the old guard
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Kerry Washington and Charlize Theron to Star in School of Good and Evil for Netflix
Little Fires Everywhere star Kerry Washington and The Old Guard star Charlize Theron will be facing off in School of Good and Evil, a new feature from Paul Feig, The Root has learned. Per The Hollywood Reporter, the upcoming film is based on the New York Times bestselling children’s book by Soman Chainani and will…
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Academy Dialogues Exclusive Clip: Gina Prince Bythewood Recalls the 1st Time She Saw Herself Onscreen
As part of its Academy Aperture 2025 initiative, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences recently launched a virtual panel series called Academy Dialogues: It Starts With Us, designed to open up discussions on race and gender equity in filmmaking. For the next panel, The Academy partnered up with ICON MANN (a media and…
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Gina Prince-Bythewood Speaks on the 'Black Female Gaze' Contributing to KiKi Layne's 'Integral' Part in The Old Guard
What does it look like to have a badass summer action flick brought to the screen through the eyes of an equally badass black woman? Well, it looks like The Old Guard. Directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood, The Old Guard is based on the acclaimed graphic Greg Rucka novel of the same name. The synopsis for…
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A Complicated Strong Black Lead and More Is Coming to Netflix in July 2020—Can Ya Dig It?
When’s the last time I’ve done one of these? Hmmm…actually, it doesn’t matter because time doesn’t exist in 2020. It’s a construct! Let’s live in the here and now and get to this Black-ass content on Netflix for July… First up, there’s John Shaft, who has been known to be a bad mother—shut yo mouth!…
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Trailer Roundup: The Pageant Question for Miss Juneteenth Is…WTF Is TENET About?
It’s Friday and we’re headed into a holiday weekend. This week is a pretty robust one for trailers (we already gave some special love to Da 5 Bloods and Body Cam), so let’s get right to it! Ringside (Showtime; Release Date: June 12, 2020, at 8:30 p.m. ET/PT) First Impressions: Within the first few seconds…