tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41024456428576063482024-03-13T08:07:43.595-04:00Cool Black MediaDankwa Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08272078872689933851noreply@blogger.comBlogger357125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102445642857606348.post-56942392405698595252020-06-15T10:44:00.010-04:002020-06-23T17:09:04.760-04:00Da 5 Bloods - Review<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This 25th SPIKE LEE JOINT (Feature Film) is really long, but really good! </div>
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This is what I tweeted before we saw ANY footage “before we see a trailer, I’m REALLY looking forward to this because I think #Netflix opened their wallets for Spike 💰💰💰 and a FULLY BUDGETED Spike Lee Joint is usually a dope #SpikeLeeJoint👊🏾” and boy was I right! 💰💰💰</div>
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The filmmaking in this picture was off the meters! Let’s start with cinematographer NEWTON THOMAS SIGEL, the visuals, the shots, the scope, the lighting was terrific! From the GRAND to the intimate, SIGEL straight kills it. </div>
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Also killing it is Spike’s long time #composer collaborator #TerenceBlanchard 🎺. I thought the #FilmScore (🎼original music written specifically to accompany a film🎶) was outstanding. Again, from the grand to the intimate. </div>
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The story was good and as usual is peppered with lots of historical tidbits relating to this story of black folks in military service, but at its core was really about family, guilt and forgiveness. </div>
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The acting across the board was off the meters. Starting with the #1 blood <b>CHADWICK BOSEMAN </b>who plays da leader of da Bloods “Stormin’ Norman”. For storyline reasons he’s not in the picture a lot, but when he is he’s terrific! Another terrific performance from him. The other Bloods <b>CLARKE PETERS</b>,<b> ISIAH WHITLOCK JR. </b>and <b>NORM LEWIS</b> were all great! The “son of a blood” <b>JONATHAN MAJORS</b> was also great. The performance of the picture though was no surprise to anyone that saw him in anything was <b>DELROY LINDO</b>—WOW was he magnificent in this role! </div>
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I’m going to say it, I hope he gets an Oscar nomination for this role—as LEAD ACTOR! He has been a terrific actor for decades and THIS ROLE should deliver him unto Oscar. Another masterful performance from this veteran actor. </div>
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Lastly, #MadProps to the #MainMan SPIKE LEE 🎬for crafting another great Joint! DA 5 BLOODS was terrific! Absolutely one of the best pictures of the year! As he would say, the Year of our Lord Two Thousand and Twenty.👊🏾</div>
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The film is on Netflix RIGHT NOW! I •LIVE•TWEETED• the picture with pics, gifs and video <b><span style="color: #3367d6;">'Nother Brother Entertainment</span></b> on Twitter in a thread 🧵 linked in the tweet below</div>
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Finally time for 25th Feature Film <a href="https://twitter.com/SpikeLeeJoint?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SpikeLeeJoint</a>. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NowWatching?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NowWatching</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DaFiveBloods?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#DaFiveBloods</a> <a href="https://t.co/nyz7SUE2uK">pic.twitter.com/nyz7SUE2uK</a></div>
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Linked in the tweet below is an excellent featurette featuring legendary artist <b>Emory Douglas.</b></div>
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EXCELLENT FEATURETTE🎬<br /><br />The Revolutionary Art Of Spike Lee’s New Netflix Film | <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/EmoryDouglas?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#EmoryDouglas</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Da5Bloods?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Da5Bloods</a> <a href="https://t.co/PRE6u4sgBt">https://t.co/PRE6u4sgBt</a> via <a href="https://twitter.com/YouTube?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@YouTube</a></div>
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🎥 MO’ INFO: How Spike Lee Created Three Signature Visual Shots <a href="https://t.co/fgtHuj8rTW">https://t.co/fgtHuj8rTW</a> 🎬</div>
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Dankwa Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08272078872689933851noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102445642857606348.post-41730144209474428412020-04-04T07:48:00.002-04:002020-04-07T01:50:33.969-04:00Filmmaker DEE REES (VIDEO)There was a great recent video profile of filmmaker Dee Rees and it got me thinking about her feature film resume. I've been a fan of her work since she burst on the scene with her first feature film <b><i>Pariah</i></b> in 2011. Below is what I've written and posted on her body of work on social media and on my Production Company<b> 'Nother Brother Entertainment</b>.<br />
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Writer/Director <b>Dee Rees</b> is an alumna of New York University's graduate film program and a Sundance Screenwriting & Directing Lab Fellow. </blockquote>
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In 2018, Dee became the first Black woman nominated for an Oscar in the Best Adapted Screenplay category for her highly-acclaimed film <b><i>Mudbound</i></b> (2017). The film, starring <b>Jason Mitchell, Carey Mulligan </b>and<b> Mary J. Blige</b>, tells the story of two men returning home from World War II, struggling to deal with racism and post-war life and was nominated for four Oscars, two Golden Globes, and received over 100 nominations between 2017 and 2018. –IMDb </blockquote>
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I loved her work since her FIRST feature film 2011's <b><i>Pariah.</i></b><br />
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I reviewed the film at the <b>'Nother Brother Entertainment</b> blog <a href="http://notherbrother.blogspot.com/2012/02/pariah-review.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>)<br />
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I also loved her work on her followup, the Emmy Winning <b><i>Bessie</i></b> (2015) starring <b>Queen Latifah. </b>I never got a chance to review the film,<b> </b>but I LIVE TWEETED its broadcast premiere at 'Nother Brother Entertainment on Twitter. Check out those tweets via the tweet below.<br />
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⚡️The 2015 LIVE TWEETS of the DEE REES film “Bessie (2015)”<a href="https://t.co/3o1KKBzEmD">https://t.co/3o1KKBzEmD</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Bessie?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Bessie</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HBO?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HBO</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DeeRees?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#DeeRees</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/QueenLatifah?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#QueenLatifah</a></div>
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I reviewed her next feature film, the Academy Award nominated <b><i>Mudbound</i></b> (2017) on Instagram. Read that review below.
