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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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It’s that time of year again! We’ve got our ugly sweaters on and some of the agents who are all in the same city gathered for snacks, cocktails, and a daylong holiday movie marathon! We discuss the ineffable definition of chemistry and why some actors have it and some don’t. We also evaluate the quality of the movies we’ve been watching from a variety of criteria:
- Is it good/good?
- Is it bad in the best way?
- Was there chemistry?
- Did I have a good bingo card round?
- Does it remind us of Doctor Who?
- Were the musicians actually playing?
- Did it have the worst skating scene ever filmed?
A Christmas Movie Marathon
Annette Wierstra with Kirsten Goruk, Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky
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The movies we watched:
Christmas With You: Feeling burnout, pop star Angelina escapes to grant a young fan’s wish in small-town New York, where she not only finds the inspiration to revitalize her career but also a shot at true love.
Angel Falls Christmas: Ally Morgan is a workaholic ER doctor struggling for work-life balance with her boyfriend, Josh. On the night they break up. Ally is miserable alone before a chance encounter with a handsome barista, Gabe leads her to fulfill a Christmas bucket list of fun activities she never would have done on her own.
A Hollywood Christmas: A successful Christmas movie director begins living her own Christmas movie when a handsome network exec shows up threatening to halt production on her latest film.
Kirsten and Annette want you all to watch:
Spirited: Each Christmas Eve, the Ghost of Christmas Present selects one dark soul to be reformed by a visit from three spirits. But this season, he picked the wrong Scrooge. Clint Briggs turns the tables on his ghostly host until Present finds himself reexamining his own past, present and future.
Movies we’ve also watched or want to watch:
- Falling for Christmas
- A Storybook Christmas / A Plan for Christmas
- Christmas in Wolf Creek
- Design for Christmas
- Sugar Plum Twist
- A Gingerbread Christmas
- The Noel Diary
- Your Christmas or Mine?
- Doctor Who: Return of Doctor Mysterio
- A Big Fat Family Christmas
- Pride and Prejudice and Mistletoe
- Sense, Sensibility, and Snowmen
- The Nine Lives of Christmas and The Nine Kittens of Christmas
Recipe for Kirstin’s Holiday Face Punch:
- 750 ml Whipped Cream Vodka (Annette says to use half the vodka)
- 750 ml bottle of pink sparkling wine
- 6 cans of Cranberry gingerale
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