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Renée Rapp’s second Saturday Night Live musical performance of the night was full of surprises. Audiences finally got to see the original Regina George anoint the new guard when Rachel McAdams introduced the singer, who played Regina on Broadway and reprised the role in Paramount’s new musical film. Rapp sang “Not My Fault,” a song […]
In "They Cloned Tyrone," director Darryl Thompson masterfully weaves a captivating tale that melds science fiction with a profound exploration of identity and self-discovery within the Black experience.
The casting is a triumph in itself. The chemistry between leading stars, including John Boyega as the charismatic yet enigmatic Fontaine aka Tyrone. Teyonah Parris as the quick-witted and resourceful Yo-Yo, and Jamie Fox as something like a pimp, Slick Charles ignites the screen.
Boyega's dual portrayal of the original Tyrone and his cloned counterpart showcases his range as an actor, adding layers of complexity to the narrative.
"They Cloned Tyrone" delves into the essence of Black identity, touching on themes of resilience and the search for authenticity.
The cinematography by Malik Sayeed captures the essence of each scene, from the pulsating neon lights of underground labs to the serene, contemplative moments in a forgotten city like Detroit, Milwaukee or Little Rock.
"They Cloned Tyrone" is a triumph not just for the sci-fi genre, but for Black cinema as a whole. With its thought-provoking narrative, exceptional cast, and visually arresting presentation, the film heralds a new wave of storytelling that celebrates the Black experience.
Blade Runner Origins (2021) // Titan Comics
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Marvel Shakes Up ‘Armor Wars’: Series Now Being Developed As a Movie
"Don Cheadle, who is reprising his longtime Marvel Cinematic Universe role as Colonel James “Rhodey” Rhodes, AKA War Machine, remains on board to star.
The title Armor Wars hails from a celebrated storyline that was published in the Iron Man comics in 1987 and 1988. Written by David Michelinie and Bob Layton with art by Mark Bright, it tackled the idea of the highly advanced technology of Iron Man falling into the wrong hands.
The live-action series was seen as a way to showcase multiple types of armor. Cheadle’s next Marvel appearance remains the MCU series, Secret Invasion, which also stars Samuel L. Jackson and Ben Mendelsohn and scheduled to debut in 2023. “
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My three are Breaking Bad, Sons of Anarchy, Boardwalk Empire. Each show had a solid ending the others did not end well imo. And I’m anticipating The Walking Dead ending poorly even though the first episode of the new season ended so well.
Netflix has unveiled Tudum, a global fan event set to provide fans with exclusives and first looks at some of their favorite original titles. Tudum, named after the streamer’s opening signature tone, will take place on Saturday, September 25. The fan event will bring together the stars and creators from around the world, representing over […]
Apple TV+ has confirmed a series order for The Changeling, a drama based on Victor LaValle’s best-selling book of the same name, with LaKeith Stanfield (Atlanta, Judas and The Black Messiah) set to star. Kelly Marcel (Cruella, Venom) wrote the adaptation and serves as showrunner. Queen & Slim helmer and Insecure alum Melina Matsoukas will […]
Well, That Escalated Quickly: Memoirs and Mistakes of an Accidental Activist (2018)
Franchesca Ramsey didn’t set out to be an activist. Or a comedian. Or a commentator on identity, race, and culture, really. But then her YouTube video “What White Girls Say … to Black Girls” went viral. Twelve million views viral. Faced with an avalanche of media requests, fan letters, and hate mail, she had two choices: Jump in and make her voice heard or step back and let others frame the conversation. After a crash course in social justice and more than a few foot-in-mouth moments, she realized she had a unique talent and passion for breaking down injustice in America in ways that could make people listen and engage.
In her first book, Ramsey uses her own experiences as an accidental activist to explore the many ways we communicate with each other–from the highs of bridging gaps and making connections to the many pitfalls that accompany talking about race, power, sexuality, and gender in an unpredictable public space…the internet.
WELL, THAT ESCALATED QUICKLY includes Ramsey’s advice on dealing with internet trolls and low-key racists, confessions about being a former online hater herself, and her personal hits and misses in activist debates with everyone from bigoted Facebook friends and misguided relatives to mainstream celebrities and YouTube influencers. With sharp humor and her trademark candor, Ramsey shows readers we can have tough conversations that move the dialogue forward, rather than backward, if we just approach them in the right way.
