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The R-rated studio comedy hardly makes any theatrical appearances these days, especially in the age of streaming. The only adult comedies usually come from Universal Pictures, which relish in genre-bending (“Cocaine Bear,” “Renfield“), mixing up concepts for kids but with a mature twist (the upcoming “Strays”), or banking on a comedian closely associated with Judd Apatow…

As W.E.B. Dubois said, “To stimulate wildly weak and untrained minds is to play with mighty fires.” Chaz Ebert (CE): It is a pleasure speaking with you during Black Writers Week 2023 about your wonderful new book, Black Trailblazers: 30 Courageous Visionaries Who Broke Boundaries, Made a Difference, and Paved the Way. Is this primarily a children’s book…

As major studios adapt to the changing business and cultural landscape, moving into the future all too often means revisiting the past. Few projects embody this phenomenon like the Paramount+ original series “Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies,” which debuted last April. Set at the mythical Rydell High School four years before the events of…

“She’s perfect,” I said, “and I was right.” – Tina Turner Two-time Academy Award nominee Angela Bassett was a regular fixture during this year’s awards season for her bravura turn as Queen Ramonda in Marvel/Disney’s “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” the blockbuster sequel to the 2018 global box office hit “Black Panther,” starring the late Chadwick…

Popular film genres come and go. It happened to Westerns after dominating the industry from the 1940s to the 1960s, and now it’s happening to the superhero movies that dominated the film industry and set box office records over the last 15 years. They’re being replaced with indie films, and we have the pandemic and…