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<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Bc7peaAFus8/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading" style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">#Mudbound Review: I thought this film was terrific. A cogent and compelling southern family drama and that’s a lot coming from me. Straight up and down, I’m an urban yankee and I don’t take too kindly to southern dramas. They’re just not my thing, but I found this one satisfying all the way through. SYNOPSIS: Two men (one white, one black) return home from World War II to work on a farm in rural Mississippi, where they struggle to deal with racism and adjusting to life after war.—IMDb The film deals with both families of the men and shows you the realities of southern life. The drama is slow paced, but as I stated compelling and EVERYTHING adds up by the end. And that end, that Third Act, yeah—it’s brutal. The success of this drama lies in its acting and direction. The cast CAREY MULLIGAN, JASON CLARKE, ROB MORGAN, MARY J. BLIGE, JONATHAN BANKS and GARRETT HEDLUND pound for pound each did superb jobs. Director #DeeRees, with cinematography by RACHEL MORRISON, did a magnificent job on this film and if Hollywood doesn’t recognize that this woman is a FORCE after this picture then they’re really not interested in inclusion. Not at all. This is not one of those “you should see it because it’s good for you” movies. You should see it because it’s a pertinent family drama that tells a story of a bygone south intelligently and authentically. #MudboundMovie, currently on #Netflix, is one of the BEST films of 2017. #DBMudbound</a></div>
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You can see her resume at<b> IMDb</b> <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2011696/?ref_=nmbio_bio_nm" target="_blank">HERE</a>Dankwa Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08272078872689933851noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102445642857606348.post-63280575327522670412020-03-15T18:19:00.000-04:002020-03-15T18:24:06.325-04:00Gentefied - Season One Review <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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To be clear, I was seeing tweets and such about the series weeks before it premiered and meeting one of the Producers at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, I was GOING TO watch it! What I did not know was how much I would love it. </div>
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THE STORY: <i><b>Gentefied</b></i> centers on three cousins who band together to keep their Grandfather's popular Boyle Heights [Los Angeles] taco shop in business as the neighborhood becomes more gentrified. </div>
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Throughout the show's first season the cousins confront their differences in their connections to their community, their heritage, and their commitment to the family business, all while navigating larger themes of gentrification and the marginalization of Latinx's in America.—#IMDb</div>
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That IMDb synopsis is pretty on point, what it does not point out, why I’m here🙋🏾♂️, is how you fall in love with this family and their various stories. </div>
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The writing is so on point as it infuses Latinx culture into a great family drama that’s not about gangs or some other negative trope that Hollywood loves to focus on, but about survival in the hood amid gentrification and other economic factors. </div>
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The performances from the multi-generational cast across the board was terrific—TERRIFIC! I’m not going to list them individually because they ALL did fantastic jobs. They performed superbly in #Spanglish and alternating between English and Spanish within the same scene and mostly within the same line of dialogue. The actors performances really made you fall in love with their characters. </div>
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Plain and simple, Congratulations to the ENTIRE Cast & Crew of 'Gentefied' Y’all made a PERFECT season of television. For la cultura👌🏾</div>
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Universal's release of <b>Jordan Peele</b>'s <a href="https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=untitledjordanpeele.htm" style="color: navy; text-decoration-line: none;"><b>Us</b></a> dominated the domestic box office, not only out-performing the opening weekends for several recent horror hits, but delivering the second largest opening ever for a live-action, <b>original</b> picture, topping the weekend box office with over $70 million. As a result, the 2019 box office continues to improve over the month of March after struggling to begin the year. Overall, this weekend was the third straight to outperform the same weekend last year.</div>
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At #1, with an estimated <b>$70.25 million</b> (<a href="https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?view=&yr=2019&wknd=12&adjust_yr=1&p=.htm" style="color: navy; text-decoration-line: none;">~49.6% of all tickets sold among the top 12 films</a>), <b>Us</b> topped the weekend box office with the <a href="https://www.boxofficemojo.com/genres/chart/?id=rratedhorror.htm&sort=opengross&order=DESC&p=.htm" style="color: navy; text-decoration-line: none;">third largest opening of all-time for an R-rated horror film</a>, blowing away 2018's <a href="https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=thenun.htm" style="color: navy; text-decoration-line: none;"><b>The Nun</b></a> ($53.8m opening) and placing behind Universal's own <a href="https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=halloween2018.htm" style="color: navy; text-decoration-line: none;"><b>Halloween</b></a>, which opened with $76.2 million last October. The film also decimated the opening for Peele's previous film <a href="https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=blumhouse2.htm" style="color: navy; text-decoration-line: none;"><b>Get Out</b></a>, which was a massive hit back in 2017 following a $33.3 million debut. <b>Get Out</b> would go on to gross over $176 million domestically, ranking as the <a href="https://www.boxofficemojo.com/genres/chart/?id=rratedhorror.htm" style="color: navy; text-decoration-line: none;">third largest horror film of all-time</a> domestically.</div>
