet Dune
Today is your lucky day because the fact that you’re reading this means you got a two-for-one special of trailers this week! Yes, we are back to regularly scheduled Friday programming. Let’s get to it… Billie (Virtual Cinemas; Release Date: Nov. 13, 2020) First Impressions: We’re already waiting to see how Lee Daniels’ upcoming biopic…
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Trailer Roundup: That Little Voice in Your Head Is Thanks to the Hamilton Soundtrack
It’s been a long time, I shouldn’t have left you, without a bunch of trailers to escape to. Yes, a lot has happened in the past few weeks, which makes this kind of escape all the more necessary, so let’s get to it. Hopefully, we provide you something to look forward to. Secret Society of…
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Trailer Roundup: Momma, I Made It to Lovecraft Country
Welcome to May! Did you allow the force to be with you earlier this week? This week is short and sweet in terms of content so let’s not waste any further time so you can return to your dance challenges and bread baking! In case you missed it, we already showcased the Greenleaf trailer, which…
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Trailer Roundup: We're Going to Hollywood—and It's Going to be Legendary
What a week! Here in Los Angeles, we went from a mild, yet effective earthquake to a temperature average in the 90s (which is another form of torture when you’re self-isolating in weather that makes you want to participate in hoodrat brunches with your friends). Plus, Pompous Prez said some dangerously dumb shit about injecting…
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The Candyman Can Because Yes, Gentrification Deserves Its Own Horror Flick
Jordan Peele is pretty good at this whole horror thing. In 2017’s Get Out, he schooled us with a satirical take on the perils of benevolent racism, while 2019’s Us was a duplicitous mind fuck in itself. This time around, with Candyman—a spiritual successor to the 1992 original, helmed by the bold and brilliant Nia…
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White Supremacist Pacification Is a Hollywood Burden
The trailer for Burden has arrived and I’m fucking tired. From the film’s official press release: When a museum celebrating the Ku Klux Klan opens in a small South Carolina town, the idealistic Reverend Kennedy (Academy Award-winner Forest Whitaker) resolves to do everything in his power to prevent long-simmering racial tensions from boiling over. But…
