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Creed 3

‘Creed 3’ Has the Wrong Protagonist

March 3, 2023June 23, 2023 Neal Pollack 9 Comments Creed 3, Jonathan Majors, Michael B. Jordan, Phylicia Rashad, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson

Jonathan Majors’s villain is way more complicated and interesting than this boxing movie’s vainglorious hero

Love and Thunder

Love and Blunder

July 8, 2022July 11, 2022 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Chris Hemsworth, Christian Bale, Matt Damon, Melissa McCarthy, Natalie Portman, Russell Crowe, Taika Waititi, Tessa Thompson, Thor: Love and Thunder

God butchery is no joke

Passing

Better Than ‘Passing’

November 11, 2021November 12, 2021 Asher Luberto 0 Comments Nella Larsen, Passing, Rebecca Hall, Ruth Negga, Tessa Thompson

Rebecca Hall’s brilliant adaptation of Nella Larsen’s novel about Black identity in 1920s New York

Sundance

Sundance: The Final Tally

February 8, 2021February 11, 2021 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Censor, CODA, Cryptozoo, Daniel Kaluuya, Ed Helms, Eight for Silver, How It Ends, Jockey, Judas and the Black Messiah, Karen Cinorre, Lakeith Stanfield, Mayday, Passin, Patti Harrison, Ruth Negga, Shaka King, Tessa Thompson, Together Together

A solid lineup of predictably unpredictable indie storytelling

Black Indie

FILM TELEVISION

Black Indie Content: Where to Stream It

April 13, 2020April 17, 2020 Kyra Jones 1 Comment Brown Girl Begins, Jezebel, Jimmie Fails, Little Woods, McKenzie Chinn, Nia DaCosta, Of Mics and Men, Olympia, Tessa Thompson, The Last Black Man In San Francisco, Uncorked, Wu-Tang Clan

Color for your quarantine

Men In Blech

June 14, 2019June 14, 2019 Jason Avant 0 Comments Chris Hemsworth, Emma Thompson, Kumail Nanjiani, Men In Black, Men In Black International, Tessa Thompson, Tommy Lee Jones, Vincent D'Onofrio, Will Smith

Someone Neuralyze Us All So We Can Forget This Movie

MUSIC Netflix TELEVISION

The Queen and Her Court

April 25, 2019April 25, 2019 Joshunda Sanders 0 Comments Audre Lorde, Beyoncé, Crazy In Love, Danai Gurira, Destiny's Child, Homecoming, Jay-Z, Tessa Thompson, Toni Morrison

Young, Gifted and Black on Abundant Display in Beyoncé’s ‘Homecoming’

Michael B. Jordan, Creed

‘Creed 2’: Too Many Creeds

November 21, 2018November 21, 2018 Neal Pollack 1 Comment Creed 2, Dolph Lundgren, Drago, Michael B. Jordan, Rocky, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson

The Übermensch Who Thinks He’s An Underdog