In the 1980s, there were only 63 Black films by, for, or about Black Americans. But in the 1990s, that number quadrupled, with 220 Black films making their way to cinema screens nationwide. What sparked this “Black New Wave?” Who blazed this path for contemporaries like Ava DuVernay, Kasi Lemmons and Jordan Peele? And how did these films transform American culture as a whole? Presenting The Class of 1989, a new limited-run series from pop culture critics Len Webb and Vincent Williams, hosts ...
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Two live-action video game adaptations with zombies come out this week, The Last of Us season 2 and the Minecraft movie, so we're reviewing another zombie-video game classic turned film, Resident Evil: Extinction! Plus Happy Gilmore 2!
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Host Banter: 1:46
Nerdy News: 6:52
Movie Review - Resident Evil: Extinction: 9:09
Game: Top 10 Milla Jovovich Films: 28:16
Radical Recommends: 33:11
Trailer Review: Happy Gilmore 2: Rebirth: 36:09
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