In the 1980s, there were only 63 Black films by, for, or about Black Americans. But in the 1990s, that number quadrupled, with 220 Black films making their way to cinema screens nationwide. What sparked this “Black New Wave?” Who blazed this path for contemporaries like Ava DuVernay, Kasi Lemmons and Jordan Peele? And how did these films transform American culture as a whole? Presenting The Class of 1989, a new limited-run series from pop culture critics Len Webb and Vincent Williams, hosts ...
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Point Break vs Terminal Velocity
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It's our second Patrick Swayze week of the season, and our two majestic co-hosts George and Richard are joined by Dan Sukara, the talented voice actor and living god who created them both. They discuss the worst scene in Katheryn Bigelow's Point Break, a movie about badass surfing bank robbers that also includes an incredible sky diving scene, vs the best scene in Terminal Velocity, a movie about going sky diving with Charlie Sheen that does not include any incredible sky diving scenes.
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It's our second Patrick Swayze week of the season, and our two majestic co-hosts George and Richard are joined by Dan Sukara, the talented voice actor and living god who created them both. They discuss the worst scene in Katheryn Bigelow's Point Break, a movie about badass surfing bank robbers that also includes an incredible sky diving scene, vs the best scene in Terminal Velocity, a movie about going sky diving with Charlie Sheen that does not include any incredible sky diving scenes.
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