It’s the first of the month (cue the Bone Thug), which means a whole bunch of new stuff has shown up on your streaming subscription services: four of our favorites from last fall, in fact, neatly spread across Netflix, Prime, and Hulu. And on the disc and on-demand front this week, we’ve got two gems […]
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How ‘A Wrinkle in Time’ Celebrates Femininity and Young Womanhood
After seeing A Wrinkle in Time, I was overwhelmed by the fact that this is an entire blockbuster movie that acts as a celebration of women. Even more special and unique is that women of color are always at the forefront of this movie, with director Ava DuVernay leading the charge. A Wrinkle in Time is […]
Wrinkle In Time: What Oprah Winfrey is REALLY like – according to young star Storm Reid
Chatting on the red carpet at last night’s London premiere, she opened up on what it has been like to get to know one of the most famous people in the world. “To work with Miss Oprah has been amazing,” she said. “To have her in my corner and inspire me and uplift me has […]
In a Disney-dominant weekend, ‘Black Panther’ edges out ‘A Wrinkle in Time’ to win the box office — and pass $1 billion globally (DIS)
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures “Black Panther” wins the weekend domestic box office for a fourth straight weekend with an estimated $ 41.1 million. The movie has now passed $ 1 billion globally in just 26 days. “A Wrinkle in Time” came in second place with $ 33.3 million. In an extremely rare occurrence, the […]
A Wrinkle In Time: ‘Publishers HATED Madeleine L’Engle’s novel – it was rejected 26 times’
The hit science fantasy novel was released in 1962, but only after author L’Engle’s long struggle to get it published. According to The Washington Post, A Wrinkle In Time was hated by publishers. The author’s granddaughter, Charlotte Jones Voiklis, has spoken of how it gave her grandmother a crisis of confidence. She said: “The trouble […]
A Wrinkle In Time to overthrow Black Panther despite bad reviews?
The Disney film, directed by Ava DuVernay, boasts an incredible cast – including Oprah Winfrey and Reese Witherspoon – but a negative reception from critics risked denting its returns in cinemas. That doesn’t seem to be happening just yet, as the film has steamed ahead in its first day on release. Variety reports that it […]
Gugu Mbatha-Raw on ‘A Wrinkle in Time,’ ‘The Cloverfield Paradox’ Going to Netflix, and More [Interview]
English actress Gugu Mbatha-Raw isn’t a household name yet, but I feel like it’s only a matter of time. She’s already headlined a quiet romantic drama (Beyond the Lights), a sci-fi thriller (The Cloverfield Paradox), and what might be the best episode of the anthology series Black Mirror (season 3’s “San Junipero”). In Disney’s A […]
A Wrinkle in Time movie reviews are BRUTAL: ‘Suspenseless, sappy, still life with Oprah’
The latest Disney live-action film is based on the classic novel by Madeleine L’Engle, but doesn’t seemed to have lived up to the source material. The film’s synopsis reads: “After learning her astrophysicist father, Alex, is being held captive on a distant planet deep in the grip of a universe-spanning evil, Meg Murry works with […]
‘A Wrinkle in Time’ Review: Ava DuVernay Delivers a Unique and Admirable Mess
Disney’s A Wrinkle in Time represents a long-overdue milestone being passed. The fact that the film’s director, Ava DuVernay of Selma and 13th, is the first woman of color to helm a Hollywood film with a budget over $ 100 million is remarkable; that it took the industry until 2018 to allow this barrier to […]
Here Are Just Some Of The Absolutely Stunning Looks From The “A Wrinkle In Time” World Premiere
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