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On the Come Up, directed by actress-turned-director Sanaa Lathan and written by Kay Oyegun, is based on the book by acclaimed author Angie Thomas (The Hate U Give). The film explores the many facets of Black girlhood through hip-hop music and the general music industry. The novel is 464 pages, and the movie tries to…

EXCLUSIVE: Da’Vine Joy Randolph (Only Murders in the Building) and Cliff “Method Man” Smith (Power Book II: Ghost) have signed on to star alongside Kerry Washington and Omar Sy in Lionsgate’s action-thriller Shadow Force, from director Joe Carnahan (Copshop). The film written by Leon Chills and Carnahan centers on…

EXCLUSIVE: The cat is out of the bag. Salma Hayek Pinault (Eternals, House of Gucci) is set to reprise the role of Kitty Softpaws in the long-awaited Puss in Boots sequel The Last Wish, reteaming with Antonio Banderas who plays the titular feline. Hayek Pinault and Banderas will contend with a third amigo this time…

EXCLUSIVE: Aml Ameen (I May Destroy You), four-time Emmy nominee CCH Pounder (The Shield), Michael Potts (Ma Rainey's Black Bottom), Bill Irwin (Legion), Da’Vine Joy Randolph (The United States vs. Billie Holiday), Gus Halper (Fear the Walking Dead), Johnny Ramey (Poz Roz), Carra Patterson (Turner & Hooch), and Adrienn…

It should be no surprise to see executive producer Alexander Payne and producers Albert Berger’s and Ron Yerxa’s names on the credits for the new film The Last Shift, set in an ignored and decaying midwestern American town and focusing on a man retiring after 38 years working the same job in a greasy drive-thru…

In Andrew Cohn’s The Last Shift, Oscar-nominated actor Richard Jenkins plays Stanley, a man who is working his last shift at his fast food job when things suddenly take an unexpected turn. For many of the cast, their resume includes some fast food experience. “Worked at Fuddrucker’s for two weeks,” said Da'Vine Joy…

Netflix’s Dolemite Is My Name tells the true story of the efforts in the 1970s by Rudy Ray Moore (Eddie Murphy) to make a movie based on his stage persona Dolemite. Murphy's co-stars and collaborators told the crowd recently at Deadline’s The Contenders New York how they filled in Moore's crazy ensemble. Wesley Snipes…

“You know you do this after every relationship?” he says. “Do what?” she asks. “No offense, but you kinda overthink things a little.” Cut to a street scene that explains his point. Cut back to her: “Uh, I think I tend to think about things the exact right amount, thank you.” For context, take a look at the first…

In the Netflix film, Dolemite Is My Name, actress Da’Vine Joy Randolph steps into the role of Lady Reed, a comedian, actress and a frequent collaborator of the comedy legend Rudy Ray Moore who made some of the most memorable cult classic Dolemite films from the ’70s. Everyone knew about Moore but as for Lady Reed…