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One mind-blowing stat is to note that while animated features such as <a href="https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=pixar2014.htm" style="color: navy; text-decoration-line: none;"><b>Inside Out</b></a> ($90.4m), <a href="https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=disney2016.htm" style="color: navy; text-decoration-line: none;"><b>Zootopia</b></a> ($75m), <a href="https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=incredibles.htm" style="color: navy; text-decoration-line: none;"><b>The Incredibles</b></a> ($70.46m) and <a href="https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=findingnemo.htm" style="color: navy; text-decoration-line: none;"><b>Finding Nemo</b></a> ($70.25m) opened higher, the $70.25 million debut for <b>Us</b> is the largest opening for a live-action, original film since <a href="https://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=4497&p=.htm" style="color: navy; text-decoration-line: none;"><b>Avatar</b></a>'s $77 million debut back in 2009. On <a href="https://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/weekends/" style="color: navy; text-decoration-line: none;">a list dominated by sequels</a> it's not often original content is seen to climb quite so high.</div>
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Additionally, <b>Us</b> delivered <a href="https://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/weekends/mpaa.htm" style="color: navy; text-decoration-line: none;">the largest opening for an <b>original</b>, R-rated film</a>, topping Universal's <a href="https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=ted.htm" style="color: navy; text-decoration-line: none;"><b>Ted</b></a> ($54.4m) not to mention the largest opening for an <b>original</b> horror film, topping <a href="https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=aquietplace.htm" style="color: navy; text-decoration-line: none;"><b>A Quiet Place</b></a> ($50.2m). The performance comes with a "B" <a href="http://www.cinemascore.com/" style="color: navy; text-decoration-line: none;">CinemaScore</a>, which is a notch below the "A-" for <b>Get Out</b>, but is still a solid audience grade for a horror film. The overall opening weekend audience was split 50/50 among males and females and 53% of the overall audience was aged 25 or older.</div>
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Looking ahead at its domestic prospects, it's not easy to determine just how high <b>Us</b> will climb. While <b>Get Out</b>pushed over $176 million, <b>Halloween</b> finished its run with $159.3 million, though the latter was certainly a product of nostalgia and seasonal relevance. That said, one would expect <b>Us</b> to play closer to <b>Get Out</b> and push over $200 million, but how far over? On average, films that open anywhere from $65-75 million deliver a 3.36x multiplier, which would suggest a domestic performance around $236+ million, which seems like as good a bet as any right now.</div>
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Internationally, <b>Us</b> debuted in 47 markets and brought in an estimated $16.7 million led by a $3.67 million opening in the UK to go along with a $1.98 million France debut, $1.36 million in Germany and $1.17 million launch in Spain. Next weekend's key markets include openings in Korea, Russia and Australia followed by openings in Italy (Apr 4), Mexico (May 3) and finally Japan on August 23.<br />
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Dankwa Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08272078872689933851noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102445642857606348.post-69829451969090549982017-11-13T08:47:00.003-05:002017-11-13T08:48:22.016-05:00Charles Burnett Honorary Oscar [VIDEOS] <b>The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences</b> voted Tuesday night (September 5) to present Honorary Awards to writer-director <b>Charles Burnett</b>, cinematographer <b>Owen Roizman</b>, actor <b>Donald Sutherland</b> and director <b>Agnès Varda</b>. The four Oscar® statuettes will be presented at the Academy’s 9th Annual Governors Awards on Saturday, November 11, at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland Center®.<br />
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Born in Mississippi and raised in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, Charles Burnett is an independent filmmaker whose work has been praised for its portrayal of the African-American experience. He wrote, directed, produced, photographed and edited his first feature film, “Killer of Sheep,” in 1977. His other features include “My Brother’s Wedding,” “To Sleep with Anger,” “The Glass Shield” and “Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation.” Burnett also has made several documentaries including “America Becoming” and “Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property,” and such short films as “The Horse” and “When It Rains.”<br />
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Dankwa Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08272078872689933851noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102445642857606348.post-38675340108859813432017-06-16T10:32:00.000-04:002017-06-28T10:32:58.962-04:00'All Eyez On Me' Review<blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-version="7" style="background: #fff; border-radius: 3px; border: 0; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0 , 0 , 0 , 0.5) , 0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0 , 0 , 0 , 0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: 99.375%;">
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The original John Wick (2014) was NOT on my radar, but good buzz led me to see it and WOW! Of course I was right there opening weekend for its sequel John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017) and bother reviews, via Instagram, are below.<br />
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First up, my review of the original from November 2014<br />
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Dankwa Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08272078872689933851noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102445642857606348.post-55446191947615232332017-05-19T07:38:00.002-04:002017-05-19T07:38:38.136-04:00Before The Defenders: The Worst Parts Of Netflix’s Marvel SeriesFrom the article "<a href="http://www.cbr.com/before-the-defenders-15-worst-parts-of-netflixs-four-marvel-series/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Before The Defenders: 15 Worst Parts Of Netflix’s Four Marvel Series</a>" by Michael Natale<br />
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Below are the <b><i>LUKE CAGE</i></b> related excerpts. You can read the entire piece at the link above.<br />
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Suffice it to say the info below contain SPOILERS from the Marvel shows so...<br />
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<b>7. KILLING THE WISE OLDER BLACK MAN </b><br />
