Barbenheimer Week 2 setting records while Haunted Mansion under-performs

Barbie and Oppenheimer combined for the largest second week pre-sales in box office history while Disney’s Haunted Mansion looks at an under-whelming $25 million debut. After posting an historic first week at the box office where Barbie became the highest domestic opening ever for a non super hero film or sequel in addition to posting … Read more

ALF Comeback Marathon Set for This Week Thanks to Ryan Reynolds’ Maximum Effort

You may want to hide your cats. The feline-eating, troublesome alien from the planet Melmac named ALF — an acronym for Alien Life Form — sets its return to TV (and on Earth) on July 29. This is thanks in large part to Ryan Reynolds and George Dewey-owned production company Maximum Effort. The Canadian-American actor … Read more

documentary reaches Shudder this week

A trailer has been released for the documentary Sharksploitation, which is set to reach the Shudder streaming service this Friday Stephen Scarlata, producer of the documentary Jodorowsky’s Dunehas now set out to tell viewers all about the shark thriller sub-genre with a documentary called sharksploitation – and we’re just days away from having the chance … Read more

Spider-Man swings back to first while Flash has worst second week drop in DCEU history

Animation was king at this weekend’s box office as Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse and Elemental secured the top two spots while The Flash continues its horrific run. It was a battle of weeks old animated fare at this weekends box office but it looks like Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse was able to pull off the … Read more

From Despair to Hope: A Costly Phantom Mercury Contamination Scare in the Scarboro Community | Black Writers Week

A serious news reporting error related to the Scarboro Community in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, occurred on May 17, 1983, forty years ago, that created a level of fear, misunderstanding, distrust, and other negative consequences that have lasted until this day. That erroneous news combined with an apparent lack of scientific literacy among members of the … Read more

Horror Movies and The Fate of the Black Man | Black Writers Week

“The Blackening” is not the first movie to challenge the rules. In 1999, there was a film called “Deep Blue Sea,” starring Thomas Jane. The movie was about the ultimate in human hubris as a scientist, played by Saffron Burrows, genetically altered the brains of great white sharks. Of course, the sharks become so smart … Read more

What Now: The Creative Potential in the End of the Superhero Craze | Black Writers Week

But like all stories, before we can talk about the end, we must talk about the beginning. Comic book movies are nothing new. The niche superhero flicks of the late 1990s and early 2000s found fanfare among devoted comic book readers, or “true believers,” as Marvel powerhouse Stan Lee described. However, once Kevin Feige’s Marvel … Read more

When Angela Bassett Found Her Inner Tina Turner | Black Writers Week

The film, adapted from Turner’s best-selling book I, Tina, co-written with music journalist Kurt Loder with a script by Kate Lanier, charts the life and times of Turner from her early days singing in nightclubs in St. Louis, Mo., to become the lead singer of the Ike and Tina Turner Review , up through her … Read more