Sentences with phrase «black lead characters»

While, in these series, she placed her black female body into spaces, like museums, where black women have historically been underrepresented, Weems, in Scenes & Take, celebrates the renaissance of television shows with strong black lead characters by black creators like Shonda Rhimes and Lee Daniels.

celebrates the renaissance of television shows with strong black lead characters by black creators like Shonda Rhimes and Lee Daniels.

The modern era of video games — let's call it the last twenty or so years — has barely seen any black lead characters in big - budget or independent small - team video games.

Biggest Opening By A Film With A Black Lead Character: Among the top 25 openings of all - time, only two films have black lead characters: «Furious 7» with Dwayne Johnson and «Suicide Squad» with Will Smith.

Not exact matches

Arguing that some criticism has been trivial, Stuart added: «If it's people saying «I didn't like it because God was a black woman», I don't really have a lot of time for that because ultimately, if you read the story, you understand exactly why God chooses to present himself to the lead character, Mack, in that way.»

Before school even started my anxiety about having to prepare a delicious lunch that my kid would actually eat led me down a Pinterest black hole in which I found myself pinning images of flower - shaped lunch meats and bananas sculpted to look like characters from Frozen.

The two leads captivate us with strong performances in this simple walk - and - talk film, playing intelligent characters who spend a day together on a date through black culture in America, but the movie is also a bit too respectful and borders occasionally on hagiography.

Black's feature directing experience might be limited to Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, but that underappreciated gem did feature plenty of quick quips from Robert Downey Jr.'s lead character.

He changed the ethnicity of the lead female character in Leonard's novel from the white Jackie Burke to a black Jackie Brown which allowed him to cast Pam Grier and reference her blaxploitation films «Foxy Brown» and «Coffy» as well as, employing the use of Bobby Womack's «Across 110th Street».

This time out, Kung Fu Panda 2 rewards us all with a terrific script that actually adds charadter development to the previously introduced characters, brings up to date everyone who may have missed Kung Fu Panda (the first) and sets up a very big surprise for our lead character, the clumsy kung fu master iPo (Jack Black) to discover in Kung Fu Panda 3, coming in 2013 or 2014.

Surprise: Tatiana Maslany, «Orphan Black,» Lead Actress - Drama Tatiana Maslany finally got an Emmy nod, and it only took her playing eight characters on one show to get it.

The film used a large amount of support characters and where many films have too many support characters that hinders their lead role's command, Black utterly commands the screen even when he is merely the subject of Carthage's stories.

Samira Wiley and her megawatt smile almost made us forget the horrible things we'd just seen on Orange is the New Black; Thandie Newton stole the show from its leads while Emily Browning made an originally underwritten character into something of a hero in American Gods.

This is of course primarily the story of T'Challa / Black Panther (played by bona fide movie star Chadwick Boseman, the lead in the biopics «42,» «Get on Up» and «Marshall»), but rarely have we seen a comic book movie with such a wonderful bounty of supporting characters.

This identity disorder — Sofia is one of contemporary cinema's most filmed cities, yet rarely plays itself — is personified by the lead character (Elika Portnoy), a Bulgarian woman with multiple personalities, each one belonging to a different genre: a bespectacled, blonde educator with a controlling husband (domestic drama), a redheaded belly dancer (romance à la Zalman King), and jet - black - haired professional assassin (thriller).

Black Panther, which stars actor Chadwick Boseman as the lead character T'Challa, made headlines for its 90 % African - American cast with the movie being based in Africa, Kenya.

Meanwhile, the «Men in Black» movie is said to be an ensemble spinoff with new characters — led by «Thor: Ragnarok» stars Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson — and directed by F. Gary Gray («The Fate of the Furious»).

But with all the excitement in the air, there are some folks who don't know that Black Panther won't be the first film based on a Marvel character with a black Black Panther won't be the first film based on a Marvel character with a black black lead.

With the X-Men franchise pushing its female characters further and further into the background, Scarlett Johansson's Black Widow is the most prominent female lead in a major superhero franchise.

The soulful main theme, «Trouble Man», wields the idiosyncrasies of the legendary Motown artist while echoing the emotional journey of Robert Hooks» lead character Mr T. Advancing Gaye's outline of soundtracking for a new generation of film and music lovers, Lamar evidently foregrounds his own musical identity while adding nuance to Black Panther's characters via the lead single «All The Stars».

The goofy - fun - silly - awesome cocktail of Chinese black magic, wuxia, neon, and the World Class American Bullshit Artist that is Kurt Russell's rig - drivin» lead character, Jack Burton was quickly relegated to cult status.

Mike White — «Year of the Dog» Maybe one of the purest expressions of «screenwriter - turned - director» (though he's also an actor given to appearing in character roles in some of his films) Mike White had, in years leading to 2007, carved out quite a distinctive place for himself as an indie screenwriter dealing more in low - key human dramedy than some of the more bombastic Shane Black - types, or more mainstream Steve Zaillian - types on our list.

Wanting eventually to leave the planet, he summons two teams of bounty hunters, one with grand, unctuous villain Santana (Jordi Molla) at the head, the other led by Boss Johns (Matt Nable), who's out to figure out what happened to his son, the Cole Hauser character from Pitch Black.

And with General Okoye fast becoming a fan - favorite character in both Black Panther and her brief appearance in Avengers: Infinity War, it would be great to see her take on the lead role in film about the Dora Milaje.

