Getting you ready for some summer film and television viewing!! It’s definitely going to be a HOT one! Check out the trailer below and see for yourself:
Spiderhead (Streaming on Netflix June 17th)
The Lake (Streaming on Prime Video June 17th)
Season 3-The Umbrella Academy (Streaming on Netflix June 22)
Season 2-Only Murders in the Building (Streaming on Hulu June 28th)
The Terminal List (Streaming on Prime Video July 1st)
She-Hulk (Streaming on Disney+ August 17th)
So this past weekend I had the pleasure of being featured in two news outlets VCU News and USA Today!!
For VCU News, I was interviewed about one of my Spring courses, “Say Her Name: Humanizing the Black Female Voice in Television.” I got a chance to surprise my students with one of the actress [Cherokee Hall who plays “Extra Extra”] from the STARZ television series “P-Valley”.
Check out some of the story here:
It’s important to Gipson that the course engages with what’s happening in the world. The representation of Black female actors and the characters they take on has always been essential to the success of television as a medium,” she said.
However, Hollywood is not quick to showcase, celebrate, and even hire them. Television has made strides, but it has been inconsistent and slow moving,” she said, adding that many of the women whose work the course studies are breaking barriers and re-setting television culture. I want students to see how television and film are a way to tackle issues and problems.
Joan Tupponce-VCU News
Now for the USA Today article, I switch gears and offer some social commentary on the Dave Chappelle incident and whether America can still handle a joke!!
Here are a few of my thoughts below:
But the combustible cultural moment we are living in — one roiled by political discord and pandemic restrictions — certainly is testing that joke and let joke philosophy, says Grace Gipson, assistant professor in the department of African American studies at Virginia Commonwealth University.
I feel like in his day Richard Pryor took things to an extreme maybe even greater than what we see today, but no one was bum rushing the stage, says Gipson. Today, it seems like people are free to show their anger beyond heckling.
Marco della Cava & Maria Puente USA TODAY
To read the full articles, check out the following links: VCU News and USA Today !!
Last week was a doozy and I missed you all next week, but I got you covered! Never fail, check out this weeks new alerts below:
9 Bullets (In theaters April 15th)
Outer Range (Streaming on Prime Video April 15th)
Season 2-Russian Doll (Streaming on Netflix April 20th)
Captive Audience (Streaming on Hulu April 21st)
The Baby (Streaming on HBO Max April 24th)
Season 2-Gentleman Jack (Streaming on HBO Max April 25th)
The Time has changed, the Weather is getting warmer, and I got more tv and film newness just for you!! Looks like these next few month are going to continue to bring us the hotness!!
Check out some of the new things dropping in theaters and on your streaming networks!!
Season 2-Woke (Streaming on Hulu April 8th)
Outer Range (Streaming on Prime Video April 15th)
Season 6-Better Call Saul (Streaming on AMC/AMC+ April 18th)
We Own This City (Streaming on HBO April 25th)
Obi-Wan Kenobi (Streaming on Disney+ May 25th)
The Boys (Streaming on Prime Video June 3rd)
Elvis (In theaters June 24th)
So I missed you guys on last week, but I am coming back with some goodies!! No need to delay any further, check them out below:
Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives. (Streaming on Netflix March 16th)
DMZ (Streaming on HBO Max March 17th)
Season 2-Bridgerton (Streaming on Netflix March 25th)
Tokyo Vice (Streaming on HBO Max April 7th)
The First Lady (Streaming on Showtime April 17th)
Bosch: Legacy (Streaming on IMDb TV May 6th)
As one month gets ready to come to a close another one begins!! And with a new month comes a new set of trailers! Check them out below:
The Tourist (Streaming on HBO Max March 3rd)
Shining Vale (Streaming on STARZ March 6th)
Season 2-Bridgerton (Streaming on Netflix March 25th)
The Contractor (In theaters April 1st)
The First Lady (Streaming on Showtime April 17th)
Yesterday morning I had the pleasure of lending my thoughts to this discussion on “Hollywood’s History of Portraying African Americans” with Black Press USA TV !!
Shout out to my amazing co-panelists Peter Bailey and Dr. David Childs!!
Check it out below:
Many of these trailers were featured on Sunday during Super Bowl LVI, but just in case you need a reminder…
Check out these jaw-dropping trailers below:
The Endgame (Streaming on NBC February 21st)
A Madea Homecoming (Streaming on Netflix February 25th)
Cherry (In theaters February 26th on Apple TV+ March 12th)
The Adam Project (Streaming on Netflix March 11th)
Alice (In theaters March 18th)
Jurassic World Dominion (In theaters June 20th)
Nope (In theaters July 22nd)
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (Streaming on Amazon Prime September 2nd)
Lots of good content that dropping this month! Got a mix of thriller, some docu-series, a little drama and leave you with some laughs! Check out some of the newness below:
KIMI (Streaming on HBO Max February 10th)
Everything’s Gonna Be All White (Streaming on Showtime February 11th)
Lincoln’s Dilemma (Streaming on Apple TV+ February 18th)
All American: Homecoming (Streaming on The CW February 21st)
Cheaper By The Dozen (Streaming on Disney+ March 18th)
It’s the First Day of the Month!! We are moving and shaking and these trailers are ready to be seen! So get your calendars, save the dates and check out what’s new in film and television!!
The Tinder Swindler (Streaming on Netflix February 2nd)
The Girl Before (Streaming on HBO Max February 10th)
Asking For It (In theaters March 4th)
Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre (In theaters March 18th)
Halo (Streaming on Paramount+ March 24th)
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