Riri Williams, the young black girl who dons an Iron Man-style suit as the superhero Ironheart, is coming to the MCU, and her arrival is going to be earlier than fans had expected. Straight from the mouth of Kevin Feige, Dominique Thorne’s Riri Williams will make her MCU debut in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Thorne […]
Judas and the Black Messiah | Video Review & Discussion
EJ Moreno and Allen Christian review Judas and the Black Messiah in the latest Flickering Myth Movie Chat… From its controversial subject matter to its detailed look at the Black Panther Party, no film has hit harder in 2021 than Judas and the Black Messiah. Flickering Myth Podcast host Allen Christian joins critic EJ Moreno for […]
Dominique Thorne on her casting as Riri Williams in Marvel’s Ironheart
During December’s Disney Investor Day, it was announced that Marvel Studios is bringing the fan favourite character Riri Williams to Disney+, with up-and-coming actress Dominique Thorne (If Beale Street Could Talk) cast in the title role for a live-action Ironheart series. Speaking to BlackFilmandTV during a promotional interview for her new film Judas and the […]
2021 Sundance Film Festival Review – Judas and the Black Messiah
Judas and the Black Messiah, 2021. Co-written and directed by Shaka King. Starring Daniel Kaluuya, Lakeith Stanfield, Jesse Plemons, Dominique Fishback, Lil Rey Howery, Martin Sheen, Ashton Sanders, Algee Smith, Darrell Britt-Gibson, and Dominique Thorne. SYNOPSIS: The story of Fred Hampton, deputy chairman of the national Black Panther Party, who was assassinated in 1969 by […]
Movie Review – Judas and the Black Messiah (2021)
Judas and the Black Messiah, 2021. Directed by Shaka King. Starring Daniel Kaluuya, LaKeith Stanfield, Jesse Plemons, Dominique Fishback, Ashton Sanders, Algee Smith, Graham Lutes, Martin Sheen, Darrell Britt-Gibson, Dominique Thorne, Amari Cheatom, Caleb Eberhardt, Lil Rel Howery, Jermaine Fowler, Robert Longstreet, Nick Fink, Terayle Hill, Nicholas Velez, and Ian Duff. SYNOPSIS: The story of Fred […]
Judas and the Black Messiah gets a new trailer
Warner Bros. has released a new trailer for Judas and the Black Messiah, ahead of its world premiere later this month at Sundance. Inspired by true events, the film is written and directed by Shaka King and tells the story of the betrayal of Black Panther Party chairman Fred Hampton (Daniel Kaluuya) at the hands […]
Daniel Kaluuya stars in the first trailer for Judas and the Black Messiah
Warner Bros. has released the first trailer for Judas and the Black Messiah, the upcoming biographical drama from director Shaka King which tells the story of the betrayal and assassination of the young Illinois Black Panther Party chairman Fred Hampton (Daniel Kaluuya); watch it here… Chairman Fred Hampton was 21 years old when he was […]
Movie Review – If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)
If Beale Street Could Talk, 2018. Written and directed by Barry Jenkins. Starring KiKi Layne, Stephan James, Regina King, Colman Domingo, Teyonah Parris, Michael Beach, Aunjanue Ellis, Ebony Obsidian, Dominique Thorne, Diego Luna, Finn Wittrock, Ed Skrein, Emily Rios, Pedro Pascal, Brian Tyree Henry, and Dave Franco. SYNOPSIS: A woman in Harlem desperately scrambles to […]