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Category: TV show
June 20, 2025
Black Writers Week, Entertainment, Film, News, TV show
Intro to Our Juneteenth Edition of Black Writers Week 2025
Today, we celebrate Juneteenth, a national holiday commemorating the end of slavery for African Americans. Although President Abraham Lincoln issued…
June 20, 2025
Black Writers Week, Entertainment, Features, Film, News, TV show
The Glorious Year of Morgan Freeman
For those of us old enough to have been there to experience it firsthand, 1989 was a pretty glorious year…
June 20, 2025
Black Writers Week, Entertainment, Film, News, TV show, TV/Streaming
Transformative Third Season of HBO’s “The Gilded Age” Dazzles and Delights
In the final episode of the second season of HBO’s “The Gilded Age,” the van Rhijn family almost lost everything.…
June 20, 2025
Black Writers Week, Entertainment, Features, Film, News, TV show
Then They Will Learn: The Truth Behind Juneteenth
As a native Texan, Juneteenth was in my DNA, and that of every Black American in the state, especially children,…
June 20, 2025
Black Writers Week, Entertainment, Film, News, TV show, TV/Streaming
Blood and Soap Bubbles on the Surface of Netflix’s “The Waterfront”
There’s something about a crime family saga wrapped up in betrayal and recklessness that makes it hard to look away.…
June 20, 2025
Black Writers Week, Entertainment, Features, Film, News, TV show
50 Years Later, Cooley High Is Still Alive
“Cooley High” opened at two theaters in Manhattan on June 25, 1975, less than a week after “Jaws.” Both theaters,…
June 20, 2025
Black Writers Week, Entertainment, Features, Film, News, TV show
“Zola,” “Anora,” and the DEI Mirage
Watching the 2025 Oscars was supremely irritating for a variety of reasons, but what aggravated me the most wasn’t the…
June 20, 2025
Black Writers Week, Entertainment, Features, Film, News, TV show
The Rite to Save a Life
There was a squirrel’s life between me and the edge. It was late May and my sister and I were…
June 20, 2025
28 Years Later, Danny Boyle, Entertainment, Film, News, Reviews, TV show
28 Years Later Review: A Legacy Sequel Frenetic in Energy and Ideas
You can say that Danny Boyle was once the filmmaking avatar of Cool Britannia: a director who, at age 40,…
June 19, 2025
Entertainment, Film, News, Tributes, TV show
Happy Heavenly Birthday, Roger Ebert: June 18, 1942 – April 4, 2013
Roger enjoyed celebrating his birthday! Birthday party? Sure! Birthday surprise? Even better! The secret is that he simply enjoyed savoring…