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David Oyelowo Taps into Family and Fantasy with The Water Man Debut
As a filmmaker, Oyelowo masterfully captures the emotional struggles that inhabits a family and the impending loss of a loved one through child’s view of the world and heart. Beautifully…
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Come Away Blends Fable Favs in Live-Action
Ever wonder what would happen if Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland and J.M.Barrie's Peter Pan merged into one fabulous tale of family and perseverance ? Well, thanks to 'Brave' director…
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Time Travel, Psychological Thriller Don’t Let Go Delivers on All Cylinders
First Fast Colors now this! I would love to see this developed into a series for television. Kinda like Quantum Leap featuring people of color. Can you see it? I…
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Queen of Katwe
Enter Phiona Mutesi, a young girl from the streets of Kampala, Uganda whose world rapidly changes when she is introduced to the game of chess by soccer coach and former…
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20 Historic Emmy Nominations for African Americans!!!!
ok…y’all that follow my blog know that I usually ONLY talk about films, but baby, when they announced the nominees this morning I just couldn’t keep the excitement to myself as…
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Birdman Takes Off Leading 2015 Oscar Nominations and Surprises
Well, it suffices to say that this awards season has kinda like being a bride and the day before the wedding the groom changed his mind. It’s been a real…
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SELMA
One winter night in December 1997, my boyfriend and I were coming home from a holiday celebration. As we were driving down a particularly dark street in Brooklyn (where…
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2014 Golden Globe Nominations
The Golden Globes spread the wealth among this year’s films and TV series when nominations were announced this morning. Big Noms were tapped for IFC Films’ Boyhood, Sony Classics’Foxcatcher, the Weinsteins’ The Imitation Game, Paramount’s Selma and…
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Review: Nightingale
There has been much speculation regarding PTSD and how it affects those women and men that defend our country in war. There has also been much speculation regarding the discrimination,…