The first full - length trailer for «Black Panther» dropped Monday, bringing with it a more intense look at Chadwick Boseman, a.k.a. Prince T'Challa, a.k.a. the sexy, serious, bodysuit - clad lead character in director Ryan Coogler's first Marvel Studios release.

Yes it would be awesome, do nt know to much about the Black Panther but it would be great to see adapted into a live action movie, he was amazing in Blood Diamond and would love to see him as the lead character.

Black Panther's marriage to Storm of the X-Men was a major part of Hudlin's run, and the characters are still together in the future, with their family together what eventually led to world domination.

And now the film and lead character, played by Chadwick Boseman, have entered the hall of (stuffed) heroes: Build - A-Bear has added a Black Panther bear to its Marvel lineup.

Rendering characters they developed in tandem with their Spanish writer - director, these non-professional but astoundingly gifted performers convey so much of what matters in so many working - class black lives: the solidarity but also the standoff between parent and child; the series of low - ceiling jobs; the alienation from what few social services still exist; the yearning but also the wariness awakened by new romantic prospects; and the suddenness with which poor choices, ambient prejudice, or adolescent disaffection lead to intractable enmeshments in the penal apparatus.

Taking place 10 months after Black Flag, lead character Adéwalé has left the pirate life to join the Assassin order before encountering brutal French slavers in the West Indies.

Drama Series Game of Thrones (1st win in this category) Lead Actress, Drama Viola Davis How To Get Away With Murder (1st win, also the 1st woman of color to win in this category Lead Actor, Drama Jon Hamm, Mad Men (1st win in this category) Supporting Actress, Drama Uzo Aduba Orange is the New Black (2nd consecutive win for this character) Supporting Actor, Drama Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones (2nd win this category) Writing / Directing Game of Thrones

The goal is not only to provide a setting to watch the first African - American superhero lead a film in the Marvel cinematic universe, but also empower children of color to partipate in the arts and help change the fact that of the the 100 highest - grossing films of 2016, roughly a quarter lacked any black characters (stemming from a lack of representation amongst directors, actors and screenwriters).

It is long overdue, and while Marvel has given us some memorable female characters along the way — notably Peggy Carter and Black Widow, mostly thanks to Joss Whedon — it's about time the studio dove headfirst in an honest - to - goodness female - led superhero movie.

He joins a stacked cast including Boseman as lead character T'Challa aka the Black Panther, Lupita Nyong» o and Danai Gurira.

«We have already started seeding things in the films leading up to this moment,» Feige said, calling Black Panther one of the most exciting and integral Marvel characters.

More curiously, the lead black character has been reduced to a one - dimensional, support role as a stereotypical sassy sister leveling threats like: «I will slice you like government cheese.»

The lead role was played by Chadwick Boseman as the Black Panther and he brought depth and power to his character.

It also helps that he plays his character about as straight as humanly possible in a movie that starts with a brother's murder and leads to a government plot to shrink black men's penises and ends with a nunchuk and Richard Nixon.

Anson Mount has won the coveted role of Black Bolt in TV series Marvel's Inhumans, which will chronicle the comic book character, who leads a...

Black Cat is reportedly one of the lead characters in Sony's upcoming Silver & Black film, which would star the classic Spider - Man anti-hero alongside Silver Sable.

Assembling so many super heroes and colorful characters into one movie: Captain America, Thor, Iron Man, Hawkeye, Black Widow, Nick Fury, and Loki... would probably lead to either mass confusion, a 4 hour movie, or short straws for a couple of characters.

Marvel has shown us super-soldiers and tech geniuses, demigods and inhumans, spies and a Spider - Man, but in «Black Panther,» the franchise showcases a character who's totally new and fascinating: a king, trained to fight and born to lead.

Kill Your Friends In this Britpop black comedy, the terrific Nicholas Hoult makes the lead character so despicable that the film is essentially unwatchable.

It's easy to imagine a variation on «Thunder Road» with Danny McBride as its lead, with the character's chaotic life providing the vessel for a jarring black comedy.

Black Panther, which stars Chadwick Boseman as the titular character, isn't the first superhero film with a black Black Panther, which stars Chadwick Boseman as the titular character, isn't the first superhero film with a black black lead.

It stars Chadwick Boseman as the lead character T'Challa, alongside a predominantly black cast including Angela Bassett, Michael B. Jordan, Daniel Kaluuya and Lupita Nyong «o.

As ignorant as it looks now, Black Panther was once considered a gamble for Marvel Studios, which hadn't yet made a movie in the M.C.U. featuring a black lead or even a single scene without white characBlack Panther was once considered a gamble for Marvel Studios, which hadn't yet made a movie in the M.C.U. featuring a black lead or even a single scene without white characblack lead or even a single scene without white characters.

Another potential leading lady, Felicity Jones, opened up to GQ about her brief appearance as Felicia in «Amazing Spider - Man 2» and the possibility of her character becoming Felicia Hardy — the Black Cat.

Lead character is a black man and it's a Western.

While Charlie Hunnam's lead character was a bland cipher, there were several colorful personalities like Elba's courageous leader, Rinko Kikuchi's tortured Mako, Charlie Day and Burn Gorman's comic relief and Ron Perlman's outlandish, black - market kingpin surrounding him.