The African American Film Critics Association (Aafca) has selected “The Harder They Fall” as the No. 1 film on their annual top 10 list.
Written and directed by Jeymes Samuel and produced by Jay-Z, the big-budget Netflix western sees Idris Elba, Regina King, Jonathan Majors, Zazie Beetz and Lakeith Stanfield portray historical Black figures Rufus Buck, Nat Love, Trudy Smith, Stagecoach Mary and Cherokee Bill, respectively.
“Although our top film, ‘The Harder They Fall’ from Netflix is a fictionalized Western,” said Aafca president and co-founder Gil Robertson. “It introduced the world to an incredible array of real-life Black cowboys and cowgirls who helped to transform the West, prompting many to discover the prominent role Black people played in that storied chapter of American history that has been a Hollywood go-to genre.”
In chronological order, the other nine movies on Aafca’s top ten list are “King Richard,” “Respect,” “The Tragedy of Macbeth,...
Written and directed by Jeymes Samuel and produced by Jay-Z, the big-budget Netflix western sees Idris Elba, Regina King, Jonathan Majors, Zazie Beetz and Lakeith Stanfield portray historical Black figures Rufus Buck, Nat Love, Trudy Smith, Stagecoach Mary and Cherokee Bill, respectively.
“Although our top film, ‘The Harder They Fall’ from Netflix is a fictionalized Western,” said Aafca president and co-founder Gil Robertson. “It introduced the world to an incredible array of real-life Black cowboys and cowgirls who helped to transform the West, prompting many to discover the prominent role Black people played in that storied chapter of American history that has been a Hollywood go-to genre.”
In chronological order, the other nine movies on Aafca’s top ten list are “King Richard,” “Respect,” “The Tragedy of Macbeth,...
- 12/8/2021
- by Jennifer Yuma
- Variety Film + TV
Making its world premiere at Fantastic Fest this Sunday, Sept. 26, here's a look at a clip from Iké Boys!
"Best friends Shawn Gunderson and Vikram 'Vik' Kapoor escape from the drudgery of high school life in Oklahoma through their obsession with all things Japanese. When a mysterious anime film transforms them into its superhuman characters, they at first think that their wildest fantasies have come true. But when ancient monsters threaten to unleash the apocalypse on New Year’s Eve of 1999, Shawn and Vik must look to each other to become the heroes they were always meant to be. Joining their adventure is Miki, a Japanese exchange student whose determination to go on a Native American vision quest puts her on a collision course with both Shawn and Vik and their foes...and whose destiny may determine the fate of the world."
Starring: Quinn Lord, Ronak Gandhi, Christina Higa, Billy Zane,...
"Best friends Shawn Gunderson and Vikram 'Vik' Kapoor escape from the drudgery of high school life in Oklahoma through their obsession with all things Japanese. When a mysterious anime film transforms them into its superhuman characters, they at first think that their wildest fantasies have come true. But when ancient monsters threaten to unleash the apocalypse on New Year’s Eve of 1999, Shawn and Vik must look to each other to become the heroes they were always meant to be. Joining their adventure is Miki, a Japanese exchange student whose determination to go on a Native American vision quest puts her on a collision course with both Shawn and Vik and their foes...and whose destiny may determine the fate of the world."
Starring: Quinn Lord, Ronak Gandhi, Christina Higa, Billy Zane,...
- 9/24/2021
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
’90s nostalgia is in full swing, and horror fans are loving it. Many people are revisiting movies they grew up with, while others are discovering those same titles for the first time. And it’s not only cinematic terror that has everyone talking.
Over the past couple of years, the interest in retro books has been on the rise. Combined with ’90s sentimentality, teen horror fiction from the decade has become a special niche for collectors, many of whom are part of Instagram’s enthusiastic community of “bookstagrammers.”
A large portion of the teen horror titles released during the ’90s are now available in e-book format, but the original editions with their colorful covers and witty taglines are the ones we look for while perusing the shelves of used bookstores.
Here at Daily Dead, during a series of seasonal posts, I’m going to be sharing books from my own collection.
Over the past couple of years, the interest in retro books has been on the rise. Combined with ’90s sentimentality, teen horror fiction from the decade has become a special niche for collectors, many of whom are part of Instagram’s enthusiastic community of “bookstagrammers.”
A large portion of the teen horror titles released during the ’90s are now available in e-book format, but the original editions with their colorful covers and witty taglines are the ones we look for while perusing the shelves of used bookstores.
Here at Daily Dead, during a series of seasonal posts, I’m going to be sharing books from my own collection.
- 12/16/2019
- by Bryce Gibson
- DailyDead
Review by Peter BelsitoBlake Baker receives a call from a past lover asking him to help find her missing brother. Once he arrives in La Honda, he learns the task is more dangerous than she led him to believe.
Jeff Hammer’s Live Or Die In La Honda delves into the world of film noir.
The film focuses on raw, powerful emotion, desire, hurt and comfort and the yearning for acceptance.
Ex-lovers Blake Baker, a former marine who has fallen comfortably into his new city life life of civilization away from foreign war and the roaring of gun fires and death screams of combat one day gets a phone call from ex-lover and also ex-marine Vic a vindictive, manipulative woman who knows how to play the strings of Blake’s heart asking for his help.
Blake is swayed by the ever charming Vic to leave his comfortable life in La...
Jeff Hammer’s Live Or Die In La Honda delves into the world of film noir.
The film focuses on raw, powerful emotion, desire, hurt and comfort and the yearning for acceptance.
Ex-lovers Blake Baker, a former marine who has fallen comfortably into his new city life life of civilization away from foreign war and the roaring of gun fires and death screams of combat one day gets a phone call from ex-lover and also ex-marine Vic a vindictive, manipulative woman who knows how to play the strings of Blake’s heart asking for his help.
Blake is swayed by the ever charming Vic to leave his comfortable life in La...
- 4/25/2018
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
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