Sentences with phrase «only black stories»

She describes Kiffe Kiffe Tomorrow as a necessary corrective, «I was sick and tired of hearing only black stories about the suburbs, so I wrote about the trivial, daily things that happen here.

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That is: to move from only aggregating (or streaming) others» stories, and start experimenting with original storytelling, as the wildly successful Netflix has done with the likes of «House of Cards» and «Orange Is the New Black.»

And so the tale of a Green Knight with his chopped - off head still holding a knight of the Round Table to promises made is no less true than the tale of a man crammed with secrets who spontaneously combusts and leaves behind only a black, tallowy mark on the floorboards, and his story in turn is no less true than the tale of a Texas sharecropper's wife who has had a miscarriage only ten days before but just this morning was walking behind the mule and guiding the jerking plow.

So, clearly, the only real news stories here are that a man in black pajamas robbed a Holiday Inn and that Milford's news crew needs to check their facts...

Basically, SWIS is protesting three things: the fact that only blacks were arrested, the local media's coverage of the story and, especially, Overton's handling of the case.

While this is undoubtedly true — Edinburgh Zoo houses two of the black and white creatures while there is only one David Mundell in the Commons — it doesn't tell the whole story.

Though Sagittarius A * is certainly the closest (and most well - known) supermassive black hole to Earth, it's only half the story.

There may be something to that old story of the poor black boy who becomes mega-successful in life and then decides he's only attracted to white women.

Tranposing Porter's all - white story to a middle - class black community in the Alabama of the 1950s (Celeste Holm is the only white costar) isn't nearly as self - conscious or gimmicky as it seems on paper.

Brooker and company have a firmer handle on the proper architecture for each story (only one, «Crocodile,» really drags), and if the show is starting to repeat itself a bit (the last episode of this batch, «Black Museum,» is basically Black Mirror's Greatest Hits), the execution tends to compensate for the spottiness or familiarity of the ideas.

Synopsis: The story revolves around Hal (Jack Black) who, taking his dying father's advice, dates only the embodiments of female physical perfection.

Pretty much no story whatsoever, the trend of female and black guy continues, both characters absolutely useless and added only for «diversity» reasons.

In a story told through a series of flashbacks, an eight - year - old girl in French Colonial Africa accepts the subjugation of the black natives by the white colonists as only natural.

Ryan Coogler understood the impact that his story would have — not only by casting a black man in an updated version of an American hero but also giving us a portrait of black love.

I've only ever dabbled in Black Panther before, and was most interested in the title back when T'Challa's sister Shuri was at the forefront of the story, but these new developments are hella intriguing.

Set in deep space, and in half a dozen lands (New York, Wakanda, Titan, Knowhere), the film presents a galactic battle for the fate of the universe that throws together the six original Avengers; the follow - up wave of Marvel superheroes who've only recently been given their own origin stories (Black Panther, Dr. Strange, the rebooted Spider - Man); the Guardians of the Galaxy; and a sprinkling of other figures who've been there on the fringes.

Grahame was known for her brash femme fatales in the days of black - and - white cinema, but her on - screen persona only told part of her story.

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It should have worked, and it almost does, but Black buries his characters in a sputtering, chaotic story, seeming to realize only sporadically that we aren't watching this film for the plot and the stunts... but for the byplay between the two main characters.

The fact that, this time, the setting is an all - black school really doesn't change anything, as this kind of story can only really have one possible trajectory: Gung - ho young men embrace the spirit of the institution, go all out and then too far, resulting in tragedy from excess zeal.

The simple story practically tells itself visually: young Alec survives a shipwreck only with the help of a black, untamed horse who drags him to a deserted island shore.

Although the gore quotient may not be quite as high as some have suggested (though most viewers may want to skip the concession stand), this film otherwise not only lives up to all the advanced hype but exceeds it with a bold and startling original coming - of - age story that combines jet - black (and oftentimes deep red) comedy.

Greta Gerwig is only the fifth woman nominated in the best director category for bringing «Lady Bird,» a tender coming - of - age story, to the screen, while «Get Out» s» Jordan Peele became the fifth black man nominated in the best director category.

For folks who think their story is the only one, who don't know that you can be both black and queer, Moonlight is the difference between isolation and validation.

-- «The Seventh Seal» (1957): Successive generations have embraced Ingmar Bergman's story of a 14th century knight (Max von Sydow) who returns to his Swedish homeland from the Crusades, only to confront Death himself (played in black cape by Bengt Ekerot).

BLACK PANTHER feels like the actual start of a new phase for Marvel, not only because it exists so well on its own terms, but because it feels so new and timely, through both its storytelling and the very people the story is about (and those who get to tell it).

The next installment of the Predator franchise — directed by Shane Black and titled simply The Predator — is now in the midst of production... but information about the story has only been leaked in drips and drabs.

