'The Kissing Booth' and 'On My Block:' White Privilege vs Underprivileged

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Last Updated: Monday, 12 October 2020 22:30
Written by Lupe R Haas

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Netflix’s THE KISSING BOOTH movies and “On My Block” series center on teenage friends navigating life and love, but the setting for each is a vastly different socioeconomic area in Los Angeles. It's a tale of two cities - white privilege and the underrepresented in the hood. "The Kissing Booth" has become a pop culture sensation while the other is popular with the YA crowd and critics but it's not getting the attention it deserves. Why the disparity?

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New Movie Poster and Trailer: Jessica Chastain, Penelope Cruz, Lupita Nyong'o are Spies in 'The 355'

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Last Updated: Wednesday, 07 October 2020 01:02
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Jessica Chastain, Penélope Cruz, Bingbing Fan, Diane Kruger and Lupita Nyong’o team up in an espionage thriller THE 355 set for release January 15. The lady spies from different countries go rogue to take back a top-secret weapon from a mercenary. Watch the new trailer with the kick ass spies in action and new poster.

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New Movie Poster and Trailer: Ryan Reynold's 'Free Guy' Still A Go For 2020

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Last Updated: Monday, 05 October 2020 16:09
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A new poster and trailer has arrived for Ryan Reynold’s FREE GUY opening in U.S. theaters December 11. Does this firm up the movie for a 2020 release while other studios have moved their films like DUNE, NO TIME TO DIE and BLACK WIDOW and others to 2021 because of the pandemic. 20th Century Studios released a new preview which gives us a better idea of the plot, and the other players (pun intended).

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'Possessor Uncut' Movie Review: A Modern Day Body Snatching Movie

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Last Updated: Sunday, 04 October 2020 12:10
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Director Brandon Cronenberg is certainly related to the King of Venereal Horror - David Cronenberg (SCANNERS, THE FLY, DEAD RINGERS). Brandon's new film, POSSESSOR is a highly-stylized sci-fi thriller about the loss of human connection through technology. Brandon Cronenberg is certainly a new visionary director to look out for.

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Movie Review: 'Padre No Hay Mas Que Uno' is a Hilarious Spanish Comedy

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Last Updated: Friday, 02 October 2020 14:33
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The 2019 Spanish hit from popular filmmaker Santiago Segura is now available on VOD, and it's a hilarious family comedy in the vein of MR. MOM (1983). PADRE NO HAY MÁS QUE UNO stars Santiago Segura as a husband and father of five who encourages his wife to take a vacation away from the family. He assures her he can handle the children along with his 9 to 5. When he gets in over his head, hilarity ensues.

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First Look Images: Chadwick Boseman Stars With Viola Davis in Netflix's 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom'

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Last Updated: Thursday, 01 October 2020 21:27
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In one of Chadwick Boseman's last projects before the actor's death, he's starring with Viola Davis in Netflix's MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM. Netflix has released the first look images from the movie. Certainly these new images will evoke sadness that this great person and actor is no longer with us.

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Meet Save Yourselves' Cast and Filmmakers Behind Funny Apocalyptic Film

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Last Updated: Thursday, 01 October 2020 13:01
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A young Brooklyn couple disconnect from their phones and take a trip to the woods at the worst time just before an alien invasion in SAVE YOURSELVES! The film's stars Sunita Mani ("Glow"), John Reynolds and writer/director team Alex Huston Fischer and Eleanor Wilson talk to CineMovie about the funny apocalyptic film opening this weekend.

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'Black-ish' Animated Show Guest Stars Stacey Abrams, Desus Nice and The Kid Mero

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Last Updated: Wednesday, 30 September 2020 00:25
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"black-ish" returns in its seventh season to ABC Sunday, October 4 with a one-hour special with back-to-back episodes. The second episode is an animated show with guest stars activist and former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, and Desus Nice and The Kid Mero. Both shows tackle the upcoming election with Junior voting for the first time, but his name has been purged from the list, while Dre debates a career in local politics. See the photos of the guest stars in animated form.

