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NYFF/ Nickel Boys Review: RaMell Ross Triumphs in Daring Adaptation

It’s in the glimpses tragic and poetry happen. In the beginning of RaMell Ross’s extraordinary first narrative feature Nicke Boys, a realization of the 2019 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Colson Whitehead, which opens the New York Film Festival, the filmmaker creates a world unlike any other. A child’s hand holds a leaf in the grass, a…

Mufasa: The Lion King | Official Trailer

©Courtesy of Disney ONLY IN THEATERS DEC. 20 ACTION-PACKED NEW TRAILER FOR DISNEY’S “MUFASA: THE LION KING” PREMIERES AT D23: THE ULTIMATE DISNEY FAN EVENT  Plus, Check Out the New Teaser Poster Featuring Taka, the Cub Who Becomes Scar Disney’s Mufasa : The Lion King director Barry Jenkins and songwriter Lin-Manuel Miranda, along with cast members Aaron Pierre, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Seth…

Mufasa: The Lion King | Teaser Trailer : Starring Seth Rogen, Mads Mikkelsen, Beyoncé

Photo by Disney – © 2024 Disney Enterprises, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Disney unveiled a first look at “Mufasa: The Lion King,” the new film coming to theaters Dec. 20 that explores the unlikely rise of the beloved king of the Pride Lands. The new trailer, poster and images are now available to download and share. Announced this…

Jodie Foster to Star in Her First Major Television Role on True Detective: Night Country

Oscar-winning actress Jodie Foster has signed on to lead and executive produce the fourth iteration of HBO’s “True Detective” anthology drama which is titled, “True Detective: Night Country”. The 59-year-old actress who shot to fame as a child star in Disney hits such as ‘Freaky Friday‘ and ’Taxi Driver” before going on to Oscar-winning films roles like…

The Lion King Prequel Casts Aaron Pierre and Kelvin Harrison Jr. in Lead Roles as Mufasa and Scar

Disney’s anticipated The Lion King prequel has cast its two leading stars to voice Mufasa and Scar. Waves actor Aaron Pierre and The Trial Of The Chicago 7 performer Kelvin Harrison Jr. have signed on to portray the title character, and his menacing younger brother, whose birth-name is Taka, in the origin story for the…

Director Barry Jenkins and Composer Nicholas Britell Discuss The Music Making of “The Underground Railroad”

This dialogue between director Barry Jenkins and his composer Nicholas Britell details the unfolding process of creation just as their making of the music underscored the creative process which illuminated in Jenkins’ 10-episode adaptation of author Colson Whitehead’s acclaimed novel, The Underground Railroad.” In Whitehead’s alternative world the system that saved many lives of escaping…

TV Review: The Underground Railroad is a Powerful Expression of America’s History

The Underground Railroad is an important relic from American history, one of this country’s earliest forms of organized resistance to systemic racism long before anyone would have utilized that term. When Black Africans were brought to the United States and enslaved, there were forward-thinking and humanitarian citizens who participated in a network that sought to…