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When Ben Urich, the wise older black man who served the community through his journalism while proving a mentor to “Daredevil’s” main cast was killed, it was absolutely heartbreaking. When Detective Oscar Clemons, the wise older black man who served the community on the force while proving a mentor to Jessica Jones was killed, it was sad but oddly repetitive. When Pops, the wise older black man who served the community through his barbershop while proving a mentor to Luke Cage was killed, a handful of folks likely took a step back and said “Wait, now hold up a minute…”<br />
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Look, if Obi-Wan taught us anything, killing the wise old mentor can be a powerful narrative tool, but repeat the trope too many times and you’ve not only got yourself diminishing returns, but also a real weird trend in your programs. Killing these characters, particularly Ben Urich who is an integral part of Marvel’s comic book microcosm, shuts down a lot of narrative opportunities going forward.<br />
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<b>5. CHANGING LUKE CAGE</b><br />
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We love the jaded, broken, noir-ish Luke Cage from “Jessica Jones,” who’d rather polish a bar or pick up a broad than punish a bad guy, who spends every waking hour trying hard to suppress the memory of his dead wife; for whom the equally damaged Jessica Jones provides a lifeline and an answer. We also love the upbeat, friendly force for good hiding out in a barbershop, helping his community, looking after the youth, quick with a joke and a smile and always ready to kick a little ass if it means cleaning up the mean streets of Harlem. The Luke Cage whose heart is captured not only by the badass Misty Knight, but also by the nurturing Claire Temple.<br />
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Our previous installment declared <b>Mahershala Ali’s</b> Cottonmouth to be the #6 best part of the entire MCU/Netflix undertaking, so you can imagine how heartbreaking it was to see such a charismatic character killed off. Yet often, ending such an engaging antagonist can often propel the plot forward, provide much needed catharsis or fundamentally affect our main hero, as we’ve seen with characters like Kilgrave.<br />
However, looking back, Cottonmouth’s untimely end seems superfluous and downright silly, and it’s hard to see why the team thought taking him out would benefit the show as a whole.<br />
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Sure, the initial shock of Cottonmouth’s sudden death created an “anything can happen” sentiment towards the show, akin to Ned Stark’s dramatic end in “Game of Thrones'” game changing first season. Yet, looking back, the building territorial conflict between the cool, kingly Cottonmouth, the overly ambitious Shades and the flamboyantly fierce Diamondback would have made for far more intriguing TV than Diamondback’s unencumbered and abrupt takeover, playing out like “The Wire” or “A Fistful of Dollars,” with Luke Cage caught in the middle of two undesirable outcomes. Ultimately, what we lost out on in favor of a “shock” moment hardly feels worth it.<br />
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“Daredevil” Season 1 established a tone and structure, and the subsequent shows barely departed from that. That is, until “Luke Cage” took a big leap with bold choices regarding the series’ big bad, Diamondback. Those very attached to the established aesthetic derided Diamondback for being garish and over-the-top. However, fans of blaxploitation cinema teased by the obvious homages to the genre by the soundtrack were satiated by the grandness of <b>Erik LaRay Harvey’s</b> villain, who could spit Bible quotes alongside “The Warriors” references, who would fit perfectly in cult treasures like “Dolemite” and “Truck Turner.”<br />
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Ultimately, the division over Diamondback amongst fans represents a larger identity issue “Luke Cage” suffered from. It wasn’t that “Luke Cage” was doomed if it embraced the blaxploitation genre it owed its origins to, but rather that it did so too late. The show seemed unsure what it wanted to be, prestige drama or B-Movie, and decided to do both. The problem, it seems, is that in order to embrace the latter, it shed the weight of its previous socially conscious grounded melodrama, and trying to give the same narrative heft to such heightened proceedings proved too much, and the wheels came off towards the end.<br />
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You can watch the trailer below and my thoughts, via Instagram, after.<br />
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Now that I've seen all four of the solo Defenders series and can say how each one ranked.<br />
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In October 2013, it was reported that Marvel was preparing four drama series and a miniseries, totaling 60 episodes. Weeks later it was announced that Netflix would provide live action series centered around <b>Daredevil</b>,<b> Jessica Jones</b>,<b> Luke Cage</b>, and<b> Iron Fist</b>, leading up to a miniseries based on the <b>Defenders</b>, a group of the heroes<b>.</b> Each character was to get one season and then join forces in the Defenders Mini-Series. Because of the popularity of the first series to premiere, Daredevil got a second season before the Defenders.<br />
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<b><i>The Defenders</i></b> Mini-Series is supposed to premiere on Netflix sometime this year, 2017.<br />
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Each series was unique and brought their own flavor, which made some standout more than others.I reviewed each season as I watched them so below is mostly how I think they ranked with some brief comments. </div>
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<b>5. <i>IRON FIST</i></b>, Season One (Premiered March 17, 2017). I didn’t hate this intro to the character, but it left a lot to be desired. Danny Rand (the Iron Fist) was fine, his supporting cast good to great, the martial arts–a lot to be desired. The show had a lot of other good things going for it, but as a solo Defenders series it comes in last.</div>
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<b>4. <i>DAREDEVIL</i></b>, Season Two (Premiered March 18, 2016) I thought this season was cool. As I stated “Because of the popularity of the first series to premiere, Daredevil got a second season before the Defenders.” And maybe they shouldn’t have. Besides the introduction of <b>The Punisher</b> and another surprise, a lot in the season didn’t really work for me.<br />
