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August 13, 2020CINEMA TOP, CULTURE TOP, FEATURES, FEATURES CINEMA, FEATURES CULTURE, LGBTQ, LGBTQ CINEMA, LGBTQ CULTURE, most-featured, 42, 91st Academy Awards, alfonso cuaron, Best Original Screenplay, Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor, Black Actors, black Americans, black awards, black directors, black editors, black filmmakers, black oscars, black panther, Black Stories, black writers, BlacKkKlansman, Don Shirley, Get on Up, Green Book, Mahershala Ali, oscars, roma, Ryan Coogler, Spike Lee, The Color Purple, The Help, Tony “Lip", Tyler Perry, Viggo Mortensen, Waves, White Creators, Tyler Bey
‘Green Book’: Can White Filmmakers Make Films on Black Stories Truthfully?
'Green Book' walked away with accolades while failing to tell the true story behind the Black experience in the USA thus confounding Black viewers....
August 12, 2020CINEMA TOP, CULTURE TOP, FEATURES, FEATURES CINEMA, FEATURES CULTURE, most-featured, a quiet place part ii, alfonso cuaron, AMC theaters, AMC theatres, Black Widow, Box Office Bombs, CGI, changing production practices, Charlie Kaufman, China theatrical releases, christopher nolan, CNBC and Peter Jackson, Comscore, Continued delays movie release, coronavirus pandemic, COVID-19 vaccine, disney, Disney’s The Mandalorian, fandango, festivals cancelled, film releases delayed, Golden Age of Hollywood, independent theaters, James Cameron’s Avatar sequels, Late night talk shows, Lightshed Partners, live action images, Martin Scorcese, Marvel’s Black Widow, Matt Reeves’ The Batman, movie theaters, mulan, NBCUniversal, netflix, Netflix and Hulu, Netflix Originals, no time to die, Oscar nominations, Paramount Decree, Paul Dergarabedian, Post Coronavirus movie theaters’ Culture, premium video on demand (PVOD), productions halted, PVOD, Saturday Night Live, Soul, Star Wars prequels, streaming services, suffering international box offices, tenet, the irishman, The Jungle Book, theaters closing, theatrical exhibition, Top Gun: Maverick, Trolls: World Tour, Universal studios, USA theaters return, virtual sets, Weta Digital, wonder woman 1984, YouTube, Tiger Russell-Yeh
The Post COVID-19 Movie Theaters’ Culture: Should We Worry? No!
Amid continued delays, suffering international box-offices, changing production practices - how will COVID-19 affect movie theaters' culture....
August 11, 2020CINEMA TOP, FEATURES, FEATURES CINEMA, book clubs, movie recommendations, new films, suggest movies, watching new films, Drew Alexander Ross
The Importance of Watching New Films
Most of us like re-watching our old favorites over and over again, but watching new films is the key to our self-development....
August 10, 2020most-featured, AWARDS, CINEMA TOP, FEATURES, FEATURES CINEMA, A24 FILMS, academy awards, Adam Sandler, alex garland, Alicia Vickander, Barry Jenkins, Barry Keoghan, best picture oscars, black gay men, black lgbtq, Bo Burnham, Colin Farrell., Domhnall Gleeson, Eighth Grade, Elsie Fischer, Ethan Hawke, ex-machina, First Reformed, good time, greta gerwig, Idina Menzel, james franco, Julia Fox, Kevin Garnett, lady bird, Lakieth Stanfield, Laurie Metcalf, Moonlight, Oscar Isaac, oscar winner, Paul Schrader, Robert Eggers, robert pattinson, saoirse ronan, The Disaster Artist, The Killing of a Sacred Deer, The Last Black Man in San Francisco, the lighthouse, The Lobster, the Safdie brothers, The VVitch, tom hardy, tom hardy Locke, Tommy Wiseau, UNCUT GEMS, willem dafoe, Yorgos Lanthimos, Merrick Sinclair
A24 Films: Hollywood Insider’s Tribute to The Most Exciting Studio’s Exquisite Menu
A24 Films are the most exciting film studio with multiple Academy Award-winning films and fan favorites that push filmmaking boundaries....
August 9, 2020CINEMA TOP, FEATURES, FEATURES CINEMA, FEATURES TV, most-featured, TV TOP, Uncategorized, Al Gore, Angela Kinsey, B.J. Novak, Bill Clinton, Caroselli, comedy stars, Denison University, Dunder Mifflin Paper, Ed Helms, Facts About Steve Carell, George Bush, Jenna Fischer, John Krasinski, Jon Stewart, Michael Scott, Mindy Kaling, Oscar Nuñez, Phyllis, Ricky Gervais, Scranton business park, stephen colbert, steve carell, steve carell facts, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, The Dana Carvey Show, the office, writer’s strike, Carrie Fishbane
Steve Carell: 32 Facts on the Comedy Genius & The Lovable Boss of ‘The Office’
Steve Carell has been the lovable boss of 'The Office' for a long time - let us delve deeper into his story with 32 facts on his life....