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Franchesca Ramsey is a social justice advocate, comedian, actress, writer, video blogger, sought-after speaker, and the host of the award-winning web series Decoded on MTV. With videos topping 12 million views, she has been featured on NPR, Anderson Cooper, CNN, MTV, the BBC, and in the New York Times. A former writer and correspondent for The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore, she now has a major late-night television show in development with Comedy Central. She lives in New York City and this is her first book.
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‘Matrix 4′ Trailer & Title Unveiled at CinemaCon by Warner Bros
Warner Bros. confirmed the title of the fourth film in The Matrix: Matrix: Resurrections. The movie even had a trailer released in a session for journalists at CinemaCon 2021. Check out the description of the video, according to Gizmodo: It begins with a very glossy looking city. A psychiatrist (Neil Patrick Harris) is sitting with a patient named Thomas. Thomas is Reeves and he’s having problems. He says he’s having dreams that aren’t quite dreams. We see him walking down the street with the green Matrix code. “Am I crazy?” he asks. “We don’t say that,” the doctor replies. Thomas is then sitting in a bathtub with a rubber duck on his head. He walks into a coffee shop and greets Trinity. “Have we met?” she asks as they shake hands. We see that Thomas is taking blue pills at home. He looks into the sky and watches a bunch of birds flying. He’s trying to analyze it. Next he’s in an elevator with a bunch of people on their phones and he looks up at the reflection of everyone looking at screens. About here is where the song “White Rabbit” begins playing. Yahya Abdul-Mateen II shows up as a character who looks just like Morpheus (shaved head, tiny sunglasses) and offers Thomas a red pill. He meets a person with blue hair who has a tattoo of a rabbit. This all feel very familiar to us, the audience, because this is kind of just... The Matrix again? Neo and the person with blue hair walk through a mirror. He’s in a café. Then he’s in a very serene dojo, which is on a lake, with Abdul-Mateen’s character. “The only thing that matters to you is still here,” he says. “You’ll never give up.” They begin to perform martial arts, and when Thomas hits Abdul-Mateen’s character hard in the chest and he flies out of the room. Thomas and the blue-haired person are on a train. A bullet from a sniper is shot from far away and it flies through the train toward them. Tons of action scenes now cut very quickly. We see the fields of people plugged into the matrix. Trinity being unplugged in the matrix. The blue haired person jumping over a car in slow motion. Thomas holds bullets in the air. A helicopter fires a missile at Thomas and Trinity, and Thomas changes its direction mid-air and shoots it into another helicopter. Then, Thomas is in an office with a man in a business suit played by Jonathan Groff. “You’re going back to where it all started,” he says. “Back to the Matrix.” Then the title: The Matrix, which fades away, and then Resurrections. You very much get the sense that everything that happened before with Neo, Trinity, and Morpheus is happening again, just with minor changes. Characters fated to live the same stories over and over again. Or... something like that. We don’t really know. But damned if it didn’t look as big and action-packed as we’ve come to expect. Co-starring Jada Pinkett Smith, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Neil Patrick Harris, Jessica Henwick, and Jonathan Groff, The Matrix: Resurrections opens December 22.
Review : Coming 2 America (2021)
At one point in time, there was no bigger movie star than Eddie Murphy. With a string of successful standup films under his belt, as well as starring roles in both the Beverly Hills Cop and 48 Hrs. franchises, the rising star stepped further into the spotlight with films like Harlem Nights, Boomerang, and perhaps his most iconic film, the instant classic that was Coming to America. As the mid-1990′s arrived, however, the film successes became fewer and further between, but after 2019′s Dolemite Is My Name found him success with a new generation (and rediscovered success with old fans), the door of possibilities was left open, which ultimately brought us Coming 2 America.
