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LGBTQ Characters are More Underrepresented in Major Hollywood Movies than Ever
Advocacy group GLAAD (the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) released its 6th annual Studio Responsibility Index, a report that maps the quantity, quality, and diversity of LGBTQ people in films released by the 7 largest motion picture studios and their subsidiaries during the 2017 calendar year - and the results are far from satisfactory.
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The Obamas Will Now Produce Content for Netflix
If you were wondering what was next on the power couple's agenda, you probably did not see that one coming. Although the deal has been rumored for months, Netflix has now officially announced that Barack and Michelle Obama have signed a multi-year contract with the streaming giant to "produce a diverse mix of content, including the potential for scripted series, unscripted series, docu-series, documentaries and features," according to a recent press release.
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Solo: A Star Wars Story
Fans who missed the charmingly cynical Han Solo can rejoice, the bad boy is back! (Just not during the same timeline, which is fine given that the Star Wars universe spin-off Han Solo: A Star Wars Story explores the turbulent early years of the smuggler turned hero.) Cursed with reports and rumors that affected its reputation even before the movie was released in theater (like, Ehrenreich needing an acting coach to correct his said poor performance, editor Chris Dickens being replaced with Pietro Scalia and, of course, Chris Miller & Phil Lord getting fired for "creative differences") Solo is far from a masterpiece but turns out to be much more satisfactory than suspicious minds would have expected.
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New Thriller ‘Searching’ Takes On the Challenge to Tell a Gripping Story Entirely Through a Computer Screen
Cinema loves to play with perspective when it comes to telling stories in a unique and poignant fashion. So, following years of 'found footage'-style movies pouring in theaters (The Blair Witch Project, Cloverfield, Paranormal Activity, Chronicle...), mostly to scare the hell out of us, and because people just don't walk around with video cameras anymore (#Millennials), the time has come for some fresh, more modern concepts. In this respect, Aneesh Chaganty's directorial debut, Searching, follows family man David Kim (Cho) investigating the disappearance of his 16-year-old daughter, Margot (Michelle La), solely through a computer screen.