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<b>3. <i>LUKE CAGE</i></b>, Season One (Premiered September 30, 2016) This series promised to be unlike its predecessors and it WAS! Luke Cage, the series, from the start became the blackest show on television! Because it was Netflix it went places other black TV shows never went and grounded it in a crime drama in one of the most historical black places in the United States–Harlem. Even though the show was called “Luke Cage” it could have been “Harlem”, that’s how integral the area was to the show. Despite a plot twist that turned a lot of people off, I thought the season ended on a good note.<br />
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<b>2. <i>DAREDEVIL</i></b>, Season One (Premiered April 10, 2015) This inaugural Defenders series was all types of kickasscrazy. It was raw, it was gritty and it had a great villain whose story paralleled Daredevil’s which made him even more tragic and twisted. The origin of a hero was perfectly plotted and I contest a lot better served in a series than a movie.<br />
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<b>1. <i>JESSICA JONES</i></b>, Season One (Premiered November 20, 2015) I didn’t know what to think about this show and didn’t even like it the first couple of episodes, but I finally got it and what I got I loved. Jessica Jones starts out the most damaged of heroes and we soon find out why …one of the most twisted of villains, with a twisted motive and a twisted power to boot. Way more psychological and methodical, I thought this show presented the fullest depiction of a complex hero and made it more than a “superhero show”. <br />
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When an African-American police officer kills an unarmed white college student, a small town in North Carolina is turned upside-down. Before the town has a chance to grapple with this tragedy, the neglected murder of an African-American teen is brought to light, re-opening wounds that threaten to tear the town apart. Leading the Department of Justice’s inquiry into these shootings is seasoned investigator ASHE AKINO (<b>Sanaa Lathan</b>, “The Perfect Guy”) and a young Special Prosecutor, PRESTON TERRY (<b>Stephan James</b>, “Race,” “Selma”), both of whom are African-American. As they start to pull back the layers of both cases, they suspect a cover-up that may involve some of the state’s most powerful people, including fiercely political North Carolina Governor PATRICIA EAMONS (Academy-, Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning actress <b>Helen Hunt</b>, “As Good As It Gets,” “The Sessions”). She’s in a tough re-election fight, and the recent shootings in her state are making it even tougher. Meanwhile, real estate mogul and owner of a privatized prison ARLEN COX (Academy- and Golden Globe Award-winning actor <b>Richard Dreyfuss</b>, “The Goodbye Girl,” “Jaws,” “Madoff”), is pulled into the case, as LT. ERIC BREELAND (<b>Stephen Moyer</b>, “The Bastard Executioner,” “True Blood”), a seasoned veteran in the town’s Sheriff’s Department, gets caught in the middle of the investigation. SHOTS FIRED tackles the racial divide from all perspectives. As Ashe and Preston navigate the media attention, public debate and social unrest that come with such volatile cases, they learn that everybody has a story, and that the truth is rarely black and white.</div>
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<span style="background-color: yellow;">Below</span> is a playlist of all the aftershows in reverse order starting with the latest to the first episodes.</div>
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<script async="" defer="" src="//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js"></script>Dankwa Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08272078872689933851noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102445642857606348.post-25109848271884196732017-04-25T08:36:00.000-04:002017-05-17T10:44:37.605-04:00The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks - ReviewI reviewed the film on Instagram and you can read it below. All of my recent reviews are on Instagram at hashtag <a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/danksreview/" target="_blank">#DanksReview</a><br />
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In the <i>Screenrant</i> piece by Kate Gardner <i>Why Star Wars’ John Boyega is the Next Big Hollywood A-Lister</i> she writes:<br />
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Boyega’s got the talent to stand alongside any of these stars, and he should be recognized for that. <i>Attack the Block</i> showed off his capability as a leading man back in 2011. His turn as Moses, a teenager who must stop an alien invasion, was subtle and powerful. His work in the film is a master class in subtlety, especially for the then nineteen-year old’s first major role. It would have been easy to turn the role into something showy or flashy, but Boyega reigned it in and delivered a performance that was genuine and powerful in how quiet it was. It was Boyega’s work in that film that caught the eye of JJ Abrams, who was rumored to be Boyega’s biggest champion during the audition process for <i>The Force Awakens</i>. </blockquote>
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<i>Attack the Block</i> is of course where I first saw Boyega and I was blown away by his screen presence–at such a young age. Young actors can be very good, but it takes a rare talent to have presence AND be the Lead of the story. Boyega had both. I've been following his career ever since as indciated by the posts on this blog. I wrote a full review of <i>Attack the Block</i> for the <b><span style="color: blue;">'Nother Brother Entertainment blog</span></b> <a href="http://notherbrother.blogspot.com/2011/05/best-horror-movie-ive-seen-in-long-time.html" target="_blank">here</a> and Gardner goes on to write a compelling argument about why Boyega is the next big thing at <i>Screenrant</i> <a href="http://screenrant.com/star-wars-john-boyega-rising-star/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a><br />
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<b>Louis D’Esposito</b>, the co-president of Marvel Studios, grinned as a group of journalists sat down in a Disney screening room Monday night. “The first thing you’ll be seeing,” he told us, “is Lupita taking out some bad guys.”</div>
