Red Stewart presents modern blaxploitation films that capture the genre…. In the 1970s, Shaft helped launch an entire cinematic movement focused on simultaneously embracing, turning, and cash milking stereotypes about African Americans. This came to be known as “blaxploitation,” a portmanteau of the words “black” and “exploitation” (the latter referring to a B-movie subgenre of […]
Movie Review – SuperFly (2018)
SuperFly, 2018. Directed by Director X. Starring Trevor Jackson, Jason Mitchell, Michael Kenneth Williams, Lex Scott Davis, Jennifer Morrison, Esai Morales, Andrea Londo, Antwan ‘Big Boi’ Patton, Terayle Hill, Allen Maldonado, Dawntavia Bullard, Jacob Ming-Trent, Brian F. Durkin, Big Bank Black, and Rick Ross. Synopsis: The movie is a remake of the 1972 blaxploitation film […]
Redefine the hustle with new Superfly trailer
Sony Pictures has released a new trailer for Director X’s (a.k.a. Julien Christian Lutz) upcoming remake of the 1972 blaxploitation classic SuperFly which stars Trevor Jackson in the lead role of Priest Youngblood alongside Jason Mitchell, Michael Kenneth Williams, Lex Scott Davis, and Jennifer Morrison; check it out here… Superfly – the film that helped define a genre […]
First poster and trailer for the SuperFly remake
Sony Pictures has debuted the first teaser, poster and images for SuperFly, the upcoming remake of the 1972 blaxploitation classic. Directed by Director X (a.k.a. Julien Christian Lutz), the action crime thriller sees Trevor Jackson taking on the lead role of Priest Youngblood alongside Jason Mitchell, Michael Kenneth Williams, Lex Scott Davis, and Jennifer Morrison; check them out here… […]
Superfly remake finds its director and cast
Back in December it was announced that Sony had tapped Watchmen screenwriter Alex Tse to pen the script for a remake of the 1972 blaxploitation classic Super Fly, and now we have details on the director and cast. Director X (a.k.a. Julien Christian Lutz) is set to helm the movie, which will see Trevor Jackson […]