On Prince Akeem Joffer (Eddie Murphy) and Princess Lisa Joffer’s (Shari Headley) 30th wedding anniversary, a day that should be centered around celebration, Akeem finds himself at a crossroads between his past and future. Initially, General Izzi (Wesley Snipes) of Nextodoria accosts Akeem in hopes of persuading him to offer one of his daughters as bride to his son Idi Izzi (Rotimi), which Akeem declines. Later that day, as King Jaffe Joffer (James Earl Jones) beckons Akeem to his bedside to inform him that his time spent in Queens with Semmi (Arsenio Hall), Akeem’s confidant and royal aide, resulted in the birth of an illegitimate child. After King Jaffe Joffer passes away, passing the mantle of King down the line, Akeem decides to return to Queens to find Mary Junson (Leslie Jones) and confirm whether or not Lavelle Junson (Jermaine Fowler) is his son and the rightful heir to the throne of Zamunda.
While one would assume that Coming 2 America would have ties to its predecessor, I definitely had my reservations as to how well the film could fall in line with such a monumental classic as the bar-setter. That being said, I was pleasantly surprised with how well that Coming 2 America was not only able to touch upon many, many aspects of the original film, but also find a way to stand on its own two feet. A number of characters we came to know and love from Coming to America return to the fold as funny as ever, and Arsenio Hall even steps in to provide a new classic character in the form of Baba. With almost 35 years passed since Coming to America, it also makes since that elements such as the gentrification of Queens and the Americanization of Africa would play a key role in the development of the film’s world.
The way that many of the original beats from Coming to America are flipped between the American and African counterparts works well for sequel fodder, seemingly even more so than it normally does in other films. Switching Queens to Zamunda, Akeem to Lavelle, Lisa to Mirembe and so forth follows the comedy callback rule on a narrative level, while certain jokes are either continued or reshaped to mine new laughs out of old ground. Flipping the location also brings in new aspects of the tradition versus morals storyline, even with its overall familiarity. The way that class and cultural clashes are presented from the Zamundan side of things (rather than the Queens side) brings a grandness to the story not present in the first film. Overall, there is just the right amount of narrative mirroring present (with a bit of aid from the time passed between films) to make the film interesting on its own terms and absent of the feeling that too much old ground is being revisited.
The comedy, while different than that of the original film, definitely holds up in its connectivity as sequel, making the film a welcome addition to a newly founded series. Placing the film in Africa gives the film a new look, making it distinct from the very 1980′s-heavy New York setting in which the original film took place. Music is a major factor within the film, with in-story performance of popular songs especially standing out as moments of high entertainment. The inclusion of footage from the original film helps give newcomers to the story reference, while serving as emotional lifts for older fans of the franchise. The costuming has evolved along with the times, bringing even more of a grandiose feeling to the royal element, while the iconic makeup transformations continue to suspend disbelief and sell the multiple characters that Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall play.
Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall and James Earl Jones all fall right back into the roles they inhabited so well many years ago (even the auxiliary ones that filled out he world), while managing to present the natural growth and adaptation that would come with the progression of time. Shari Headley, John Amos, Paul Bates and Louie Anderson also step in to serve the purposes of nostalgia. Jermaine Fowler does a good job of stepping into the role that Murphy previously inhabited, but this time he is able to let his American perspective fuel his fish out of water role in Zamunda. Leslie Jones does what she does best, dropping comedy gems in both her delivery and physical presence. On the Joffer side of things, Kiki Layne, Bella Murphy and Akiley Love bring a youthful royal presence. Wesley Snipes appears to be having the time of his life in his role as antagonist, with Rotimi and Teyana Taylor hilariously following suit. Appearances by Tracy Morgan, Rick Ross, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Nomzamo Mbatha, Garcelle Beauvais, Colen Jost, Trever Noah, Clint Smith and Luenell, as well as cameos by Morgan Freeman, En Vogue, Salt-N-Pepa, Davido, Gladys Knight and Dikembe Mutombo fill out the stellar cast.
Based on some of the immediate feedback from those who saw the film immediately upon release, as well as some press buzz centering around some of Eddie Murphy’s casting regrets, I was honestly prepared to be slightly let down. Luckily, I didn’t watch any trailers prior to release, and I stayed away from articles and think pieces connected to the film, and with that lack of expectations set, I found Coming 2 America to be very enjoyable. I wouldn’t recommend that they go the route of a trilogy, but I’m happy that they were able to pull off a successful sequel.