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The executives at Marvel Studios are known for playing their cards close to the vest, but every so often, when you know you’re sitting on a winning hand, you can’t help but show off. That’s why the studio summoned reporters to the Disney lot in Burbank to tease several of the movies coming from Marvel’s wildly successful cinematic universe, including <i style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bold;">Thor: Ragnarok</i>,<i style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bold;"> Spider-Man: Homecoming</i>,<b> </b><i style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bold;">Ant-Man and the Wasp</i>, and<b> </b><i style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bold;">Captain Marvel</i>. Aside from a full screening of <i style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: inherit; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"><b>Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2</b></i>, by far the biggest sneak peek the studio offered was an extensive look at <i style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: inherit; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"><b>Black Panther</b></i>, which wraps filming in Atlanta tomorrow and is due out February 16, 2018.</div>
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As we watched dailies of Oscar winner <b>Lupita Nyong’o</b> ably somersaulting through a <i style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: inherit; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;">Black Panther</i> action sequence, D’Esposito beamed. While the fight choreography was straight out of the Marvel playbook — you could imagine <b>Scarlett Johansson’s</b> Black Widow going through many of the same motions — as Nyong’o flung herself into the scene with steely commitment on her face and a vivid green shroud wrapped around her body, the footage carried with it an undeniable X factor. That’s exactly the sweet spot the studio hopes to hit with <i style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: inherit; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;">Black Panther</i>: The film has to be familiar enough to fit into Marvel’s ever-expanding cinematic universe while also offering enough spark to jump-start its own singular franchise. A tricky task, but to judge from some of the stunning things that D’Esposito and his colleagues showed off last night, it looks like Marvel is on the right track.</div>
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Directed by <b>Ryan Coogler</b> (<i style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: inherit; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;">Creed</i>, <i style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: inherit; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;">Fruitvale Station</i>), <i style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: inherit; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;">Black Panther</i> picks up the story of T’Challa (Chadwick Boseman) after his well-received introduction in <i style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: inherit; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"><b>Captain America: Civil War</b></i>. As he comes to grips with the death of his father, the former king of their African nation Wakanda, T’Challa must return home and succeed him. Despite the presence of several strong allies in T’Challa’s corner — including <b>Angela Bassett</b> as his mother, Queen Ramonda, and an all-female group of elite bodyguards known as the Dora Milaje — he soon finds that it’s not easy to be a head of state and a superhero at the same time, especially when the nation is threatened by several villains including the dangerous Erik Killmonger (<b>Michael B. Jordan</b>).</div>
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Coogler was wooed for months by Marvel Studios president <b>Kevin Feige</b> before he accepted the <i style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: inherit; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;">Black Panther</i> directing gig; in part, I’ve heard, because Coogler wanted to be sure he could put his own personal stamp on the film. Many of the Marvel movies are shot, composed, and edited by the same in-house people, but Coogler wanted to bring over several of his own trusted collaborators, including co-writer <b>Joe Robert Cole</b>, composer Ludwig Göransson, and cinematographer <b>Rachel Morrison</b>. (Indeed, with <i style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: inherit; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;">Black Panther</i>, Morrison becomes the first woman to shoot a film in the Marvel cinematic universe.)</div>
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That unique sensibility appears to have paid off. <i style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: inherit; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;">Black Panther</i> doesn’t look like any of the other Marvel movies, and it shouldn’t if it wants to pay proper tribute to the impact of the first black superhero in mainstream American comics. Let’s start with the costumes by Oscar nominee <b>Ruth E. Carter</b>, making her Marvel Studios debut. Whether T’Challa is spending his downtime in a dashiki or the Dora Milaje are marching in warrior suits of rich brown and gold, Carter has found a remarkable way to merge centuries of African culture with the particulars of superhero pop. I died and came back to life when I saw the first footage of Angela Bassett as Ramonda, the actress resplendent in a shimmering honey robe with an enormous headpiece that would send every Sunday church lady home to start over. Let’s be honest: If Angela Bassett is your mother, you’re beginning the superhero sweepstakes on third base, but T’Challa will still have his work cut out for him to earn any attention next to Bassett’s queen at her most fierce.</div>
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Then there’s the fictional setting of Wakanda, which trades the prosaic metropolitan cities of most Marvel movies for something exciting and new. T’Challa’s wealthy nation strikes a balance between high-tech futurism and verdant nature, suggesting an African grassland where technology can enhance what the earth gives us instead of plundering it. We saw dailies and concept art of an African tech castle with a driveway filled by sleek airships, a glowing Vibranium waterfall, a futuristic Wakanda Design Center where T’Challa goes to visit his sister Shuri, and a shot so striking — T’Challa, deep in the forest, regarding an old tree draped with a dozen panthers — that it’s been painted as a mural in one of the studio’s most highly trafficked hallways.</div>
