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“Moana” Teaser Trailer Gives First Intro to Maui and Moana

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Who’s excited for Disney’s upcoming animated film, Moana? I’m excited, and this teaser trailer only makes me want to see more! Which means the teaser has done its job of teasing well. Check out the teaser below as well as the teaser poster. Moana, coming to theaters this Thanksgiving, stars Dwayne Johnson and introducing Auli’i Cravalho…

Celebrate Father’s Day and Fatherhood with “Daddy Don’t Go”

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Father’s Day is coming up, and if you and your dad are looking for something meaningful to watch together, try Daddy, Don’t Go, coming to Vimeo On Demand June 19. The film, executive produced by Malik Yoba and Omar Epps and directed by Emily Abt, follows fathers as they journey through the experience of fatherhood amid social…

Orlando Terror: Analysis From Around the Internet + How to Help

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It’s one day after the horrifying terror attack that took place at Pulse, an Orlando LGBT nightclub. Now that there’s more information, let’s take a look at what we know and how we can offer help to those in need (as well as how to stick it to those who have allowed certain loopholes to…

“Free State of Jones” Releases New Set of Pictures

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More Free State of Jones images! In this batch, we get less of Matthew McConaughey and more of Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Mahershala Ali. Check them out below. My worries about the film are the same as they’ve been a few weeks ago. To recap from my earlier article: Number one: Is this just a re-jiggered “Good White…

Exclusive Interview: #GiveCaptainAmericaABoyfriend Creator Jessica Salerno

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The voices are getting louder and stronger for Hollywood, Disney in particular, to include LGBT characters in their properties. A few weeks ago, the hashtags #GiveCaptainAmericaABoyfriend and #GiveElsaAGirlfriend trended on Twitter, showing not only how vast the audience is for mainstream LGBT content (unlike what Hollywood studios think), but also the urgency with which this type…

New Posters + Stills, Latest Trailer from “Star Trek Beyond” Released

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Star Trek Beyond is almost here! The film comes out July 22, and the latest news has been about the film’s new posters, particularly in light of #StarringJohnCho; it’s nice to finally see John Cho on a poster of a huge film. I’ve got the posters all in one place, as well as tons of stills, behind-the-scenes…

Hadji Demystified: Monique Revisits Michael Benyaer Interview

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The first in a series of articles for:  Between 2009 and 2010, I wrote extensively about Hadji Singh from The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest in a series of posts called “Hadji Demystified.” Why “demystified”? Because the kid Hadji from the ’60s might have been spectacularly acted, but the character itself was filled with tropes such…

Exclusive Interview: #DisabilityTooWhite creator Vilissa Thompson

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The hashtag #DisabilityTooWhite went viral recently, and with good reason; even though coverage of issues facing the disabled might be out there, the coverage is too frequently focused solely on how disability issues affect white Americans, not all Americans. I was happy to interview the creator of #DisabilityTooWhite and founder of the site Ramp Your…

Exclusive Interview: “TRI” director/co-writer Jai Jameson

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  Late last week, I debuted my interview with TRI co-writer/producer Theodore Adams III, and this week, the TRI interview fest continues with my discussion with the film’s director and co-writer Jai Jameson. During our phone conversation, Jameson and I discussed how he came to work on TRI, as well as his personal reasons for investing in inclusion…

The Inside Scoop on #BlackPantherSoLIT + What Marvel Can Learn From It

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If you’ve been on the internet and haven’t heard of #BlackPantherSoLIT, then you are clearly doing something wrong. The hashtag went viral once news of Michael B. Jordan and Lupita Nyong’o joining the film adpation of Black Panther spread. As countless articles have already said, the fact that the hashtag went viral two years–two years–before the…