Category: Movies

Actor Kene Holliday Invites Viewers to New Show Depicting the Life of Miles Davis

By WA Public Relations Company on Oct 24, 2019 in Entertainment, Featured, Local News, Movies, Television

Famed Hollywood Actor Kene Holliday is inviting an audience in NYC to witness a rarity in Theatre with the birth of a new show depicting the Life of Miles Davis. Kene Holliday is known to most people for his role as Private Investigator Tyler Hudson on the Matlock Television series co-starring with Andy Griffith. Kene […]

Actress Diahann Carroll Passes Away at 84

By newyorktrend on Oct 04, 2019 in Entertainment, Featured, Movies, Television

Diahann Carroll, the iconic actress who made television history as the first African American woman to be cast as a professional rather than a domestic worker in 1968’s groundbreaking sitcom “Julia,” and to win a lead actress Tony Award, has died. She was 84. The Oscar-nominated actress and breast cancer survivor, who also starred in […]

Reel Sisters of The Diaspora Film Festival Announces Preliminary Fall 2019 Schedule Starting on October 5th!

By newyorktrend on Sep 10, 2019 in Entertainment, Movies

The Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival & Lecture Series — the first Academy Qualifying Film Festival devoted to women filmmakers — will present an exciting lineup of films dedicated to self-care, wellness and healing. Starting with an official Harlem kick-off on Saturday, October 5 at Dwyer Cultural Center, Reel Sisters will host a six-week event series throughout New York […]

E! News Exlclusive: Jennifer Lopez Wants One Song With Cardi B at Super Bowl 54

By newyorktrend on Aug 26, 2019 in Entertainment, Featured, Movies, Music

“Hustlers” actress, Jennifer Lopez, responds to Halftime Show rumors by teasing a duet with her costar, Cardi B. See Keke Palmer, Lili Reinhart & Constance Wu’s reactions! Catch their full interview with “E! News” correspondent Justin Sylvester on “E! News”.

Movie Review: Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark

By Jonathan Gonzalez on Aug 14, 2019 in Entertainment, Movies

For nearly forty years the book series Scary Stories To Tell in the Dark has frightened readers both old and young. If it wasn’t the grim, disturbing and oftentimes gory folk tales that scared readers, then it was definitely the nightmare inducing illustrations by Stephen Gammell which truly helped the books stand out and be […]

Movie Review: Hobbes & Shaw

By Jonathan Gonzalez on Aug 09, 2019 in Entertainment, Movies

The Fast and the Furious franchise has surely had one of the most interesting and strangest histories I’ve ever seen. Initially, it was a story about an FBI agent trying to stop, and eventually befriending, simple criminals who loved street racing and stealing DVD players. It then eventually exploded into one of the biggest and […]

Bill Duke Reprises His Legendary ‘Menace II Society’ Role In Clever New Short Film

By newyorktrend on Jul 30, 2019 in Books, Entertainment, Movies

Bill Duke, G Perico, and Soren Baker have released the short film The Bookstore Menace, a clever reworking of Duke’s iconic role in the landmark 1993 film Menace II Society. The film world premiered on the Facebook page of leading hip-hop website Ambrosia For Heads last night. A legendary actor, director, producer, and owner of […]

The African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) TV Honors Winners Announced

By newyorktrend on Jul 29, 2019 in Entertainment, Featured, Movies

Ava DuVernay’s “When They See Us” earned four wins from the African American Film Critics Association, who today, announced the winners of its upcoming AAFCA TV Honors. The highly popular Netflix limited series about the infamous Central Park rape case that resulted in the arrest and false imprisonment of five black youths, received the group’s […]

Movie Review: The Lion King

By Jonathan Gonzalez on Jul 29, 2019 in Entertainment, Movies

Twenty-five years ago, I went to see my very first theatrical film. That movie was The Lion King. That was the film that sent me on my path of loving movies so of course when Disney finally got to The Lion King during their “live action remake phase” I would be excited to go see […]

Movie Review: Crawl

By Jonathan Gonzalez on Jul 17, 2019 in Entertainment, Movies

This summer seems to be filled to the brim with horror films, more so than usual. From psychotic stalkers, to killer dolls and ghosts galore, is it any wonder they’re having such a difficult time standing out this year? Well, there’s a chance that we may finally have one movie that can, in the form […]

NALIP Honors AAFCA with its 2019 “We Are Inclusion” Award

By newyorktrend on Jul 17, 2019 in Business, Entertainment, Movies

The National Association of Latino Independent Producers (NALIP) has announced that it will present the African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) with their We Are Inclusion Award during the 20th Annual NALIP Media Summit, July 25-28, in Hollywood. For the past two years, NALIP has put a laser focus on encouraging diversity in Hollywood through its […]

17th Annual ImageNation Outdoors Festival

By newyorktrend on Jul 11, 2019 in Entertainment, Local News, Movies

The 17thAnnual ImageNation Outdoors Festival: Soul Cinema and Music Under the Stars kicks off July 10that Harlem’s Jackie Robinson Park with a screening of the Jackie Robinson biopic, 42, shown in celebration of his 100thbirthday, with special giveaways from the Jackie Robinson Museum including free birthday cake for all! Held in partnership with the Historic Harlem Parks and the New York […]

Movie Review: Child’s Play

By Jonathan Gonzalez on Jun 28, 2019 in Entertainment, Movies

Since 2003, there have been numerous remakes of horror films. Created mainly because the film is old and can be updated, studios make an easy profit with little effort. The latter was certainly the case for today’s film Child’s Play, but this has caused a great deal of controversy. The original series creator Don Mancini is still […]

AAFCA Collaborates with Revolt TV to Discover Next Gen Talent for New Series “Short and Fresh”

By newyorktrend on Jun 06, 2019 in Business, Entertainment, Movies, Television

The African American Film Critics Association — the world’s largest group of leading black film critics – has partnered with broadcast network REVOLT to spotlight rising young filmmakers in the new series “Short and Fresh,” a bi-monthly show that airs Friday’s at 10pm ET on REVOLT. Each one-hour episode of “Short and Fresh” provides audiences with a lens […]

Movie Review: Ma

By Jonathan Gonzalez on Jun 05, 2019 in Entertainment, Movies

Octavia Spencer has had a very interesting career. After winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2012, she has gone on to star in many high profile films such as Snowpiercer, Hidden Figures, Zootopia and The Shape of Water. But before she was such a high profile actress, Octavia Spencer mostly worked smaller […]