Wow-wee, I cannot wait to see this. It’s going to be fantastic!! ~ V Basketball fans have a new reason to cheer. Disney has just announced that we can expect the true story of a one-of-a-kind family that hailed the first trio of brothers to become NBA champions to air on Disney+ in 2022. Rise will tell the story of these brothers, Giannis and Thanasis … Continue reading ‘Rise’: Basketball Biopic – The Antetokounmpo Brothers/Family
I said this once before and I am going to say it again . . . Robert and Zoë have some serious chemistry! Check out interview and photo shoot below from EW. ~ V Robert Pattinson & Zoë Kravitz ~ Video via Entertainment Weekly US Release Date: March 4, 2022 Thought I’d add this interview. The Cast of ‘The Batman’ on Matt Reeves’s Vision for … Continue reading Robert Pattinson & Zoë Kravitz On Preparing For A New Chapter on ‘The Batman’
I am getting more and more excited for this movie to come out! And, Catwoman is finally getting some scene time. The theme, darkness of the story, characters and scenes, psychology of it all and the action seem on point. Robert and Zoë have some serious chemistry too! ~ V The Batman – The Bat and The Cat ~ Video via Movieclips Trailers From Warner … Continue reading The Batman Trailer – The Bat and The Cat (2022)
This is an insightful perspective! The needle hasn’t moved much. It’s a continual struggle. ~ Nina Yang Bongiovi In Passing, the Rebecca Hall film based on the 1929 novel by Nella Larsen, Tessa Thompson and Ruth Negga play childhood friends who have a tense reunion in adulthood. Irene (Thompson) is a middle-class Black mother living through the Harlem Renaissance; Claire (Negga) is passing as … Continue reading How to Get a Black-Led Indie Film Funded in Hollywood
The actress talks about how she learned to advocate for herself on-set and the significance of her MCU character: We need a superhero that represents us. Being a superhero wasn’t part of Lauren Ridloff’s plan. The Eternals star wanted to be a children’s book author before an American Sign Language tutoring gig for the director of Broadway’s Children of a Lesser God led to a … Continue reading Next Big Thing: ‘Eternals’ Star Lauren Ridloff on Becoming Marvel’s First Deaf Superhero
Aww, RIP!! Dorothy Steel, an actress in Black Panther, has died. She was 95. In the movie, she was the Elder of the Merchant Tribe Elder and a member of the Wakandan Tribal Council. Steel, who did not begin acting until she was 88, also appeared in ‘Poms’ and ‘Christmas Wishes and Mistletoe Kisses.’ Steel’s agent Cindy Butler shared the news via an announcement on … Continue reading Dorothy Steel, Actress in ‘Black Panther,’ Dies at 95
Yesterday I posted about the upcoming coming movie, Passing, that explores Blacks passing for white in 1920 New York!! Some may wonder why Rebecca Hall is the perfect person to direct this film. Well . . . . It is because she is also passing, or ‘presents as white’!~V I don’t have any experience of being a Black person in America. I don’t know what … Continue reading Tessa Thompson and Ruth Negga’s Racial-Identity Movie ‘Passing’ and Why Rebecca Hall Was the “Perfect Person” to Direct
Before you question this . . . YES, it did happen and still does . . . Blacks passing! I can’t wait to see this!!! ~V Synopsis: Adapted from the celebrated 1929 novel of the same name by Nella Larsen, PASSING tells the story of two Black women, Irene Redfield (Tessa Thompson) and Clare Kendry (Academy Award nominee Ruth Negga), who can “pass” as white … Continue reading Passing | Official Trailer | Netflix
Whoa!! Welcome back, Mr. Anderson!! I will miss seeing Laurence Fishburne as Morpheus! ~V The Matrix Resurrections – Official Trailer ~ Video via Warner Bros. Pictures Warner Bros. Pictures Presents, In Association with Village Roadshow Pictures, In Association with Venus Castina Productions, “The Matrix Resurrections.” The film will be distributed by worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures. It will be in theaters nationwide and on HBO … Continue reading The Matrix Resurrections – Official Trailer
This is so very,very sad!! ~V Man, I just want people to remember me as one cool-ass dude, you know? Someone who cared. And I would never want anyone to say, ‘Oh, he forget where he came from.’ That would hurt me the most. ~ Michael K. Williams The ‘Lovecraft Country’ star and five-time Emmy nominee was found dead in his Brooklyn home on Monday, … Continue reading Michael K. Williams, ‘The Wire’ Actor, Dies at 54
I am so happy this movie is doing so well! ~V The Marvel Studios’ film starring Simu Liu is the second-biggest domestic opening of the year with $75.5 million for the three-day weekend. Shang-Chi and the Legends of the Ten Rings is making a heroic showing at the box office, where it has smashed the record for Labor Day openings with a four-day haul of … Continue reading Box Office: ‘Shang-Chi’ Smashes Labor Day Record with $90M
King Richard, a hugely tear-jerking and crowd-pleasing drama about how the father of tennis legends Venus Williams and Serena Williams set them on their path to greatness, wowed the Galaxy Theatre audience at its world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival on Thursday night. It strikes me as being bound for major awards recognition, first and foremost for lead actor Will Smith, who plays the … Continue reading ‘King Richard’ Catapults Will Smith to Front of Best Actor Race, with Across-the-Board Recognition Possible
No shit, Sherlock. We all know what’s coming!!! ~ V Outlander spoilers follow. Outlander star Lauren Lyle has teased that things are set to get “really deep and really dark” when it comes to her character Marsali Fraser and partner Fergus in the romance drama’s long-awaited sixth season. The previous installment’s finale saw Marsali, who is married to the adoptive son of Sam Heughan’s Jamie … Continue reading Outlander star Lauren Lyle says new season will get “a lot darker”
Now, THIS looks like it’s going to be a fun ride!!! ~ V Synopsis: An Interpol-issued Red Notice is a global alert to hunt and capture the world’s most wanted. But when a daring heist brings together the FBI’s top profiler (Johnson) and two rival criminals (Gadot, Reynolds), there’s no telling what will happen. RED NOTICE | Official Teaser | Netflix ~ Video via Netflix … Continue reading RED NOTICE | Official Teaser | Netflix
Well, this could be interesting, but I know some people are about to lose their minds. At least the story will be different! ~ V After enlisting Ta-Nehisi Coates to write the latest feature on the superhero, the studio is searching for its director and star as it kick-starts the next phase of its DC universe. While promoting his Amazon Prime film Tom Clancy’s Without … Continue reading Behind Warner Bros.’ Search for a Black Superman
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