#Old-Hollywood throwback with a twist

#Old-Hollywood throwback with a twist

“#Old-Hollywood throwback with a twist” Running time: 114 min. Rated PG-13 (smoking, sexual content). Tessa Thompson radiates retro glamour in “Sylvie’s Love,” an old-Hollywood throwback with a modern twist: its predominantly black cast. Writer/director Eugene Ashe (“Homecoming”) sets this romance in the New York of the 1950s and ’60s, with a Technicolor sheen to match…

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#Thor Love and Thunder Cast Adds Chris Pratt – /Film

#Thor Love and Thunder Cast Adds Chris Pratt – /Film

“#Thor Love and Thunder Cast Adds Chris Pratt – /Film” Chris Pratt, the internet’s current least favorite Chris, is joining the much more beloved Chris Hemsworth in Thor: Love and Thunder. Pratt’s Star-Lord/Peter Quill will appear in the Taika Waititi sequel, which makes sense since Avengers: Endgame concluded with Thor jetting off with the Guardians of the…

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#All That Jazz (and Romance) – /Film

#All That Jazz (and Romance) – /Film

“#All That Jazz (and Romance) – /Film” Things get romantic in the trailer for Sylvie’s Love, a new Amazon movie from writer-director Eugene Ashe starring Tessa Thompson and Nnamdi Asomugha. Thompson’s character dreams of making it big in the TV business while Asomugha is an up-and-coming jazz musician. The two grow close, only to drift in different directions. But…

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#Amazon’s Holiday Gift for Subscribers – /Film

#Amazon’s Holiday Gift for Subscribers – /Film

“#Amazon’s Holiday Gift for Subscribers – /Film” One of 2020’s best films finally has a release date. Sylvie’s Love, a swooning romance starring Tessa Thompson (Thor: Ragnarok), will debut on Amazon Prime Video on Christmas Day. Amazon acquired the movie after its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival back in January, and I’ve been eagerly…

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#Marvel’s Phase 4 Will Actively Embrace Diversity, Tessa Thompson Says

#Marvel’s Phase 4 Will Actively Embrace Diversity, Tessa Thompson Says

“#Marvel’s Phase 4 Will Actively Embrace Diversity, Tessa Thompson Says” Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige has long wanted the mega-successful Marvel Cinematic Universe to embrace diversity in a significant way. And now that he’s overseeing the entirety of Marvel Entertainment as the company’s chief creative officer, he’ll encounter far less resistance when it comes to implementing that…

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#Over 300 Black Artists Call for Hollywood to Divest From Police

“#Over 300 Black Artists Call for Hollywood to Divest From Police” Michael B. Jordan, Chadwick Boseman, Idris Elba, Viola Davis, and Tessa Thompson are among over 300 Black artists and executives calling on Hollywood to prove Black Lives Matter. In a letter penned by Insecure actor Kendrick Sampson, Thompson, and Black Lives Matter co-founders Patrisse Cullors and Melina Abdullah,…

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#‘Balestra’, a Psychological Thriller About Fencing, Will Star Tessa Thompson and Marwan Kenzari

“#‘Balestra’, a Psychological Thriller About Fencing, Will Star Tessa Thompson and Marwan Kenzari” Get ready for some thrilling fencing! Balestra, a psychological thriller about the competitive combat sport, will star Tessa Thompson and Aladdin‘s Marwan Kenzari, with Nicole Dorsey directing. The story follows an Olympic fencer trying to stage a comeback, only to fall into a “web of subconscious…

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