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Heavenly Sistahs Expound on Brotherly Love

by Stephanie CornishApril 23, 2015January 25, 2022

Keke Palmer is a multi-talented actress, singer, songwriter and talk show host who made her screen debut at the age of 10 in Barbershop 2 before landing a breakout role […]

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Alternative Medicine Documentary Extols the Virtues of Holistic Healing

by Stephanie CornishFebruary 19, 2015January 25, 2022

The healthcare industrial complex spends billions of dollars on packaging and branding to brainwash us into believing that there are no viable alternatives to Western medicine’s approach to curing this […]

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Colin Firth Shines as Suave Spy in Nostalgic Homage to 007

by Stephanie CornishFebruary 12, 2015January 25, 2022

Colin Firth plays Harry Hart in ‘Kingsman: The Secret Service. Harry Hart (Colin Firth) is such an unassuming, buttoned-downed bloke that no one in his right mind would suspect him […]

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Spike Lee Remakes Blaxploitation Era Horror Flick

by Stephanie CornishFebruary 12, 2015January 25, 2022

Stephen Tyrone Williams plays Dr. Hess Greene in ‘Da Sweet Blood of Jesus.’ The Kickstarter page where Spike Lee raised $1,418,910 from fans for his latest “Joint” expressly states that […]

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Social Satire Takes Sophisticated Look at Race Relations in the Ivy League

by Stephanie CornishOctober 15, 2014January 25, 2022

Tyler James Williams (center) co-stars in “Dear White People”. The academics are tough enough at Winchester University, a mythical Ivy League institution. It’s too bad that black students there also […]

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Iconoclastic Doc Focuses Lens on Ageless Fashion Plates

by Stephanie CornishOctober 1, 2014January 25, 2022

We live in a culture that unfortunately equates beauty with youth. Why else are so many women willing to make a joke of their own faces so long as the […]

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Cold Turkey Expose Examines Internet Addiction in China

by Kam WilliamsAugust 6, 2014January 25, 2022

How long do you think you could you survive without access to a cell phone or computer? A few hours? A day? A week? How about three months? That’s the […]

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Rust Belt ‘New Normal’ Chronicled in Diminished Dreams Documentary

by Stephanie CornishAugust 6, 2014January 25, 2022

Rich Hill, Missouri is a ghost town on hard times. Located about seventy miles south of Kansas City, the population of this once-thriving mining metropolis has dwindled down to 1,393 […]

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Philly Serves as Backdrop for Tale of Romance and Redemption

by Kam WilliamsJuly 16, 2014January 25, 2022

Chris (Spank Horton) is a man with serious anger management issues. After getting fired for losing his temper on the job yet again, he makes his way to Rittenhouse Square […]

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Nick Cannon Makes Directorial Debut with Help of Star-Studded Cast

by Kam WilliamsJuly 2, 2014January 25, 2022

Nick Cannon is a versatile entertainer; actor, comedian, rapper, radio DJ, TV host and as the husband of pop dive Mariah Carey. With School Dance, Nick steps behind the camera […]

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Wolverine Travels Back in Time in Latest for the Sake of the Future

by Kam WilliamsMay 28, 2014January 25, 2022

X-Men: Days of Future Past represents the seventh episode in the storied mutant series, and is the third directed by Bryan Singer who also helmed X-Men 1 and 2. This […]

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Post-Colonial Nigeria Provides Backdrop for Sweeping Romance Saga

by Kam WilliamsMay 15, 2014January 25, 2022

Twins Kainene (Anika Noni Rose) and Olanna (Thandie Newton) hail from a well-to-do Nigerian family well-enough connected to send them overseas to college where they majored in business and sociology, […]

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