Month: May 2016

Videos

The Obamas dance with stormtroopers, R2-D2 on Star Wars Day

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Best First Fam Ever

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Articles

The Journey Behind Wong Fu Productions’ “Everything Before Us”

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LINK: Phillip Wang, Wesley Chan and Ted Fu’s romantic sci-fi movie with Asian-American protagonists

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Articles, Videos

‘Founding Fathers,’ A Documentary Narrated By Public Enemy’s Chuck D, Presents the True History of Hip Hop

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Read about it at Openculture.com.

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News

The Rock’s Gonna Help You Get Woke With His New Alarm Clock App

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Click here to read at Mentalfloss.com.

Already looks pretty awake.

Philadelphia Eagle's Offensive Guard Evan Mathis (left) and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson (right), 2012

Philadelphia Eagle’s Offensive Guard Evan Mathis (left) and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson (right), 2012

News

@shadowandact has a new stand-alone site!!!

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From the jump, Dark Matters has relied on Tambay A Obenson’s blog Shadow & Act to keep us up on Cinema of the African Diaspora. If you’re not familiar with this comprehensive and far-ranging resource, help yourself: follow on Twitter @shadowandact@ AND bookmark the journal’s new home at Shadow & Act.

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Articles, News, Videos

#WhiteWashedOUT goes beyond Hollywood’s diversity fails

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LINK: Asian American protest “More than just racism in movies”

Articles

Sinead Stubbins Remembers ‘The Craft’ and The Year of The Teen Witch

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Check it out at The AV Club.

The Craft is one of those movies we’ve watched over and over and over again. Please let the remake not dismay us.

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Articles

The Forces of Heaven and Hell Wage War in ‘Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse’

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Check it out at Dreadcentral.com.

Cover of Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse

Cover of Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse

Articles, News

Dear Fandom: It Is ALWAYS About Race

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LINK: Some Thoughts From Stitch’s Media Mix

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Articles

1st look at the new #MASK comic from @BrandonEaston & @IDWPublishing

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LINK: ’80s cartoon ‘M.A.S.K.’ gets comic reboot this fall

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