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Still, the most exciting thing about the way <i style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: inherit; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;">Black Panther</i> looks is who it presents as powerful. At a time where too many superhero movies are led by blandly handsome white men named Chris, <i style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: inherit; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;">Black Panther</i> celebrates a cast made up almost exclusively of dark-skinned black actors, most of whom rarely get to headline a live-action movie of this size despite their more-than-evident talent. If the movie succeeds on the worldwide scale of most Marvel entries, it will refute the notion espoused by many Hollywood executives that black films “don’t travel”; more importantly, if it’s a creative breakthrough that launches a new mythology and coaxes underrepresented audiences to dream bigger, it could become a black <i style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: inherit; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;">Star Wars</i>.</div>
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Also, the characters fight giant rhino-mechs, Lupita wears cannon blasters on her hands, and I’m pretty sure I caught <b>Danai Gurira’s</b> character flirting with another member of the Dora Milaje. If this is what the future of superhero movies looks like, deal me in.</div>
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Dankwa Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08272078872689933851noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102445642857606348.post-12014855239535641862017-04-13T09:17:00.000-04:002017-04-13T10:14:18.840-04:00Charlie Murphy Uncensored 2007-2009 [AUDIO]<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en">
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<strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">HURD:</strong> We just wanted to make sure that she went out in a heroic way. I think the story is very much about three strong women in the finale episode – Sasha, Maggie and the Scavengers leader Jadis.</div>
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<strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">HURD:</strong> Well, our series airs in two different pods with a season premiere, midseason finale, midseason premiere and season finale. So generally we talk to the actors about the particular sequences in which their death or exits occurs, as we are about to film it, as opposed to the overall season. I’ve rarely had to break the news — in Sonequa’s case, it was Scott Gimple who told her. We never like saying goodbye and it’s partially why when we do say goodbye it’s after the character has really had what we consider to be a very fulfilling arc – and, as I said, you certainly couldn’t go out more heroically than she did.</div>
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<strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">HURD:</strong> Which is fantastic. Every one of our actors has moved on to have magnificent careers post-<em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Walking Dead</em>, and I think its fantastic that she is going to be the first African-American woman to lead a <em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Star Trek</em> cast. She’s also a fine actress regardless, and even if hadn’t been <em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Star Trek</em>, I know she would have been the lead in another series.</div>
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As if we couldn’t be more excited for <b><i>Black Panther</i></b>, we’ve been reminded that <b>Daniel Kaluuya</b> is part of its star-studded cast. And the <i>Get Out </i>star already has high praise for the newest Marvel Studios film, comparing it to a certain beloved HBO series.<br />
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In an interview with <b><i>GQ</i></b>, Kaluuya excitedly gushed about the epic scope of the <b>Ryan Coogler</b>-helmed film, comparing it to the current pinnacle of mythic storytelling, <b><i>Game of Thrones</i></b>.<br />
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“This is an African blockbuster, bruv. This is like Game of Thrones. This is crazy. And Ryan Coogler is just, man dem. He’s like us! He’s a normal dude, in a Golden State hat and a Tupac T-shirt directing the whole set. It’s the most beautiful thing to see.”</blockquote>
Kaluuya doesn’t elaborate further on how Black Panther is like the HBO fantasy series, but considering the sprawling, lush concept art we’ve seen, and the unquestionably talented cast – including <b>Chadwick Boseman</b>, <b>Michael B. Jordan</b>,<b> Lupita Nyong’o</b>,<b> Danai Gurira</b>,<b> Angela Bassett</b>,<b> Forrest Whitaker</b>, <b>Martin Freeman </b>and<b> Andy Serkis</b> – we wouldn’t doubt his words.<br />
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Coogler, in addition to directing, is behind the screenplay as well, so Black Panther is sure to be firmly his vision. It’s assuring to know that he has such sway behind it, as his last films, <i>Creed </i>and <i>Fruitvale Station</i>, were critically acclaimed movies that gave unique perspectives on the black experience – something that Black Panther, Marvel’s first solo black superhero movie, has a lot of investment in. Neither <i>Creed</i> nor <i>Fruitvale Station</i> were made on quite the scale that Black Panther promises to be, but they were both electric movies that cemented Coogler’s rising star.<br />
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Black Panther will be set after the events of <i>Captain America: Civil War</i>, nearly exclusively in the advanced African nation of Wakanda, where T’Challa (Boseman) is meant to take his place as king. We got a glimpse of Wakanda at the tail end of Civil War, but didn’t see much beyond the sleek medical building in which Bucky Barnes gets housed, and the towering panther statues that mark the isolated nation. But many forget that Wakanda was first teased in <i>Avengers: Age of Ultron</i>, when Ultron, Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver accosted Serkis’ villainous Ulysses Klaw for vibranium (the metal that makes up T’Challa’s suit and Captain America’s shield) to create Ultron’s new body.<br />
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<b>How Will Black Panther Be Like Game of Thrones?</b><br />
So back to Kaluuya’s remarks: <i>Game of Thrones</i> implies swords and sandals right? Political intrigue and backstabbing? Or at least some mythological creatures? Kaluuya may be referring to the grand scale of the movie – an “African blockbuster” he calls it – and that’s probably more along the lines of what Black Panther will be. As far as I know, Wakandans don’t use swords – they’re supposedly more technologically advanced than many Western nations – though they may use some form of advanced weaponry. As for the political intrigue and backstabbing, that’s something we’re likely to see considering our main character T’Challa is a king at the beginning of his rule – though let’s hope the intrigue doesn’t amount to some of Game of Thrones’ more problematic, sexually-charged incidences.<br />
