movies
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Halle Berry and Keanu Reeves Try to Name Lyrics to Migos' 'John Wick'
The John Wick franchise is like a wet dream for lovers of action-adventure films. Director Chad Stahelski has built a world with umpteen highly choreographed fight scenes (I’d hate to be a stunt person in the film), a semi-solid storyline, guns and gallons of blood. But, did y’all know that there’s a Migos song named…
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Avengers Stunt Performer Reflects on Being a Black Woman in the Movie Industry
Chances are, you’ve seen Jazzy Ellis perform stunts in your favorite movie or TV show. Some past projects include the Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame, Ride Along 2, The Walking Dead and Black Lightning. But, of course, it’s not easy being a black stunt performer, let alone a black woman, in the industry. Women…
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Having a 'Little' Fun: Marsai Martin, Issa Rae and Regina Hall Play a 'Black Ass Game'
You got ____ money? What you __ gon’ ___. I’m not one of your ___ friends. If you successfully filled in the blanks above, there’s a pretty good chance you were raised by a black parent. The Root spoke with the cast of Little and played Black Ass Game: Growing Up Black Edition. Put your…
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Pam Grier, the Queen of Classic Black Cinema, Walks Us Through Her Most Memorable Roles
March is Women’s History Month and Lord knows, Pam Grier has made history. She is known for dominating the black cinema scene in the ’70s with cult classics like Foxy Brown, Coffy and Sheba Baby. And she continued to make her mark throughout the years with Jackie Brown, The L Word and now, with her…
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#BlackGirlMagic: Black-ish Star Marsai Martin Set to Become Youngest Executive Producer in Hollywood History
When the comedy Little hits theaters this spring, aside from featuring some of the industry’s biggest stars, the film will also make history. For at least a few months, 14-year-old Marsai Martin will hold the title as the youngest executive producer of a major Hollywood motion picture in history. Martin will co-star with Regina Hall…
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Netflix's Bird Box Is Really About How White People Don't Want to See Racism
Spoiler alert: Some major plot points will be revealed in this article. And by “some,” I mean “all of them.” If you haven’t seen or read the viral social media discussions of the Netflix thriller Bird Box, you’re missing one of the greatest race allegory movies that has ever been released in the last part…
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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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TV Crew Filming Police Brutality Scene in Eric Garner’s Neighborhood Kicked Out by Angry Residents
Sometimes you have to admit when you’re wrong. For instance, I was always puzzled why people felt the need to defend monuments to the dead, such as Confederate monuments, as if history could be confined to a slab of stone or a sliver of real estate. Aside from the obvious racial implications, I thought those…