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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Issue 36: How the DCEU Began, Justice League, Titans, Watchmen, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, the MCU, & The Walking Dead
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On today's edition of Comicast, hosts Jong Lee and Michael Carrell discuss Justice League's box office performance and the possible way the DCEU came to be the universe that we all know and... somewhat like. Plus casting news as the live action Titans series has found it's Robin/Nightwing and the Watchmen HBO series might have found their Doctor Manhattan... can we see him though? Then more casting news for Captain Marvel, how Agents of Shield characters will not appear in Avengers: Infinity War, people misquoting Daisy Ridley regarding her Star Wars future, and Michael gives his latest The Walking Dead review... meh.
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On today's edition of Comicast, hosts Jong Lee and Michael Carrell discuss Justice League's box office performance and the possible way the DCEU came to be the universe that we all know and... somewhat like. Plus casting news as the live action Titans series has found it's Robin/Nightwing and the Watchmen HBO series might have found their Doctor Manhattan... can we see him though? Then more casting news for Captain Marvel, how Agents of Shield characters will not appear in Avengers: Infinity War, people misquoting Daisy Ridley regarding her Star Wars future, and Michael gives his latest The Walking Dead review... meh.
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