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Either way, it’s exciting for a blockbuster superhero movie to be helmed by an African-American director and a majority-black cast, which is the aspect that Kaluuya seems to be exalting in the GQ interview. As Kaluuya says, “It’s the most beautiful thing to see.”<br />
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Dankwa Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08272078872689933851noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102445642857606348.post-16585176513575079472017-03-21T08:51:00.001-04:002017-04-24T07:58:29.545-04:00'Get Out' Oscar Chances<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Indeed, the film has sparked media commentary of a quantity and quality similar to recent Oscar contenders that also dealt with race — including, of course, last month's surprise best picture winner <em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.6px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Moonlight</em> — with <em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.6px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The New York Times</em>' columnist <strong style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.6px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Frank Bruni</strong> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/18/opinion/sunday/the-horror-of-smug-liberals.html" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0074ae; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.6px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">calling it</a> "a movie for the age of Trump — perhaps <em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.6px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">the</em> movie for the age of Trump" and his colleagues, Pulitzer Prize winner <strong style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.6px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Wesley Morris</strong> and <strong style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.6px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Jenna Wortham</strong>, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/02/podcasts/jordan-peele-get-out-oscars.html" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0074ae; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.6px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">devoting an episode</a> of their "Still Processing" podcast to a conversation with Peele.</div>
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With the backing of producer <strong style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.6px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Jason Blum</strong> (a best picture nominee for 2014's <em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.6px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Whiplash</em>) and Universal (a major studio which hasn't landed a best picture nomination since 2012's <em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.6px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Les Miserables</em>), you can bet that a lot of people will be working very hard to maintain interest in <em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.6px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Get Out</em> over the nine months before Oscar voters next get to fill out ballots — although nobody associated with the film would comment for this story.</div>
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For a movie this outside-the-box that has gone over this well, one cannot rule out a best picture nomination (although one usually eludes even more optimally timed genre films, excepting March 2014's<em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.6px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Grand Budapest Hotel</em>, March 1996's <em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.6px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Fargo</em> and February 1991's eventual winner <em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.6px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Silence of the Lambs</em>), and a best original screenplay nom certainly seems attainable. That may have something to do with why Academy members on both coasts received invitations this week to screenings of the pic.</div>
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Almost all major films, and quite a few minor ones, are screened by the Academy for Los Angeles-based Oscar voters at the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theatre in Beverly Hills or Linwood Dunn Theatre in Hollywood — except for those, like <em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.6px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Get Out</em>, that are released during the year's first two months, when the organization uses its screens to show its members the animated, documentary, foreign-language and short films that are vying for Oscars. But, in an unusually early show on confidence in <em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.6px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Get Out</em>'s prospects, Universal has gone ahead and independently rented out the Linwood Dunn for a screening on Wednesday night, to which it has invited L.A.-based Academy members, and a screening on Friday night, to which it has invited L.A.-based BAFTA members. Additionally, the film will have an official Academy screening for New York-based Academy members on Tuesday night at the Museum of Modern Art.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "open sans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15.6px; line-height: 27.3px;">"the overseas numbers for <i>Get Out</i>. The <b>Jordan Peele</b> "social thriller" began its overseas rollout this weekend, snagging $2.9 million in the first round of international debuts. In North America, the film again displayed amazing staying power, earning $13.24m in its fourth weekend falling just 36% even as it started shedding a few theaters here and there. That gives the $5m Blumhouse and Universal/Comcast Corp. release an obscene <b><u>$133.1m domestic total</u></b>. It's going to pass Split ($136.8m) as Blumhouse's biggest domestic hit and it will surely end up among the very biggest R-rated horror movies ever in North America, even adjusted for inflation."</span></span></div>
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At our parent blog, <b><span style="color: blue;">'Nother Brother Entertainment</span></b> blog I wrote a review of the film. Read the review <a href="http://notherbrother.blogspot.com/2017/03/get-out-review.html" target="_blank">HERE</a></div>
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