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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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Before Blade brought cool to comic book cinema, there was another dark hero who crawled out of Hell in head-to-toe leather and CGI fire. This week, Jerry Horror dives into the molten madness of the late ’90s, when superhero movies went full XTREME. Our demonic avenger wasn’t just on fire metaphorically, the lead actor was literally set ablaze for one unforgettable scene.
Martin Sheen signed on because he’d always wanted to star in a comic book movie (careful what you wish for), and John Leguizamo took method acting to stomach-churning new lows, eating live waxworms on pizza before promptly losing lunch.
It’s a black superhero story that beat Blade to the punch, wrapped in industrial angst, rubber suits, and molten CGI mayhem. Jerry Horror cracks open the crypt on a film that’s part Hell, part Hollywood, and 100% XTREME.
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