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New 'The Craft: Legacy' Trailer: Not A Remake But Looks Like It

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Last Updated: Wednesday, 30 September 2020 00:30
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Blumhouse brings us a follow-up to THE CRAFT (Neve Campbell, Robin Tunney, Fairuzu Balk) with THE CRAFT: LEGACY, but the storyline seems to follow a similar trajectory. However, a Polaroid of Nancy (Balk) shows up indicating there's going to be some sort of connection to the previous pact. Watch the new trailer with Michelle Monaghan and David Duchovny starring as the parents.

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Watch List Recommendations: RGB, Away, Devil All The Time, Antebellum

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Last Updated: Tuesday, 29 September 2020 23:30
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In this week's watch list, my viewing options have been influenced by current events in America. After Supreme Court darling Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed, it was time to finally watch the RGB documentary and the movie based on her life with Felicity Jones playing the Notorious RBG in ON THE BASIS OF SEX. Check out my other recommendations for the week.

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First Look: George Clooney Returns to Space in 'The Midnight Sky' for Netflix

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Last Updated: Sunday, 27 September 2020 14:05
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George Clooney returns to space in his next directorial effort, THE MIDNIGHT SKY adopted from Lily Brooks-Dalton’s acclaimed novel "Good Morning, Midnight." Clooney also stars in the Netflix thriller along with Felicity Jones, David Oyelowo, Demián Bichir and Kyle Chandler. Netflix released the first look via images for the December movie release with Clooney sporting a quarantine-looking beard. See the images.

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Felipe Esparza Talks Emotional Closure With Netflix Comedy Specials and 'Blood In, Blood Out' Influence

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Last Updated: Friday, 25 September 2020 16:17
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Felipe Esparza makes history on Netflix with his "Bad Decisions" comedy specials with an English and Spanish version available simultaneously. In "Bad Decisions" he tackles his traumatic childhood living with domestic violence which led to his addiction to cocaine. Felipe reveals to CineMovie how he found emotional closure addressing domestic violence through comedy 40 years later.

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'The Great Grass Race' Treks Across America during the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Last Updated: Tuesday, 22 September 2020 14:47
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"The Great Grass Race," a new web series from Menace Vision sends 12 contestants across America in a lawnmower traveling at a slow speed of 5.5mphs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Producer/director Cosmo Kiindarius talks about the competition show which sends six teams on the road who have to rely on the generosity of others to survive. This new series is not about who can make it across the finish line first but who earned the most points and minutes.

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'The Croods: 'A New Age' New Trailer and Poster

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Last Updated: Tuesday, 22 September 2020 15:07
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The Croods are back and this time they have company with a new family in THE CROODS: A NEW AGE. Peter Dinklage, Leslie Mann and Kelly Marie Tran join the voice cast with returning stars Nicolas Cage, Ryan Reynolds, Emma Stone and Catherine Keener. Watch the new trailer which basically gives away the whole story. A new poster accompanied the new preview.

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New Trailer and Poster: 'WandaVision' Preview Poses Many Questions

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Last Updated: Monday, 21 September 2020 20:43
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Marvel Studios premiered a new “WandaVision” trailer during Sunday night's 72nd Primetime Emmy® Awards and it poses more questions than answers. There's a lot more going on than just Wanda (Elizabeth Olsen) creating an idealistic world as a June Cleaver type in which she's living happily ever after with Vision (Paul Bettany), but something goes wrong in her manifestations. A new poster (see below) accompanied the new trailer.

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First Look at AMC's British Import - 'Gangs of London'

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Last Updated: Saturday, 19 September 2020 11:42
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The critically-acclaimed drama "Gangs of London" premieres in the US on Thursday, October 1, exclusively on AMC+, AMC’s new premium subscription bundle available on Comcast, Dish Network/Sling. The new trailer previews loads of violence and the criminal underworld featuring multicultural gangs. Get a first look at the violent new series out of the UK.

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