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Dear Hollywood: When we, the viewing public, say we want more diversity in our films, this set of photos is exactly what we mean. This December 2016 Vogue photoshoot features Oscar-nominated Dev Patel and model Imaan Hammam are giving you a full sweeping international romance in just a few stills. Check it: I happened to see the…

Originally published on Mediaversity Title: As You Are (2017) Director: Miles Joris-Peyrafitte ???? Writers: Madison Harrison ???? and Miles Joris-Peyrafitte ???? Reviewed by Mimi ???? Quality: 4/5 The film received rave reviews at Sundance, as well as a Special Jury Award, and has seemingly launched the career of its 23-year-old director. There’s much to laud…

Originally published on Mediaversity Title: Get Out (2017) Director: Jordan Peele ???? Writer: Jordan Peele ???? Reviewed by Li ???? Quality: 5/5 Get Out lives up to the enormous hype. A plethora of traditional film reviews can speak to the nuances of the writing, directing, genre-bending, and historical and social contexts, so I’ll just leave…

‘This wouldn’t have happened if they had country and western night.’ Richard Wortham, White Sox pitcher It was a muggy summer night in South Side, Chicago in 1979. In and around Comiskey Park, home to the long-struggling White Sox baseball team, the scene was one of total chaos. Thousands of working- and middle-class young men, predominately…

The need for transgender books is great, and the need is only growing, especially as children become more aware of themselves, their bodies and how they identify with gender. Jazz Jennings, a transgender teen girl who was the subject of TLC’s I Am Jazz documentary series, summed up why books on transgender characters and narratives are important. “Having…

Eric S.B. Originally published on Nerds of Color At this point, it’s damn near impossible to keep up with the onslaught of Netflix original programming. Along with all of the film and series content, the tentacles of the entertainment Kraken inevitably started reaching out for more international collaborations. Around Thanksgiving we were treated to the…

The Academy Awards have come and gone, but for the producers of the show, it’s already time to figure out who’s going to host the next Oscars. This year’s host, Jimmy Kimmel, did okay…but people had some issues with some of his jokes; mainly, what folks had problems with was Kimmel’s penchant for making fun…

Riverdale, Episode 7 | “In a Lonely Place” | Aired March 9, 2017 I’ll give Episode 7, “In a Lonely Place,” this: there were some real moments of touching sentimentality. Some genuine moments of feeling and disappointment were palpable among Veronica and Jughead, and finally, some parents were held up to some consequences, even if…

Ava DuVernay has been killing us softly with pictures from the set of A Wrinkle in Time, and now we’ve gotten one of the first teaser images from the film! DuVernay tweeted out the teaser image with the tweet, “WRINKLE IN TIME. In theaters. April 6, 2018.” WRINKLE IN TIME. In theaters. April 6, 2018….

“Matt Damon swoops down on a balloon and saves her with my favorite line of the movie, “And here I am,” with all the non sequitur his very presence in this entire film brings.” Title: The Great Wall (2017) Director: Yimou Zhang ???? Writers: Carlos Bernard ????, Doug Miro  ????, Tony Gilroy  ???? Reviewed by…