Throughout film history, Autism has always had a niche from which it has rarely expanded. Films dealing with Autism range from an autistic character getting close to his family or finding true love, but we rarely get a film where an autistic character is a hero who fights bad guys with ease. The closest we ever […]
Jonathan Rockefeller will release his animated film, 10 Little Rubber Ducks narrated by Tony Award-winner Bernadette Peters available on demand on October 11, 2016, on all platforms including On iTunes, Googleplay, Amazon Video, Hulu and Vimeo. Rockefeller’s 10 Little Rubber Ducks brings to life Eric Carle’s magnificent illustrations that follow the adventures of 10 rubber […]
The western film genre is one that has been dying out over the years. Very few are ever released and the few that are don’t do well at the box office. On top of that it seems only remakes of westerns can leave any kind of impact and as with every single year another well […]
“You can’t be what you can’t see.” So says former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Joycelyn Elders about the importance of exposing young women and minorities to role models in the medical field in the groundbreaking new documentary, “Black Women in Medicine.” Directed by Crystal R. Emery, the film shines the spotlight on women who have […]
For the past three years DC and Warner Bros. have been trying to copy Marvel’s success in the film industry by trying to create a shared movie universe of their own. The problem is they’ve made many missteps along the way from trying to get to the Justice League movie as quickly as possible to having the […]
During the summer movie going season when we’re swamped with advertising campaigns for the biggest, newest blockbusters it’s always easy to forget those smaller films that come out, ones that don’t have a lot of attention or advertising when they come out. For the most part these films seem rather unappealing when going up against […]
After a string of successful films and redefining the horror genre not once but twice, James Wan has now decided to take the producer’s seat for a while to help the newest generation of horror directors make a name for themselves. His first protege is David F. Sandberg who begins his directorial career with the […]
National Black Programming Consortium (NBPC) has sponsored the narrative short film “Teachers” for the annual PBS online film festival. “Teachers” stars Tatyana Ali, Jordyn Barber and Eric De’Wayne, and is one of 25 films that are part of the fifth annual, Webby Award-nominated PBS Online Film Festival running through July 29. NBPC, the nation’s only […]
Since the release of the strange and over the top Sharknado there has been an influx of bizarre shark films. Ghost sharks, avalanche sharks, three headed sharks, sharks fighting mecha-crocodiles, the insanity goes on. It seems every filmmaker who wants to cash in is trying to make their film as ridiculous as possible so their’s will be […]
Over the past three years, James Wan has quickly become one of my favorite directors. Initially believing him to be a maker of sub par horror films, I had stayed away from anything that had his name on it. However, three years ago I saw The Conjuring and found I had been wrong for so long. The […]
For over thirty years the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles have entertained audiences across all platforms of entertainment from comics to cartoons to movies and video games. To this day the heroes in a half shell remain incredibly popular though two years ago there was a large outcry and backlash against the newest installment of the film franchise […]
Recently actor and hip hop muse Nia Long sat down with Larry King on the multi-Emmy nominated series ‘Larry King Now,’ and responded to J. Cole’s lyrics “he’s really not too young” and how ‘Straight Outta Compton’ changed her feelings about Ice Cube. Plus, Nia Long also opened up about sustaining success as a fortysomething […]
For over seventy years, there have been numerous film adaptations of Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book, the most famous being the 1967 animated musical made by Disney. After starting a new stint on recreating their classics as big budgeted live action films (starting with the visually and thematically interesting Maleficent), Disney has decided to try their hand […]
The Film Society of Lincoln Center and African Film Festival, Inc. announce the lineup for the 23rd New York African Film Festival, May 4-10. Marking the 50th anniversary of Ousmane Sembène’s celebrated first feature, Black Girl, the 2016 festival is presented under the banner “Modern Days, Ancient Nights: 50 Years of African Filmmaking.” Opening with […]