Dee is for Dis Lena Waithe not Michael B. Jordan...so stop trying to force this Superman shit with MBJ...it’s like the worst move that could end his career.
Dee is for Diversity, but only if DC Comics actual tells stories about the Black Superheros like Luscious Fox’s Son.
Now a black Superman may exist in the comics (Calvin Ellis) but unlike Miles Morales or Samuel L's Nick Fury who have established narratives, personalities and mythos/lore to work with the new proposed Superman is being adapted by a studio that could barely make a compelling Clark Kent with all his source material and iconography. Also, if they really were genuine about their plans to diversify their universe why not use established and actually amazing black characters that already exist in the comics like John Stewart (We really needed a proper new Green Lantern film), Nubia, Vixen, Icon, Mr.Terrific, Steel or even pay actual attention to Cyborg. This new colorblind approach Hollywood has been taking with it's race swaps of established characters reeks of new tokenism that has hand-me-downs quality because acting like race would be inconsequential to certain characters it changes doesn't actually encompass proper representation but pushes a new sort of erasure all on its own.
A film, a cookout, a conversation: Helping make racial justice a ‘movement, not a moment’
Before Quan Cosby leaves his Austin, Texas, home and drives 15 hours to vacation in the Colorado Rockies, he does the math carefully. He calculates how far he can go before stopping for gas in the Texas panhandle or the plains of eastern Colorado, and then determines the safest places to pull over with his wife and two young daughters onboard.
“In a lot of those places, we don’t look like the locals,” says Cosby, a former minor league baseball player, star wide receiver at the University of Texas, member of several NFL teams, and now a vice president at risk management leader Marsh & McLennan. “They’re not used to seeing Black people, and I have to be ready for anything. That’s just the reality. Talk about risk management.”
Along with other star athletes—NBA great Carmelo Anthony and NFL Hall of Famer Chris Carter, to name two—Cosby appears in the documentary film Black Boys, released on NBC’s Peacock streaming service in September and coproduced by Chad Williamson, the cousin of Jason Williamson, vice president of Oracle for Startups. NFL standout and Black Lives Matter activist Malcolm Jenkins was the film’s executive producer, working with Never Whisper Justice, the film and education company Chad Williamson cofounded with Jon-Thomas Royston and Sonia Lowman, who directed the documentary.
In the BLM summer of 2020, an Oracle VP invited a multiracial group to his home, where they watched and discussed the documentary film, Blac
DEE is for DAVID Oyelowo as Black Panther aka T’Chaka
Then in the new series for Disney+ — they should recast T’Challa as a Caleb McLaughlin.
There’s likely more conversation about Black Panther to be had in the weeks, months and years to come. Especially, once Coming 2 America: Back 2 Africa on March 5, 2021.
I read somewhere, Bridgerton star Regé-Jean Page was possibly being considered for the role of Black Panther. That lite skinned brother is best to portray Batman aka Luscious Fox’s son, but Black Panther, HELL NAH.
Don’t do it Ryan Coogler.
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John David Washington was better in Blackkklansman than LaKeith Stanfield in Judas and the Black Messiah.
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Hitboy makes great music, but this album was more like the soundtrack to Baller Blockin’ than the soundtrack for Mo’ Money, a historic period film about the first Black man who hacked the financial industry to buy the love of Stacey Dash before she became a republican.
What am I saying? Baller Blockin’ was more loyal to the regional sounds of New Orleans with the exception of NaS & Bravehearts...so I guess it should come as no surprise, NaS has a track listed on Judas and The Black Messiah album.
However, it should come as a surprise that there’s no artist like Lupe Fiasco, Mick Jenkins, King Louie, Chance The Rapper, Common, Twista, Rockie Fresh, Do or Die, Kanye West, Rhymefest, GLC, Consequence, Valee, Young Chop, Anita Baker, Quincy Jones etc etc ... on “the inspired album” ... it’s like every artist who was on it was less inspired and more afixiated like they were waiting to exhale with H.E.R.
Couple Vows to ‘Buy Black’ For 30 Days and Makes a Web Series About It.
