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First Look at Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave

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USA Today, and ONTD, posted pics from 12 Years a Slave. Chiwetel Ejiofor stars as Solomon Northup, a free man tricked, captured and sold into slavery in Twelve Years a Slave, a film based off of Northup’s autobiography. The film also stars Michael Fassbender, Edwin Epps, and Benedict Cumberbatch. ...

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New Poster for Fruitvale Station

Fruitvale Station had  a special screening at the Los Angeles Film Fest last night, view some of the red carpet photos here. Meanwhile, a beautiful new...

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Oscar Bits and Bites

WoodyAllenPages has a rundown on the MoMa screening for Blue Jasmine. Most of the tweets are what you would expect from a special screening like that,...

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De Niro and Pfeiffer – The Family Gets Trailer

Thanks once again to ONTD. From USA Today: “They keep pulling me back in,” Pfeiffer says of her role in the Luc Besson-directed film The Family (out...

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The Butler Poster Debuts

I would have preferred this tagline, “back then there was only one way for a black man to get into the White House.” ...

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Oscarwatch: Kate Winslet and Josh Brolin in Jason Reitman’s Day

I was remiss in the first two Oscar columns of the year in that I neglected to mention Kate Winslet (for Best Actress), Josh Brolin (Best Actor) and perhaps...

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NY Times’ Cieply on the Breakout Year for Black Films

The New York Times takes notice of the new wave of black filmmakers releasing movies this year.  What remains to be seen is how the critics, then the...

Your Before Sunrise Moment? + Giveaway

During the Fresh Air interview with Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke, they discuss where Linklater got the idea for Before Sunrise, the first in the relationship trilogy. Linklater’s story is sad because the woman on whom his film was based, or inspired by, died tragically in a motorcycle accident just before they started filming. That is one of those...

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The Brighter Side of Sequel Summer

Sequels are all the rage in theaters this summer. Yea right, tell me something I don’t know. If only these very sequels had the attitude of giving...

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Fate of Your Planet – Man of Steel Trailer featuring Michael Shannon

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