Movie Reviews and Previews Ryan Coogler returns to Wakanda Marvel is recovering nicely following the clusterf-ck firing of James Gunn, hiring new directors including a pair of women, Cate Shortland and Chloe Zhao, and now they have locked down Ryan Coogler for Black Panther 2. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it, and Coogler made Marvel’s By Sarah • Oct 12, 2018 02:29 pm
Dumbass Ryan Coogler saves BET Jamie Foxx did a lot of things wrong last night but his worst offence was a Black Panther parody skit called “Wanda in Wakanda” featuring Michael Blackson. After the atrocity that is this sketch, the only Michael I recognize is Bae Jordan. Jamie Foxx plays Wanda, a warrior enlisted to By Kathleen • Jun 25, 2018 10:59 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Ryan supports Ava A Wrinkle In Time opens next week, on March 9th. The premiere was last night in Hollywood. And this is giving me the saps. You’ll recall, Hollywood came out strong for Black Panther earlier this month. Specifically Black Hollywood came out strong for Black Panther earlier this month. Ava By Lainey • Feb 27, 2018 02:16 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Audacity of Black Panther When I was three, my big brother Sam smacked me on the head with a mini model car. He was five and frustrated that I kept stealing his toys. The incident left a small but permanent scar in the middle of my forehead. Throughout my childhood and into my early By Kathleen • Feb 19, 2018 08:13 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Black Panther is everything we’ve waited for Among a host of amazing things, maybe the most amazing thing about Black Panther is that it’s a superhero movie. For all the weight and expectation and political pressure and representative issues that come with being the first black superhero movie released by Marvel Studios—and the first black By Sarah • Feb 15, 2018 03:33 pm
Style Black Panther Fashion Week Every day the opening weekend box office projections for Black Panther keep going up. The movie has already broken all kinds of records for advance ticket sales. And some experts even think the current projection might even be on the low side. Variety reported yesterday that industry experts don’t By Lainey • Feb 13, 2018 03:52 pm
Quiveration Black Panther in Seoul There were a lot of things that brought me joy this weekend, like watching Sad Tom Brady lose and watching Twitter drag Justin Timberlake on Janet Jackson Appreciation Day (#NeverForget). The Black Panther press tour continues to be a constant source of joy. This weekend, Lupita Nyong’o and Michael By Kathleen • Feb 05, 2018 12:32 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Black Panther Era It has arrived. Officially. Black Panther premiered last night and all my dreams for what I hoped the premiere of Black Panther would look like came true. LOOK AT ALL OF THIS BLACK EXCELLENCE. I actually don’t think I ever dreamed this big – that a film about an African By Kathleen • Jan 30, 2018 10:26 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Almost time for Black Panther (Lainey: this post was supposed to go up yesterday but I had to be a dick. Black Panther tickets went on sale. The film has already set a record for advance ticket sales which is why, like an asshole, I didn’t want to post about it because I was By Sarah • Jan 10, 2018 01:08 pm
Quiveration Chadwick Boseman on the never-ending Avenger shoot Chadwick Boseman was spotted on set in Atlanta (Hollywood Peach) working on Avengers 4: Title TBD. Marshall opened a couple weeks ago and hasn’t set the world on fire, but that’s okay because Boseman is just a few months away from total domination when Black Panther comes out. By Sarah • Oct 26, 2017 10:16 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Welcome to Wakanda The second trailer for Black Panther has arrived, to be attached to Thor: Ragnarok, and it gives us a better look at the world of Wakanda, which looks AMAZING. The combo of traditional African art and fashion with the high-tech comic book wizardry of Wakanda is super f*cking cool, By Sarah • Oct 16, 2017 04:27 pm
Ryan Coogler Ryan Coogler, artist above competition Earlier this year the Academy made good on its promise to become more inclusive by inviting an unprecedented number of new members, many of whom are women and minorities working in film. Among these was Ryan Coogler, writer/director of Fruitvale Station, Creed, and the upcoming Black Panther movie. Coogler By Sarah • Sep 07, 2016 02:34 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Black Panther progress Most people who came out of Captain America: Civil War wanted more Black Panther. As Sarah keeps repeating, this is what we all want next. And soon. But while there’s a new Thor in production (no one is more excited about the third Thor movie than Tom Hiddleston), the By Lainey • Jul 25, 2016 12:19 pm
America Ferrera Oscar: The New Class Yesterday the list of the 2016 class of invitees to join the Academy was released, and it shows follow-through on their promise, after back-to-back years of #OscarsSoWhite controversy, to double membership diversity by 2020. This year they invited an unprecedented 683 members—about ten percent of the pre-existing membership. Recent By Sarah • Jun 30, 2016 09:57 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Black Panther So Lit #BlackPantherSoLIT is the hashtag that has been dominating Black Twitter since news broke that Michael B Jordan is reuniting with Creed director Ryan Coogler and joining the cast of Marvel’s upcoming Black Panther. The MBJ news plus the rumours that Lupita-freaking-Nyong’o is also in talks to star in By Kathleen • May 19, 2016 12:58 pm
Michael B Jordan Michael B Jordan and Black Masculinity (Lainey: Kathleen’s first article went up yesterday – please click here if you missed it. We’re still working on her bio and email but she can be reached on Twitter and Instagram.) When we talk about Michael B Jordan, we should only be talking about two things: 1) how By Kathleen • Mar 17, 2016 10:21 am
