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Watch This: Trailer for Nappily Ever After

2 Comments / Movies, Streaming / By Virginia DeBolt / August 8, 2018 / Dietland, Ernie Hudson, Gina Prince-Bythewood, Love and Basketball, Lynn Whitfield, Lyriq Bent, Nappily Ever After, Ricky Whittle, Sanaa Lathan, Shots Fired, trailers, Trisha R. Thomas

Finally, a movie about black women and their hair. A whole movie. And starring Sanaa Lathan! Nappily Ever After comes to Netflix on September 21.

Regina King and Clare-Hope Ashitey in Seven Seconds

Watch This: Trailer for Seven Seconds

Leave a Comment / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / January 26, 2018 / Beau Knapp, Clare-Hope Ashitey, Coley Speaks, David Lyons, Michael Mosley, Nadia Alexander, Raúl Castillo, Regina King, Russell Hornsby, Seven Seconds, Shots Fired, The Killing, trailers, Veena Sud, Zackary Momoh

Seven Seconds is a 10 part Netflix drama about the tensions between African American citizens and Caucasian cops in Jersey City when a teenage African American boy is critically injured by a cop.

Justin Baldoni and Gina Rodriguez in Jane the Virgin

Brain Dump: Blindspot, Shots Fired, Jane the Virgin

2 Comments / TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / May 12, 2017 / Aisha Hinds, Archie Panjabi, Blindspot, brain dump, Gina Rodriguez, Helen Hunt, Jaimie Alexander, Jane the Virgin, Justin Baldoni, Luke Mitchell, Michelle Hurd, Richard Dreyfuss, Sanaa Lathan, Shots Fired, Stephan James, Stephen Moyer, Tristan Mack Wilds

A brain dump is a few short takes on TV shows. This time I talk about Blindspot, Shots Fired, and Jane the Virgin.

Vanessa Marano and Katie Leclerc in Switched at Birth

Brain Dump: The Collection, Shots Fired, Switched at Birth

Leave a Comment / TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / April 14, 2017 / brain dump, Constance Marie, D.W. Moffett, Frances de la Tour, Helen Hunt, Jenna Thiam, Katie Leclerc, Lea Thompson, Lucas Grabeel, Mamie Gummer, Marlee Matlin, Max Deacon, Richard Dreyfuss, Ryan Lane, Sanaa Lathan, Sean Berdy, Shots Fired, Stephan James, Switched at Birth, The Collection, Vanessa Marano

Time for a brain dump: scattered thoughts about random TV shows. These things made an impression lately. I was bored by high fashion, impressed by a gritty look at American policing, and sad to see an old favorite say goodbye.

Melissa Benoist and Grant Gustin in The Flash

Brain Dump: Supergirl & The Flash, American Crime, Taken, Shots Fired

4 Comments / TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / March 24, 2017 / American Crime, brain dump, Candice Patton, Clive Standen, Darren Criss, Felicity Huffman, Friday Night Lights, Gaius Charles, Gina Prince-Bythewood, Grant Gustin, Jennifer Beals, Jennifer Marsala, Jeremy Jordan, Jesse L. Martin, John Barrowman, Melissa Benoist, Reggie Rock Bythewood, Sanaa Lathan, Shots Fired, Stephan James, Supergirl, Taken, The Flash, Victor Garber

This and that about a few TV shows: a brain dump. This week I’m thinking about musical crossovers, hidden slavery in America, the ratio of Beals to violence, and the criminal justice system.

Sanaa Lathan and Stephan James in Shots Fired

Watch This: Trailer for Shots Fired

Leave a Comment / TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / July 8, 2016 / Gina Prince-Bythewood, Helen Hunt, Reggie Rock Bythewood, Richard Dreyfuss, Sanaa Lathan, Shots Fired, Stephan James, Stephen Moyer

Fox released a trailer for their new 10 hour series Shots Fired, written and directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood and Reggie Rock Bythewood. They promise to take an explosive look at the criminal justice system.