August 8, 2020CINEMA TOP, FEATURES, FEATURES CINEMA, FEATURES TV, most-featured, TV TOP, #donald4spiderman, 3005, Adventure Time, Atlanta, beyonce, Camp Bonfire, Can You Feel the Love Tonight, Childish Gambino, Comedy Central Weirdo, community, David Miner, Dekalb School of The Arts, Derrick Comedy, Disney+ series, Donald Glover, Earnest Marks, Emmy awards, Glassnote, Golden Globes, Guava Island, Hakuna Matta, Kessel Run, Lando Calrissian, live-action The Lion King, Miles Morales, Mystery Team, NBC's 30 rock, NYU, Regular Show, Rihanna, Simba, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Sundance Film Festival, Sweatpants, the simpsons, tina fey, Troy Barnes, Ultimate Spider-Man, Tyler Bey
Donald Glover, A Living Legend’s Journey, Childish Gambino
Donald Glover continues to rise to the top of stardom while being one of the most versatile stars in Hollywood. Here we elaborate on this legend's journey....
August 7, 2020CINEMA TOP, FEATURES, FEATURES CINEMA, 2001: A Space Odyssey, 3:10 to Yuma, A River Runs Through It, A.I. Artificial Intelligence, Alfred Hitchcock, Andre Dubus, Annie Proulx, Brokeback Mountain, Charles Dickens, Clint Eastwood, Edgar Allen Poe, Ernest Hemingway, gay films, gay love story, Great Films Inspired by Short Stories, heath ledger, Hilary Swank, In the Bedroom, It’s A Wonderful Life, jake gyllenhaal, James Baldwin, Joyce Carol Oates, Million Dollar Baby, Oscar-nominated Birds, oscars, Rashômon, Rear Window, Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Secretary, Short stories, Stanley Kubrick, Stephen King, The Fall of the House of Usher, The Headless Horseman, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Tim Burton’s Sleepy Hollow, Virginia Woolf, Drew Alexander Ross
Great Films Inspired By Short Stories
Short stories have for long been the inspiration for some great films - let us take a look at many of them and why they work so well....
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The Movie Studio with Heart – A24 Charity Auctions for NYC COVID-19 Relief
A24 Films auctions memorabilia from their movies and TV shows to raise money to help people affected by Coronavirus pandemic in New York City....
August 6, 2020most-featured, CINEMA TOP, FEATURES, FEATURES CINEMA, LATEST REVIEWS, Avengers: Endgame, Back to the Future, benedict cumberbatch, black panther, Black Widow. Chadwick Boseman, captain america, Captain America: The First Avenger, Cumberbitches, DC Extended Universe, DCEU, deadpool, Doctor Strange, Hamlet, Hulk, Hydra, Infinity War, iron man, Levity, m night shyamalan, marvel cinematic universe, Marvel Cinematic Universe Success, MCU, MCU movies, MCU Works, Mind Stone, Power Stone, Reality Stone, Scarlett Johanssen, Scott Lang, Soul Stone, Space Stone, Tesseract, The Infinity Stones, Thor movie, Time Stone, Tony Stark, Universal’s Dark Universe, Carrie Fishbane
Why the Marvel Cinematic Universe Succeeds Where Others Have Failed?
How is the Marvel Cinematic Universe getting it right where others are getting it wrong? There are many factors involved that we discuss here....
August 5, 2020CINEMA TOP, CULTURE TOP, FEATURES, FEATURES CINEMA, FEATURES CULTURE, FEATURES TV, LGBTQ, LGBTQ CINEMA, LGBTQ CULTURE, LGBTQ TV, most-featured, TV TOP, #BoycottHallmarkChannel, #HomophobicHallmark, acceptance of homosexuality, Black characters, Christian viewers, Diversity and inclusion, family-friendly, first Black female lead, George Zaralidis, Hallmark Channel, Hallmark Channel LGBTQ holiday movies, Hallmark Channel LGBTQ storylines, LGBTQ storylines characters and actors, LGBTQ+ characters, Media Family Networks, Mike Perry, One Million Moms, President of Hallmark Cards, queer representation, racially and religiously diverse characters, right-wing Catholic news organization, same-sex couple, Zola commercial backlash, Zola lesbian couple kissing, Christine Feeley
Love Wins at Hallmark Channel with LGBTQ Storylines in Holiday Movies
Hallmark Channel chooses humanity and kindness while letting love win by committing to releasing dozens of holiday movies with central LGBTQ love stories....
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A New Look at Mo’Nique’s Wrongful Blacklisting with Year 2020 Empower-Vision
Mo'Nique was blacklisted but the empowerment in 2020 will make sure that her career has a major comeback and that she and her talent is worth her reasonable demands....
August 2, 2020AWARDS, CINEMA TOP, FEATURES, FEATURES CINEMA, GLOBAL, most-featured, Alps, Best Picture, Best Screenplay Killing of A Sacred Deer, Christos Voudouris, Cinematography, Colin Farrell., Criterion Channel, Dogtooth, Freud vs Pavlov, Greek director, Intimacy, Jury Prize Cannes Film Festival, Kinetta, Nietzsche, nominated for 10 Academy Awards, olivia colman, On the Genealogy of Morals, poet of surfaces, rachel weisz, The Favourite, The Lobster, Thimios Bakatakis, Venice International Film Festival, Violence, won Grand Jury Prize, Yorgos Lanthimos, Bilgesu Sisman
An Analytical Guide to Yorgos Lanthimos’ Early Films: Low on Intimacy, High on Violence
Director Yorgos Lanthimos gained further recognition through 'The Favourite' - this guide re-introduces you to his early films with dutiful analysis....