John David Washington (Ballers) stars alongside Adam Driver (Star Wars: The Last Jedi) in this incredible true story of a black police officer who infiltrated the notorious Ku Klux Klan hate group in the 1970s, and that's not the only notable pairing of this film — it also teams producer Jordan Peele (Get Out) with director Spike Lee.

The Assassin's Creed Rogue Remastered story isn't the only feature that treads old ground, as the gameplay experience is basically the same seen in Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag, with a few variations.

While Black Panther's journey will surprise no one in these superhuman - crowded times as this is an origin story, it's the only thing director Ryan Coogler and company let unfold traditionally.

In every superhero story, the hero is only as strong as the antagonist, and in Marvel's Black Panther, T'Challa (Chadwick Boseman) has found himself an unnervingly charming adversary in Michael B. Jordan's Erik Killmonger.

Not only is Black Panther the first major black superhero to get his own film, but his story will shift the narrative to Africa, albeit in a fictionalized couBlack Panther the first major black superhero to get his own film, but his story will shift the narrative to Africa, albeit in a fictionalized coublack superhero to get his own film, but his story will shift the narrative to Africa, albeit in a fictionalized country.

Even though Nicholson, 44, is the only local lead in the film, she didn't pay much attention to the Bulger story when she was younger, partly because she was living in Western Mass. from the late»70s to the early»80s, the period of focus in «Black Mass..»

Kiss Kiss Bang Kang is all in fun, meant not only for people tired of the same - old derivative formula fare, but perhaps even more, those that absolutely adore pulpy detective stories, as it is clear that Black loves them just as much.

«More than most superhero flicks, Black Panther feels like an ensemble piece — as if any character in this story might be the lead of their own, if only the film would shift its perspective a bit.

As stalagmites of gooey black nanotechnology ooze from Lucy's body and the film begins to feel like a glossy version of Akira (only one that wouldn't dare infringe on the beauty of its star), Luc Besson's vision for the film finally comes into perfect focus: this isn't just the story of a woman who realises the full potential of her brain, it's also the story of a filmmaker remembering the full potential of his genre.

Ezra Edelman's five - part documentary film O.J.: Made in America explores two parallel historical narratives: 1) The story of post-Watts race relations in Los Angeles, specifically the tensions between the LAPD and the black community; and 2) the story of a preternaturally talented black athlete who sought to shed his racial identity to achieve «white» success, only for him to reclaim it at a crucial moment.

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The central triumph of Black Panther, though it's merely one of many, is that the story Coogler and his cowriter, Joe Robert Cole, have devised is even better and richer than could have been imagined — not only because it owes so much to racial questions of the kind the Marvel Universe hasn't encountered before, but also because we're 17 movies deep into said universe and well versed in its foibles and missed opportunities.

According to the featurette, Rachel Weisz as mysterious Rachel of the title arrives into the story with only two dresses — both mourning so obviously black.

In a statement in response to the AP story, Shavar Jeffries, national president of Democrats for Education Reform, said sarcastically, «Apparently, the school segregation problem boils down to Black and Brown parents choosing schools that aren't White enough, as if the doors of all - White schools would magically open if only they had the good sense to seek to enroll their children in them.»

The story starts in 2013, when VW decided to showcase the Beetle's performance potential by running a GSR — a one - year - only model that stands for Gelb Schwarzer Renner, or Yellow Black Racer — faster than 200 mph.

Side story: A couple of years back I walked into a local Land Rover dealer only to watch one of our star Detroit Red Wing players exited the place to jump back into his triple - black Panamera Turbo with limo tinted windows.

In my favorite story in the collection, «I Happy Am,» a black boy looks forward to a school field trip to a posh house in an upscale suburb, only to be disappointed that the owner is a black woman not much different than his own mother.

In this stunningly researched novel, Nicole Mones not only tells the forgotten story of black musicians in the Chinese jazz age, but also weaves in a startling true tale of Holocaust heroism little - known in the West.

What he finds instead is a larger story of corruption and intrigue reaching deep into the heart of the occupation and a city not only physically but morally devastated, where children scavenge for food in the rubble, sex can be had for a cigarette, and the black market is the only means of survival.

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Only Benjamin Black, a modern master of the genre, could write a new Philip Marlowe novel that has all the panache and charm of the originals while delivering a story that is as sharp and fresh as today's best crime fiction.

The 101 stories chosen for each book from thousands of submissions are not only inspirational and fun, but many of them also feature adopted dogs and cats, including black dogs and cats, senior pets, and pit bulls, the categories of pets that are most often left behind at shelters.

One part Marvel branded with a maximum of three stories to play through, but only one included, unlike the console versions of the game your story begins in New York with the Spider - Man Play Set thanks to the included character packaged and exclusive to the PS Vita; the symbiote - infused black suit Spider - Man.