Monday, January 12

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Towards Wakanda – Chadwick Boseman’s passing and the power and limits of Afrofuturism
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Towards Wakanda – Chadwick Boseman’s passing and the power and limits of Afrofuturism

If you’re not a comics fan, you may have been surprised at the extent of the heartfelt grief expressed following the death of actor Chadwick Boseman. One explanation lies in the extraordinary power of the 2018 movie Black Panther, in which Boseman starred as T’Challa/Black Panther, to address racist stereotypes about Africa and Africans. Boseman’s character was heir to the hidden kingdom of Wakanda, a mythical African nation free of European colonisation. The film’s subtext explores African Americans’ varying identifications, past and present, with Africa and a global Black diaspora. Dark continent Westerners’ ideas about Africa are steeped in myth. The United States, wrote German philosopher Georg Hegel in 1830, was “the land of the future”. Africa, by contrast, was “the land of chi...
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Perfection comes at a price in latest adaptation of Austen’s ‘Emma’
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Perfection comes at a price in latest adaptation of Austen’s ‘Emma’

The latest film adaptation of Jane Austen’s classic “Emma” is a visual feast of color, pattern and texture. Emma up front and center in new adaptation of classic novel. Focus Features It’s also a bit too perfect. The colors are too vibrant, the skin too clear, the homes too opulent, the landscapes too gorgeous, the fabrics without any stain or wear. Every frame of director Autumn de Wilde’s version feels like a still-life painting or Instagram-ready photograph. Perfection features explicitly in both de Wilde’s film, which has been given an early digital release as theaters close due to coronavirus concerns, and Austen’s novel. In making Emma too perfect, the film becomes Emma’s fantasy of her own life rather than Austen’s more balanced portrayal of her heroine’s many faults. As an Aust...
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Jennifer Tilly’s Tits Are Terrific!

Jennifer Tilly's highest grossing movies have received a lot of accolades over the years, earning millions upon millions around the world. Jennifer Tilly has been in a lot of films, so people often debate each other over what the greatest Jennifer Tilly movie of all time is. The greatest Jennifer Tilly performances didn't necessarily come from the best movies, but in most cases they go hand in hand like Double Cross and Music from Another Room.
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Amanda Bynes: I Have A Microchip Implanted In My Head
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Amanda Bynes: I Have A Microchip Implanted In My Head

In 2013 Amanda Bynes lost her effing mind. Most people saw this as a young star with a possible mental disability breaking under the strains of working in the entertainment business. But people who really know what's going on realized that something else was at play. After a series of Tweets that culminated with Bynes revealing that she had a microchip implanted in her head, theorists immediately realized that they were dealing with yet another victim of MK Ultra mind control. Even though she deleted some of the tweets, the Internet is forever.
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Cuba shows his other side during a dreamy love sequence.
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Cuba shows his other side during a dreamy love sequence.

The captivating Cuba Gooding Jr. started his showbiz career break-dancing for Lionel Richie. He was born January 2. 1968 in The Bronx. His father, Cuba Gooding Sr., was the lead vocalist in the R&B group The Main Ingredient. That makes sense, because if we were having a sausage-fest, we’d definitely want Cuba to provide the main ingredient! Cuba’s acting career began with bit parts on 80s More...
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Sophia Takal is a indie eyeful.
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Sophia Takal is a indie eyeful.

You can't accuse multi-hyphenate filmmaker Sophia Takal of being chicken. After all, she cast her real-life fiancee as her boyfriend and her real-life roommate as the woman who comes between them in her film Green (2011), an act that certainly took quite a bit of emotional courage. And then she got naked in the movie on top of that! After graduating from Columbia University, More...
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A female journalist trades sex for scoops in the latest film ‘Richard Jewell’
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A female journalist trades sex for scoops in the latest film ‘Richard Jewell’

Critics have lambasted Clint Eastwood’s new biographical drama, “Richard Jewell,” over its depiction of female reporter Kathy Scruggs, who’s played by actress Olivia Wilde. During the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, security guard Richard Jewell saved countless lives after discovering a backpack filled with pipe bombs and alerting police. The film tells the true story of how Jewell was unjustly vilified by the news media, which falsely reported that he was the terrorist. But at one point in the movie, Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporter Kathy Scruggs trades sex with an FBI agent for confidential information. According to the former colleagues of Scruggs, who died in 2001, this never happened. Actress Olivia Wilde plays reporter Kathy Scruggs in ‘Richard Jewell.’ Invision/AP Images/Jor...
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Why Italian cinema is starting to glamorize the mafia
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Why Italian cinema is starting to glamorize the mafia

For almost a century, American filmmakers have glamorized the Mafia, depicting their ranks as so charismatic and quick-witted that you might want to invite them over for dinner. Audiences saw this most recently in “The Irishman,” which reunites a star cast of the usual suspects – Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Joe Pesci – but also in “The Sopranos” and “Boardwalk Empire.” The Mafia’s glamorized sheen in America’s collective conscience might be due to the fact that the Mafia never attained much power in the U.S. Compared with Italy, fewer lives have been lost and fewer businesses destroyed by the organized crime syndicate. Today many see the Mafia as a relic of the past. Not so in Italy, where mafias remain as powerful and dangerous as ever. Their menace has been reflected in Italian film...
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